Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis Healthfinder Less affluent individuals had more advanced disease and were less likely to receive needed treatment. | this article to news version | (SOURCE: Cancer, news release, June 23, 2008) | MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status increases a cancer patient's risk of dying, say U.S. res...
Breakthrough in diagnosis of TB Independent online | Tuberculosis can now be diagnosed within a day, the World Health Organisation has announced. | The breakthrough diagnostic method will cut the time in which the disease is diagnosed from its present two to three months. | This will have a major imp...
Moffitt Cancer Center names chief physician The Business Review | Alan F. List has been named executive vice president and physician-in-chief at the in Tampa. | List is succeeding Clifford Schold Jr., who retired, a release said. List previously was division chief of malignant hematology at Moffitt. | Eduardo Sot...
Medicare payments to physicians could be cut 5% The Business Review | The unveiled Monday a plan to reduce Medicare payments to physicians and other health professionals in 2009. | The federal agency, which oversees the Medicare funds, plans to cut compensation for health services by 5.4 percent. Total Medicare spend...
Medicare payments to physicians could be cut 5% Business Journal > Humana to buy competitor Metcare Health Plans [Tampa Bay] New THA nonpayment policy aids hospital patients hurt by wrong procedure [Memphis] Physical therapists brace for 'disaster' of Medicare cuts [Baltimore] Maryland targeting 1,500 small busine...
NCQA Updates Physician and Hospital Quality Program Insurance Newsnet Copyright 2008 Business Wire, Inc. Business Wire | June 30, 2008 Monday 2:02 PM GMT | DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors; Health/Medical Writers | LENGTH: 827 words | HEADLINE: NCQA Updates Physician and Hospital Quality Program; First national set of st...
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Green tea may prevent heart disease TVNZ Jul 3, 2008 11:36 AM | A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday. | A study published in the European Journal of Cardiova...
Eating right, living right The Daily Tribune | By Lou Marquez-Hernandez, Contributor | 07/03/2008 | The call for healthy living has been resounding worldwide, yet people are just too preoccupied or in a hurry to make sure the...
Green tea protects against heart disease: study Canada Dot Com | LONDON (Reuters) - A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday. | A study published in the European Journal of Cardiovasc...
Obesity may offer some protection after stenting Scientific American | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paradoxically, obesity may offer some protection against heart-related "events," like heart attack, in people who have a stent placed to prop open a c...
Exercise guidelines push movement, not intensity Scripps Howard | You can run it, walk it or crawl it, but when it comes to the health benefits, a mile is just a mile. | That's the main message the government is likely to include in recommended...
Green tea protects against heart disease: study AOL LONDON (Reuters) - A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday. | A study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascul...
Liver detox vital after living it up Business Day | PITY your poor liver, and all the abuse you heap on it - and not just by drinking too much. All those cups of coffee, a diet high in processed foods, braaied meat, saturated and ...
Will a vegetarian diet improve one's health? Seattle Times | Is a vegetarian diet always best in terms of health and weight control? | The fact is that "a vegetarian diet contains the fundamentals for reducing the risk of heart disease, hi...
New York goes trans fat free News24 | New York - Artificial, trans fats will be off the menu in New York restaurants from Tuesday, as city authorities seek to remove a major cause of heart disease from their resident...
Giving infants, moms a healthy chance The Boston Globe | Dr. Kim Wilson took one look at the newborn's skin, and even from across the large room she knew there was trouble. | The tiny infant in the nurse's... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Plastic surgeons' discarded breast tissue aids cancer research Canada Dot Com | VANCOUVER - To learn about what triggers breast cancer and how to create better treatments, scientists first have to know more about the composition... (photo: AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
High blood pressure on rise Canoe HEALTH: More and more teens being diagnosed as hypertensive | By | The London Free Press | When it comes to high blood pressure, "(age) 15 is the new ... (photo: WN / aruna1)
Theme park food has 600 per cent too much fat for youngsters The Daily Mail | Children are eating meals at theme parks containing many times recommended fat, salt and sugar levels, a study out today reveals. | In a survey of 3... (photo: Creative Commons / John)
Study highlights diabetes increase Australian Broadcasting Corporation | This is a transcript from The World Today. The program is broadcast around Australia at 12:10pm on ABC Local Radio. | You can also listen to the sto... (photo: (AP Photo/Scott Audette))
