Biomarkers for Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments

Friday, 29. February 2008

Title: Biomarkers for Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments
Category: Health News
Created: 2/29/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/29/2008

Health Tip: Depression in Children

Friday, 29. February 2008

Title: Health Tip: Depression in Children
Category: Health News
Created: 2/29/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/29/2008

Staff appreciation breakfast a key transmission event in SARS 2: report

Friday, 29. February 2008

TORONTO – It is a bitter irony: A staff appreciation breakfast staged to thank health-care workers for their valiant efforts during Toronto’s SARS outbreak helped spread the disease in a devastating second wave of illness in May and June of 2003, an investigation into what was called SARS 2

Sextuplets seized from parents were not in danger, lawyer tells B.C. court

Friday, 29. February 2008

VANCOUVER – Medical opinion, the government’s duty to protect children, parental rights and freedom of religion are clashing in a B.C. courtroom over the seizure of four premature babies from a group of sextuplets.

Las Vegas clinic accused of reusing syringes faces lawsuit

Friday, 29. February 2008

LAS VEGAS – A former patient sued a Nevada surgical centre believed to have spread hepatitis C by reusing syringes and vials of medication, saying Thursday he fears for his health.

IWK hospital opens lab extension to Centre for Pediatric Pain Research

Friday, 29. February 2008

HALIFAX – The IWK Children’s Health Centre has opened a new extension to its Centre for Pediatric Pain Research.

The Halifax lab is being described as a state-of-the-art clinical research facility dedicated to the study of pain in children.

2 weeks after man seriously sickened, Vegas police find ricin in hotel room

Friday, 29. February 2008

LAS VEGAS – Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.

GAO Confirms That Medicare Advantage Yields Savings for Seniors

Thursday, 28. February 2008

Medicare Advantage plans continue to provide high-value health care coverage to millions of seniors according to estimates and projections released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office .

New National Poll: Majority of American Voters Oppose Bush Administration’s Proposed Cuts to Medicare

Thursday, 28. February 2008

61% Less Likely to Re-Elect Their U.S. Representative if they Support Administration’s Medicare Cuts

Democratic Governors Call On Congress To Block Bush Administration Rules That Would Make It Harder For States To Expand SCHIP

Thursday, 28. February 2008

Three Democratic governors on Tuesday called on Congress to block a Bush administration directive that has made it difficult for states to expand their SCHIP programs, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Freking, AP/Houston Chronicle, 2/26).