![]() FOXNews | More Pocono residents sound off on health care Pocono Record Every American should have health care. My relatives in Ireland, England and Holland have government-supported health care. They love it and cannot understand why Americans do not. The insurance companies don't want universal health care because they ... The Take: Historic win or not, Democrats could pay a price U.S. health care is tops - in costs | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/21/2010 Health care reform battle shifts to the states |
![]() Palm Beach Post | South Florida divide mirrors clash of Catholics nationwide Palm Beach Post People opposed to the health care reform bill held signs and shouted slogans at the intersection of Military Trail and PGA Boulevard Saturday afternoon. People opposed to the health care reform bill (including a man named Mark, who did not wish to ... Nuns Back Bill Amid Broad Rift Over Whether It Limits Abortion Enough Health care overhaul fight exposes Catholic rift Holy War Erupts Among Catholics Over Abortion Language in Health Care Bill |
![]() New York Times (blog) | Stressful but Vital: Picking a Nursing Home New York Times Larry Minnix, chief of a nursing home trade group, in front of “All American,” a painting by Lamberto Hechanova, a New York nursing home resident. By WALECIA KONRAD The decision is one of the hardest you will ever make. Your spouse, parent or another ... Finding a Good Nursing Home Free memory testing is offered £250000 victory for war vet who sold home to pay care bill that NHS should ... |
![]() TopNews United States | TB rate down in US, but drug-resistant cases rise elsewhere Los Angeles Times The CDC says tuberculosis prevalence dropped 11.8% last year, as the World Health Organization reports about 440000 multi-drug-resistant cases worldwide in 2008, a third of them fatal. By Thomas H. Maugh II Even with tuberculosis cases falling sharply ... Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases US Tuberculosis cases on the decline Screening of Immigrants for TB Leading to Declining Cases in United States |
![]() Boston Globe | DMC deal could spur more development Detroit Free Press Vanguard Health System's $850-million investment in the Detroit Medical Center also could mean a healthier heart for Detroit's Midtown district. Friday's announcement that Vanguard would buy and make a huge investment in the DMC left ... Vanguard Health Plans to Buy Mich. Hospital System $1.58 Billion to be Invested in Purchase and Improvement of DMC by Vanguard Athol hospital will join Vanguard |
![]() ABC News | Tobacco faces new FDA marketing restrictions Houston Chronicle Tobacco companies led by Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. were banned from marketing to young people under the US Food and Drug Administration's first moves in a decade to regulate the $80 ... Why the FDA's New Cigarette Ad Ban Is a Load of Old Smoke FDA Rolls Out New Rules to Prevent Under Aged Smoking FDA announces final rule restricting tobacco sales and promotion to youth |
![]() LAist (blog) | Detectives discover new victims of HIV exposure Shreveport Times The case of a HIV-positive man accused of exposing people to HIV since 1996 has led to other possible victims as well as questions about how it was allegedly allowed to continue for at ... New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals Clergy Pushes HIV/AIDS Legislation on Capitol Hill Angola/ CPLP Establishes Research Network on HIV-AIDS |
![]() The Age | Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses global risk, World Health Organization says Washington Post The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times as high in the vast area that once encompassed the Soviet Union, according to a report ... Drug-resistant TB killed 150000 in 2008 Asia, Africa worst affected by tuberculosis--WHO Tuberculosis Patients Resistant to Drugs Worry Health Officials |
![]() Chicago Breaking Business - Tribune | FDA issues warning for high doses of Zocor Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients on the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may be at increased risk of muscle injury, US regulators warned on Friday. Made by Merck & Co and sold under the brand name Zocor, simvastatin is also ... FDA Warns of Zocor Risk to Muscles FDA Warns of Greater Muscle Risk From Zocor FDA: Statin Zocor causes muscle injury |
![]() New York Daily News | More children are 'extremely' obese than previously thought New York Daily News The number of children categorized as 'extremely obese' rose to 6.4% in a recent study - a number one researcher called 'scary.' American children are heavier than ever before, according to a new study. Not only are kids obese, ... Kids Not Only Obese, They're Extremely Obese Study: Extreme obesity affecting more children in US than ever before Extreme Obesity is Prevalent in Children and Adolescents |