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Only About 1 In 10 Adult Americans Are Health Literate
Just 12 percent of America's 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care proficiently, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research. These skills, known collectively as health literacy, describe people's person's ability to obtain and use health information to make appropriate health care decisions.
AMA Congratulates The Flying Doctors On 80 Years Of Saving Lives, Australia
The Australian Medical Association congratulated The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) on 80 years of providing emergency and primary health care to people in the bush.The RFDS celebrates its 80th anniversary today.AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that without the extensive health care network flown in by the RFDS, much of outback and rural Australia would be left exposed.
California Gov. Schwarzenegger Releases Revised Budget That Includes Addition...
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Wednesday released a revised fiscal year 2009 state budget that includes deeper cuts to health and social service programs than previously proposed, the Sacramento Bee reports (Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, 5/15). Schwarzenegger added $1.

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