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One year ago today, the Affordable Care Act's Patient's Bill of Rights took effect and earlier this week, we got some great news: one million more young adults gained health insurance in the last year thanks to health reform.

A decision this week by a Florida county commission to stop adding fluoride to its public drinking water has uncorked a decades-old debate on the benefits and potential risks of fluoride despite widespread scientific support of the practice.

About 1,200 McDonald's restaurants in Britain will begin displaying the calorie count of each food and drink item on their wall-mounted menu boards this week, as part of a government-led program to fight obesity and promote healthier eating, the chain said Sunday.

With thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators roughing it in parks for up to six weeks, garbage, human waste and hygiene are becoming a growing worry in public encampments nationwide.

Get yourself a gift of relaxation or inner bliss for Christmas at luxurious Day Spa and Beauty Salon located in Drogheda. With only three weeks left until Christmas, take advantage of our world class treatments at discounted rates. Check out our special offers on laser hair removal treatments, cellulite reduction treatment, fabulous pampering packages of spa specials and gift vouchers for special someone at LaNu Medi Spa. Call at 041-9803000 and talk to us if you are not able to find suitable offer for you.

LaNu Medi Spa were featured in the Drogheda Leader newspaper this week. Staff at LaNu are celebrating our award nomination for Best Skin Clinic in Ireland. Keep voting for us by visiting website "Image Business of Beauty Awards 2015", select 'BEST SKIN CLINIC' Category, then select 'LaNu Medi Spa', which will be held on March 22nd @ 6.30pm in Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. For the latest updates visit our Facebook page.

Do you stick to your diet on week and sometimes overindulge on the weekends? if yes, so you are not alone! Mostly people let go of their healthy lifestyles on the weekends and overindulge in food and alcohol.

Support and raise awareness on food Allergy week by distributing customized silicone wristbands among the people you care.

Salmonella is a pathogen for both human and animal. Typhoid, paratyphoid, ichoremia, gastroenteritis, and food-poisoning are major disease caused by Salmonella for human. The infection is acquired mainly by ingestion, especially meat, eggs, egg products, milk, milk products, sea food etc. Typical symptom of human infection of Salmonella includes sicchasia, vomit, diarrhea, abdominal pain or cramps, fever and headache. The incubation is from 8 to 72 hours. It usually occurs in 12 to 36 hours after taking infected food, and the symptom can remain for 1 week. Salmonella infection is regarded as one of the most common food borne pathogenic bacteria especially in developing countries and seriously threatens human health. Chemtrue® Salmonella Antigen Test can be an aid to diagnose Salmonella infection and monitor the effectiveness of therapy.

About eighty-five percent of all women suffer from PMS or PMDD at some point in their lives. Premenstrual Syndrome is a dreadful condition that precedes your period and causes uncomfortable symptoms like backaches and cramps. Luckily, there are a number of tried remedies to live happier with PMS.

Depression, cramps, and headaches are some of the symptoms that mark the onset of the "Oh So Dreadful" days as most women associate with. These are the days when women suffer from Premenstrual Syndrome or PMS. It has become such a common term these days that it needs no introduction. Premenstrual Syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that affect women during the week preceding the start of their period.

Depression is a serious medical illness and a type of mood disorder. It has a negative impact on the thought and behavioral processes of life. If a person suffers from depression for more than two weeks, it is referred to as a major depressive disorder or clinical depression.

The coronavirus completely de-railed everyone's world. We went from normal to pandemic survival mode in the snap of a finger. But, we have a good news for you. Things might not get normal but definitely better. Renowned physician-scientist Dr. Steven Quay's, new book "Stay Safe: A Physician's Guide to Survive Coronavirus" contains chock-full of lifesaving tips you can't find anywhere else to help you and your family stay safe while sheltering-in-place, as well as how to get back to life in the coming weeks and months.

Poor communication can be frustrating; however, in healthcare, poor communication can affect a person's quality of life and length of life. Each week, patients, pharmacies, physician offices, hospitals, and patient advocacy groups receive thousands of pharmaceutical materials and related drug information that either supports or complicates patient care and the conversations patients have with their healthcare providers. Your organization may have dozens or hundreds of pieces of pharmaceutical content lying around--some of it great and some of it dangerously unclear. For us to ensure pharmaceutical communications are as clear as possible, we need your help! To keep patients as safe as possible, P.Voxx collects, digitizes, and uploads drug-related communications in a search-ready, subscription-based database. IHA plain language experts then (1) evaluate these biopharmaceutical communications for clarity and (2) work with the original content developers to make the communications more understandable. By ensuring prescription drug communications are as clear as possible, HELP empowers medication-focused programs, professionals, and patients to achieve better health outcomes How Can You Help? You can collect and donate all of the pharmaceutical marketing and advertising materials your office receives from drug reps and other sources. We send you pre-addressed, postage-paid envelopes, so you can simply place these promotional materials into the envelopes and mail them back to us. P.Voxx and the IHA will take it from there! It takes a village to gather examples of good and bad communications. We cannot do it without the help of great people like you. To know more about it, please visit our website yourhealthliteracy.org You can help save and change patients' lives! Start now!