So President Obama has taken to the road to promote health care reform. Along the way he held a town hall meeting in Green Bay Wisconsin where he got an interesting request. His questioner mentioned bringing his daughter to the event, causing her to miss the last day of school. In response, President Obama offered to write a letter to the girl's teacher to excuse the absence. In fact, the President did write the note which is pictured above. You can see the exchange right here:
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Results tagged “health news” from ShAARP Session
Jun '09 12
Best Excuse For Missing School Ever
Feb '09 16
News To Know: A Year In Health News
Over the weekend, USA Today gave AARP President Jennie Chin Hansen the chance to highlight some of this year's most interesting and important health news and research. In her Special Report on Health, she references research on preventing medication mix-ups, using space technology to improve balance and prevent falls in older Americans, the ability of exercise to slow the aging process, and even how internet games can help sharpen the mind. With so many depressing stories in the news, it's nice to see a year's worth of health news on ways to live better and longer.
Dec '08 30
The Good, the Bad and the Healthy of '08
Considering there are only a couple of more days of 2008, this is the time that people start putting together their "best of" lists for the year. And while we didn't necessarily make a "best of," you can guess what we were covering: health. Check out AARP's Top Health Stories of 2008:
- Studies raise questions about benefits and cancer risk of cholesterol drug
- On the drug Vytorin and and its potential cancer risk
- Some good news on cancer trends
- First face transplant in the U.S.
- Public and Congress examines chemicals in kids' products
- As economy decreases, stress increases
- Childhood obesity leveling off after decades of increase
- Some good news for breast cancer survivors
- Statin drug Crestor cuts serious risks
Check out the whole piece for details on each story....
