China tells health officials to brace for possible fresh wave of swine flu cases at New Year

BEIJING - China is warning officials to brace for a possible new wave of swine flu infections as the country enters the busy Lunar New Year travel period. Tens of millions of Chinese...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Jan 2010 | 2:01 am

A far-off museum to save an Ethiopian tribe's soul

Women jump up in their fluffy orange cotton skirts, waggling their shoulders at men who are swift to join the dance, sporting white feathers in their hair and shepherd's crooks in their...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 Jan 2010 | 12:47 am

Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside Pay

The owner of two hospitals limited outside pay for officials who are on biotechnology or drug companies’ boards.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2010 | 11:45 pm

Maine to Consider Putting Warnings on Cellphones

Under a state bill, buyers would be warned that cellphones may cause brain cancer, despite conflicting evidence.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2010 | 11:33 pm

Lessons of a weekend of free health care (AP)

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Daniel Drake waiting for doors to be opened at a clinic held by Remote Area Medical at Union County High School in Maynardville, Tenn. Drake drove 3 hours from his home in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. to have dental work done. Remote Area Medical is a nonprofit organization, whose volunteers offer free health care to the uninsured, the underinsured and the desperate. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Jan 2010 | 10:19 pm

Lessons of a weekend of free health care

The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running. Hannah's prayers have brought them here. Now there's little to do but turn up the car's heat, get...
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The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability

Are New Orleans hospitals liable for not protecting electrical generators? A series of lawsuits is testing the bounds of their liability.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2010 | 10:03 pm

Canada's Chinese immigrants assimilate quickly, easily

In a cafe in this western Canadian town, a customer orders a soda from his server. Though both customer and waitress are Chinese, the pair converse easily and comfortably in English. The
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2010 | 9:12 pm

Tablets and netbooks to be electronics show stars

Sleeker, smarter mobile phones, tablets, and netbooks will be stars at next week's premier Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as firms bring out their latest gadgets to court the
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2010 | 8:44 pm

Human trials of artificial artery

An artificial artery which its UK developers hope will save lives is set to be tested in human trials early this year.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2010 | 5:37 pm

Blowing Smoke at a Ban

New York City’s indoor smoking ban has grown hazy inside some clubs.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2010 | 12:44 pm

Report: UK drinking culture strains health system

Just as Britons brew black coffee to cope with holiday hangovers, they are also digesting a new report that warns the country's notorious drinking culture is putting an unacceptable strain...
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Put down that glass: Report warns that UK's drinking culture is straining health care system

LONDON - A report is warning that Britain's drinking culture is costing the country's publicly funded health service 2.7 billion pounds ($4.4 billion) a year. The report says the cost...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2010 | 11:19 am

U.S. Reaction to Swine Flu: Apt and Lucky

Medical experts have found that a series of rapid but conservative decisions by federal officials worked out better than many had dared hope.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2010 | 4:17 am

Ferrero discusses Cadbury with Hershey, pvt equity

MILAN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Italian confectioner Ferrero has met with private equity firms as well as Hershey Co to discuss a possible bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc , Il Sole 24 Ore daily reported on Saturday...
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Shanghai dairy shut after melamine scare: report (Reuters)

Reuters - A Shanghai dairy has been closed and three of its executives arrested for selling milk powder tainted with melamine, the industrial chemical responsible for the death of six children in 2008, Xinhua news agency reported.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Jan 2010 | 2:29 am

Shanghai dairy shut after melamine scare: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Shanghai dairy has been closed and three of its executives arrested for selling milk powder tainted with melamine, the industrial chemical responsible for the death of
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Depression Saps Endurance Of The Brain's Reward Circuitry

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion. The study challenges previous notions that individuals with depression show less brain activity in areas associated with positive emotion. Instead, the new data suggest similar initial levels of activity, but an inability to sustain them over time. The new work was reported online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...



Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2010 | 2:00 am