With new federal findings bolstering concerns about shrinking ranks of primary care physicians, advocates are looking to critically underbudgeted programs that — if properly funded — could help prevent a widening of the health care gap.
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The debate over how to fix the nation’s health care system is heating up as U.S. presidential candidates tout their health reform plans to an electorate that seems eager for change. But while Americans are asking for reform, there is little agreement on how to achieve it.
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Look for full coverage of National Public Health Week in the June/July issue of The Nation's Health!
Next issue: The May 2008 issue of The Nation's Health will be published online by May 23.
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Every Maine child receives a little something extra during check-ups from birth to age 5: a free book and advice for parents and caregivers on fostering literacy. Launched in 2000, the Raising Readers program had given 1 million books to children statewide by October 2007.
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State officials and public health advocates are speaking out against caffeinated alcoholic beverages, which are marketed to younger drinkers and often packaged in ways that make it unclear they contain alcohol. The drinks, marketed under names such as Tilt, Sparks and Bud Extra, have a higher alcohol content than beer and contain stimulant additives including caffeine, ginseng and taurine.
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