Blogs Posts in Healthcare category; 52 blog posts

Smoking May Hasten Mental Decline In Men: Study

The list of reasons to quit smoking just got longer. A new study published today on the website of the Archives of General Psychiatry has found that smoking appears to accelerate the pace of age-related cognitive decline in middle-aged me [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Universal healthcare is within reach

Nearly three years ago China's State Council unveiled its plan to extend healthcare to every Chinese citizen by 2020. The ambitious plan was launched at a time when universal health coverage was building momentum globally. In June 200 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Quality health care tops govt agenda: Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that the provision of quality healthcare to the people especially the under-served and marginalized, is a key element of the social sector agenda of the present government. In a message o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Business groups wary of first draft of health care bill

Business groups reacted warily Sunday to the Senate's first stab at overhauling the nation's health care system, a rift that could complicate President Obama's goal of achieving bipartisan support for his top domestic priority. Meanwhile, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Flu fears remain as Mexico seeks to return to "normalcy"

Grave concerns remain over the A/H1N1 flu outbreak even though studies suggest that the virus is less lethal as previously anticipated while Mexico is set to allow most businesses to reopen on Wednesday. Mexican Health Minister Jose [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Salmonella may have caused Minnesota woman's death; 500 sick...

A Minnesota woman in her 80s died after she was infected with the salmonella strain suspected in a nationwide outbreak that has killed seven and sickened hundreds.State health officials said the woman lived in a nursing home. They have not [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Calls for bigger warnings on ciggy packs

A KEY anti-smoking group has called for bigger warnings on cigarette packets, after finding nearly half of smokers do not know their habit causes lung cancer. The research from the Cancer Council of Victoria showed 21.5 per cent of the sta [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Alternative Medicine's Rapid Spread? Nonsense

I don't want to provoke the ire of the pros or the antis (I managed to anger both after doing a story about alternative medicine in January), so please heed: This post is not about the clincial merits of herbals, acupuncture, homeopathy, an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Healthcare workers putting patient data at risk

Healthcare professionals are putting sensitive patient information at risk by storing records, medical images, contact information and other data on unprotected mobile devices. A survey of around 1,000 workers from the healthcare industrie [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

City's funding for future retiree healthcare costs falls sho...

Healthcare costs for retired Boston city workers are expected to top $3 billion over the next 30 years, and the city is coming under increasing pressure to start setting aside more taxpayer money to cover the costs. Over the last two years [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Vitamin C reduce effect of cancer drugs

Large doses of vitamin C supplements may substantially reduce the effectiveness of cancer drugs, a new research suggests. The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center findings have been reported by Cancer Research. To reach the conclusion, t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Australian health authorities warn of PNG HIV cluster

Health authorities in Australia's far north are concerned about what they're calling an HIV cluster among men who work in Papua New Guinea.Six men have recently been diagnosed with the virus in Cairns and authorities say it could be the beg [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Number Of Americans Without Health Insurance Declines

The U.S. Census Bureau put out a new report on Tuesday which revealed that the number of Americans living without health insurance in the U.S. has declined in the past year. U.S. Census Bureau report is called ‘Income, Poverty and [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Sodium Nitrite Meat Additive Chemical Used to Poison Woman i...

A Missouri woman named Angie Hausler was poisoned with the food additive sodium nitrite by a woman who wanted a chance at her husband. Tina Vazquez told police that she filled a capsule with sodium nitrate and gave it to Angie Hausler, tel [...]