A new poll reveals one-third of older Americans are not only having sweet dreams at night, but sleeping well, too. In addition, a Gallup polls shows men over 50 are getting the most out of their shut-eye.

The poll also shows sleep is never completely peaceful for 8 percent of adults, while the remainder lose at least one night a week, according to results released today by the International Longevity Center-USA, a New York-based non-profit policy group

A new poll reveals one-third of older Americans are not only having sweet dreams at night, but sleeping well, too. In addition, a Gallup polls shows men over 50 are getting the most out of their shut-eye.

The poll also shows sleep is never completely peaceful for 8 percent of adults, while the remainder lose at least one night a week, according to results released today by the International Longevity Center-USA, a New York-based non-profit policy group

President George W. Bush asks for $7.1 billion in emergency funding to store vaccines; he also seeks enhanced detection for any outbreak of a global flu pandemic.

He has also demanded an "aggressive" international endeavor to deal with the spread of bird flu, which has now moved from Asia into Europe and other regions. As a result, Bush wants to stock millions of doses of vaccines and other drugs to fight the avian flu

Coalition for Meaningful Medicaid Reform (CMMR) announces how Washington's version of Medicaid Reform may place greater burdens on the states as well as creating access problems for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Craig Fuller, President and CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) -- a co-founding coalition member says, "The Medicaid budget cuts that are currently being considered by the Congress would place real burdens on the states to keep the Medicaid prescription drug program functioning

Acording to a new study by the Keystone Research Center and Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, the number of Pennsylvanians with employer-provided health insurance declined by 4.1 percent between 2000 and 2004.

The decline signals that about 494,000 fewer Pennsylvanians get health insurance through their employer today than did in 2000. One in seven of the people who lost employer-provided health insurance coverage in the U.S. between 2000 and 2004 lived in Pennsylvania