Building materials that better retain heat in the winter, and reflect it in the summer; plumbing fixtures that save water; and facilities that encourage employees to bicycle to work. Environmentally-friendly features like these enable the new research building at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to be certified as a green structure.

Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center.

The University of Queensland will establish a $2.5million GP Super Clinic at Ipswich that will focus on key local health issues.
The Australian Government has signed an agreement with the University to develop the Ipswich GP Super Clinic which will have a standard GP service for management of acute presentations complemented by a focus on chronic [...]

Sticker campaign builds awareness for smoke-free Mumbai
Nearly 50,000 colourful no-smoking stickers in English and Marathi were provided to Mumbai’s 24 wards during March as part of the Smoke Free Mumbai campaign. The project developed by The Union’s South-East Asia Office in collaboration with the World Lung Foundation (WLF) aims to raise public awareness of India’s [...]

About 11 percent of people using outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment in the U.S. South used more than 5 percent of their family’s annual income to cover their out-of-pocket treatment costs over the period 2001-2005, according to a new study by researchers with HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.