| Health News Issues for the Health Concious Consumer | | Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:34:51 AM by Rose Martins | When it comes to health and health issues, there is never a shortage of news. Current health news, health news articles, consumer health news, news regarding natural remedies, Health care news, news regarding health care plans, mental health news, the news regarding the latest in health developments and news that relates to our health fill newspapers, magazines, news broadcasts and online news sites daily.
Plastic surgery and weight loss are two subjects that rate big in the health news arena. Scientific breakthroughs and disasterous results often make news headlines. With obesity and terminal disease plaguing the world today, healthy eating, diet and exercise plans are hot health news topics. The pro's, con's and dangers of medication are not exempt from the news on health, especially those linked to diet and weight loss.
Fertility is another hot topic when it comes to health news. Fertility issues, fertility drugs and fertility treatments are health news items that can sometimes change the course of a person's life, as does genetic testing and planning. According to recent health news reports, a study of the X chromosome has revealed some surprising genetic differences between women and men.
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| | | News keeps pouring in about health benefits of red wine | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:32:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | The trickle of reports about the health benefits of wine, and particularly red wine, have turned into a raging river. In case you missed the Associated Press story that broke earlier this week — close on the heels of two other research studies that found healthful effects of wine — apparently, large amounts of "red-wine extract" seemed to help obese mice eat high-fat diets and still live long and happy lives. .... | |
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| | | John Muir Health and Blue Cross extend negotiations | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:07:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | This is the second time that the hospital group, with campuses in Walnut Creek and Concord, has agreed to extend contract talks with Blue Cross. John Muir originally had announced it would end the contract on Oct. 20, but then agreed to go back to the table and talk with the insurer for another week. .... | |
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| | | Christus Spohn Health System to lay off about 100 | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:08:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dozens of employees with the Christus Spohn Health System, will soon be out of a job. Officials said the layoffs are necessary because of a financial shortfall. 6 News received word of the layoffs late Tuesday. Christus Spohn blames three primary reasons for the financial shortfall. The cost of charitable medical care for indigent patients and illegal immigrants are projected to be about $55 million to the Christus Spohn Health System. Also, there have been reductions in reimbursement funds from government health programs, and there has been a reduction in inpatient admissions, since more people are receiving medical care outside the hospital. These are challenging times for the Christus Spohn Health System, which has provided medical care to South Texas for the last 100 years.... | |
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| | | Chindex to provide health insurance in China | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:15:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | Chindex International, a provider of health care products and services in China, and a partner will offer health insurance to Chinese nationals. Bethesda-based Chindex claims that the PPO plan it will sell in conjunction with Fesco IB Insurance Brokerage is the first PPO available in China. The health care services division of Chindex, which operates the company's United Family Hospital network of private health care facilities, will initiate the new insurance product. Fesco IB Insurance Brokerage is the insurance brokerage arm of Fesco, a Chinese company also known as Foreign Enterprise Service Corp. Chindex and Fesco IB will jointly market the product and initially offer it in Beijing and Shanghai. The United Family Hospitals & Clinics network, with its five locations in Beijing and Shanghai, is the preferred medical service provider for the new PPO plan, according to Chindex (NASDAQ: CHDX - News).... | |
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| | | Like clockwork ... it's coming Health officials here to help you beat the flu | | Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:07:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | MARION - Keeping their daughters healthy is a priority for Michael and Sandra Harris. The couple had their daughters at the Wellness Clinic at the Marion County Health Department last month for physicals as they looked ahead to the annual influenza season. They also will have the girls get flu shots when the vaccine becomes available. .... | |
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| | | HEALTHY LIVING: Health News Sleep quality affects life and illnesses | | Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:09:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you're feeling fatigued, you're not alone - and you may be in trouble. Three alarming reports on sleep crossed our desk this week. First came news about a possible link between rotating-shift work and prostate cancer risk, in the American Journal of Epidemiology. In a big survey of Japanese men, researchers found that those who worked on a sleep-disrupting rotating shift were four times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men who worked regular night or day shifts. Report No. 2 suggests that poor sleep habits could contribute to worse blood sugar control in African Americans with type 2 diabetes. This one appeared in Archives of Internal Medicine. Adult men and women in Chicago assessed the quality of their sleep and the researchers took a reading that reflected their average blood glucose over the previous three months.... | |
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| | | Health care consumerism event to be held Sept. 28 | | Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:13:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | Medical News and the Health Enterprises Network will present an event on health care consumerism titled "Consumer Participation: Defining the Role" on Thursday, Sept. 28. The event, which will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, will feature a panel discussion. The panel includes: David Hom, vice president of human resources, Pitney Bowes Inc.; Rishabh Mehrotra, president and CEO, SHPS Inc.; Steve Moya, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Humana Inc.; and Dr. Dan Varga, president, Kentucky Medical Association and senior vice president and chief medical officer, Norton Healthcare Inc. .... | |
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| | | Primary Health Care in secret talks | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 5:09:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Primary Health Care Ltd says it is in negotiations but the exact nature of the talks remains a mystery, with the medical centre operator failing to give further details. Primary Health Care, which also operates daycare centres, requested a trading halt from the Australian Stock Exchange pending an announcement. "The company sought a trading halt as it is currently in negotiations," Primary Health Care said in a statement. "The company is not in a position to make an announcement. .... | |
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| | | Health insurance is key to labor negotiations / Many experts argue that the problem cannot be resolved at the | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:17:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | In an admittedly unscientific but telling telephone survey, Ken Jacobs, chairman of the Center for Labor Research and Education at UC Berkeley, asked 21 union leaders representing 315,000 workers in California this summer whether health care would be a central issue in their contract negotiations. All 21 said it would. "That is not a shock,'' Jacobs said, because runaway increases in health insurance costs have been the dominating theme in collective bargaining in recent years. The thorny issue is not going away. Asked Jacobs: "Who is going to pay for it?'' Employer-sponsored health insurance has protected Americans since the end of World War II. But much is changing. In a study set for release today, Jacobs cites federal data that show the proportion of workers covered by employer-sponsored health coverage has fallen by almost five percentage points in both the United States and California since 2001.... | |
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| | | California looks to copy Canada's health-care system | | Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:34:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | OTTAWA - California legislators are poised to vote for a "Canadian-style" health-care system this week, in a bill that would outlaw private care throughout the state. Senate Bill 840, which is widely expected to pass final reading, would provide free medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage to all California residents through a state-run agency. Canada has been front and centre in the vitriolic debate sparked by the bill, which must be approved by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to become law. "We've learned from the Canadian system and integrated it into a plan specifically for California," said Sara Rogers, a spokeswoman for Senator Sheila Kuehl, who put forward the bill. "A universal health-care plan is the only way California can solve its health-care problems," she added, noting that more than six million Californians have no health insurance.... | |
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