The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year by investigators at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The study – which polled more than 80 New England [...]

Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, MT, have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune disorders, and causing to Libby in 2002 to be added to the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “National Priorities List.”

With last month’s U.S. Census Bureau report showing that the number of Americans supported by government-sponsored health insurance plans rose to 87.4 million in 2008 — 29% of the U.S. population — SK&A, a leading provider of healthcare information and research, today released its Physician Office Acceptance of Government Insurance Programs Report, which reveals that [...]

But away from the front line, review highlights concern about variation in standards and poor maintenance of buildings.
The Healthcare Commission today (Monday) praised the British military’s “exemplary” trauma and rehabilitation services for personnel injured in battle.

The package of measures announced today to get people back to work and to help them stay in work may be a step in the right direction, the BMA said today. Commenting on the government’s response to Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of the working-age population, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s [...]