Worth a Look: HealthyPeople.gov

About Healthy People Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 3 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to: Encourage collaborations across communities and sectors. Empower individuals toward making informed health decisions. Measure the impact of prevention activities. Leading Health Indicators …

SchwartzReport: Obesity Bigger Health Problem than Hunger

Global report: Obesity bigger health crisis than hunger By Danielle Dellorto, CNN updated 5:41 AM EST, Fri December 14, 2012 Obesity is a bigger health crisis globally than hunger, and the leading cause of disabilities around the world, according to a new report published Thursday in the British medical journal The Lancet. Nearly 500 researchers …

SmartPlanet: Urban beekeeping keeps cities healthy

Urban beekeeping keeps cities healthy   “We need bees for the future of our cities and urban living,” Noah Wilson-Rich said at TEDxBoston.  Wilson-Rich completed his Ph.D. in honeybee health in 2005. In 2006, honeybees started disappearing.  “We don’t even find dead bodies, and it’s bizarre. Researchers still do not know what’s causing it,” says …

John Steiner: Colorado Goes Local & Bi-Lingual on Health Insurance

From: Public News Service <cnc@newsservice.org> Insurance Cooperative Heading to CO Kathleen Ryan, Public News Service-CO http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27794-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService <http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService>   Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news>   @pns_CO <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_CO> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (08/08/12) DENVER – Coloradans soon will have a new health insurance option – and this one is “owned” by consumers. Called the Colorado Health …

Marcus Aurelius: DoD Tries to Rip 3/4 Billion Out of Health Care – Panetta Caught and Challenged by Congress on Integrity & Intelligence

Looks like Congress has caught DoD in a credibility and integrity breach: For years, DoD — including the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Service Chiefs, have been crying poormouth on military health care and trying to use military beneficiaries as cash cows to fund what should be 100% taxpayer-funded, …

2013 Robert Steele Foreword to NATO Book on Public Intelligence for Public Health

Short URL This Post:  http://tinyurl.com/NATO2013 PDF:  Steele Foreword to NATO Internet Based (Public) Intelligence Foreword Robert David STEELE CEO, Earth Intelligence Network I am delighted to have an opportunity to welcome this book as a contribution to the growing body of work focused on the convergence of new technologies, new human possibilities, and new organizational …