Health

Health - Indigenous health group backs kava ban

Indigenous health group backs kava ban 
ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Mar 06 12:09 PM
A national Aboriginal health group has welcomed moves by the federal Indigenous Affairs Minister to ban kava.Save to My Web

GM: Health deal critical 
Detroit News - Mar 06 1:24 AM
General Motors Corp. will lay out its case today in U.S. District Court that a federal judge should approve a plan to help cut its health care tab by $1 billion a year by shifting costs to hourly retirees.Save to My Web

Today's Health Winners and Losers 
TheStreet.com - Mar 06 12:16 PM
Genomic Health shares get hammered after a downgrade.Save to My Web

GM Retirees Protest Health Care Cuts 
ABC News - Mar 06 1:49 PM
GM Retirees Ask Judge to Reject Settlement That Would Require Them to Pay More for Health CareSave to My Web

Blanco proposes increases in education, health care 
Opelousas Daily World - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
BATON ROUGE - Gov. Kathleen Blanco proposed a $19.7 billion state budget Monday for the 2006-07 fiscal year that includes larger investments in education, economic development and health care, but continues selective cuts.Save to My Web

Health - Travaglini tries to jump start health care negotiations

Travaglini tries to jump start health care negotiations 
WFSB 3 - Feb 27 2:55 PM
BOSTON -- Senate President Robert Travaglini released a dramatically scaled-back version of a massive health care reform bill Monday, hoping to break a months-long logjam and avert the loss of hundreds of millions of federal dollars.Save to My Web

No easy cure for health care costs 
The Enterprise - Feb 27 9:21 AM
More than half of the 1.3 million Wal-Mart employees in the United States don't have health insurance. The questions of what to do about this and why we should care encapsulate the state and national debates about health insurance coverage.Save to My Web

Universal Health posts lower 4th-quarter profit 
Reuters - Feb 27 3:10 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc. UHS.N on Monday posted sharply lower quarterly earnings as its results were hurt by facilities that suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina.Save to My Web

Health - HEALTH POWERS FOR DOCTORS

HEALTH POWERS FOR DOCTORS
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - 13 hours ago MENTAL health workers, including psychiatrists, would be given tougher powers to force patients to take medicine or be moved to hospital for treatment or

Industry accused of hiding some health risks
MSN Money - 5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Manufacturers are being accused of hiding some of the bad news from the government, concerning the health risks posed by exposure to chromium

Remote kids now swimming in good health
Australian, Australia - 13 hours ago SWIMMING pools at some of the nation's most remote Aboriginal communities are bringing dramatic health benefits for the children, slashing rates of disease and

Health, sprawl tied, expert tells Kane officials
Chicago Tribune, United States - 16 hours ago a link between sprawl and obesity, a leading researcher Wednesday said Kane County's 25-year growth strategy is a prescription for better health and fitness

English health care in Quebec lacking: survey
CBC Montreal, Canada - 6 hours ago A group that advocates for English-language health care says although some progress has been made in Quebec in recent years, there's still a long way to go.

Health waiting times target 'met'
BBC News, UK - 10 hours ago these codes by 2007. Health Minister Andy Kerr said the reduction in maximum waits was a "tremendous achievement". He said: "This

World Bank funds health projects in southern Sudan
Xinhua, China - 8 hours ago NAIROBI, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Bank announced on Thursday it has approved 25 million US dollars grant to support health projects in Southern Sudan.

Health's digital divide: electronic health records
Canadian Business, Canada - 4 hours ago usual January morning and the 30-year-old man has shown up in the neurosurgical intensive care unit of Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in

Wal-Mart to Expand Health Plan
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago Wal-Mart Stores, facing a raft of state bills that would require it to increase spending on employee health insurance, plans to ease several longstanding

Health - What Government is Doing

What Government is Doing
Department of Homeland Security - Family Links Registry - available in English, Espa ol, and Francais Keep Your Address Up-to-Date Financial Offices Availability in affected areas (FDIC) Transportation Systems Status in affected areas Office for Hurricane Katrina Oversight Katrina

Subscribe/Renewal Information
Managed Healthcare Executive - Managed Healthcare Executive is a controlled-circulation magazine published by Advanstar Communications. Each month it provides in-depth analysis on the business of healthcare to more than 40,000 clinical and non-clinical executives in managed care

Bush proposed health care cuts will hurt Montana s American Indians
Montana Kaimin Online - President George Bush s recently proposed cuts to health services could hurt those in our state who already have a difficult time paying their medical bills. These people are Montana s American Indians. According to an Associated Press article

Program for Ill Teens Faces Cash Crisis
WTOP Radio - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Teen actress Lindsay Lohan is on the cover of this week's Vanity Fair with a bombshell interview in which she allegedly admits having bulimia, among other things. The interview follows months of boney tabloid photos and rumors

Executive Profile
Managed Healthcare Executive - On a national level, the Medicaid population has grown by 11 million since 1996 and has increasingly spread into managed care. Ten years ago, 40.1% of the 33 million Medicaid enrollees were covered by managed care plans, and as of June 2004, 60.6% of

Here's to Your Health
Smart Money - NOBODY LIKES A complainer. But there might be money to be made in paying attention to gripes, particularly those that refer to the rising cost of this or that. What were most of us bellyaching about at this time last year? The price of a gallon of

Health Directory
Curry Coastal Pilot - Curry Coastal Pilot is a community newspaper serving Curry County on the Southern Oregon Coast from Brookings, Oregon. Your comments are welcome at mail@currypilot.com or PO Box 700, Brookings, Oregon, 97415. Phone: (541) 469-3123. Fax: (541) 469

Governor defends health care plan
Oakland Press - Seeking to deflect criticisms over potential costs, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday her $1 billion proposal to extend health insurance to a half-million uninsured residents wouldn't require extra spending. She said the program would help small

Amish pay cash for health care - and save
Pueblo Chieftain - LITITZ, Pennsylvania - When Health Management Associates Inc. opened a regional hospital in Pennsylvania Dutch Country in 2004, it got an unexpected welcome from a group of men wearing broad-brimmed hats and beards. The delegation of Amish and

Health - Men get a health check-up

Men get a health check-up 
Mandurah Mail - 33 minutes ago
THE Men's Pen at the recent Club Marina Mandurah Ocean Marina Boat and Fishing Show attracted 180 men for a health check up. The City of Mandurah joined forces with GP Down South to offer a men's health check with a boating theme.Save to My Web

High hopes for Olympic health boost 
BBC News - Oct 18 7:18 AM
As the East End is transformed to prepare for the 2012 Olympics medics are hoping for a positive health legacy for local residents.Save to My Web

HEALTH GAP 'WILL KEEP GROWING 
Daily Record - Oct 18 5:24 PM
SCOTS were yesterday warned it could take a generation before the health gap between rich and poor begins to fall. Deputy health minister Lewis Macdonald said the divide was still growing despite moves to improve matters.Save to My Web

UAW asks court to approve tentative health care deal with GM 
SanLuisObispo.com - Oct 18 12:05 PM
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers said Tuesday it is asking a federal court to approve its tentative agreement with General Motors Corp. to cut the automaker's health care costs.Save to My Web

Korea vets study confirms health toll 
News Interactive - Oct 18 6:45 PM
VETERANS of the Korean War are more likely to suffer from a wide range of health problems, post-traumatic stress disorder or to smoke or drink to excess, a new study has revealed.Save to My Web

Average Health Care Costs Per Vehicle 
AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 18 3:24 PM
Average Health Care Costs Per VehicleSave to My Web

Barangay health workers also leaving for abroad 
Minda News - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Not only nurses, doctors and doctors-turned nurses are being lured to go abroad for supposed high-paying jobs. Barangay health workers, too..Save to My Web

Americans' health confidence up slightly: survey 
CBS Market Watch - Oct 18 7:40 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Americans would prefer to get information about alternative health-care costs, but that doesn't rank nearly as highly as their own doctor's skill and approach when weighing the quality of care they receive, according to a new study.Save to My Web

Top Hometown Health Improvement volunteer 
Helena Daily World - Oct 18 7:04 PM
Will Tate was recently honored as the recipient of the Hometown Health Improvement Volunteer of the Year award.Save to My Web

GM, UAW in tentative deal on health care 
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 18 1:25 PM
Monday, the same day General Motors Corp. announced a third-quarter loss of $1.6 billion, the company said it has entered into an agreement with the United Auto Workers Union to reduce health care costs by $15 billion.Save to My Web

Health - EU takes first step in tackling mental health problems

EU takes first step in tackling mental health problems
EUobserver.com, Belgium - 44 minutes ago On Monday (17 October), the Brussels executive adopted a Green Paper on a strategy for mental health in the EU. The commission's

Health - Health care is truly a weighty issue

Health care is truly a weighty issue
Arizona Republic - Health care insurance rates in our country are a disgrace. What about those of us who exercise, watch what we eat and take pride in our appearance? No, it is not easy, but if I can do it, so can everyone else - it is not financially prohibitive. Why are our premiums for health care skyrocketing? It is because the majority of our society could care less

Bird Flu Fuels Fear Of Fowl
11 Alive - MIKE STOBBEAssociated PressATLANTA - (AP) Americans fearful of bird flu are peppering health officials with all sorts of questions: Is it safe to have a birdfeeder in my yard? If I see a dead bird, should I report it? possible global flu outbreak. Health experts believe the bird virus may one

Health: S.D. County seen as vulnerable to pandemic
SignOn San Diego - By Cheryl Clark UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 16, 2005 Preventing flu pandemic nearly impossible, U.S. official says Mid-October: A previously unseen virus causes devastating pneumonia on the Philippine island of Luzon. hospitals with rapidly advancing illnesses. Health officials realize the cases resemble those described in the Philippines by the World Health Organization. Dec. 6: A Tijuana

Health research site targets medical consumers
MSNBC - Heart attack" turns up"myocardial infarction," the technical term for the concept.The site features 3,000 maps of different diseases and conditions that describe the treatment process for each ailment. com survivor, will unveil a broad consumer health search system that offers"medically guided" search results of self-diagnosis.The consumer health Web search system seeks to help

Lifting tribal members'health
Seattle Times - MUCKLESHOOT RESERVATION It used to be no one here lived long enough even to get cancer. But the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is determined to change that. 20 million, state-of-the-art health-and-wellness facility, fully operational as Muckleshoot tribal member and health-division director for the Muckleshoot Health& Wellness Center

Student death sparks health alert
BBC - Health officials say the risk to other students is low A university is issuing some students his room on Saturday. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) believes meningococcal disease

Health - Health officials help preparedness

Health officials help preparedness
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 3 hours ago Public-health officials want you to be worried enough about a flu pandemic to be personally prepared and to understand that drastic measures might have to be

Health Executive must resolve Monaghan issue - Taoiseach
Ireland Online, Ireland - 15 hours ago The Health Services Executive must resolve the problems with the troubled Monaghan General Hospital, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

Health care summit brings agreements to disagree
Boston Globe, United States - 7 hours ago Those attending the "Gov.'s Health Care Summit" at the Killington Grand Hotel on Monday heard from speakers of widely differing views.

Sri Lanka health ministry on guard against bird flu
Xinhua, China - 2 hours ago He said the ministry's epidemiology unit has been monitoring the situation and taking necessary action, and he assured that the health authorities had taken

Canada prepared for bird flu: health minister
Xinhua, China - 10 hours ago Canada has stockpiled enough vaccine to contain an outbreak if the deadly bird flu becomes transmittable from human to human, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said

$1.6 billion loss for GM, but it gets health care deal
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 2 hours ago General Motors Corp., although it announced a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers on Monday that will help lower its spending on health care for

Health - GM and UAW agree on health costs as automaker suffers $1.6B Q3 loss

GM and UAW agree on health costs as automaker suffers $1.6B Q3 loss 
Canadian Business - Oct 17 2:02 PM
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp., under pressure to turn around its business after losing nearly $3 billion in the first nine months of this year, announced a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers on Monday to lower its staggering health-care costs.Save to My Web

GM gets vital contract deal on health care costs 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 57 minutes ago
General Motors yesterday reached a vital contract deal with the United Auto Workers union that will dramatically slash employee health care costs, but analysts said the savings are not nearly enough to revive a company that also announced a $1.6 billion for July-September quarter.Save to My Web

Health Officials Urge Flood Victims To Combat Mold 
NBC 10 Providence - Oct 17 3:30 PM
Failure to quickly clean up water damage from the weekend flooding could lead to some health problems. The Rhode Island Department of Health said homeowners should be especially concerned about mold. Officials said it can start growing within 48 hours.Save to My Web

GM reaches deal on health care cuts 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
Detroit - General Motors said Monday that it had reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union to cut $1 billion in annual health care benefits for more than 750,000 blue-collar workers, retirees and their families as part of an effort to climb out of a financial crisis.Save to My Web

US Health Official Pledges Aid in Fight Against Bird Flu 
Voice of America - Oct 17 9:06 AM
In Indonesia as part of a tour of Asian countries affected by bird flu, the top U.S. health official has promised financial help to combat the disease and emphasized that vigilance was the key to fighting the virus.Save to My Web

UNI health majors to help Katrina victims in November 
Northern Iowan - 14 minutes ago
This November, a group of UNI students will be traveling to San Antonio to assist with a mental health assessment for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.Save to My Web

GM chief announces tentative health care deal with UAW 
WOOD TV 8 - Oct 17 3:53 PM
(Update, AP-Detroit, October 17, 2005, 4:13 p.m.) General Motors Corp., under pressure to turn around its business after losing nearly $3 billion in the first nine months of the year, announced a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers Monday that will help lower its staggering health care costs.Save to My Web

Health - Minister defends sex health plan

Minister defends sex health plan
BBC - Scotland The Scottish Executive has said that sexual health is a priority on which 4.5m is being spent this year. Health Minister Andy Kerr was responding to a

Addams legacy lives
Chicago Tribune - Readers may infer incorrectly from your Sept. and places student interns in over 250 Chicago-area health and human services agencies annually families and the justice system, health disparities, services for the elderly, and

As Curry Makes Debut, Focus Is on His Health
New York Times - BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 15 - Eddy Curry made his debut with the Knicks on Saturday night, but his medical condition remained the focus of attention.

China spacecraft returns to Earth
BBC - Both astronauts have already undergone a health check China's Shenzhou VI spacecraft has safely returned to Earth, after five days in orbit.

Oct. 14, 2005:Coming to U.S. is bad for Mexicans'health
Houston Chronicle - States can be bad for your health if you are a Mexican immigrant, according the United States in better health than the white American population but their health deteriorates the

The Mexico option Cross-border health insurance is a hit with employers and workers
SignOn San Diego - Guadalupe Gonzalez lives and works in California, but when he wants to see his doctor he heads to Mexico. NELVIN CEPEDA / Union-Tribune Dr. a clinic in Tijuana that is run by SIMNSA, one of three companies locally to offer health plans that cover U.S Plus, his company's health insurance pays for it

Health Official Warns of Bird Flu Pandemic
AP via Newsday - 05, 4:43 AM EDT HAIPHONG, Vietnam -- Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt finished up prevent and contain a potential global health threat. After watching chickens and

City mandate of health benefits questioned
Seattle Post Intelligencer - By DAVID B. five often toil away with little or no health insurance, but that might change under legislation labor groups to pay most workers a health care benefit worth an estimated $2.50

Romania kills thousands of birds amid flu fears
MSNBC - Health BUCHAREST, Romania - Authorities were culling thousands of domestic birds in the Danube Delta region Sunday to prevent the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu that has decimated flocks The EU's top public health official, Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou, said Saturday no further who heads the national Agency for Animal Health. He said authorities hoped