Study: Mental illness is common
June 2, 2004
Using diagnostic surveys of 60,463 adults in 14 countries, health officials discovered that mental ailments are prevalent and often under-treated.
Maine Governor Releases One-Year Transitional State Health Care Plan
June 1, 2004
Maine is spending more than ever on health care, but Mainers are among the sickest in New England, and tens of thousands lack health insurance.
Help available at Jackson
June 1, 2004
Q: I'm looking for help for one of my friends. She has lupus, and she had a stroke. Now, she's paralyzed on her left side. She has no insurance and no money to pay for such. Consequently, she's getting no medical attention.
Covering the uninsured may not require additional funds after all
May 28, 2004
Nationally, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimates that some 43 million Americans lack health insurance coverage -- an increase of 2 million over the past two years. The sheer numbers of the uninsured seem so overwhelming as to defy solutions.
Increases in Health Care Premiums Are Slowing
May 27, 2004
Since 2002, the number of children in Washington state living without health insurance has grown by more than 30 percent to about 184,000, according to a recent estimate by the non-profit Children's Alliance.
Advocates propose right to health care
May 26, 2004
Advocates and patients strapped by medical costs urged Tuesday that state voters be given a chance to decide whether health care is a constitutional right like religious liberty, jury trials or education.
Forum to discuss medically uninsured; nearly 1 in 5 Montanans has no health insurance
May 12, 2004
A 2004 Montana household and employer health insurance survey showed that 19 percent of Montanans are uninsured - nearly one in five people.
KidCare may lose children
May 25, 2004
Anywhere from 114,000 to 167,500 Florida children may lose their state-subsidized health insurance beginning July 1.
ER doctors are urged to treat hypertension
May 25, 2004
Ever since his migraines started, Tony Moody has hospital shopped, often winding up in the emergency room at Jackson Memorial Hospital -- seven times in the past 2 ½ years. High blood pressure, measuring 140/90 or greater, is known as a major contributor to stroke, heart attack and kidney disease. Blacks and other minorities are at greater risk.
Disparities: Colorectal Cancer and Race
May 25, 2004
African-American patients are 50 percent more likely to die of colon cancer as are whites, even when they receive the same treatment, according to a study released yesterday in the journal Cancer.
Mentally ill relegated to jail cells
May 23, 2004
With the safety net frayed to threads, untold thousands of people suffering schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression have gone untreated, often homeless and wandering the streets, unable to guide their unruly minds through the straight lines of society.
Jailing a mental patient can be expensive
May 23, 2004
The jailing of one mentally ill person can cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars and do little to help the inmate.
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