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| LA County hospitals keeping eye on 'superbug' San Jose Mercury News AP LOS ANGELES—Health officials urged people not to panic over a drug-resistant germ present elsewhere in the country that has emerged in Los Angeles County hospitals and nursing homes. About 350 infections of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health care reform has little effect on small biz Denver Business Journal Chris Crigler, president of CAP Management, talks with Dede de Percin, executive director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, at the Capitol. The CCHI held a Health Care Day of Action at the Statehouse. When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Merck shingles vaccine gets FDA OK for more patients International Business Times By IB Times Staff Reporter | March 25, 2011 6:53 AM EDT Merck & Co Inc. (NYSE: MRK)'s shingles vaccine Zostavax is now approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for people aged 50 and older. Zostavax was originally approved on May 2006 to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Is that right? Menthol cigarettes are more dangerous? Washington Post (blog) By Jennifer LaRue Huget The federal government is contemplating banning menthol cigarettes on the grounds that they pose a substantial public-health risk. But federally funded research published this week seems to weaken that argument. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Novel immune therapy for pancreatic cancer discovered Sify A novel way of treating pancreatic cancer by activating the immune system to destroy the cancer's scaffolding has been discovered by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center. The strategy was tested in a small cohort of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obese women, kids think they weigh less Times of India A new study has found that overweight and obese mothers and their children think they weigh less than their actual weight. In the study of women and children in an urban, predominantly Hispanic population, most normal weight women and children in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What You're Tweeting: School Policy and Allergies Patch.com A school in Edgewater, Fla., is drawing the nation's eye toward the discussion of whether policy and allergy can reconcile. Throughout the country, parents and officials alike have taken note of a school's policy in Edgewater, Fla., where some say a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Only 1 in 3 California students make the grade in physical-fitness test Los Angeles Times Only about one in three students has earned a "healthy" score on California's physical-fitness test, according to annual data released Thursday. About 1.32 million students were evaluated in grades five, seven and nine, about 91% of enrollment in those ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Desert Hot Springs Relay for Life in need of volunteers for race The Desert Sun The relay will begin at 9 am May 21 at Desert Hot Springs High School, 65-850 Pierson Blvd. Two teams had signed up as of late Friday. The Relay for Life is a series of The American Cancer Society Relay For Life events are held across the country. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Guggenheim Elementary safe despite MRSA case, say CPS officials Chicago Sun-Times BY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter/rrossi@suntimes.com Mar 25, 2011 04:28AM Lakesha Kelly explains to fellow Guggenheim School parents why students are wearing masks and gloves. | Keith Hale~Sun-Times Battling a huge attendance drop, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ANTHRAX RULED OUT IN GIRL'S ILLNESS ABQ Journal (subscription) By Olivier Uyttebrouck A concerned mother sparked an anthrax scare Thursday after she took her ill daughter to the Lovelace Westside Hospital and reported that the 10-year-old may have been exposed to the bacteria. The hospital was shut down for at ... See all stories on this topic » |
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