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| Medicare to Cover Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy MedPage Today By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Medicare plans to pay for sipuleucel-T (Provenge), the autologous immunotherapy for prostate cancer, following a determination that it is genuinely effective in metastatic hormone-refractory disease, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Extremely Obese Man Stuck To Chair For Two Years Found Unconscious And Dies Medical News Today A 43-year old morbidly obese man who had been stuck to a reclining chair for two years was found unconscious by roommates who immediately called the police. The Ohio man died later at Wheeling Hospital, West Virginia. According to medical staff, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why I Said 'No' to Backscatter Scanning Huffington Post (blog) I have just returned from a long-anticipated spring break trip with my husband and children. We went via a different airline in a different terminal than usual. Surprise! They've got the advanced imaging technology. There are two types of these ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Water balls a "deadly danger": CPSC CBS News The government has issued a consumer alert over inflated plastic balls that allow participants to walk on water. Susan Koeppen reports. Walking on water isn't only the stuff of Bible texts these days. It's being done all around the world and here in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eating Fresh Food Drastically Reduces BPA Risk, Study Finds Huffington Post (blog) BPA levels in families who ate fresh rather than canned or plastic-packaged food for three days dropped by an average of 60 percent, according to a study released today by the Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute. Bishphenol A (or BPA), ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CDC Reports Biggest Birth Rate Drop in 30 years ABC News By KATIE MOISSE, ABC News Medical Unit After a year of marriage, Ivette Zurita Serrano and her husband, Herbert, were ready to have a baby. But that changed when Ivette lost her job in 2009. "I was let go right when we started thinking about having a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CDC: Only 8 Percent Of Americans Vitamin D Deficient Huffington Post There has been a lot of conflicting information surrounding vitamin D deficiency recently, but according to new data released by the CDC, only 8 percent of Americans are currently at risk of an actual deficiency. The report, which used data from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CMS releases proposed ACO rule American Medical News The accountable care organization proposal outlines how physicians and hospitals can share in the Medicare savings they generate through better care coordination. By Charles Fiegl, amednews staff. Posted March 31, 2011. Washington -- The Centers for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health data on our area is mixed bag Watertown Daily Times By Steve Sharp of the Daily Times staff JEFFERSON - Health data regarding residents living in Jefferson and Dodge counties is mixed and shows that Jefferson County residents are perhaps slightly healthier, overall, than their Dodge County neighbors. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| World to spend 17 bln USD in 2011 to reach new HIV target Xinhua By Peter Mutai NAIROBI, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The International community is set to spend 17 billion US dollars this year to reach 2015 goals for AIDS response set by the United Nations (UN), the world's top diplomat said on Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Drug Combination Improves Hepatitis C Cure Rate Voice of America Scientists are comparing the existing two-drug therapy for hepatitis C with a proposed three-drug treatment. Researchers are in the final steps of evaluating two new drugs to add to the existing treatment for hepatitis C. An estimated 170 million ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| IOM urges more research on gay health issues ModernHealthcare.com By Maureen McKinney The Institute of Medicine has issued a report calling for more research into the health conditions and disparities affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. "Routine collection of information on race and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Most patients impacted by tainted IV bags were in Birmingham hospitals Bizjournals.com The Alabama Department of Public Health says 18 of the 19 bacterial infections related to contaminated intravenous bags occurred at hospitals in the Birmingham area. The outbreak of the Serratia marcescens bacteremia infection, which has been linked to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tylenol Recall Patch.com Johnson & Johnson announced March 29 that it is recalling another lot of Tylenol drugs. The reason for the recall is said to be user complaints that the medicines have moldy odor. By Candace Jarrett | Email the author | 5:00am If you are a Tylenol user ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Amgen cancer drug fails in late-stage study BusinessWeek Amgen Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. said Wednesday that their potential cancer treatment motesanib failed to meet its key goal in a late-stage study focusing on lung cancer patients. The drug candidate failed to improve overall survival ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Twin Tots' Playful Babble Sets Internet Abuzz ABC News By KATIE MOISSE and LAUREN SHER The boys appear to be having a grown-up conversation complete with questions, answers, facial expressions and gestures -- even the odd laugh -- all while standing next to their refrigerator. One of the boys is missing a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Beauty equals happiness, study says CBS News Erica Hill speaks with "Early Show" contributor and Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein about a study that says attractive people are happier and make more money. If you are attractive, you are more likely to be happy in life, according to a study by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Viewfinder: Bloomingdale Relay for Life Patch.com By D'Ann White | Email the author | 2:01pm She's been participating in the Relay for Life for 10 years, ever since her father died of pancreatic cancer. But this was the first time Kim Stromberg participated as a cancer survivor. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gilead to pay $40M in Yale University cancer deal Bizjournals.com Gilead Sciences Inc. will pay $40 million over four years and possibly $100 million total over a decade in a cancer research deal with Yale University. Foster City-based Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD) will work with the New Haven Ivy League school on studying ... See all stories on this topic » |
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