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World TB cases decline for first time ever: WHO
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Oct 11 11
The number of people getting sick with tuberculosis declined last year for the first time, while the death toll reached its lowest level in…
Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, tumor
• Public Health • Oct 11 11
Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, according to the death certificate.
Jobs died last Wednesday at…
Limits on supplemental Medicare plans eyed
• Public Health • Oct 10 11
Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of Congress,…
What killed Steve Jobs?
• Cancer • • Public Health • Oct 06 11
What killed Apple’s visionary founder and CEO Steve Jobs? Neither his company nor his family have disclosed the cause of death, but medical experts…
Australia seeks world backing on tobacco legal fight
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 06 11
Australia is confident the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws will soon pass parliament, but the government warned on Thursday that the anti-smoking fight was not…
Health consumers make deficit fight personal
• Public Health • Oct 05 11
The numbers are devastating: almost 2,000 poor kids in Texas with cancer, another 18,000 with diabetes and more than 350,000 suffering from chronic lung…
Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes kills 15, infects 84: CDC
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 01 11
A listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes has killed 15 people in the United States and infected 84, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Canadian boy who was treated in U.S. dies in Ontario
• Neurology • • Public Health • Sep 29 11
A 20-month-old Canadian boy with an incurable neurological disorder whose life was extended in the U.S. after a Canadian hospital declined further treatment, has…
Obama’s healthcare law appealed to Supreme Court
• Public Health • Sep 29 11
The Obama administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to back the centerpiece of Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul - the requirement that…
Early use of non-parental childcare is not harmful for most children
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Sep 27 11
What type of childcare arrangements do parents choose before their children are 18 months old? Does the choice of childcare affect children’s language skills…
Americans get too much healthcare, their docs say
• Public Health • Sep 27 11
Here is a diagnosis of what’s wrong with health care in America, straight from the horse’s mouth: There’s too much.
In a new poll…
You’re Only as Old as You Run
• Public Health • Sep 25 11
Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie both hold world records for the fastest marathon times; both will be defending those records in Berlin’s annual marathon…
When Your Therapist Is Only a Click Away
• Public Health • Sep 25 11
THE event reminder on Melissa Weinblatt’s iPhone buzzed: 15 minutes till her shrink appointment.
She mixed herself a mojito, added a sprig of…
Is Walking the Perfect Exercise?
• Public Health • Sep 25 11
I’m a firm believer in taking family walks. Just as there are claims as to what is nature’s perfect food, the act of walking…
Preemies Face Higher Death Rates as Young Adults
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Sep 25 11
When preemies grow up to be young adults, they could face slightly increased death rates, according to a new study based on Swedish data.
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FDA Warns About Cantaloupe-Linked Illnesses, Deaths
• Public Health • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Sep 25 11
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Thursday not to eat cantaloupe grown in part of Colorado after two deaths from what it…
Cigarette makers, FDA clash over new graphic ads
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 22 11
Cigarette makers clashed with regulators in U.S. federal court over new graphic labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs…
U.S. health officials push flu shots for all
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 22 11
U.S. health officials are looking to capitalize on significant gains in flu vaccination rates with a new campaign emphasizing the need for all Americans…
Stressed and strapped: Caregivers for friends, relatives suffer emotional and financial strain
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Sep 21 11
Family members or friends caring for aging or disabled individuals in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face…
Lower Rate Of Childhood Hospitalizations Due To Flu In The USA Than Canada
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 20 11
Proportionally fewer US young children are hospitalized due to flu than in Canada, because the USA expanded its recommendations for seasonal flu shots to…
Chronic disease to cost $47 trillion by 2030: WEF
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
The global economic impact of the five leading chronic diseases - cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, and respiratory disease - could reach $47…
WHO says $1.20 a person could curb chronic diseases
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Poorer countries could introduce measures to prevent and treat millions of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease for a little as…
African children face life without healthcare
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Sep 19 11
Hundreds of millions of African children will never see a health care worker in their lifetime, increasing their chances of dying from preventable diseases,…
Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Gulf War Illness (GWI) - the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War - appears…
Shake Hands with the Invisible Man
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Like DNA, fingerprints are unique to each person or set of identical twins. That makes them a valuable identification tool for everything from crime…