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Archive for May, 2007
Revolution Health Traffic Doubles in 4 Weeks
Author: LeeAnn Prescott31.05.2007
This Wednesday AOL Founder Steve Case spoke at D5 about his new venture, Revolution Health. Revolution Health is setting out to be far more than just a health information source on the web, but it is already succeeding on that front. ...
read comments (0)Barack Offers Plan for "Universal" Health Care
Author: Andre Banks31.05.2007
Let's take this "universal" health business as an example. I use quotes here because, as the article points out, the policy isn't necessarily universal in that people can still choose whether or not to buy private insurance at the ...
read comments (0)Briefing: Armed Conflict as a Public Health Problem
Author: unknown31.05.2007
What is the relationship between conflict and public health? The USIP/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Task Force on Public Health and Conflict wrapped up its 2006-2007 activities with a public event featuring Dr. ...
read comments (0)Links between TB man & researcher sought - RTE.ie
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 CTV.ca |
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US officials are looking for possible links between the man isolated after flying across Europe to America with a dangerous form of TB and his father-in-law, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tuberculosis researcher.
US to Probe Role of CDC Expert in TB Saga
Officials seek links in fugitive TB patient case
read comments (0)Pacers name O'Brien head coach - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Albany Times Union |
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - The Indiana Pacers named Jim O'Brien head coach on Thursday. "We're very happy to have Jim as the new coach of the Indiana Pacers," said president of basketball operations Larry Bird.
O'Brien to replace Carlisle as Pacers coach
Pacers hire O'Brien as new coach
read comments (0)Romney: Clinton a European Caricature - Forbes
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Philadelphia Daily News |
Forbes -
By NAFEESA SYEED 05.31.07, 5:14 PM ET. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday criticized Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as a European caricature who would turn the United States into a welfare state.
Ex-Clinton FBI chief pushing Prez Rudy
Former FBI director Freeh will endorse Giuliani
read comments (0)Cancer Survivor: Elizabeth
Author: unknown31.05.2007
Cancer survivor Elizabeth believes in the power of positive thinking.
read comments (0)Obama unveils universal health care plan
Author: Bill Smith / Editor31.05.2007
Barack Obama (D-IL) unveiled his universal health care plan today . . . Obama would create a national health insurance plan that would allow the uninsured to buy coverage, with premiums based on income level. ...
read comments (0)UPDATE 3-Leaner Northwest Airlines exits bankruptcy - Reuters
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Ottawa Citizen (subscription) |
Reuters -
Mr. Arpey was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMR Corporation and American Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas since May... Full Bio. By Kyle Peterson. CHICAGO, May 31 (Reuters) - Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA.
Northwest almost didn't make it
Steenland: Northwest poised to lead
read comments (0)Improved Delivery Shortens Breast Cancer Radiation Time (HealthDay)
Author: Yahoo! News: Health News31.05.2007
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- A sophisticated radiation
therapy system safely allows the delivery of a higher daily dose for
breast cancer patients and shortens the treatment time for women from six
or seven weeks to just four, researchers say.
read comments (0)Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report - AllAfrica.com
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Guardian Unlimited |
AllAfrica.com -
President Bush on Wednesday called on Congress to double current funding levels for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to $30 billion for five years after the program's original mandate expires next year, the New York Times reports (Gay ...
Bush seeks doubling of AIDS-fighting funds
InterAction Statement on President's Renewed AIDS Plan
read comments (0)NFL study links concussions, depression (AP)
Author: Yahoo! News: Health News31.05.2007
AP - A study of more than 2,500 retired NFL players found that those who had at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of clinical depression as those who had no concussions.
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Author: bc life health insurance31.05.2007
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read comments (0)Colo. hospital strict with TB patient (AP)
Author: Yahoo! News: Health News31.05.2007
AP - The hospital caring for the Georgia attorney with a rare strain of tuberculosis ranks among the best in the nation for research and treatment of the disease; it was born in an age in which thousands suffering from "consumption" trekked to Colorado's high, dry air in hopes of a cure.
read comments (0)Benign Enlargement of the Prostate
Author: unknown31.05.2007
Benign (noncancerous) enlargement of the prostate, known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is the most common prostate problem in men. Almost all men will develop some enlargement of the prostate as they age, but there are a number ...
read comments (0)Minority Men's Health: Specific Needs, Special Care
Author: unknown31.05.2007
The Minority Men’s Health Center at Cleveland Clinic focuses on these and other health issues that affect this population and provides them with access to effective, specialized health care. Minority Men's Health: Specific Needs, ...
read comments (0)Hoisted From the Archives: What to Do About the Health Care Crisis
Author: Brad DeLong31.05.2007
The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It - The New York Review of Books: [T]he available evidence suggests that if the United States were to replace its current complex mix of health insurance systems with standardized, ...
read comments (0)Hoisted from the Archives: The Health Care Crisis
Author: Brad DeLong31.05.2007
The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It - The New York Review of Books: [H]ealth care spending is rising rapidly.... "[N]ew medical technology" is the major factor in rising spending: we spend more on medicine because there's ...
read comments (0)Health Thursday: Funding Stem Cell Research: “Federalists” vs …
Author: Sharlissa31.05.2007
Written by Taylor Wray, summer 2007 SPUSA Intern Currently, health and medical issues loom large in the public consciousness and are widely touted as crucial for the next election cycle. Stem cell research has proven especially ...
read comments (0)Spam King Arrested, Long Live Spam! - Techtree.com
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Earthtimes.org |
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Being hailed as a significant week for the Internet, last week reportedly saw the arrest of one of Internet's most prolific spammers, Robert Alan Soloway (27), rightly christened 'Spam King' by federal prosecutors.
Spam King and the zombie computers
Feds Arrest 'Spam King' on Nine Charges
read comments (0)Extended-Release Zileuton Cleared by FDA
Author: Health News31.05.2007
"We applaud our marketing partner's success in securing FDA approval of the only twice-daily leukotriene synthesis inhibitor for asthma"
Dey, L.P. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the New Drug Application of its marketing partner, Critical Therapeutics, Inc. via P&T Community
read comments (0)The Candidates Speak: Obama On Health Care
Author: Bob Geiger31.05.2007
Here's a clip of Senator Barack Obama talking in Iowa City about health care… Obama invokes the story of a young Iowa family that's been devastated financially because one of them happened to get cancer. Have a look:
read comments (0)The Case for "Change" in Employee Wellness Programs
Author: parsons31.05.2007
As a result, innovative employers are providing their employees with a variety of work-site-based health promotion and disease prevention programs using health coaches and the "trans- theoretical theory of change" approach to wellness. ...
read comments (0)31.05.2007
Braces: Is it Time to Go Straight? health - fitness - athletics - sports - diet - exercise - eating right - four food groups - food groups - medical - doctors - health care - nurses - psychologists - advice - teen - teens - teen issues ...
read comments (0)Van Gundy gets his chance to shine in Orlando - CBS News
Author: Google News31.05.2007
 Tiger Rag |
CBS News -
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Having been burned by Billy Donovan, the Orlando Magic now wonder if they have the right coach in Stan Van Gundy.
Orlando settles on Van Gundy as saga to fill position ends
NBA Roundup Orlando’s 2nd Choice Is Now Its Coach
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