Health & Fitness – Title: Health Highlights: Jan. 16, 2008Category: Health NewsCreated: 1/17/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/17/2008
Health & Fitness – A virus previously implicated in the onset of Kaposi's sarcoma has been linked to the development of Merkel cell carcinoma, a dangerous skin cancer.
Health & Fitness – Title: Sealant Helps Stem Bleeding During SurgeryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/17/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/17/2008
Health & Fitness – HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced the release of $450 million to help eligible low-income homeowners and renters meet home energy costs. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds will provide…
Health & Fitness – HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Despite some reports that statins might slow or prevent Alzheimer;s disease, a new study finds no evidence for the theory.
Health & Fitness – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration last month issued rules that "[i]n effect" will "close a legal loophole that could have allowed employers to make health insurance more expensive…
Health & Fitness – Rhett Lamb, 3, is often irritable, but it's not just the routine growing pains of a toddler's life that has affected him. It's the fact that Rhett can't sleep. That's going to have a great impact on his behavior…
Health & Fitness – AFP - Undernutrition is to blame for 3.5 million deaths among children aged under five each year, but most of the fatalities occur in 20 countries, where targeted aid programmes could swiftly address the problem,…
Health & Fitness – Cynthia Kreutz, president and chief executive officer of HCA/HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Aurora, Colo., is the 2008 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care…
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Health & Fitness – The high percentage of young people in Cameroon who do not retrieve their HIV test results is contributing to the spread of the virus in the country, researchers from the Institute for Research, Socioeconomic Development…
Health & Fitness – Reuters - Children under 2 years old should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health authorities advised on Thursday.
Health & Fitness – Reuters - Walking can help people lose weight, especially if they use a pedometer to make sure they are going far enough, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Health & Fitness – France's High Council for Public Health on Monday issued a bulletin effectively backing the use of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil over use of GlaxoSmithKline's HPV vaccine Cervarix, Reuters reports.…
Health & Fitness – The San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday profiled World Family -- a Bay Area group that collects "outdated" hospital equipment in the U.S. and donates it to health clinics in Ethiopia in an attempt to combat HIV/AIDS…
Health & Fitness – PeachCare, Georgia's version of SCHIP, will receive enough federal funding in fiscal year 2008 to address a shortfall and to enroll an additional 40,000 children in the program, according to Department of Community…
Health & Fitness – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday held a forum with Democratic leaders, members of the Bush administration and medical experts to discuss long-term health care issues, CongressDaily reports.
Health & Fitness – House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday in a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt wrote that CMS does not have the authority to limit states' ability to expand Medicaid coverage to more children, CQ HealthBeat reports…
Health & Fitness – HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A newly discovered role played by the breast cancer gene BRCA1 in repairing damaged DNA may help explain why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene are…
Health & Fitness – The American Association of Medical Colleges recently released a long-awaited report recommending that pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers knock off their efforts to bribe medical students…
Health & Fitness – NitroMed has announced plans to end sales and promotional activities of the congestive heart failure medication BiDil, the first medication approved by FDA for use in a specific racial group, although the treatment…
Health & Fitness – "Geneticizing Disease: Implications for Racial Health Disparities" (.pdf), Center for American Progress: The report, by Jamie Brooks and Meredith King of the Center for American Progress, details racial and ethnic…
Health & Fitness – The latest medications can delay the onset of Alzheimer;s disease, but none are able to reverse its devastating effects. This limitation often makes early detection the key to Alzheimer;s patients maintaining a…
Health & Fitness – Many popular diet plans are based on changing the proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats one ingests as a method to promote weight loss. There has been some controversy regarding the effectiveness of these…
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