Health Highlights: April 17, 2008 - Washington Post
eFluxMedia Health Highlights: April 17, 2008 Washington Post - 9 hours ago A US federal judge on Wednesday upheld a New York City regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus. The judge rejected the New York State Restaurant Association's argument that the law violates the First Amendment by forcing .
AAN: ALS Linked to Formaldehyde Exposure - MedPage Today
AAN: ALS Linked to Formaldehyde Exposure MedPage Today - 7 hours ago By John Gever, Staff Writer, MedPage Today CHICAGO, April 17 -- Working with formaldehyde may increase the likelihood of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a researcher said here, but pesticides were exonerated as a factor.
Another Privacy Alarm on Health Records - U.S. News World Report
CNET News.com Another Privacy Alarm on Health Records U.S. News & World Report - 3 hours ago Another article has echoed concerns that new, online services that store patient records present serious privacy questions. Calling them "patient-controlled health records, " two Boston-area doctors point out that services like those from Google and .
Crackdown on NY home care providers moves upstate - Newsday
Crackdown on NY home care providers moves upstate Newsday - 5 hours ago By CAROLYN THOMPSON | AP Writer April 17, 2008 BUFFALO, NY - Twenty-seven upstate home health care agencies face questions from the state about aides who provide services paid for by Medicaid.
South Korea raises H5N1 alert as outbreak reports rise - CIDRAP
Scientific American South Korea raises H5N1 alert as outbreak reports rise CIDRAP - 2 hours ago Apr 17, 2008 (CIDRAP News) - Agriculture officials in South Korea said today they had received new reports of suspicious bird deaths at seven different sites, as the number of confirmed H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks grew by three to 15.
Tufts, MIT, MGH among Mass. players in 42M DOD program - Bizjournals.com
WKYC-TV Tufts, MIT, MGH among Mass. players in $42M DOD program Bizjournals.com - 2 hours ago Several Massachusetts organizations are part of two consortia to garner more than $40 million from the Department of Defense in an effort to provide regenerative medicine to wounded soldiers, according to Canton-based Organogenesis Inc.
How technology can aid seniors, caregivers in their own homes - MarketWatch
365Gay.com How technology can aid seniors, caregivers in their own homes MarketWatch - 2 hours ago By Robert Powell, MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Older Americans and their family caregivers are at long last warming to the notion of using technology to achieve their respective goals.
Bias seen tainting medical articles - CNNMoney.com
Turkish Press Bias seen tainting medical articles CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago Drug companies often pay academic scientists to take credit for research articles that are prepared by company-paid medical writers and then published in peer-reviewed journals, say reports in the Journal of the American Medical Assoc.
This Flu Season, a Jump in Doctor Visits and Deaths - New York Times
Canada.com This Flu Season, a Jump in Doctor Visits and Deaths New York Times - 1 hour ago By DENISE GRADY The current flu season has been more severe than the last three, with more doctor visits and more deaths from flu and pneumonia, federal health officials are reporting.
Feds: Passenger on Plane with Infected Woman Tests Positive for TB - FOXNews
Feds: Passenger on Plane with Infected Woman Tests Positive for TB FOXNews - 1 hour ago SAN FRANCISCO - A passenger on an American Airlines flight from India who sat near a woman with drug-resistant tuberculosis has tested positive for TB, federal health officials said.