Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict
New York Times - Health :
September 3, 2010, 12:01 pm
Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.
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Doctor and Patient: Tending to Patients During a Hurricane
New York Times - Health :
September 2, 2010, 12:45 pm
Dr. Ruth Berggren was among a team of nurses and doctors that stayed with patients during Hurricane Katrina.
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AECL's NRU resumes operation
Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie :
September 2, 2010, 12:41 pm
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday resumed operation of its National (more) |
Q&A With a Child Psychiatrist About Treating Troubled Children
New York Times - Health :
September 2, 2010, 12:30 pm
Are drugs appropriate for toddlers to take when they exhibit troubled behavior?
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Maker of Botox Settles Inquiry
New York Times - Health :
September 2, 2010, 12:20 pm
Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.
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Do Fluorescent Lights Trigger Migraines?
New York Times - Health :
September 2, 2010, 11:47 am
Many people who suffer from migraines believe fluorescent lights are the culprit.
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UTHealth automates medical research consent process with iMedConsent
Healthcare IT News :
September 2, 2010, 11:20 am
There seems to be more and more money going into biomedical research, with not enough product coming out, according to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Weight Loss Pill Meridia Ups Heart Attack, Stroke
WebMD :
September 2, 2010, 11:15 am
People who take Abbott's weight-loss pill Meridia have a higher risk of non-fatal heart attack and stroke, a study sponsored by the drug's maker finds. |
HIMSS launches new website to help with quality reporting
Healthcare IT News :
September 2, 2010, 11:04 am
Meaningful use incentives make quality – and quality reporting – an integral component of electronic health records. To help providers and vendors better understand the details behind those imperatives, HIMSS has introduced |
HHS awards $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research
Healthcare IT News :
September 2, 2010, 10:27 am
The government will distribute nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research that is supported by health information technology and data systems, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday. |
Mapping the Mind: Online Interactive Atlas Shows Activity of 20,000 Brain-Related Genes (preview)
Scientific American: Health :
September 2, 2010, 10:00 am
Scientists have long sought to understand the biological basis of thought. In the second century A.D., physician and philosopher Claudius Galen held that the brain was a gland that secreted |
West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
CNN Health :
September 2, 2010, 9:33 am
West Nile Virus has killed 13 people in northern Greece and sickened another 143, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
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Shaky Ground: Can Seismologists Be Charged with a Crime for Not Predicting Deadly Quakes?
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
September 2, 2010, 9:00 am
The adage “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” does not quite capture the following pair of situations. It’s more like “damned if you could (but you can’t), damned if you |
Primary care physicians reluctant to prescribe prostate cancer prevention drug
American Medical Association AMA :
September 2, 2010, 8:55 am
A new survey says they don't know that finasteride is used for chemoprevention. Urologists fear the drug could raise the risk of tumors. |
Osteoporosis Drugs May Be Linked to Cancer Risk
WebMD :
September 2, 2010, 8:23 am
The long-term use of oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs such as Actonel, Boniva, and Fosamax may be associated with a doubling in esophageal cancer risk, but the risk to individual users remains small, |
Employers Raise Workers' Share of Health Costs
Wall Street Journal :
September 2, 2010, 8:11 am
Employers passed health-insurance costs onto employees at a sharply higher rate this year, and businesses' premiums grew more slowly than they have in a decade, according to an annual survey.
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Is Your Kitchen as Clean as a Restaurant's?
WebMD :
September 2, 2010, 7:25 am
An online quiz rates your hygiene practices with a letter grade -- and gives you the information you need to keep your food safe from bacteria. |
Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine
CNN Health :
September 2, 2010, 5:59 am
He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.
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Teen Pot Smoking Won't Lead to Other Drugs as Adults
WebMD :
September 2, 2010, 5:05 am
New research finds little support for the hypothesis that marijuana is a "gateway" drug leading to the use of harder drugs in adulthood. |
Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
Associated Press Healthwire :
September 2, 2010, 4:01 am
By MATTHEW PERRONE
2010-09-02T08:01:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to |
Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient
New York Times - Health :
September 2, 2010, 3:27 am
For Dr. Ruth Bergren and her colleagues taking care of HIV patients in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina presented the ultimate test of the doctor-patient relationship.
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Navix wraps up recapitalization
Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie :
September 2, 2010, 3:00 am
Cardiovascular imaging services provider Navix Diagnostix has completed a management-led (more) |
FDA: No. of mammo sites drops again
Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie :
September 2, 2010, 3:00 am
The number of mammography facilities accredited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (more) |
AMIA establishes global division
Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie :
September 2, 2010, 3:00 am
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced the establishment (more) |
Survey: More work needed to integrate care management, IT
Healthcare IT News :
September 2, 2010, 2:16 am
New research concludes that the pace of automating and integrating care management workflows into health IT systems, remains slow.
The findings come out of "The 2010 Health Information Technology Survey: How Technology Is |
Link Title: Massage Techniques and Types: Swedish, Deep Tissue, and More
WebMD :
September 2, 2010, 1:12 am
If you’re new to massages, all the types and techniques can be a little overwhelming. WebMD answers common massage questions and explains the different styles. |
She drops 100 pounds, gains new world
CNN Health :
September 2, 2010, 1:03 am
I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that |
Cincinnati, Detroit selected as final health IT pilot communities under innovative HHS Recovery Act Beacon Program
US Department of Health and Human Services :
September 2, 2010, 1:01 am
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health information technology to help tackle |
Canon debuts wireless DR detector
Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie :
September 1, 2010, 12:49 pm
Canon U.S.A. has introduced its CXDI-70C wireless portable digital radiography (more) |
Court Backs Injunction Blocking Generic Versions of Lilly's Evista
Wall Street Journal :
September 1, 2010, 12:32 pm
A federal appeals court affirmed an injunction blocking generic versions of Lilly's osteoporosis drug Evista.
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