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Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:08 am
New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 5:22 am
Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:52 am
John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 5:36 am
Tests of tumor samples taken before and after treatment with an experimental melanoma pill helped researchers find the right dose in early stage testing, an approach that may boost the drug's chances of success and aid in developing others, co...
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 3:45 am
Large daily doses of B vitamins could delay -- or even halt -- the onset of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggested Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:27 am
Taking a multivitamin is unlikely to help colon cancer patients in battling the disease, suggests a new study.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:30 am
Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:29 am
Thousands of AIDS patients in India are not receiving treatment on time, underscoring huge challenges the country faces as it combats the disease, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:42 am
The nation's health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast Thursday, which also predicts the increase will be modest.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:10 am
Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:28 am
Johnson & Johnson has pledged grant money, drugs and research funding for new HIV and tuberculosis medications as part of a five-year, private sector effort to improve the health up to 120 million women and children in developing nations each year.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 8:32 am
Younger chief executives with high testosterone levels may be more likely to try a hostile takeover -- and to get burned in the attempt, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:33 am
A US appeals court suspended Thursday a ban on state-funding for embryonic stem cell research pending a full appeal of the case, in a major boost to President Barack Obama's administration.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:21 am
With the advent of folic-acid supplementation of certain foods, few Canadians are now getting too little of the B vitamin, a new study estimates -- in findings that question the need for children and men to get additional folic acid from vitamins.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:10 am
An apple a day? Apparently not in the United States.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:16 am
World powers have reached an accord, after weeks of tough talks, on a document to be adopted at a Millennium Development summit this month for which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seeking billions of dollars of new funding.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:02 am
Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 10:12 am
In the throes of labour, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form would authorise a Caesarean section.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:01 am
A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request for a temporary stay that lifts a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 10:43 am
Medicare patients with more doctors to choose from do not necessarily get more or better care, researchers reported on Thursday in an analysis demonstrating how complicated U.S. healthcare reform will be.
Yahoo! Health News
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:08 am
New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 5:22 am
Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:52 am
John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 5:36 am
Tests of tumor samples taken before and after treatment with an experimental melanoma pill helped researchers find the right dose in early stage testing, an approach that may boost the drug's chances of success and aid in developing others, co...
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 3:45 am
Large daily doses of B vitamins could delay -- or even halt -- the onset of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggested Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:27 am
Taking a multivitamin is unlikely to help colon cancer patients in battling the disease, suggests a new study.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:30 am
Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:29 am
Thousands of AIDS patients in India are not receiving treatment on time, underscoring huge challenges the country faces as it combats the disease, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:42 am
The nation's health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast Thursday, which also predicts the increase will be modest.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:10 am
Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:28 am
Johnson & Johnson has pledged grant money, drugs and research funding for new HIV and tuberculosis medications as part of a five-year, private sector effort to improve the health up to 120 million women and children in developing nations each year.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 8:32 am
Younger chief executives with high testosterone levels may be more likely to try a hostile takeover -- and to get burned in the attempt, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:33 am
A US appeals court suspended Thursday a ban on state-funding for embryonic stem cell research pending a full appeal of the case, in a major boost to President Barack Obama's administration.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:21 am
With the advent of folic-acid supplementation of certain foods, few Canadians are now getting too little of the B vitamin, a new study estimates -- in findings that question the need for children and men to get additional folic acid from vitamins.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:10 am
An apple a day? Apparently not in the United States.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:16 am
World powers have reached an accord, after weeks of tough talks, on a document to be adopted at a Millennium Development summit this month for which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seeking billions of dollars of new funding.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:02 am
Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 10:12 am
In the throes of labour, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form would authorise a Caesarean section.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 11:01 am
A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request for a temporary stay that lifts a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 10:43 am
Medicare patients with more doctors to choose from do not necessarily get more or better care, researchers reported on Thursday in an analysis demonstrating how complicated U.S. healthcare reform will be.
