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Case of crippling illness linked to swine flu vaccination in FranceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Paris - A young woman was diagnosed with a crippling illness possibly linked to the vaccine being used protect
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
'Why I decided to get my 3-year-old immunised'
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

New CDC numbers confirm that swine flu targets the youngEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The revised figures for H1N1 cases (22 million) and deaths (3,900) do not indicate a worsening pandemic. But they add to the evidence that those under age 65 are most susceptible. At least 22 million Americans have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began in April and 3,900 have died, including about 540 children, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers confirm what officials have been saying all along -- that swine flu is a young person's disease.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tunisia reports first swine flu deathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tunis - A man who worked in the northern Tunisian port city of La Goulette became the first person
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

National Briefing | Science and Health: New Cases of Flu Drop on College CampusesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For the first time since fall began, new cases of flu among college students have started to drop, the American College Health Association reported.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Colleges and Universities Source Type: news

Officials Defend Handling of Flu VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Federal officials said the root causes of a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine were beyond their control.
Source: NYT > Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Vaccination and Immunization Shortages Medicine and Health Health and Human Services Department Source Type: news

German H1N1 flu cases double in a week: authorityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu infection in Germany have more than doubled in the past week, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

1.5M Per Day Getting Swine Flu Vaccine In ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
China's health minister says his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Doctors say most Britons reject swine flu vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Brown Tags: New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking U.S. Source Type: news

Santas Lobby For H1N1 Shot Ahead Of Holiday RushEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that round belly. Research has suggested obesity could be a risk factor.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Swine Flu Sickens 22 Million AmericansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An estimated 22 million Americans have been sickened with swine flu since April and 3,900 have died, as vaccine shipments fell behind government predictions.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

H1N1 flu claims 3,900 lives, death level "pretty severe" (Roundup)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Washington - The death toll from swine flu is much higher than previously thought, with the virus having claimed
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Saudi pilgrims drop by 40 per cent over swine flu fearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Riyadh - The number of pilgrims registering with Hajj pilgrimage companies in Saudi Arabia has dropped by 40 per
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu has killed 540 kids, sickened 22 million AmericansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Swine flu has swept through about 22 million Americans between April and October, killing an estimated 3,900 people, including ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Children's Med Center is local ground zero for swine flu careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for another 12-hour shift, pediatric nurse Lindsay Wheeler donned her stethoscope and noticed, with some surprise, that there was no long waiting line of coughing youngsters and...
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donna St. George Tags: Children's Med Center is local ground zero for swine flu care Source Type: news

Pelham, NH Child Dies From H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A child from Pelham, New Hampshire has died from H1N1, also known as swine flu.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Online gangs cashing in on swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Regulation, suspicion slow U.S. flu response: hearingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccine makers praised the U.S. response to the swine flu pandemic on Wednesday but said regulatory delays and public suspicion have held up innovative ways to speed and stretch the U.S. influenza vaccine supply.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Macedonia reports its first swine flu deathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Skopje - Macedonia on Wednesday reported its first swine flu death - a 32-year-old man who died in Skopje
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Saudi preachers asked to keep sermons short amid swine flu fearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has instructed Muslim preachers to keep their sermons short over fears
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Regulation, suspicion slow U.S. flu response: hearingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccine makers praised the U.S. response to the swine flu pandemic on Wednesday but said regulatory delays and public suspicion have held up innovative ways to speed and stretch the U.S. influenza vaccine supply.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Behind the CDC's Soaring H1N1 Death TotalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the span of a week, the CDC's official tally of American deaths from swine flu has tripled. But does that say anything about the severity of the disease?
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Santa Claus Wants The Swine Flu VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Santa Claus is coming to town, and he wants the swine flu vaccine.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Critical care beds shortage fearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children this winter because of swine flu, experts say.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Not just swine flu - new cold virus may lurk, tooEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia -- the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized at one U.S. hospital in fact had a rhinovirus, better known as a common cold virus, doctors said on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Professional Santas want H1N1 shotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A U.S.-based group representing people who portray Santa Claus during the Christmas season wants its members to be designated a priority group to receive the swine flu vaccine.
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Many 'have doubts over flu jab'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
About half of people would be happy to have the swine flu vaccination, an exclusive survey for the BBC shows.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Arthritis "healing" advert bannedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An advert claiming that a special patch can help to heal arthritis, back pain, sciatica and fibromyalgia has been banned by the advertising watchdog
Source: Pharmacy Europe - November 18, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

N.L. may ignore medical advice on H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister says he is considering making senior citizens the next candidates for the swine flu vaccine - even if it means overruling the advice of medical experts.
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What should the dentist be concerned about in the scenario of emerging swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wiwanitkit VJournal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry 2009 27(4):263-263
Source: Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry - November 16, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Wiwanitkit V Source Type: journals

B.C. hopeful H1N1 virus has peaked thereEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When it resurged this fall, H1N1 hit Canada's westernmost province first, and quickly reared its ugly head across the country. Now, provincial health officials believe the pandemic virus appears to be levelling off.
Source: CTV Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Five die of swine flu in West BankEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ramallah - Five Palestinians have died of the swine flu virus in different town in the West Bank in
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Canadian H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant OK'dEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health Canada has approved the use of adjuvant-free swine flu vaccine made in Canada for pregnant women and healthy people aged 10 to 64, federal health officials say Friday.
Source: CBC | Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AIDS, UTI, Herpes Vaccines May Exist In 5 YearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market in five years or less. Contrast that with five years ago, when so many companies had abandoned the vaccine business that half the U.S. supply of flu shots was lost because of factory contamination at one of the two manufacturers left.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Swine Flu Causes Surge Of Garlic SalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The price of garlic rises in Serbia as people turn to little white bulbs to fight the H1N1 flu.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Quitters get a shot in the arm with smoking vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers are investigating whether the same approach used to prevent infectious diseases could treat addictions to such drugs ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Almost 1 in 5 Canadians immunized against H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The country's chief public health officer says about one in five Canadians have been immunized against swine flu.
Source: CTV Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Finland reports seventh death from swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Helsinki - Finland on Friday reported a new fatality linked to swine flu bringing the number of deaths to
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tracking pathogens difficult: federal laboratory auditEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Government labs, including the one in Winnipeg handling samples of swine flu, struggle to keep track of viruses and bacteria, a recent audit found.
Source: CBC | Health - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine Flu Sickens 22 Million AmericansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An estimated 22 million Americans have been sickened with swine flu since April and 3,900 have died, as vaccine shipments fell behind government predictions.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Giant Microbes: Soft toy versions of bacteria and viruses such as HIV Herpes Swine Flu and EbolaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Soft toy versions of bacteria and viruses like Swine Flu and Ebola.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - November 19, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu mortality highest in elderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Results of a Mexican study show that people aged 10–39 years are most likely to become infected with H1N1 influenza, but elderly people over 70-years of age are most likely to die from the disease.
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Tunisia reports first two swine flu deaths (Roundup)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tunis - Two Tunisian men weakened by other illnesses have died of swine flu, the country's first fatalities related
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drop in swine flu cases in EnglandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The drop in the number of swine flu cases in England has been attributed to the half-term school break
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 13, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Feds' H1N1 response too slow, Liberals sayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The federal government's swine flu program hasn't done enough to help the provinces speed up distribution of the H1N1 vaccine, the Liberals charge.
Source: CBC | Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mall Santas Lobby For Swine Flu ShotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that round belly. Research has suggested obesity could be a risk factor.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Taiwan president receives swine-flu shotEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Monday received a home-made swine flu vaccine in a bid to alleviate
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A New Cholesterol Study Puts Focus on Merck DrugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers will present results with potentially significant implications for multibillion-dollar cholesterol medications from Merck.
Source: NYT > Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NATASHA SINGER Tags: Merck & Company Inc Cholesterol Medicine and Health Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Source Type: news

Better Not Cough! Santas Want Swine Flu ShotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Santas across the nation worry sick kids put them at risk for H1N1 this year. Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - Swine influenza - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Influenza
Source: ABC News: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Online gangs cash in on swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Drug-resistant swine flu foundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SCOTLAND could be facing a drug-resistant strain of swine flu after two patients failed to respond to treatment.
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a newly released study by scientists at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong and healthy heart as well and that inadequate levels of the vitamin may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease, and death, even among people who've never had heart disease........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Diabetes and H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Related MedlinePlus Topics: Diabetes Complications, H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Large GPs' surgeries already low on swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Doctors "irritated" by delays in vaccination programme because of Department of Health's distribution strategy
Source: Management in Practice - November 13, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Canadian H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant approvedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health Canada has approved the use of adjuvant-free swine flu vaccine made in Canada for pregnant women, federal health officials announced Friday.
Source: CBC | Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Another death is made public as Scottish swine flu cases increaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
THE number of people in Scotland with swine flu has risen in the past week, official statistics showed yesterday.
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts: Radical Measures Won't Stop Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Once more with feelingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma talks to Kate Grimes, chief executive of Kingston Hospital NS Trust, about being the first trust to go live with Cerner Millennium since the Royal Free.
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

Physicans awarded more than $92 million by CMSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than 85,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who properly reported data regarding Medicare services to the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), reaped more than $92 million in incentives in 2008 under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Health Care Companies Not Ready for HITECH ActEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new survey reveals most health care organizations are not properly prepared to deal with pending privacy and security compliance regulations required under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. - More than 90 percent of health care companies are not ready to comply with the privacy and security provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Crowe Horwath. A part of the Recove...
Source: eWeek Health Care - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

Listeria causes illness at much lower doseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Pregnant women may get ill from Listeria at lower doses than previously thought, U.S. researchers found.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bosnia reports first swine flu deathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sarajevo - Bosnian health authorities on Monday reported the country's first swine flu fatality, a 40-year-old man who succumbed
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rabies spreads in Indonesia's BaliEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bali Island, Indonesia - An outbreak of rabies is spreading in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, officials said
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Roche announces late-stage trial for heart drugEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday it would conduct a new late-stage trial to evaluate the effect of one of its drug candidates in combating a thickening of the arteries in patients.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Heart Transplants: A Brief HistoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Twenty-five years after Baby Fae's death following the world's first animal-to-human infant heart transplant, TIME looks back at the history of the procedure
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Prices for H1N1 drug Tamiflu vary widely for same doseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used by children, ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lithuania reports first swine flu fatalityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vilnius - Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Wednesday that the country had recorded its first death linked to
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mapping HIV Infections By NeighborhoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The New York Times recently published an interesting article focusing on a research effort in San Francisco which has mapped by city neighborhood, the average viral load of people with known HIV infection. The idea is to show not where the most HIV infections are, but instead to identify the areas where HIV infection is not being adequately treated. Studies like this - looking at community viral load - could have important implications for targeting resources for treatment and prevention. Providing appropriate treatment — and the support services people need to get the most from their care — would be expected t...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - November 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: eric Tags: HIV prevention HIV Health Source Type: blogs

Pregnant women refuse swine-flu vaccination over safety fearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vaccinations are being refused by half of those who are offered it, over fears of possible side effects, according to a survey
Source: Management in Practice - November 18, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Medical Experts Weigh In On Mammogram ControversyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer screening guidelines are calling for an end to routine mammograms for women in their 40s and for women 50 to 74 they suggest a mammogram every other year. At age 40, yearly mammograms become part of a woman's life to look for breast cancer. Now a government task force says it is okay to wait until you're 50 to get this screening test. Some women are concerned about waiting an extra decade. 
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

CDC Expected To Revise Estimated Number Of U.S. H1N1 DeathsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ahead of the anticipated CDC release of revised U.S. H1N1 (swine flu) death toll estimates, Reuters examines how the agency and WHO measure the impact of the virus, after both organizations "stopped trying to count actual cases months ago, once it became clear that H1N1 was a pandemic that would infect millions.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Swine flu figures fall as 64,000 contract virusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Latest figures have revealed a drop in the number of new swine flu cases, with 64,000 people contracting the disease in England last week.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - November 13, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Polish minister under fire for not buying swine flu vaccinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Warsaw - A top Polish civil rights official threatened legal action Friday against Health Minister Ewa Kopacz, saying
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts Say Radical Measures Won't Stop Swine FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

WHO Steps Up Efforts to Assist Countries "Overwhelmed" by H1N1 FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
H1N1 influenza is surging across Europe and Asia, and the number of patients seeking treatment has overwhelmed clinics and hospitals in Ukraine, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

New technology reduces risk of IVF laboratory mistakesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Unique software increases safety and security of infertility treatment by accurately tracking every step of the process
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Under-fives to get swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government is expected to say.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Experts say radical measures won't stop swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
Source: CTV Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lung Cancer AwarenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Related MedlinePlus Topic: Lung Cancer
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Lifestyle could reduce cancer two-thirdsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. health experts say about two-thirds of cancers could be prevented via lifestyle changes.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Web site says how human milk saves infantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Web site by the University of California, San Diego Medical Center offers information on how to provide human milk to premature and underweight infants.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

12 Rewards of RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sobriety disc Twelve Step fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Al-anon, Cocaine Anonymous and others don’t just address the substance or overt behaviour. In progressing through the 12 Steps other benefits will be realized. These are know as the rewards of recovery. One example is; THE TWELVE REWARDS OF SOBRIETY By Searcy W., 55 years sober as at 2001 aged 90. Faith instead of despair. Courage instead of fear. Hope instead of desperation. Peace of mind instead of confusion. Real friendships instead of loneliness. Self-respect instead of self-contempt. Self-confidence instead of helplessness. A ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 15, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alcoholics Anonymous Marijuana Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Recovery Spirituality rewards of sobriety Source Type: blogs

In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than a dozen lawmakers’ statements on the health care debate were ghostwritten by lobbyists working for Genentech, a biotechnology company.
Source: NYT > Health - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Lobbying and Lobbyists House of Representatives Genetech Inc Speeches and Statements Congressional Record Reform and Reorganization Health Insurance and Managed Care Law and Legislation Source Type: news

Update: H1N1 drives demand for secure remote accessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vendors of remote access technologies are reporting an unexpected increase in demand for their products over the past several months as a result of companies' H1N1-related concerns.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Supply StatusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Every Friday, CDC will post updated 2009 H1N1 vaccine supply and distribution data. 26,248,100 doses have been shipped as of November 11, 2009.
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 13, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations

Kiss Drummer Reveals Breast Cancer FightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is speaking out about his recent bout with breast cancer. The rocker known as "Catman" is encouraging other men to get tested as soon as they suspect something might be wrong.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

New NICE programme to evaluate medical technologies establishedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NICE is launching a new programme focusing specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

CDC Expected To Revise H1N1 Mortality FiguresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The New York Times: "About 4,000 Americans - rather than about 1,200 - have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by [CDC] epidemiologists" - an estimate that combines the number of "deaths from laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu and death
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than a dozen lawmakers’ statements on the health care debate were ghostwritten by lobbyists working for Genentech, a biotechnology company.
Source: NYT - November 15, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Lobbying and Lobbyists House of Representatives Genetech Inc Speeches and Statements Congressional Record Reform and Reorganization Health Insurance and Managed Care Law and Legislation Source Type: news

Hair dyes pose no cancer riskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Berlin - Hair dyes pose no cancer risk, according to Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The institute,
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Firestorm follows US panel's ruling on mammograms (News Feature)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Washington - The US government moved Wednesday to quell a rising fury over the findings of an official panel
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

SRC and DICT8 deliver enhanced digital dictation and outsource transcription offeringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SRC and DICT8 announce availability of an enhanced digital dictation and outsourced transcription service offering.
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Five Exercises Reduce Neck Pain Of Women Office WorkersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Strength training exercises using dumbbells can reduce pain and improve function in the trapezius muscle, the large muscle which extends from the back of the head, down the neck and into the upper back. The exercises also improve the muscle's ability to respond quickly and forcefully among women suffering trapezius myalgia, a tenderness and tightness in the upper trapezius muscle.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

The Psychiatrist's Role in Identifying and Treating FibromyalgiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bill H. McCarberg, MD, founding director of the chronic pain management program at Kaiser Permanente, Escondido, California, discusses the need for collaboration between psychiatrists and primary care providers to identify and treat patients with fibromyalgia.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: info

Texting helps people get sun-smartEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Texting people to remind them to wear sunscreen daily actually works, research shows.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

H1N1, asthma a dire combination in kidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The day before Halloween, T.J. Berndsen had what his parents believed was a little asthma flare-up. By Halloween night, he felt ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EC creates storm over cloud computingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Commission is calling on member states to make better use of cloud computing and to develop online public services to better meet the needs of their populations.
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news