Harbinger Medical Inc.™ of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA announced the results of a study presented at the 2008 Cardiostim meeting in Nice. Four abstracts, including two poster workshops by the study's primary investigator Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
A basic tenet of economics is that people always behave selfishly, or as the 18th century philosopher economist David Hume put it, "every man ought to be supposed to be a knave."But what if some people aren't always knaves?Sam Bowles argues in Science June 20 that economics will get it wrong then, sometimes badly so. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
Take Care Health Systems, one of the largest managers of convenient care clinics and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), is now administering the shingles vaccine at all 177 Take Care Health Clinics located at Walgreens drugstores in 19 markets throughout 14 states. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip and knee replacement, a study led by a St. Michael's Hospital researcher funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has revealed. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
More than 200,000 children in Illinois are estimated to have no health insurance coverage, a staggering statistic and a fact that puts them at risk of not getting even the basic immunizations and checkups they need. Many parents may simply not be aware that there is an option for their uninsured children: the state's All Kids program (http://www.allkidscovered. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Tufts University researchers and five Boston-area community groups received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the health effects of pollution exposure in neighborhoods adjacent to major highways. The 5-year, $2. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Market America announced that it is in the development and testing stages of a new line of nutraceutical products that will support the health of children with autism and related neurodevelopmental challenges. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Most people don't think twice as they pass spring apples from the southern hemisphere as they enter the supermarket, but they are participating in a cheap food revolution that has swept the industrialized world over the past couple of generations. The supermarket is the last step in a complicated global process that has changed every aspect of how we produce and consume food. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Countries with huge caseloads of tuberculosis are finding it hard to cope because they do not have the laboratories to make speedy diagnoses that are essential to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:24 am
Smokers in deprived parts of the city of Dundee are to be paid to kick the habit in an initiative between public health organisations, municipal authorities and the Scottish government. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:11 am
Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinizing candidates are part of an Internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election and sweeping in a new political era. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of its carbon dioxide at night when the air is cooler and more humid, making it 10 times more water-efficient than major crops such as wheat. Scientists will use the latest next-generation DNA sequencing to analyse the plant's genetic code and understand how these plants function at night. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Just in time to help Americans get back into their bathing suits and out on the beach, Metabolife, the weight management pioneer, has introduced AquaSlim as part of its new, two-stage weight management program. AquaSlim is a new diet supplement that helps hydrate, strengthen bones and curb appetite. Is it just a diet pill or just a low calorie drink? Actually, it's neither - it's better. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Sesame Street" characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie are succeeding where politicians have so far failed -- by bringing together children from Kosovo's divided ethnic communities. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 6:38 am
Got at least five million US dollars? A private banker is at your service in Singapore, which is fast gaining a reputation as the Switzerland of Asia for the world's growing ranks of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 5:55 am
Hordes of Dutch and Russian fans descending on Basel for Saturday's Euro 2008 quarter final shouldn't go thirsty as some 245,000 litres of beer await them in the official fan zones. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 7:27 pm
Skating police officers have hit the roads in a bid to ease serious traffic congestion in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, a report said Saturday. Ten police officers... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 7:21 pm
Time magazine named her one of the world's 100 most influential people and Yoani Sanchez won Spain's top online journalism award, all while living in communist Cuba where the state controls Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Jun 2008 | 7:16 pm
