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Dr Margaret Chan Nominated to be WHO DirectorGeneral

Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:47:22 GMT

Dr Margaret Chan of China was nominated today by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization for the post of DirectorGeneral. The DirectorGeneral is WHOs chief technical and administrative officer. The nomina...

Home Inspections in South Florida

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:51:26 GMT

A Home Inspector examines the condition of a home often in connection with the sale of that home. An inspector will check items such as the roof the basement the heating system the water heater and the airconditioning system structure plumbin...

Surgeon Generals Secondhand Smoke Report

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:35:18 GMT

The findings released by the U.S. Surgeon Generals Report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke clearly define the known health risks of secondhand smoke: that any exposure is unhealthy and dangerous. This report sho...

Google Asked by Psoriasis Group to Stop Permitting Paid Ads to Tout Phony Medical Cures

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:54:07 GMT

Kensington MD June 20 2006 Psoriasis Cure Now a nonprofit patient advocacy group today asked internet search giant Google to enforce its own corporate policy against accepting advertisements that promote phony cures for incurable diseases. Googl...

Consumer Groups Support Steps to Stabilize Gasoline Prices and Reduce Oil Consumption

Thu, 25 May 2006 10:30:20 GMT

The bill Clean Energy Development for a Growing Economy EDGE introduced today by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid DNV outlines legislative fixes to curb Americas growing demand for oil and addresses price manipulation by the oil industry...

David Catlett to President Euro RSCG Life PR

Tue, 23 May 2006 11:32:13 GMT

Euro RSCG Life a leading healthcare communications network announced that David Catlett has joined the firm as president of Euro RSCG Life PR the healthcare public relations/marketing communications unit of the agency. Catlett reports directly to ...

Dr LEE Jong wook DirectorGeneral of WHO dies in Geneva

Tue, 23 May 2006 11:00:33 GMT

Dr Lee Jongwook DirectorGeneral of the World Health Organization died this morning in a Geneva hospital where he had been taken Saturday afternoon to undergo surgery to remove a subdural hematoma or blood clot from his brain. He was declared de...

Substantial Numbers of US Adults Taking Steps to Prevent Identity Theft

Mon, 22 May 2006 12:16:41 GMT

A recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Personal Finance Poll reveals that while relatively few U.S. adults say they have fallen victim to identity theft substantial numbers have taken specific steps to help prevent it from happening ...

Laurie P Cooke Named First CEO of Healthcare Businesswomens Assn

Fri, 19 May 2006 09:32:58 GMT

The Healthcare Businesswomens Association HBA announced today that Laurie P. Cooke has been appointed the organizations first chief executive officer by a unanimous vote. As Chief Executive Officer Cooke will be responsible for the effective ove...

Mathew Emmens 2006 HBA Honorable Mentor by the Healthcare Businesswomens Association

Mon, 15 May 2006 10:19:52 GMT

Matthew Emmens Chief Executive Officer Shire Pharmaceuticals was honored as the 2006 HBA Honorable Mentor by the Healthcare Businesswomens Association at the 17th annual HBA Woman of the Year awards luncheon Wednesday May 10 at the New York Hil...

Newsweek Looks at AIDS at 25

Thu, 11 May 2006 11:02:26 GMT

New YorkAt first a ton of people said that whoever gets AIDS deserves to have AIDS deserves to literally suffer all the physical pain that the virus carries with it Tom Hanks who won an Oscar for playing a gay lawyer dying of the disease in 19...

Top Physicians Honored at First National Physician of the Year

Fri, 5 May 2006 15:28:16 GMT

On March 15 2006 Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. honored several outstanding physicians across the country in the first annual National Physician of the Year Awards at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Master of Ceremonies Dr. Max Gomez of NBC T...

How Efficient are Americas Largest Donors

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:33:23 GMT

In an effort to make giving money away as competitive among the rich as making it the online magazine Slate with the assistance of the Chronicle of Philanthropy releases the The Slate 60 which is an annual list of 60 largest American charitabl...

Statement by Bausch Lomb on Fungal Keratitis Issue

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:43:53 GMT

Bausch Lomb have today asked U.S. retailers to remove ReNuR with MoistureLocR made in the companys U.S. plant from their shelves temporarily and recommended that consumers switch to another lens care solution for the time being until the inv...

Paul Cleary Named Dean of Public Health Yale School of Medicine

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:34:55 GMT

Health care sociologist Paul Cleary has been named Dean of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health of Yale School of Medicine Yale President Richard C. Levin and Medical School Dean Robert J. Alpern have announced...

Most Decorated Doctor of Iraq War Dr Richard Jadick Saved Over 30 Lives in One Battle

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:42:43 GMT

Richard Jadick is considered the Iraq wars most decorated doctor. His commanding officer Lt. Col. Mark Winn estimated that without Jadick at the front the Marines would have lost an additional 30 men. I have never seen a doctor display the kind ...

Brain Awareness Week March 13 19

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:50:26 GMT

More than 1875 organizations in 65 countries will be participating in Brain Awareness Week activities from March 1319 under the auspices of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives the campaigns founder and international coordinator. People of al...

Scientists Who Defeated Polio Honored by US Postal Service

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:45:38 GMT

They were professional rivals in life following different routes to create a vaccine to save children from paralysis and death caused by polio. Both won funding support from the March of Dimes for their pioneering research. Now Dr. Sabin and Dr. Sal...

Diet Hype and How the Media Collides with Science

Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:51:53 GMT

Not so long ago patients got all their medical knowledge from doctors. But now a media explosion has transformed that intimate relationship into an orgy of Web sites cable and networkTV medical reports and magazine and newspaper stories heralding...

Healthcare Businesswomens Association Names Susan Desmon Hellman MD President of Genetech 2006 Woman of the Year

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:10:29 GMT

The Healthcare Businesswomen Association HBA has named Susan DesmondHellmann M.D. President Product Development Genentech as the 2006 Woman of the Year. DesmondHellmann is credited with possessing extraordinary leadership unwavering compassi...

Georgetown University Launches a Cage Free Egg Policy

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:04:48 GMT

Today the nations largest animal protection organization announced another success in the effort to end one of the most abusive practices in animal agribusiness. Georgetown University is ending its use of eggs from caged birds a move that The Huma...

Purchasers in Three Communities View Specialty Hospitals as Spurring Medical Arms Race

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:55:47 GMT

Purchasers in three communities with significant specialty hospital development Indianapolis Little Rock and Phoenix generally believe specialty hospitals are contributing to a medical arms race that is driving up costs without demonstrating c...

Thanking Americas Wounded Warriors

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:23:33 GMT

These heroes dont ask for recognition or seek publicity. In most cases they are silent warriors who shun the spotlight. They experienced the horror of combat but are glad they could help foster the American dream of freedom around the globe.<...

Drug Discovery Companies Turn to Low cost Asian Countries to Evade Stringent Regulations

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:47:56 GMT

The Indian and Chinese drug discovery outsourcing market is riding a crest with companies from outside Asia increasingly seeking to outsource drug discovery to these countries for greater cost savings. Other major factors driving this shift to Indian...

CDC Announces Change in Recommendations for use of AntiviralsClinicians Should Not Prescribe Two Common Antivirals

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:06:24 GMT

and rimantadine to treat or prevent influenza during the 20052006 influenza season. Laboratory testing by CDC on the predominant strain of influenza H3N2 currently circulating in the United States shows that it is resistant to these drugs. ...

RI legalizes medicinal marijuana

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Rhode Island is now the 11th state in America to legalize the growth purchase and use of medicinal marijuana.State legislators voted 59 to 13 on Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Don Carcieri allowing people with illnesses such as cancer an...

China to double HIVAIDS prevention spending

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

In an effort to lower Chinas increasing HIV/AIDS infection rate the Chinese government will double its spending on disease prevention in 2006 and 2007.According to the China Daily online newspaper Chinese officials estimated there ...

Company bids for drug worldfirst

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

AstraZeneca PLC Europes thirdbiggest drug maker submitted a proposal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Seroquel as a treatment for bipolar disorder.This would add a new use to its topselling antipsychotic drug.Bipo...

Mine blast rocks town

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

The scene was emotional in the small West Virginia town of Tallmansville yesterday as officials announced that only one man had survived Tuesdays explosion at the Sago Mine.Rescuers found one body in the mine before midnight and 12 others ho...

Canned tuna High in mercury

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Seafood lovers beware: The fish you eat may not be what it seems.A recent series by the Chicago Tribune on mercury in fish has revealed that some cans of light tuna a fish variety the Food and Drug Administration FDA recommends...

Footandmouth hits China

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Cattle farms in China are reporting outbreaks of footandmouthdisease and officials say that measures are underway to control its spread.But what is footandmouth disease?The disease is caused by a virus belonging to the picornavir...

Sharon undergoes second surgery

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a second emergency surgery on Friday after a brain scan showed increased cranial pressure and bleeding.Doctors at Hadassah EinKerem Hospital in Jerusalem said his blood pressure had also changed.<...

Sharon suffers massive stroke

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in critical condition after suffering an intracerebral brain hemorrhage on Wednesday night. He was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital where he underwent a seven hour surgery to stop the bleeding. Shlomo MorY...

Sharon rushed to hospital

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital late Wednesday night according to senior political sources. His office says the 77yearold was conscious and in stable condition.According to media reports Sharon made t...

Flu or bird flu

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Its officially flu season causing bumpertobumper traffic at hospital emergency rooms around the country.But in Los Angeles reports that a large number of people complaining of influenzalike s...

Turkish family loses third child to bird flu

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

The family in eastern Turkey that lost two children to avian flu earlier this week has had a third child succumb to the virus.Hulya Kocyigit 11 died on Friday. She was the sister of Mehmet Ali 14 who died on Sunday and Fatma 15 who died...

US Tamiflu shipments increase

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Roche Pharmaceuticals maker of the influenza drug Tamiflu has stepped up shipments to U.S. cities with high incidences of the flu.States that have been particularly hard hit this season include California Arizona New Mexico Utah Texas O...

Turkish teens die from bird flu

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Bird flu claimed its first human victims outside East Asia this week.On Thursday Fatma Kocyigit 15 died in a hospital in Turkeys eastern region. Her 14yearold brother Mehmet Ali Kocyigit died four days earlier.The children who ...

Florence Nightingale or flimflam artist

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Michelle Torgerson a Minnesota nurse has been sentenced to nine months in prison for staging a flu clinic on a college campus and using a diluted vaccine.She apologized for giving watereddown shots to at least 43 students and faculty member...

China announces another bird flu death

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Chinese media reports that a 41yearold woman has become the countrys latest human fatality from the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.Xinhua News Agency reported that the woman who died on December 21 was a factory worker in the southeaste...

Bird flu touches down again in Turkey

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:16 GMT

Less than a month after declaring that it had eliminated bird flu from its western territory Turkey reported an outbreak of avian flu in the eastern province of Igdir which is on the border with Armenia.Authorities have identified the deadly...

Top 10 Issues for the Health Industries in 2006

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:00:43 GMT

PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute today issued a report on the Top 10 Business Issues for the Health Industries in 2006. High on the list are the implications of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program the rise of consumer dire...

Skin Deep Magazine Launches Internationally

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:52:30 GMT

desire to enhance ones image has worldwide appeal. Over $ 10 billion was spent in a single year in the United States alone on cosmetic procedures. Now you can get the most uptodate information on all of image enhancement with the new SKIN DEEP Mag...

Asthma use differs among races

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Inhaled steroid medications for asthma which have greatly reduced the need for patients to be hospitalized with serious symptoms were significantly less likely to be prescribed for minority patients and children during the years soon after their in...

FDA fasttracks flu vaccine approval

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

When faced with an urgent public health need the federal government vaccine manufacturers and universitybased researchers can work together quickly and effectively to come up with solutions as demonstrated in the successful clinical trial of the ...

Windy City Tops in allergies

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Once again the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America AAFA is warning people that seasonal allergies in the fall can cause problems for millions in cities all across the country.The foundations annual Fall Allergy Capital rankings whic...

Kiss kills girl with peanut allergy

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

A 15yearold girl with a peanut allergy died this week after being kissed by her boyfriend following his peanut butter snack.Christina Desforges who lived in Saguenay just north of Quebec City received a shot of adrenalin immediately after...

Circuit parties breed disease

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Circuit parties mammoth dance events held around the country and the world by and for gay and bisexual men were born in the 1980s in large part to raise awareness and funding for HIV and AIDS prevention. Today the circuit parties with up to 2...

Prison race HIV linked

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

There may be a relationship between incarceration and race disparities in American HIV rates Yale researchers report in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.Led by Kim Blankenship associate research scientist at Y...

Oral HIV test Too many false positives

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

The accuracy of an oral HIV test is being questioned. Its supposed to be fast and easy to use at home but health officials say theyve seen lots of false positives.The OraQuick Advance rapid test detects antibodies of the virus that causes...

Patients worry about HIVtainted blood

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Russian health authorites reported last week that hundreds of patients were given HIV tainted blood. This announcement sent thousands into a tailspin. The blood has been traced to a 35yearold female donor. The initial report said at least 20...

HIV vaccine could be years away

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

An HIV vaccine may be just a few years away. Scientists say that in four to five years they may be able to tell which candidate vaccines could successfully be developed into effective ones.Still no one knows exactly when an effective vaccine...

China Tainted blood donations infect 18

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

An unemployed Chinese man who sold his blood formoney did so 15 times before finding out he was HIVpositive. The blood which was apparently not tested beforehand was given to 25 different patients.Twentyone people have been infected 18...

Jewelrymaking program reduces HIV risk

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a new way to address HIV and sexual risktaking among drugusing women involved in prostitution. The Jewelry Education for Women Empowering their Lives JEWEL pro...

Study links alcohol violence

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

A study of 133 violent offenders in Sweden shows that 78 58 percent had consumed alcohol within 24 hours before the violent act. A large majority of the offenders were men with psychiatric diagnoses and most of the victims were known to the...

Workouts improve memory

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Scientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles have found that a simple 14day program that incorporates basic lifestyle changes can significantly enhance a persons brain function and memory.Th...

Lou Rawls battles brain lung cancer

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Lou Rawls a Grammywinning singer has been diagnosed with brain and lung cancer. The 72yearold is being treated at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.His spokesman says Rawls was diagnosed with lung cancer last year he found out a...

NEJM blasts Vioxx trial

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

This week the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine NEJM announced that the authors of a Vioxx study published five years ago omitted data that would have linked the painkiller to a greater relative risk of heart attacks.T...

Katrinas topical depression

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Its been more than three months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the Southeast coast but shes still taking a toll on the people she affected the most.Many who lost everything because of Katrina homes jobs health family members ...

Dangerous bacterial infection increasing

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

In three reports released recently by the Centers for Disease Control CDCand The New England Journal of Medicine researchers have determined that a particularly virulent strain of the bacterium Clostridium difficile is causing widespread ...

Katrina leaves lead legacy

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT

Unsafe levels of lead found in New Orleans soil and sediments disturbed by Hurricane Katrina could pose a health threat to returning residents particularly children according to a study published in the Jan. 15 2006 Environmental Science and ...

Cloning expert questioned

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
While insisting that his work was truthful a prominent South Korean stem cell scientist requested on Friday that a scientific paper on stem cells that were created through human cloning be withdrawn.Seoul National University professor Hwang W...

Spa Week benefits cancer victims

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
Its hard to justify spending hundreds of dollars on a few hours of pleasure even it improves your mental and physical health. But thanks to Spa Week you can pamper yourself whilehelping cancer victims.

Last year women in New York Cit...

NIH launches new stroke website

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
More than 700000 strokes occur in the United States each year and nearly threequarters of them are in people over age 65. NIHs Senior Health division is trying to lower those numbers with a new website that features information to help people red...

Flu killed 150 US kids last year

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
More than 150 U.S. kids died of influenza last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC discovered the large number of flurelated deaths by analyzing data from state health departments.Almost onethird of the children died w...

Progress made on bird flu vaccine

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
SanofiAventis the worlds thirdlargest drugmaker and the worlds largest producer of flu vaccines said an early trial suggests the experimental bird flu vaccine its trying to develop is safe and effective. The drugmaker said the experimen...

FDA warns companies about phony bird flu cures

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
In a statement posted on its official website the Food and Drug Administration FDA has sent out official warnings to nine prescription drug companies forbidding them from marketing drugs that claim to treat the avian flu. In the statement the FD...

Bird flu spreads through Ukraine

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
The outbreak of bird flu in Ukraine has spread to at least 12 villages. Nine other areas including the major cities of Simferopol and Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula have reported mass bird deaths. These areas of mass deaths have yet to be...

US On birdwatch

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
Avian flu has yet to acquire the ability to pass easily from human to human.But despite that fact many government and health officials are heightening public panic: Sound the alarm. Prepare for your doom. The U.S. is unprepared to fight the ...

Roche grants Shanghai company Tamiflu license

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
The Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has granted its first sublicensing agreement for Tamiflu in order to fight a possible bird flu pandemic.On Monday the drugmaker confirmed that Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group in China has been licensed to ...

Thailand 70th human dies of bird flu

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
A Thai boy has become the 70th person to die of bird flu. Authorities are not sure how the 5yearold caught the virus. He was not known to have direct contact with chickens. We believe that the boy contracted the virus from his surroundings ...

China New bird flu cases confirmed

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
China has confirmed its fourth and fifth human cases of bird flu. A 10yearold girl tested positive as did a female farmer.The 10yearold girl from southern China has undergone emergency treatment. Shes been sick with a fever and pneumonia...

WHO bans smokers

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
Smokers and tobacco users have been banned from applying for jobs with the World Health Organization WHO.The ban took effect on Dec. 1 and applies to any job applicants who smoke chew tobacco or inhale snuff and who say they would continue...

Westin hotel chain bans smoking

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has announced that its upscale brand Westin Hotels and Resorts will become the first hotel chain to introduce a brandwide smokefree policy.Effective January 2006 all 77 Westin hotels in the U.S. Cana...

Roche grants Tamiflu license to Indian company

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:07:22 GMT
Roche announced that it has granted a sublicense to the Indian company Hetero Drugs for the production of oseltamivir Tamiflu as part of continued efforts to increase and speed up availability of the medicine for worldwide influenza pandemic plann...

Common Questions About High Definition TV

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:59:54 GMT
A growing number of people are buyingor are considering buyinghighdefinition televisions HDTV. Many questions still remain about this technology however. Here are answers from Jim Barry the Consumer Electronics Associations Digital Answer M...

Red Cross Announces New TollFree Phone Number

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:56:23 GMT
The American Red Cross announced today that effective immediately it will utilize a new phone number 800RED CROSS or 8007332767 as the vehicle for people who wish to make a donation to the American Red Cross over the telephone. The Red Cross...

Less Smog More Hot Air

Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:09:44 GMT
Despite a recent wave of good news about reductions in smog levels in Southern California the usual suspects envirowackos are back at it. According to them Los Angeles is the model of impending doom because the city is once again the nations s...

The Ultimate Transplant

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:59:24 GMT
For thousands of people whose faces have been disfigured by thirddegree burns or other injury life often becomes an endless series of painful operations. Surgery is performed to transfer skin to the face from the back buttocks thighs or even scal...

Finding This Years Great Gifts

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:36:45 GMT
Shoppers plan to spend more than half of their holiday budget by shopping online according to a poll by America Online. The same poll also found that Americans plan to boost their online spending by 6.5 percent reaching an average of $295 per ho...

Holiday Budgets Prevent Spending Blues

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:12:18 GMT
Tis the season to be spending. Whether on gifts for the kids or a vacation for yourself follow Santas advice: make a list and check it twice. A budget list that is. Having one can help keep holiday cheer from turning into a New Years budget hang...

VAs Online Rx Refill Service the Right Prescription for Vets

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:55:50 GMT
More than 70000 prescriptions have been refilled using the latest service added to VAs MyHealtheVet the personal online health record system designed for veterans in the VA health care system. The prescription refill service began on Aug. 31....

2007 United States DV Green Card Lottery Is Now Open

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:08:42 GMT
Every year the United States Government issues 50000 Green Cards through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program also known as the US Green Card lottery.Applicants are chosen randomly by a computer.MyUSGreenCard.com offers pro...

Cancer fighting foods Fact or fiction

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:35:01 GMT
For years foods such as cauliflower broccoli fish and brussel sprouts have been touted as cancerfighting giants by a multitude of research organizations. However further examination into the evidence supporting such a link finds that the asso...

Biomed technologies Bad for Medicare

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:07:16 GMT
Medicare the federal program that already covers healthcare expenses for 41 million elderly Americans may not be able to sustain the costs of new technologies. New technologies increase the cost of healthcare for two reasons: treatment co...

NIH strongly supports pharmacogenetics

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:01:53 GMT
Continuing its strong support for studies on how genes affect responses to medications the National Institutes of Health anticipates spending more than $150 million over five years to renew its Pharmacogenetics Research Network PGRN. The research ...

Docs unprepared for bioterrorism diseases

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:27:16 GMT
More than onehalf of 631 physicians tested were unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists such as smallpox anthrax botulism and plague according to a Johns Hopkins study published in the Sept....

Curveball thrown at women lefties

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:07:26 GMT
In a retrospective study of more than 12000 middleaged women researchers from the Netherlands found that lefties were more than twice as likely to develop premenopausal cancer. The correlation remained even when risk factors such as family hist...

AARP MedicareRx Plan Launched in All 50 States

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:31:05 GMT
AARP and UnitedHealth Group today announce the offering of the AARP MedicareRx Plan in all 50 states the District of Columbia and in all five U.S. Territories. We are committed to providing a highquality prescription drug offering that is simple ...

Consumer Reports Medical Guide Website Introduces New Prostate and Breast Cancer Resource Center

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:57:35 GMT
http://www.consumerreports.org/mg/breastandprostate to offer uptodate unbiased health information and trusted medical advice on options to help patients decide which detection and treatment options are best for thembased on the best medical evid...

God Cosmos Katrina and Rita

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:50:41 GMT
The desire to assign cosmic significance to the arrival of hurricanes Katrina and Rita is an example of humankinds agesold need to find reason within chaos according to University at Buffalo anthropologist Phillips Stevens Jr. Ph.D. a renowned e...

College athletes neglect sunscreen use

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:33:54 GMT
College athletes who participate in outdoor sports spend a significant amount of time practicing and competing in direct sun often during peak hours. Because they are spending so much time in the sun they have a high risk for developing skin cancer...

Solution to Legionella

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:26:08 GMT
As a result of the joint working between teams of experts from the Iberia Ashland Chemical S.A. company and the INASMETTecnalia Technological center a solution has been found to prevent the serious disease caused by the bacteria known as Legionel...

Acupressure may reduce sleepiness

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:18:17 GMT
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a way to combat the sleepiness and to keep students awake during class and it doesnt have anything to do with caffeine or highsugar snacks. In a study published in the lat...

Eating and Body Weight Regulated by Specific Neurons

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:08:53 GMT
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine provide direct evidence that two parts of a neuronal system one that promotes eating and another that suppresses eating are critical for the acute regulation of eating and body weight according to a study pub...

Looking at Ethanol as an Energy Source

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:01:19 GMT
As gas prices continue to rise the search for a panaceasome magic alternative fuelpersists. At the top of the list is ethanol a fuel that has never and will never adequately meet the needs of consumers. Derived from corn ethanol is a perpetual...

Fall into Fitness Free 12 week Program Offers Women Energy for a Longer Healthier Life

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:54:01 GMT
Between juggling work family and other demands its a challenge for women to include healthy habits in a daily routine. In fact a recent survey bears this out. Seventysix percent of respondents in an American Heart Association survey said physica...

Amid Concerns of Obesity in Young People Doctors See Another Problem Overdosing on Sports

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:45:03 GMT
As young peoples participation in competitive sports soars doctors are increasingly treating preventable athletic injuries that could have a lifelong impact if not properly treated. Untreated injuries in bones that have not yet fully formed coul...

Feeding Our Eyes

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:41:09 GMT
We feed our hunger our appetite and most of us feed our cravings at least once in awhile. But how often do we feed ourselves to nourish and protect? Okay in other words how many times during this week did we consider how our food choices are con...

Todays Shoe Styles Can Give Women More Than a Trendy Look

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:03:02 GMT
According to Dr. Paul Kasdan founder of OurFootDoctor.com http://www.ourfootdoctor.com these shoe styles create heavy pressure on bones joints nerves and blood vessels resulting in discomfort while wearing the shoes and possible longterm f...

Considerable Concern Exists Among US Adults About the Frequency of Unnecessary or Overly Aggressive Medical Treatment

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:58:00 GMT
A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive HealthCare Poll shows that there is considerable concern among U.S. adults about the frequency with which patients are medically overtreated by their doctors. Nearly threequarters 72 of U.S. ad...

Call in Toll Free to ADHD Experts on Call at 1888ASKADHD September 22

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:52:59 GMT
To help patients families and caregivers better understand attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc. is hosting the 7th annual ADHD Experts on Call program on September 22 2005 from 8 A.M. to midnight. The ...

Preplanning for disasters

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:40:29 GMT
Staying hydrated following a disaster is essential since both humans and our pets can survive longer without food than without water says registered dietitian and ADA spokesperson Ruth Frechman. When stocking supplies make sure you have enou...

Hurricane Katrina Relief

Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:24:31 GMT
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that hit the Gulf States. American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardesthit areas of Katrinas destruction supplying hundreds of thousands of victims lef...

The Buddy Walk Turns Ten

Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:29:13 GMT
John C. McGinley who plays Dr. Perry Cox in the hit NBC show Scrubs is the 2005 National Buddy Walk Spokesman. Mr. McGinley is the proud father of 8yearold Max who has the condition. Max has taught me that people with Down syndrome a...

Emergency Drug Refills for Hurricane Evacuees

Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:24:01 GMT
For those people displaced or evacuated from regions affected by Hurricane Katrina most pharmacies can dispense a limited supply of medication said Stephen Dedrick director of pharmacy services at Duke University Medical Center.In most ...

Family Linking Available Via wwwRedCrossorg or by CALLING 1877LOVED1S

Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:11:50 GMT
The American Red Cross with support of the worldwide Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is launching a Web site and hotline to help assist family members who are seeking news about loved ones living in the path of Hurricane Katrina. You can visit ...

California battles FDA over tuna safety labels

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:42:34 GMT
The real dispute lies behind Californias Proposition 65; created in 1986 to require businesses to include warning information on their labels if their product includes reproductive toxins. In this case California Attorney General Bill Loc...

Holidays Blood Needed

Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:38:53 GMT
Kathy Finch clinical operations director of the Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital says there are several reasons for the December dropoff in blood donations.Everybodys busy caught up in their own plans traveling to see ...

Cervical Cancer Is a Potential Epidemic

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:26:45 GMT
The Pan American Health Organization as a member of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention ACCP has issued a new publication and reported that cervical cancer while largely preventable kills almost a quartermillion women worldwide each ...

Pale Male Falls Prey to King Kongs Fate

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:40:02 GMT
Pale Male as he is known to thousands of admirers is a redtailed hawk who with his current girl friend Lola were added to the New York Citys homeless ranks by developer and coop board chairman Richard Cohen husband of CNNs Paula Zahn...

Obtaining Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:06:16 GMT
Obesity is a major public health issue. More than 60 million Americans nearly one in every six are obese. More than 9 million are considered morbidly obese meaning they are at least 100 pounds overweight. A 2002 report by the National Center for C...

Online Consumers Spent 8 8 Billion in November 2004

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:49:11 GMT
Goldman Sachs Co. Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings Holiday eSpending Report revealed today that online consumers spent $8.8 billion overall excluding travel in November 2004 marking a 19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent on...

WHO Tobacco Treaty Set to Become Law Making Global Public Health History

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:00:17 GMT
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control WHO FCTC will enter into force and become part of international law in 90 days following ratification by 40 countries in the past 17 months. The WHO Framework Convention on Toba...

Expert Tips on Holiday Manners

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:34:35 GMT
The holiday season purportedly the most wonderful time of the year can be a stressful time and one in which many people fall prey to a lack of social graces and etiquette amidst all of the hoopla and the shopping frenzy. Lourdes Figueroa is the...

Brain Surgery for Pituitary Tumor on 19 Year Old Basketball Star

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:33:12 GMT
Pavel Podkolzin the 19 year old 260 pound sevenfootfive native Russian center on the Dallas Mavericks roster selected as a first round pick during the 2004 NBA draft underwent endoscopic pituitary brain surgery over the Thanksgiving weekend a...

Helping Nurses Help Others

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:09:08 GMT
While hospital nurses comprise the largest group other types of nurses include office nurses; nursing care facility nurses; home health nurses; public health nurses; occupational health nurses; and nurse practitioners who provide basic primary he...

Chicago Surgeon Named President of American Cancer Society

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:06:56 GMT
Now Stephen F. Sener MD Evanston Northwestern Healthcares Vice Chairman of Surgery has stepped into the role of president of the National Board of Directors American Cancer Society.The inauguration was Saturday Nov 13 at a special ceremo...

HMC Expands 2005 Product Manager Development Program Designed for Pharmaceutical Marketing Leaders of Tomorrow

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:12:59 GMT
The Healthcare Marketing Communications Council HMC has announced its Fall 2005 Product Manager Development Program PMDP according to Mary L. Lacquaniti CAE Executive Director. This 20th session of the sevenyear program is slated for Septem...

Douglas Neale Joins Jack Morton Worldwide as Pharma Healthcare VP

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:20:41 GMT
Neales hire reflects Jack Mortons continued commitment to expand its position within the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. In this new position Neale will bridge the gap between agency and client through his unique firsthand experience in ...

Free Neighborhood Medical Screenings

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:59:27 GMT
A number of diseases and conditionsranging from types of cancer to osteoporosis have become more manageable in recent years. In addition people are living longer and healthier lives today than they have in the past. Doctors say one reason for this...

New Effort Empowers Consumers to Change State Federal Laws to Ensure Safe Affordable Prescription Drugs

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:44:56 GMT
Recognizing consumers frustration over skyrocketing prescription drug prices and recent safety concerns Consumers Union is launching a national grassroots advocacy campaign Prescription for Change that will empower consumers to change both poli...

Discovery Health Channel Announces 2005 National Body Challenge

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:29:25 GMT
Discovery Health Channels NATIONAL BODY CHALLENGE is back after 350000 Americans took part in the health challenge in 2004. Getting involved in this eightweek initiative that pushes Americans to improve their health and shed extra pounds is easier...

US Army and National Guard Purchase AEDs

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:46:30 GMT
The military branches awarding contracts to Cardiac Science include the Birmingham Alabamabased U.S. Army 81st Regional Support Command the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District; the Maine National Guard and Fort Hood Texas the la...

American Society of Pain Educators ASPE Announces Launch of National Pain Educators Forum

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:59:43 GMT
The Pain Educators Forum trains clinicians to effectively teach about pain management to their peers other professionals and patients. According to Executive Director B. Eliot Cole MD MPA Attendees will learn the most recent concepts in pai...

Reminder Do Not Call List

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:27:44 GMT
In a few weeks cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. You will be charged for these calls! If in case if you have not done this already here is a reminder on how to block this ac...

Emergency Nurses Association Creates First Ever Academy to honor top Emergency Nurses

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:05:01 GMT
The ENA Board of Directors voted to establish the academy at the ENAs 2004 Annual Meeting in September. The Academys first inductees will be named at the 2005 ENA Annual Meeting in Nashville.The ENA is proud to have the opportunity to hon...

Blinded Veterans Roll In Golden Age Games

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:27:55 GMT
The five selfnamed SpudinatorsArt Motz Jim Near Carl Blush Jerry Praegitzer and Bob Schaneycompeted in the 18th National Department of Veterans Affairs VA Golden Age Games in California. Collectively they won 14 medals in bowling swimm...

Helping Heroes

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:12:33 GMT
The initiative recently honored Steven Cohen of Gainesville Fla. In 1996 Cohen began donating his free time to help children with debilitating diseases. Within seven years his local efforts grew into Friends for Life of America a worldwide i...

Good News Shari Has Received a Liver

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:35:53 GMT
We want to thank everyone for the unbelievable outpouring of love support and prayers over the past three weeks. It has been an amazing source of comfort and inspiration and we have been touched by the kindness of strangers and friends alike. Sha...

Campaign to Save 100000 Lives

Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:32:36 GMT
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement IHI announced today that over 2500 acute care hospitals in the United States have now joined its Campaign to save 100000 lives. The Campaign encourages hospitals to adopt proven practices and procedures th...

Atkins Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:13:39 GMT
A hearing on the prearranged Chapter 11 filing by Atkins Nutritionals Inc. was scheduled for Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court spokesman Richard Rothstein said Sunday.The diet which was one of the most popular in the U.S. focuses on highpr...

Ziaja Skin Care from Poland

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:53:06 GMT
Scientists in Gdansk using the latest technology and purest natural sources such as herbs vitamins and botanical oils have created innovative formulations never before available in the U.S. All products are inspected for purity and are clinically...

Physicians Shifting from Offline to Online World

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:56:15 GMT
Healthcare marketing firm Manhattan Research announced today the release of its latest physician research module The Shift to E. The recent analysis exploring physicians transition from the analog to the digital revealed a dramatic increase in ...

31 Year Old Shari Kurzrok Will Die Unless She Receives Complete Liver Within Days

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:06:25 GMT
Shari Kurzrok is three months away from her wedding. The 31yearold PR executive recently spearheaded the largest ever national blood drive. Today she is fighting for her life. Her doctors say she will not live if she doesnt receive a complete li...

Non Profit Associations Can Profit with Television and Radio Public Service Time

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:27:57 GMT
An Association or NotForProfit simplifies the FCC requirements for discussing a health issue. The review process is up to the NFP not the FCC. A psa can provide early warning signsinformation and further encourage actions.The March of Di...

The Legacy of the Past The Promise of the Future

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:58:51 GMT
On July 21 2005 the Department of Veterans Affairs VA will celebrate its 75th birthday. Anniversaries of any sort tend to evoke similar reflections: the legacy of the past and the promise of the future. The upcoming 75th anniversary of the Depart...

USDA Releases Voluntary Security Guidance for Agricultural and Food Transporters

Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:35:47 GMT
These guidelines are practical flexible and proactive said Agriculture Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley during the American Trucking Associations ATA Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference AFTC being held here. USDA developed this docume...

Cold Brewed Coffee

Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:40:58 GMT
A coldprocess coffee system is a notech nonelectrical extraction method that uses cold water and coarsely ground coffee beans. Cold brewing extracts the flavor of the coffee beans but leaves behind bitter compounds and fatty oils which means th...

Fears of Dead Bodies Are Unfounded

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:12:14 GMT
The staggering human toll of the tsunami disaster has led to widespread reports that rotting corpses pose a serious health threat in affected areas from India to Indonesia. Contrary to popular belief dead bodies do not lead to catastrophic outbreaks...

Health for Life The Quest for Memory Drugs

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:37:31 GMT
As Americans average age creeps upward the search for medicines that will keep them sharp is accelerating Newsweek reports in its cover story Health For Life: The Quest For Memory Drugs produced with Harvard Medical School. No pill to improve m...

FDA Announces New Initiative to Protect the US Drug Supply Through the Use Of Radiofrequency Identification Technology

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:14:43 GMT
The Food and Drug Administration FDA today stepped up its efforts to improve the safety and security of the nations drug supply through the use of radio frequency identification RFID technology. FDA launched this effort by publishing a Complianc...

Registration Still Open For Climb To The 103rd Floor Sears Tower Skydeck To Benefit The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:10:48 GMT
A few dozen spots remain to participate in the worlds longest indoor stair climb ascending 2109 steps from the Sears Tower lobby to the 103rd floor Skydeck. Climbers are rewarded with Chicagos best views and the satisfaction of having climbed ...

Registration Still Open For Climb To The 103rd Floor Sears Tower Skydeck To Benefit The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:09:47 GMT
A few dozen spots remain to participate in the worlds longest indoor stair climb ascending 2109 steps from the Sears Tower lobby to the 103rd floor Skydeck. Climbers are rewarded with Chicagos best views and the satisfaction of having climbed ...

Nearly One in Ten US Adults Use Wireless Phones Exclusively

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 10:38:38 GMT
One in ten 9 U.S. adults have abandoned their traditional telephone service completely and now use their wireless phone exclusively. This trend is expected to grow as five percent of all adults say they are seriously considering going exclusivel...

Veterans New ID Cards Help Battle Identity Theft

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 14:18:03 GMT
The new identification card ensures veterans personal informationis protected said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi. Italso helps prevent the theft of important benefits and services fromveterans that they earned by ...

First Member of MedicAlertR Passes Away

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:55:17 GMT
In 1953 14yearold Linda suffered a nearfatal reaction to tetanus antitoxin. Her father and founder of MedicAlert Dr. Marion Collins wanted a simple way for others to be aware of her condition and the idea of a bodyworn emblem supported by...

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Announces November Gala A Magical Evening Will Take Place as Planned

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:46:17 GMT
It is with the blessing of Christophers wife Dana Reeve that we are moving forward with the gala and do so in his honor said Lewis. On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of CRPF we are fueled more than ever to continue his pursuit...

Massive Tsunami Relief Efforts Underway

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:35:59 GMT
Saturday January 01 2005 As the new year dawned millions of tsunami survivors who were already struggling to cope with a catastrophic disaster were plagued by unrelenting rainfall flash floods and severe aftershocks in the wake of the 9.0mag...

GlaxoSmithKline to Provide Up to 4 Million Emergency Doses of Flu Vaccine to US Market

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:01:29 GMT
GlaxoSmithKline NYSE:GSK today announced that it will ship up to 4 million doses of its flu vaccine Fluarix to the United States beginning immediately and continuing through midJanuary 2005. This follows the US Food and Drug Administrations FD...

CARE Profoundly Saddened by the Apparent Death of Mrs Margaret Hassan

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:52:09 GMT
We are shocked and appalled that this has been the apparent outcome of her abduction. We want to express our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Hassans husband Tahseen and to her family. Mrs. Hassan was an extraordinary woman who dedicated her life to the...

We Must Do More to Protect Pregnant Women At Risk for Violence Soler Says Commending Jurors Prosecutors in Peterson Case

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:41:52 GMT
...In a just and fair verdict the jury in the trial of Scott Peterson refused to ignore significant evidence that this was a domestic homicide and found Scott Peterson guilty of first degree murder. We commend the prosecutors for bringing a stron...

AARP Establishes a New TollFree Number to Report Flu Shot Price Gouging and Offers Local Vaccine

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:37:01 GMT
AARP today announced a new 800 number to help members and other consumers fight back against price gouging for flu shots. The tollfree number 1877FLUCOST 8773582678 will be live beginning Friday October 29 7:00 a.m. EDT. The hours of op...

HHS Says Supply of Flu Vaccines Medicines Will Help Keep People Safe During Coming Flu Season

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:28:21 GMT
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said today that about 60 million doses of influenza vaccine combined with an ample supply of antiviral medicines potentially enough for more than 40 million people during the flu season puts America in a strong p...

Free Fraxel Laser Treatment Trip to New York City For Those Who Hit 50

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:11:18 GMT
Five people who turn 50 in 2005 will be selected for free Fraxel Laser Treatment a $5000 value plus a trip to New York City to celebrate their 50th birthday in style as Reliant Technologies Inc. marks the Fraxel lasers recent U.S. Food and Drug...

Landmark Stem Cell Law Caps Year of Progress in Connecticut

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:28:01 GMT
Philadelphia PA June 19 2005Governor M. Jodi Rells June 15 signing of a landmark embryonic stem cell research bill dramatically capped a year of lively development in Connecticut bioscience. The states biotech and pharma companies its major re...

Euro RSCG New York Launches First DTC And OTC Healthcare Unit Euro RSCG Tonic

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:23:41 GMT
Healthcare revenue within Euro RSCG New York has more than doubled over the past two years said David Jones CEO of Euro RSCG New York. Our healthcare team has attracted some of the best talent in the business and is working with some of the b...

Online Pharmacy Permitted to Sell Viagra Without Original Prescription from Patients Doctor

Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:45:43 GMT
PharmacyChecker.com announced today that a Utahbased online pharmacy KwikMed.com that sells medications without requiring an original prescription from the patients doctor has achieved its highest rating. KwikMed.com is the only online prescri...

Visits to US Emergency Departments at AllTime High

Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:42:51 GMT
Visits to the nations emergency departments EDs reached a record high of nearly 114 million in 2003 but the number of EDs decreased by 14 percent from 1993 to 2003 according to a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and P...

FleishmanHillard Launches New Healthcare Public Affairs Business

Tue, 31 May 2005 14:12:24 GMT
FleishmanHillard today launched a new healthcare public affairs business FleishmanHillard Health Solutions NavigatorSM to offer clients targeted expertise in the increasingly complex intersection of health and public affairs. The new public...

Warning on Avian Influenza Threat

Thu, 26 May 2005 17:23:34 GMT
He said The timing cannot be predicted but rapid international spread is certain once the susceptible virus appears. This is a grave danger for all people in all countries. We can get some idea of its magnitude from the Spanish influenza pandemi...

Laser Treatment for Psoriasis Does it Work

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:55:03 GMT
As part of my Philadelphia area dermatology practice I have been using the XTRAC laser to treat psoriasis for the past two years. The laser has enabled many of our patients whose psoriasis was an enormous problem for them but not severe enough to ...

HP Simplifies Business Protection for Small and Midsize Businesses with New Smart Office Program

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:28:55 GMT
As part of its Smart Office initiative for small and midsize businesses SMBs HP today introduced the HP Business Protection portfolio which helps customers keep their companies up and running by better safeguarding their business systems and IT ...

Honest Family Man John Doe Meet Your Evil Twin Joe Doe Has Stolen Your Identity

Mon, 23 May 2005 17:34:59 GMT
Criminals steal your identity by taking little bits of your information such as name address phone and eventually get your social security number bank and credit card numbers. Once they compile enough information they create false documentation...

VA Secretary Honors Exceptional Nurses

Fri, 20 May 2005 13:31:28 GMT
Our healthcare system the largest in the country and in the opinion of many industry experts worldclass in quality would be nothing without our strong foundation of nurses said Secretary Nicholson. The nurses professionalism skill...

Making Ones Health Care Wishes Known For 90 Million LowLiterate Americans

Fri, 6 May 2005 14:40:44 GMT
In the aftermath of the tragic and controversial Terri Schiavo case Americans from coast to coast have been thrust into discussions about how they would want to be treated under similar circumstances. Meanwhile health care organizations have become...

Coast to Coast Raisin Recipe Contest

Fri, 6 May 2005 14:16:02 GMT
Dubbed natures candy raisins are chock full of many necessary vitamins and minerals including iron potassium boron and certain B vitamins. Theyre a good source of antioxidants and fiber. And the natural sugar from raisins is the perfect repl...

New England Healthcare PR Firm A Bio for Those In Need

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:30:19 GMT
KOGS Communication is a resultsdriven public relations agency specializing in healthcare. KOGS Communication partners with emerging and established companies to strategically support all marketing and communications needs. Pictured: Lisa Jacobson ...

Catholic Health Association Statement On the Death Of His Holiness John Paul II

Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:48:45 GMT
The more than 800000 women and men who serve the Catholic health ministry in the United States join with our sisters and brothers around the world in mourning the death of Pope John Paul II.As the third longestserving pope in Church histor...

NATA Issues Official Statement on Steroids and Performance Enhancing Substances

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:05:04 GMT
As the principal point of contact for drug testing programs in high school college and professional sports teams certified athletic trainers ATCs are health care professionals who often see the first signs of drug use among young athletes. Pictu...

Stanford Patient First to Test New Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:50:03 GMT
An ultrasound and CT scan early this year showed that an artery in Ericksons thigh was almost completely blocked confirming that her troubles were caused by peripheral arterial disease or PAD a condition in which arteries to the arms legs or...

World TB Day March 24

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:50:02 GMT
World TB Day held on March 24 each year is an occasion for people around the world to raise awareness about the international health threat presented by tuberculosis TB. It is a day to recognize the collaborative efforts of all countries involved...

Isabelle Goldenson Dies at Age 84 CoFounded United Cerebral Palsy

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:49 GMT
Washington DC With great sadness United Cerebral Palsy announces the death of founder Isabelle Charlotte Weinstein Goldenson.Mrs. Goldenson died at age 84 of natural causes at her home in Sarasota Florida on Monday February 21. She ...

Virtually Paperless Hospital Opens

Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:20:02 GMT
They will see barcoded medications signaling proper doses matching the same barcode on their wristband. Nurses and doctors will input vital signs symptoms and other essential medical notes via an online bed charting system. Xrays CT scans and...

NMHA Lauds Supreme Court Decision to Ban Juvenile Death Penalty

Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:50:24 GMT
The Supreme Courts decision confirms what weve known for some time: executing juveniles is unjust and inhumane said Michael Faenza president and CEO of NMHA. Youth are different from adults. They cannot and now will not be held to the s...

BrainScanning Technologies Need Standards

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:03:54 GMT
Researchers have developed ever more sensitive ways of peering into the brain to seek out explanations for brain disease. In most cases these technologies are good news for patients bringing new ways of understanding health and treatment options. Ho...

NonProfit Associations Can Profit with Television and Radio Public Service Time

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:57:35 GMT
An Association or NotForProfit simplifies the FCC requirements for discussing a health issue. The review process is up to the NFP not the FCC. A psa can provide early warning signsinformation and further encourage actions.The March of Di...

HBA Names Lynn OConnor Vos Grey Healthcare Group 2005 Woman of the Year

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:55:17 GMT
The Healthcare Businesswomens Association HBA has named Lynn OConnor Vos President and Chief Executive Officer of Grey Healthcare Group Inc. as the 2005 HBA Woman of the Year WOTY. Vos a member of the current HBA board of directors also has...

The Right And Wrong Way to Treat Pain

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:53:50 GMT
Chronic pain is a thief. it breaks into your body and robs you blind. With lightning fingers it can take away your livelihood your marriage your friends your favorite pastimes and big chunks of your personality. Left unapprehended it will steal ...

Scientists Hope to Identify Early Markers of Autism in Babies as Young as Six Months

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:50:41 GMT
Some of the most exciting new research on autism involves efforts to spot clues of the disorder in infants as young as 6 months Newsweek reports in its February 28 cover story The New Age of Autism on newsstands Monday February 21. Today most ch...

John Lally Pharmaceutical Industry Creative Giant Dies

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:24:50 GMT
John MacVean Lally one of the pharmaceutical industrys longterm creative talents passed away on January 22. Lally was a founding partner of Lally McFarland Pantello now a part of the Euro RSCG Life network of healthcare agencies. He was a res...

Bill to Curb Deadly Hospital Acquired Infections

Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:52:24 GMT
Each year tens of thousands of Americans die from infections they acquire in the hospital and many others suffer needlessly from infectionrelated illnesses. Under legislation proposed by Representative Bob McCluskey and Senator Bob Hagedorn Colorad...

HealthNewsDigestcom Gives the Healthcare Scoop to More Than 10 Million Readers

Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:19:56 GMT
According to Kaiser Permanentes New Years and Health Issues Survey nearly 60 percent of Americans make New Years resolutions that are health related. Committed to losing weight exercising more going to the dentist more often drinking less a...

Nonprofit Associations Gain National Exposure with Public Service Airtime

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:45:38 GMT
An Association or NotForProfit simplifies the FCC requirements for discussing a health issue. The review process is up to the NFP not the FCC. A psa can provide early warning signsinformation and further encourage actions.The March of Di...

Ogilvy Healthworld Worlds Largest Health Communications Company

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:23:07 GMT
Ogilvy Healthworld is the product of a merger today 24.1.05 between two awardwinning healthcare communications agencies Ogilvy Healthcare andHealthworld originally acquired from the Cordiant Group.With over 2000 people in 53 off...

Health Savings Accounts Off to Fast Start

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:44:38 GMT
These early data demonstrate that the market is reacting very quickly to health savings accounts said Karen Ignagni president and CEO of Americas Health Insurance Plans noting that the rules governing the new accounts were not finalized unti...

Euro RSCG Named AgencyNetwork of the Year

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:31:01 GMT
Euro RSCG Life the global healthcare communications network of Euro RSCG Worldwide has been honored as 2004 Agency/Network of the Year by Medical Marketing Media a leading pharmaceutical trade publication. Medical Marketing Media a pharmaceut...

HSI Veterinary Disaster Teams Hope to Collar the Stray Dog Problem in Sri Lanka and Thailand

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:02:04 GMT
The stories coming out of Thailand India and Sri Lanka are difficult to stomach: Dogs thousands of them left starving and alone after the Indian Ocean tsunami have apparently resorted to surviving off the flesh of animal and human corpses which ...

Women Will Be Totally Responsible for Maintaining a Home But are They Ready

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:58:53 GMT
According to the results of a nationwide survey released here today single and married women homeowners alike are actively involved with home maintenance know a lot about it and want to know more particularly about engaging reliable home ca...

Tsunami Scams Underscore Need for Caution When Giving to Charities Online

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:56:56 GMT
News reports about scams exploiting the Asian tsunami tragedy have highlighted the need for consumers to use caution when giving to charities online. Consumers Union the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine offered tips to consumers tod...

Value of PSA and Free PSA Tests Validated in New Prostate Cancer Guidelines

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:51:46 GMT
Beckman Coulters Hybritech PSA and Hybritech free PSA were the first such tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The development of PSA testing is arguably the most important advance that has been made in detecting...

Teenage Suicide The Warning Signs

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:47:02 GMT
Every day 14 teenagers in the United States take their own lives. According to the National Institute of Mental Health 20 percent of all middle school and high school students have considered suicide. These statistics are alarming from every angle....

Proper Cleaning May Reduce Allergic Reactions to Common Household Mold

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:42:14 GMT
For the more than 40 to 50 million Americans who suffer from the misery of allergies protecting themselves and their families from exposure to the usual suspectsragweed and pollencan mean hiding indoors. Staying inside however could be causing...

Pfizer Donates 25000 Courses of Nicotine Patches

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:39:31 GMT
To help smokers quit Pfizer is donating $3.7 million worth of eightweek courses of the Nicotrol patch a leading nicotine replacement therapy NRT to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene DOHMH. Studies have shown and the 2...

Surgical Flight Syndrome

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:47:19 GMT
Doctors and their patients should exercise caution and in some instances take special measures to prevent serious medical problems that could result from airline travel in the period preceding or following a surgical procedure says the American So...

Girls and Boys Town Gets 16th Million Call

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:46:40 GMT
The Hotline receives an average of 1400 calls each day a 40 percent increase from the same period last year. Many of these calls are lifesaving emergency calls that occur through partnerships with the New York City Help Line and 1800SUICIDE.

Emergency Nurses Association Names David A Westman

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:43:02 GMT
The Emergency Nurses Association ENA today announced that David A. Westman will assume the position of ENA executive director effective August 16 2004. Westman succeeds Cheryl A. Smart who has served as the ENAs interim executive director since...

Brochure Helps Lung Cancer Patients Better Understand Treatment

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:17:03 GMT
To help patients better understand how radiation therapy is used to fight lung cancer the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has published the new patient information brochure Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer: Facts to Help Pat...

Bill Cosby Sets the Record Straight on Teen Pregnancy

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:14:54 GMT
Bill Cosby wants to set the record straight concerning the statistics of African American teen pregnancy that he has cited in his calltoaction for better parenting and education. While still maintaining that the teen pregnancy is at epidemic levels...

Pale Male Falls Prey to King Kongs Fate

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:09:47 GMT
Pale Male as he is known to thousands of admirers is a redtailed hawk who with his current girl friend Lola were added to the New York Citys homeless ranks by developer and coop board chairman Richard Cohen husband of CNNs Paula Zahn...

Dorothy Wallis Votes Unassisted for the First Time

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:06:07 GMT
Meet Dorothy Wallis 61 of Sylmar California. Your outstanding advocacy allowed Dorothy who has cerebral palsy to vote unassisted for the first time ever this year. Countless Americans take for granted the ease of pulling a lever pressi...

Obtaining Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:02:49 GMT
Obesity is a major public health issue. More than 60 million Americans nearly one in every six are obese. More than 9 million are considered morbidly obese meaning they are at least 100 pounds overweight. A 2002 report by the National Center for C...

Online Consumers Spent 88 Billion in November 2004

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:00:27 GMT
Online Consumers Spent the Most on Apparel/Clothing Toys/Video Games and Video/DVD Goldman Sachs Co. Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings Holiday eSpending Report revealed today that online consumers spent $8.8 billion over...