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| Income, Education Affect HF Risk MedPage Today By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Explain that a study of healthy postmenopausal women found that those with lower incomes and less education had a higher risk of hospitalization for heart failure. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Preemies face higher death rates as young adults Reuters By Frederik Joelving NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When preemies grow up to be young adults, they could face slightly increased death rates, according to a new study based on Swedish data. Health problems are common among preterm babies, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Playing in the grass may ease ADHD msnbc.com By Remy Melina Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who regularly play outside in settings with lots of green, such as grassy open fields and parks, have milder ADHD symptoms than children who play indoors or at playgrounds, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Woman with 2 uteruses delivers twins msnbc.com CLEARWATER, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida woman with a rare medical condition has delivered twins -- one from each of her two uteruses. The cake cutting! The bouquet toss! Serena Williams tearing up the dance floor! Check out brand new photos of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Two from Bay Area among "genius" fellows San Francisco Chronicle (09-20) 16:21 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A Fairfax poet who considers time "as dense and viscous as amber" and a San Francisco doctor who examines dementia at the cellular level are among 22 winners of this year's MacArthur Awards, which bestow half a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall has prostate cancer, expects full recovery Washington Post By AP, The team said Tuesday a prostate biopsy was performed on Sept. 14, which was diagnosed as positive and revealed tumors. A date for the surgery to remove the prostate has not been scheduled. The 42-year-old Hall said in a news release he is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Calypso Medical sells for a fraction of money invested The Seattle Times Calypso Medical Technologies, which is being sold for little more than $10 million, will go into the books as a technological success for... By Rami Grunbaum No comments have been posted to this article. Calypso Medical Technologies, which is being ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Paper: Pa. warehouse heat sent several to hospital CBS News (AP) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A newspaper says sweltering conditions inside an Amazon.com warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania over the summer sent several employees to hospitals and led to a federal inspection. The (Allentown) Morning Call (http://bit.ly/qopNb6 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Transplant lawsuits filed against W. Pa. hospital Houston Chronicle PITTSBURGH (AP) â€" A western Pennsylvania couple filed negligence lawsuits Tuesday against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Physicians. The lawsuits allege that UPMC allowed an April ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Report: Terrell Owens goes to Korea for stem-cell therapy Baltimore Sun Free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens reportedly traveled to Korea for stem-cell therapy on his injured knee, the Korea Times reported Monday. Owens suffered a torn ACL in the offseason but vowed to return by the second or third week of the NFL season ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China Endorsing Tobacco in Schools Adds to $10 Trillion GDP Cost Bloomberg By Bloomberg News - Tue Sep 20 22:47:50 GMT 2011 China has more than 320 million smokers, a third of the world's total. Photographer: Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images China decided to create a tobacco monopoly in the 1980s because the industry accounted ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obese People's Brains Less Able To Control Impulse To Eat Than Thin People Medical News Today Obese individuals are less able to inhibit the impulsive desire to eat than people of normal weight, especially when their blood-sugar levels go down below normal, researchers from Yale University and the University of Southern California reported in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FDA OKs Drug for Cancer Patients With Weakened Bones WebMD By Bill Hendrick Sept. 20, 2011 -- The FDA has approved the osteoporosis drug Prolia as a treatment for some breast and prostate cancer patients whose bones have been weakened by certain hormone therapies for cancer. The drug's manufacturer, Amgen Inc. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WHO reports polio outbreak in China, warns of spread Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Polio has broken out in China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, and there is a high risk of the crippling virus spreading further during the annual Haj pilgrimage, the World Health Organization said on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bird flu strikes again, culling begins Times of India Nadia/KOLKATA: Bird flu has struck Bengal yet again and culling of poultry birds started across 13 villages of Nadia's Tehatta I block on Tuesday. block on Tuesday. "Around 51000 hens and ducks will be culled within a 3-km radius of the affected zone," ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Orexigen slates diet-pill trial, shares jump Reuters By Ransdell Pierson NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX.O) said it plans in 2012 to begin a large heart-safety trial of its experimental Contrave obesity drug, and that favorable results could win over regulators who rejected ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Earlier Detection of Aggressive Breast Cancer Now Possible Medscape September 20, 2011 (Washington, DC) — It's now possible to test for breast cancers in young, high-risk African-American women before cancer cells appear, according to study results presented Monday at the Fourth American Association for Cancer Research ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Governor signs bill for Medicaid funding switch Houston Chronicle LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a $400 million tax on health insurance claims to pull in more federal dollars for Medicaid. The legislation eliminates an existing 6 percent use tax on Medicaid managed care organizations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eden Medical Center: 'Nurses Strike Won't Affect Patients' Patch.com More than 400 nurses are set to walk off the job in Castro Valley on Thursday, but hospital officials say they have temporary replacements waiting in the wings. By James T. Ott Despite a nurses strike affecting 34 hospitals in northern and central ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Prescription Drugs Now Top Auto Accidents In Death Toll InjuryBoard.com Within the past couple of years, deaths from presription drug overdoses have recieved National attention from the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger, but it's not just the rich and famous who are at risk. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Local Football Teams Support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month The Warner Robins Patriot by MCKENNA KNIGHT Each year in the United States, over 12000 children are diagnosed with cancer, nearly a fourth of those do not survive. For the Warner Robins community, one of those hits close to home. Joanna McAfee was a spirited little girl, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| West Nile Virus Found Nearby in Seekonk Patch.com According to a Massachusetts Board of Health notice released on Tuesday, the virus has been detected in a sample of mosquitoes taken from Seekonk. Preemptive spraying will take place in Seekonk on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The virus is spread by mosquito ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 4 Insurers Will Supply Health Data New York Times By REED ABELSON Several major health insurers have agreed to provide their claims data on a regular basis to academic researchers, in an unusual agreement that they say will open a window onto the rising costs of health care. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Whooping Cough Vaccine May Not Give Long-Term Protection WebMD By Charlene Laino Sept. 20, 2011 (Chicago) -- The protection provided by the vaccine against whooping cough may wane after only about three years, a preliminary study suggests. The findings come from a survey of about 15000 children in Marin County, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Surgery vs. Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins WebMD By Brenda Goodman Sept. 19, 2011 -- A newer, less-invasive technique that uses a laser to seal off bulging and uncomfortable varicose veins appears to work about as well as the standard surgery to remove the damaged vessels, a new study shows. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Noncommunicable diseases may prove harder to control than other ailments Washington Post (Niranjan Shrestha/ AP ) - Customers smoke and drink beer with their food at a stall in Beijing: Tobacco, alcohol and overeating are among the leading causes of noncommunicable disease in both rich and poor countries. By David Brown, In the arc of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Simplee Takes On Cake Health, Adds Bill Payment Feature First ... By Leena Rao Simplee is allowing you to pay your bills to health care providers directly from its platform. ... Cake Health will also roll out a payment feature soon and is currently testing a bill paying option with a small number of users now. Simplee actually ... TechCrunch | ||
| Freakonomics » American Health Fail: What's Making Us Fat? A ... By Freakonomics Americans are fat. The latest obesity estimates reach as high as 30% of the population; and the future looks worse. There's been much hand wringing over the years, with a new television show sprouting up every season imploring the obese to ... Freakonomics | ||
| Climate Information, Meet Public Health Problems – State of the Planet By Brian Kahn IRI convened the fourth Summer Institute on Climate Information for Public Health. How did it help bring the two fields closer together? State of the Planet | ||
| Howard Dean: Employers Will Drop Health Coverage under ... By Publius Former Democratic National Committee Chairman, and doctor, Howard Dean backed a McKinsey & Co. survey today that found that almost a third of private-sector employers will drop their employee health insurance coverage when ... Big Government | ||
| RI Health Dept. announces recall of birth-control pills - Projo 7 to 7 ... By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health Tuesday announced a voluntary recall by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals of eight different oral contraceptives -- birth-control pills -- distributed in Rhode Island. A packaging error may result in ... Projo 7 to 7 News Blog | ||
| MRI Can Spot Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women: Study - Health ... By nalonsospc TUESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) — New research finds that compared to mammograms, MRI screenings for breast cancer saved money used for diagnosis and boosted the likelihood that high-risk, underserved women who were ... Health News | ||
| Health center opens in West Valley By David Madrid Health center opens in West Valley, Community Bridges opens a behavioral-health treatment center in Avondale to serve West Valley. azcentral.com | news | ||
| Fuel Fix » Texas Latinos face greater health risks from pollution ... By Puneet Kollipara Texas Latinos face greater health risks from pollution-related diseases, study finds. Fuel Fix | ||
| Obama proposes health care cuts to reduce deficit | OregonLive.com By The Associated Press Obama's administration is proposing to raise a range of costs for future retirees, while mostly shielding Medicare's 48 million current beneficiaries. Oregon Business News | ||
| $185M Awarded by HHS for Health Insurance Exchanges ... By Sheena Festoon Washington D.C. and other thirteen states were awarded with an amount of $185 million by the HHS, saying that it is done to assist them in establishing states. Retirement Planning | ||
| A Recovery-Oriented Outlook to Mental Health Services | 3BL Media By keystone A Recovery-Oriented Outlook to Mental Health Services. SUMMARY: Keystone Human Services and Keystone Community Mental Health Services take a recovery-oriented approach to mental health services. Based upon the idea that people ... Corporate Social Responsibility ... | ||
| Cornell Student Health Insurance Costs Soar | The Cornell Daily Sun By Akane Otani Since 2008, the price of Cornell's Student Health Insurance Plan has surged 25 percent due to new federal guidelines for student health care and a jump in service requests from people enrolled in SHIP, according to Cornell administrators. ... The Cornell Daily Sun | ||
| Analysis: WH Paving Paths to Better Health But last week, the Obama administration said it will help hundreds of thousands of black Americans who desperately need health care – but can't afford it – by creating more community health centers in low-income neighborhoods across the ... News | ||
| Ron Paul: Obama cuts to veterans' health benefits 'unjust and ... By bobbyw24 Ron Paul: Obama cuts to veterans' health benefits 'unjust and immoral'. Submitted by bobbyw24 on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 13:13. in. Ron Paul 2012 · Vetetans. 26 votes. By Justin Sink - 09/20/11 11:37 AM ET. Republican presidential candidate ... Ron Paul 2012 | Sound Money,... | ||
| President Barack Obama's health care cuts spread the pain | The ... By The Associated Press Health care savings in President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan would squeeze future Medicare recipients, cut payments to drug companies and hospitals, and shift costs to states. Still, some advocates say the president's approach is ... Examiner RSS | ||
| GoLocalProv | News | NEW: Community Health Centers to Receive ... 8 Rhode Island Health centers will be receiving 100K of funding in the form of grants. GoLocalProv.com | Main Feed | ||
| In Pursuit of Health Care and Justice: My Day in Court with the ... By Kari Ann Rinker As some of you may have read here before, I am a participant in the ACLU lawsuit filed against the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Kansas. RHRealityCheck.org | ||
| Your Health Matters: Healthcare close to home : News : UpNorthLive ... By Melissa Smith Outpatient clinics are critical to rural areas in northern Michigan. In this week's Your Health Matters we meet one man who relies on his local clinic for his heart health. Up North Live - Local News |
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| Fish: Health Advice on Eating Fish You Catch health advice on eating the fish you catch. ... The booklet Health Advice on Eating Sportfish and Game 2011-2012 is available in Portable Document Format ... www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/.../health_advisori... | ||
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