Health Buzz: Bad Flu Season and Other Health News - U.S. News World Report
InjuryBoard.com Health Buzz: Bad Flu Season and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report - 7 hours ago This year's flu season was the worst in four years because the vaccine wasn't a good match for circulating strains of the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday.
Federal agency gives Maryland 1.78M for primary care - Bizjournals.com
Federal agency gives Maryland $1.78M for primary care Bizjournals.com - 6 hours ago The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Maryland a $1.78 million grant to help improve primary care access and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits.
New Psoriasis Pill Appears Effective - Washington Post
New Psoriasis Pill Appears Effective Washington Post - 4 hours ago By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis appears to be safe and effective, a Canadian trial shows. Modified Psoriasis Drug Safe and Effective MedPage Today Researchers find immune drug safely treats psoriasis Reuters FOXBusiness - WebMD - OnMedica - The Press Association all 30 news articles .
Fla. House ponders health insurance fix - Forbes
Fla. House ponders health insurance fix Forbes - 6 hours ago By DAVID ROYSE 04.18.08, 11:49 AM ET Lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Crist are trying to find a way to get coverage for more of the nearly 4 million Floridians without health insurance, but how successful they are depends on how much leeway they're willing .
Health Highlights: April 18, 2008 - Washington Post
WLOS Health Highlights: April 18, 2008 Washington Post - 4 hours ago New fees for drug and food companies and increased Food and Drug Administration oversight of food and drug plants are among the proposals included in draft legislation designed to improve food and drug safety in the United States.
Where you live may signal life expectancy - San Jose Mercury News
Pravda Where you live may signal life expectancy San Jose Mercury News - 4 hours ago By Angela Hill If you're black, born and raised in West Oakland, for instance, you're likely to die of health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer 15 years sooner than a white person who was born and raised in the Oakland hills.
Toxic chemicals found in dogs, cats, study finds - San Jose Mercury News
New York Times Toxic chemicals found in dogs, cats, study finds San Jose Mercury News - 4 hours ago By Doug Oakley Arlene Blum, a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's chemistry department, with her cat Midnight whose kidneys are failing because of hyperthyroidism which Blum blames on household chemicals.
Houston universities join military surgery research consortium - Bizjournals.com
Turkish Press Houston universities join military surgery research consortium Bizjournals.com - 3 hours ago The Department of Defense said Friday that Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will be part of a national program to develop new regenerative tissue techniques to aid soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Statewide investigation into home healthcare fraud - WIVB
Pravda Statewide investigation into home healthcare fraud WIVB - 3 hours ago BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - A local home healthcare worker is under arrest. It's part of a statewide probe into fraud within the industry. Home health-care probe goes Upstate Bizjournals.
California Health Insurers Must Reinstate Policies - U.S. News World Report
dBTechno California Health Insurers Must Reinstate Policies U.S. News & World Report - 2 hours ago Chalk one up for sickly patients. California regulators have ordered insurers there to reinstate the health insurance policies of 26 people who lost their coverage after the insurers claimed they had lied on their applications, according to news .