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White House says ready for Supreme Court health decision
• Public Health • Jun 26 12
The White House said on Tuesday it was ready for a Supreme Court verdict on President Barack Obama’s flagship health reform law and remained…
Doctors should screen patients for obesity: U.S. panel
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jun 26 12
Doctors should check weight and height for all patients to determine if they’re obese and refer them to intensive diet and exercise programs if…
Canada to fund research into making medical isotopes
• Public Health • Jun 22 12
Canada’s government said on Friday it set aside C$25 million ($24.34 million) to fund research into the production of medical isotopes without using nuclear…
Does your doctor have the flu?
• Flu • • Public Health • Jun 20 12
Many doctors-in-training have gone to work with flu symptoms, ignoring the risks of passing on bugs to vulnerable patients, a new survey shows.
Half…
Vietnam law bans smoking in public
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 19 12
Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.
The law, passed by 440 out…
Going to Work when You’re Sick: Docs Do It, Too
• Public Health • Jun 19 12
A sense of duty appears to be driving the common practice of coming to work with the flu among resident physicians, researchers found.
A…
TV remotes among dirtiest items in hotels: study
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 18 12
The next time you stay in a hotel, you might want to bring some extra hand-sanitizer.
A study on contamination levels in hotel rooms…
Researchers say hotel rooms are full of fecal matter
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 18 12
Picking up the remote control in a hotel room may also mean picking up fecal matter, a new study found.
Researchers from the University…
Prochymal approval makes Canada first country to OK stem cell therapy
• Public Health • Jun 18 12
Osiris Therapeutics Inc. said on Thursday that Canadian health regulators have approved its treatment for acute graft-versus host disease in children, making it the…
Secondhand smoke tied to more health effects
• Public Health • Jun 16 12
People regularly exposed to secondhand smoke may have increased risks of dying from various causes, a long-term study from China suggests.
Researchers found that…
U.S. agency urges new charge for Medicare patients
• Public Health • Jun 16 12
A congressional agency on Friday recommended making traditional Medicare beneficiaries pay more money upfront for medical services as a way to insulate the popular…
You’re more likely to die on your birthday: report
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
It’s the most unwelcome birthday surprise: death.
People are 14% more likely to die on the day they were born than any other day…
Health spending likely to keep rising with or without Obama’s plan
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
Even as President Obama’s healthcare law expands health coverage and transforms the way millions of Americans get medical care, it will have little effect…
Male doctors make $12K more per year than female doctors
• Public Health • Jun 13 12
Male doctors make more money than their female counterparts, even when factoring in medical specialty, title, work hours, productivity and a host of other…
UNICEF targets deadly diarrhea, pneumonia in poor kids
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 08 12
Concerted efforts to control diarrhea and pneumonia, the biggest killers of children under the age of five, could save the lives of up to…
U.S. administration ready for health ruling: Sebelius
• Public Health • Jun 07 12
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Thursday the administration will be ready to respond if the Supreme Court strikes down all…
U.S. racial gap in life expectancy shrinks: study
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Whites in the United States have typically lived longer on average than blacks, but a new study released on Tuesday suggests that gap in…
When working out is too much of a good thing
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Constantly thinking about the next workout? Upset about missing a exercise class? Fitness experts say more is not always better and overworking a workout…
Soy doesn’t boost brainpower in older women: study
• Brain • • Dieting • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jun 05 12
Taking daily soy supplements doesn’t improve thinking and memory skills or keep them from declining in older women, new findings suggest.
The study of…
Can patient photos help cut medical errors?
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Putting children’s photos in their electronic hospital charts could help reduce one type of medical error, a study published Monday suggests.
Policymakers have been…
Understanding the links between inflammation and chronic disease
• Public Health • May 31 12
American parents may want to think again about how much they want to protect their children from everyday germs.
A new Northwestern University study…
Sleepy, drunken drivers equally dangerous: study
• Public Health • • Trauma & Injuries • May 30 12
Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving, suggests a new study from France.
The study, published as a…
Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO
• Flu • • Infections • • Public Health • May 30 12
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country’s third fatality from the virulent disease this…
Too much vitamin D can be as unhealthy as too little
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • May 29 12
Scientists know that Vitamin D deficiency is not healthy. However, new research from the University of Copenhagen now indicates that too high a level…
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
• Public Health • May 27 12
The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with…