BEIJING (AP) — China’s top health official on Tuesday ordered stronger measures to prevent the spread of bird flu as the country announced its third fatality from the H5N1 virus in a month.
The World Health Organization, meanwhile, said the cases were a “perfectly normal occurrence” during colder months.
Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said health departments across the nation need to pay “great attention” to stepping up efforts to stop Read the rest of this entry »

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) — A new analysis shows that the drop in breast cancer cases that began in 2003 is indeed due to women stopping hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after a large, U.S. study showed surprisingly higher rates of heart problems and breast cancer among users of some kinds of HRT.
Some experts have suggested such a theory explains the trend, while others have said it might be related to changes in mammography use.
“If Read the rest of this entry »

Cigna temporarily lifts certain medical, pharmacy restrictions to aid California individuals impacted by wildfires – Quick Facts
(RTTNews) - 
Cigna Corp. (CI:
) announced that it is temporarily lifting certain medical and pharmacy restrictions in order to aid California individuals impacted by the wildfires in Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.
This temporary measure is in place until November 22, 2008.
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After a decade of robust gains, America’s health has leveled off and may be poised to take a plunge, an analysis warns.
The 2008 America’s Health Rankings, out this month, offer a look at nearly two decades of progress in access to medical care, immunizations, prenatal care, infant mortality, heart disease deaths, smoking cessation, deaths by infectious disease, violent crime and occupational fatalities.
The analysis indicates that the nation’s Read the rest of this entry »

Digging into the causes of young male heart attack yields some interesting paradoxes. We all know that exercise is good, but we’ve also heard of teenagers dropping dead on the football field or the basketball court, often victims of sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS).
Experts agree that many of these cases were due to an undiagnosed abnormality that became evident with vigorous exertion. Often it turns out to be genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Read the rest of this entry »

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JAKARTA: Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is planning to send medical aid to Palestinian victims of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, official said Monday.
The massive air offensive launched Saturday in response to a wave of Palestinian-fired rockets has killed over 300 people and wounded more than 600.
“The Indonesian government will send medical aid and cash of more than two billion rupiah (184,000 US dollars),” said Read the rest of this entry »

Thursday, December 18th 2008, 2:05 PM
nursing home was the scene of a crime – or just an eerie coincidence – after three patients on the same floor died within an hour of each other.
The  men – ages 77, 72 and 61 – were all found lifeless Thursday morning in separate rooms on the facility’s third floor, officials said.
Though there were no immediate signs of foul play, investigators have sealed off the Carlton Nursing Home in
to interview Read the rest of this entry »

RAWL — Residents of a small community in Rawl are concerned about a discharge that is appearing periodically in a stream near their homes.
According to David Miller, environmental inspector with the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Mining and Reclamation, there is a closed coal mine at the head of the hollow. The mine is owned by Rawl Sales and Processing, a subsidiary of Massey Energy. The mine site includes a sediment Read the rest of this entry »

One of our relatives here in the Philippines recently developed a cataract.
Cataracts are common here, probably from exposure to UV light while working outside. So we took her to the local Ophthalmologist, a recent graduate and the daughter of a friend.
We found she could have the cataract removed and a new lens placed into her eye. If the surgery was done here in the country, it would cost about a thousand dollars. I was amazed, since my mother’s Read the rest of this entry »