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Friday, February 28, 2020 |
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Where's the cushion?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:06 PM :: 3228 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Emergency preparedness in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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'Coronavirus recession' could put Hawaii in $3.8 billion hole by 2025
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:05 PM :: 3310 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Reckless state spending is exhausting our emergency reserves....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: Professional Association Tries to Take Over State Board
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 3254 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UHERO: Corona Virus May Damage State Economy
By UHERO @ 5:02 PM :: 3042 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UH seeks to train more doctors, expand medical school to Maui
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 1791 Views :: Health Care
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...State’s physician shortage remains between 519 and 820 doctors....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Poor economy is medical threat, too
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:20 PM :: 2374 Views :: Economy, Health Care
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...In times of crisis, we are likely to be held back by the same problems that affect us now — the doctor shortage, the shipping restrictions caused by the Jones Act....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 3165 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Analysis of the vaping industry in Hawaii, including economic data, state health department findings on vaping-related lung illnesses, youth e-cigarette use, tobacco retail compliance checks, and state funding dedicated to tobacco control programs....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Emergency Preparedness? Hawaii Drops to Lowest Tier
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 2606 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...As Threats Increase, Annual Assessment Finds Hawaii's Level of Readiness for Health Emergencies dropping....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Meatless Mondays in Hawaii Schools? -- Politicized Veganism Threatens Human Health
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 AM :: 3262 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Health Care
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...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 |
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No GE Tax on Medical Bills -- help lift MD shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:32 PM :: 2970 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Hawaii is currently “short” by approximately 820 physicians ....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Few Disabled Working, Federal Benefits Unused
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 2854 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Hawaii Mixed Scores on Dental Care
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 2304 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii 46 -- ‘Dental Habits & Care’ Rank....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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After Diamond Head Attack--Lawmakers Propose Gun Control and Mental Health Bills
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 3335 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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...SB2505: Requires & appropriates funds for DOH to establish a continuum of stabilization beds statewide for non-forensic patients with substance abuse or mental health disorders....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Stop Taxing Healthcare
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 3218 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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HB2451: Assisted Suicide Proponents want Hawaii to be a testing ground for Nurses!
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:48 PM :: 2164 Views :: Health Care
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...The House Health Committee has scheduled a hearing on HB 2451 (Relating to Health) this Friday, January 31, at 11 a.m....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax adds $222M to healthcare costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 3855 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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HB2680: Involuntary Hospitalization for Mentally Ill
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:14 PM :: 2868 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii receives mixed grades on tobacco prevention and cessation
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 2916 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The 18th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report grades states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Eliminating Barriers to the Treatment of Mental Illness -- HRS Evaluated Law by Law
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 3424 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...In 2019, Hawaii's legislature expressly re-incorporated failure to obtain needed treatment for mental illness to prevent serious physical debilitation or disease into its definition of 'dangerous to self.' ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Ige, Ballard, Legislators Agree: Mentally Ill Must be Forcibly Committed to Treatment Centers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 AM :: 3755 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...will the Diamond Head attack be enough to turn the tide on mental health reform?....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Doctors Agonistes: Paradise Lost
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 5:17 PM :: 3839 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Taxes
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...Docs are channeling their inner Rambo: “I love my country! I just want it to love us back.”....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Making Prescriptions More Available
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:53 AM :: 1981 Views :: Health Care
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...Federal laws are standing in the way of the distribution of prescription medicine to individuals in need, says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, surgeon and medical public policy expert....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii Cost of Smoking $2.2M per Smoker
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 2875 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Homeless deaths increase on O‘ahu Because They are not Being Forced into Shelters
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 3746 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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...The average age of death amongst this vulnerable population here on O‘ahu was 54.4 years old....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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DoH Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Drug Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 3745 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Drugs
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...Pacific Quest Corp operating two illegal special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs....
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Thursday, January 2, 2020 |
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Hawaii Least Depressed State
By News Release @ 11:12 AM :: 3210 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...but depression rate jumps 17.76% from 2014-2018....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020 |
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UH report shows more than 150 doctors left Hawaii in 2019
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 2976 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The exodus of doctors from practice in Hawai’i this year was much worse than was indicated in preliminary figures released just a few months ago....
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Monday, December 30, 2019 |
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Will Red Flag Laws Stop Gun Owners Seeking Medical Care?
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3090 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...a poll asking gun owners if they would talk to their doctors about any mental health issues they may be having, knowing that their doctor could file a red flag order against them....
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 |
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Auditor: Insurers Already Cover Rape Victim Support
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:00 AM :: 2013 Views :: Health Care
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...Study of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance for Clinical Victim Support Services for Victims of Sexual Violence and Abuse....
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Thursday, December 26, 2019 |
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56% of Hawaii Smokers Tried to Quit Last Year
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 2765 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Lung Assn: Ready to Quit Smoking? ‘Quit, Don’t Switch’ to E-Cigarettes....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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DoH raids Two Unlicensed Care Homes
By News Release @ 10:11 AM :: 2678 Views :: Health Care
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“...This is (only) the third NOVO that we have issued against illegal care homes this year in response to complaints we have received....”
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 |
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Anti-Vaxxers Target Samoa with Disinformation Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:41 AM :: 3829 Views :: Ethics, World News, Health Care
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"...Unfortunately, these anti-vaxx people all live overseas, but they’re using social media to influence our population and our community. What can the government do? We’re not wasting time with those people....”
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii Ranks Among Least Protection Against Elder Abuse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 4380 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Life
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...2019’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
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America's Health Rankings: Hawaii 3rd-Healthiest State
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 2824 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...America's Health Ranking's 2019 Hawaii Report....
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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Cost of Care Survey 2019: Most Long Term Care Costs In Hawaii Decrease
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 3094 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Annual Median Cost of Long Term Care Support Services for Hawaii....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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DoH: Marijuana Behind Most Vaping Illness
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 3286 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...FDA and state health laboratories have detected vitamin E acetate (a synthetic form of vitamin E) in a sample of vaping fluids also containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active compound in marijuana....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 |
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Feds: Guam #1 for Medicare Ambulance Fraud
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 3663 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Guam Ambulance Company Executives Plead Guilty to Medicare and TRICARE Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme....
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Thursday, November 7, 2019 |
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Fewer years of healthy life for Native Hawaiians, UH study finds
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 3354 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, OHA
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...Native Hawaiians in Hawaiʻi have a shorter life expectancy compared with other racial/ethnic populations in the state....
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Thursday, October 31, 2019 |
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Lawsuit: How HMSA Ran Down Clock on Expensive Cancer Patient
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 4882 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...Unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court Victory Against HMSA for Cancer Patient and Widow....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 |
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Birth Control: 9th Circuit Refuses to Recognize Religious Objectors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:47 AM :: 5943 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life, Religion
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...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 |
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HSTA wins award for tobacco control efforts
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 3700 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Labor
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...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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National Council on Disability Rips Hawaii Assisted Suicide Law
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 59542 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii Vape Retailers Oppose Proposed E-Cigarette, Store-Bought, Nicotine Flavor Ban
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 51260 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Currently, the minimum age to purchase nicotine vapor products in Hawaii is 21....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 |
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Critical flaws plague new study linking ‘heavy’ pesticide exposure to cardiovascular disease
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 4490 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii: State of Childhood Obesity
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 3879 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....
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Saturday, October 12, 2019 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Lowest Uninsured
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 2958 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....
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Monday, October 7, 2019 |
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DoH public health advisory urging everyone to stop vaping
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 3383 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...If you are an adult using vaping devices to kick a cigarette habit, do not return to smoking cigarettes....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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Vaccinations? Hawaii Ranks 34th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:36 PM :: 3081 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...vaccines prevented 732,000 deaths in the U.S. between 1994 and 2013....
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Monday, September 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii Among States with Lowest Death Rate
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 2713 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The average age-adjusted death rate for the five states with the highest death rates was 49% higher than that for the five states with the lowest death rates ….
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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The cure for Hawaii’s doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:13 PM :: 4281 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...doctors can make 50 percent more if they work on the mainland instead of in Hawaii....
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