A new study shows that middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity — at home and at work as well as at the gym — may be unwittingly damaging their knees and increasing their risk for osteoarthritis.
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30Nov
Tags: Arthritis
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30Nov
A study shows beverage can stay-tabs — the replacement design for the older pull-tabs — may still pose potential swallowing risks.
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30Nov
AMA President Dr Andrew Pesce, speech to ‘Australia’s Health’ The Congress on National Health Reform, Parliament House of Victoria, 30 November 2009 Practical Immediate Health Reform My thanks to Global Access Partners and the Australian Centre for Health Research for the invitation to be part of this important Congress.
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30Nov
A small US study involving toddlers diagnosed with autism, some as as young as 18 months old, showed that intensive early intervention delivered by trained specialists and parents was very effective and improved IQ, social interaction and language ability.
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30Nov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services soon will send a series of documents to state Medicaid agencies to assist them in developing health information technology plans, which include incentive payments to providers for meaningful use of electronic health records. The incentives are authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health, Medicaid, Medicare
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30Nov
Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks Inc. has integrated its electronic health record software with cardiac diagnostic monitors from Cardiac Science Corp., Bothell, Wash.
Tags: EHR, Electronic Health Record, Health
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30Nov
The Associated Press tracks the progress in rebuilding the health system in China, eight months after the government launched a three-year $124-billion health care program.
Tags: Health, Health Care
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30Nov
With the public fretting about rising health costs and deepening federal budget deficits, White House officials, including budget director Peter Orszag, were quick last week to trumpet the optimism of some economists who said the Senate’s version of health reform would help control costs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Tags: Health
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30Nov
UroToday.com – The diverse embryological origins of the scrotal contents, including the genital swelling, the retroperitoneum, and the abdominal wall, create an environment where unusual pathologies can and do appear.
Tags: Health
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30Nov
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Safety, Teen HealthTags: Health
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30Nov
A callus, or callosity, is a section of skin that has become toughened and thick as a result of friction, pressure or irritation. If the friction (rubbing) is excessive, blisters will form rather than calluses. Calluses on feet are most commonly caused by frequent walking. In general, calluses are not harmful, but may occasionally lead to infections or ulcerations of the skin.
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30Nov
A survey into the current situation of Britain’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) sufferers has thrown up an unexpected and worrying finding about a condition that affects one in five people.
Tags: Health
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30Nov
A landmark Australian project that mitigates the extent and severity of natural savannah blazes by deploying traditional Indigenous fire management techniques is being hailed as a model with vast global potential in the fights against climate change and biodiversity loss, and for protecting Indigenous lands and culture.
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30Nov
WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced that it had been selected to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2009 list for the fifth consecutive year.
Tags: Research
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29Nov
UroToday.com – Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) for prostate cancer (CaP) is the most common treatment modality for localized CaP in the United States. The popularity in part is due to marketing and patient driven desire for the procedure. This encompasses both pure laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy.
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29Nov
Liver cancer begins in the cells of the liver. The liver is a football-sized organ that sits in the upper right portion of the abdomen. The liver carries out many vital functions, such as digesting proteins and fats, removing toxins from the body, producing chemicals that stop blood clotting and releasing bile in order to aid digestion.
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28Nov
At RSNA 2009, Sectra launches a new breast imaging PACS workstation built on Sectra RapidConnect™ technology. With this next-generation mammography workstation, Sectra focuses on customer productivity and wide area radiology.
Tags: Gene
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28Nov
America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are testing 97 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions, according to a new report released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
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28Nov
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Agriflu for people ages 18 years and older to prevent disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B.
Tags: Drug, Flu, Food and Drug Administration, Health, U.S., Virus
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28Nov
Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., announced today that it has received tenders and consents on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on November 25, 2009 (the “Consent Date”) representing approximately 98.1% of the $300 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “notes”).
Tags: Health
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