Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The good health of nations is a key to human development and economic growth and it is important to analyze health systems’ performance and to share what we knew with governments and the international community (Brundtland G.H., 2001). The health system of different countries varies significantly due to many reasons....
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed legislation (AB 1150) that prohibits health insurance companies from rewarding employees who cancel or limit an enrollee’s coverage, the Los Angeles Times reports. The measure was introduced by Assembly member Ted Lieu (D) after the Times reported that insurer Health Net based employee bonuses in part on [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Health Protection Agency has set up a new centre to study the possible health effects of human exposure to nanoparticles. The National Nanotoxicology Research Centre (NNRC) is being developed at the Agency's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) at Chilton in Oxfordshire. The Agency is collaborating with universities and the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Toxicology...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
MedHelp announced today a collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine, where specialists from Johns Hopkins will personally answer questions on a number of health topics on the MedHelp website, starting immediately with two questions a day each on Brain Tumors and Trigeminal Neuralgia. This collaboration brings Johns Hopkins' medical expertise to MedHelp's online healthcare community, the largest in...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Some of the largest health insurance companies in Massachusetts say they plan to cover visits to retail health clinics that will open in CVS and Walgreens drugstores late this year. The announcement follows the signing of contracts by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan with CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, R.I. Company, which runs more than 6,000 drug stores nationwide. CVS will also open 28...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
An editorial published in this week's BMJ calls for information sharing between hospital emergency departments and local crime reduction agencies in order to reduce the number of violent actions committed with knives.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
One year after the Department of Health promised to carry out a review on prescription charges in England, many hundreds of thousands of people on low incomes with chronic health problems are still not getting their prescriptions dispensed and are putting their health at risk, says national charity Citizens Advice.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
A plan to extend the mandatory surveillance scheme for Clostridium difficile has been unveiled by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell. Currently only information on patients aged 65 and over is published, but this will now be extended to cover all confirmed cases of the infection in patients aged two and above. The Welsh Assembly Government will also issue a new protocol for testing...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Group Featuring Nationally Prominent Physicians and Public Health Experts Will Explore Ways to Improve Care While Reducing Waste NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Century Foundation (...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
The New York Times on Monday examined how presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) since his failed 2000 presidential campaign has "mastered the art of political triangulation -- variously teaming up with ...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today urged the Bush Administration to extend the contract of a key expert overseeing federally-funded 9/11 health programs. In a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, the senators praised Dr.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
It's hard to read the headlines these days and not get the message, loud and clear, that human health is directly affected by the health of animals. Salmonella from infected wildlife or livestock spreads to produce and leads to the poisoning of hundreds across the United States. Millions of pounds of ground beef are pulled from stores after dozens become ill with E. coli-related illnesses.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Thursday at a hearing on health insurance policy rescissions said that the committee will launch a broad investigation into practices used by private health insurers in the individual market, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 7/17).
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Paul Krugman reviews -- and rebukes and reprimands -- Tyler Cowan's recent piece on health care : The basic facts on health care are clear: government-run insurance is more efficient than private insurance; more generally, the United States, with the most privatized health care in the advanced world, has a wildly inefficient system that costs far more than anyone else’s, yet delivers no better and...
