Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Google Alert - health

News10 new results for health
 
Big health insurers to stop selling new 'child-only' policies
Los Angeles Times
Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna Inc. and others say they will make the move Thursday when parts of the new healthcare law take effect. They cite potentially huge and unexpected costs for insuring children. By Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times Major health ...
See all stories on this topic »
To Label or Not Label Lab-Spawned Salmon
Wall Street Journal
By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN Consumer groups urged the Food and Drug Administration to require labeling of genetically modified salmon Tuesday, while industry representatives called on the FDA to stick to current rules the agency says prevent such ...
See all stories on this topic »
Shot of Aspirin: Potential New Treatment for Migraines?
ABC News
By LARA SALAHI Most headache sufferers have their own tricks for relief -- drink water, take an aspirin, exercise, or perhaps take a nap. But for more than 29 million migraine sufferers, the agony can be much more difficult to escape. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Number of people with dementia expected to triple by the year 2050
CTV.ca
The number of people living with dementia is expected to triple by the year 2050, says Alzheimer's Disease International. The group represents Alzheimer groups across the globe. It's estimated about 35 million people have dementia worldwide. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Itching for a Bite of Bedbug Trade
Wall Street Journal
By JOE BARRETT ROSEMONT, Ill.—Bedbugs are getting to be big business, judging by the swarm of vendors, housing officials, entomologists, television-news crews and bug-sniffing dogs that crammed into a hotel convention center here Tuesday. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Cyber bully victims hit with depression: survey
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — School children bullied online face a high risk of being hit with real-world depression, according to a study released Tuesday by the US National Institutes of Health. The "cyber bullying" findings deviated from studies of real-world ...
See all stories on this topic »

AFP
Panel asks if FDA knew about secret J&J recall
Reuters
By Ransdell Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - A US House committee probing recent massive recalls of Johnson & Johnson consumer medicines wants to know if the US Food and Drug Administration last year permitted the company to secretly recall potentially ...
See all stories on this topic »
Flu Shot Decreases Rsk of Diabetes, Stroke, Asthma
Food Consumer
he Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns, "Flu is a serious contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization and even death. In 2009–2010, a new and very different flu virus (called 2009 H1N1) spread worldwide causing the first flu ...
See all stories on this topic »
Lasker Awards Honor Work on Key Signaling Molecules
Science AAAS
by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel on 21 September 2010, 5:24 PM | Permanent Link | 0 Comments The winners. Shown clockwise, Douglas Coleman and Jeffrey Friedman (together, left and right) snagged a Lasker award for basic research for discovering the appetite ...
See all stories on this topic »
Medicare Advantage Premiums to Fall in 2011
New York Times
By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Tuesday that average premiums paid by individuals for private Medicare Advantage plans, which insure about one-fourth of all beneficiaries, would decline slightly next year, ...
See all stories on this topic »


Tip: Use quotes ("like this") around a set of words in your query to match them exactly. Learn more.

Remove this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.

No comments:

Post a Comment