Sen. Ron Wyden hasn’t had time to consider whether he, as some in Washington, D.C., are speculating, would make a good Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Oregon Democrat is busy finalizing a bill that would regulate bonuses received by executives whose companies accepted Troubled Assets Recovery Program funds. He’s also set to roll out a new version of the Healthy Americans Act, which would guarantee private health coverage Read the rest of this entry »

comedy “Speed-the-Plow.”
Mr. Piven, the actor and “Entourage” star, left the production this week after having previously sought an early release from the play. Mr. Piven’s doctor said he should not continue to perform because he was suffering from elevated levels of mercury, which may have been the result of large amounts of fish in his
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On Thursday the producers of “Speed-the-Plow” said that Mr. Read the rest of this entry »

If the CNN medical correspondent Dr.
becomes surgeon general, who will replace him as the pre-eminent doctor on television news? As any hospital would, CNN apparently has interns waiting in the wings.
Four doctors are moonlighting for CNN on the company’s new health site,
. While each has a day job and probably would not replace Dr. Gupta directly if he departed CNN, they are supplementing the network’s medical reporting.
CNN had Read the rest of this entry »

Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention
MIAMI (AP) — Newly minted nurse Katie O’Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.
She lasted nine months. The stress of trying to keep her patients from getting much worse as they waited, sometimes for 12 hours, in an overwhelmed Dallas emergency room was just too much. The breaking point came after paramedics Read the rest of this entry »

: Jobs to skip Macworld amid health questions; Taiwan announces bailout for DRAM makers; and China defends right to block Web sites.
In a move likely to spark renewed questions about CEO Steve Jobs’ health, Apple late Tuesday said that the keynote speech at next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo will be delivered by Philip Schiller, the company’s senior product marketing executive. Apple also announced that it will no longer exhibit at the San Read the rest of this entry »

Eggs from mainland China are seen at a wholesale market in Hong Kong Monday. Wal-Mart pulled all the eggs from its store shelves Tuesday across the country over melamine fears.
Wal-Mart’s move was the first major recall of eggs in mainland China over melamine fears, but Mu emphasized this was a precautionary measure and that the products from the Hanwei group had not yet been found to be contaminated.
Most other major supermarket chains in China, Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asian countries should strengthen their regulations to shield people from potentially harmful food and agricultural products that move easily across borders in the era of free trade, health officials said Thursday.
The scandal over tainted Chinese milk and dairy products was expected to be raised in a two-day meeting of health ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila, Read the rest of this entry »

If the CNN medical correspondent Dr.
becomes surgeon general, who will replace him as the pre-eminent doctor on television news? As any hospital would, CNN apparently has interns waiting in the wings.
Four doctors are moonlighting for CNN on the company’s new health site,
. While each has a day job and probably would not replace Dr. Gupta directly if he departed CNN, they are supplementing the network’s medical reporting.
CNN had Read the rest of this entry »

BEIJING (AFP) — Wal-Mart said Tuesday it had pulled a major brand of eggs from its stores in China, as concerns rose that an industrial chemical found in Chinese dairy products was in the nation’s wider food chain.
The announcement by the US retail giant came after authorities in Hong Kong said eggs from the same Chinese producer had been found to contain melamine, the chemical at the heart of a scandal in China over contaminated milk.
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SEOUL (AFP) — North Korean state media Sunday reported official activities by leader Kim Jong-Il but a new report indicated his health may be worse than earlier believed following a stroke.
Kim, 66, sent birthday greetings to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, said the Korean Central News Agency, which has not reported any public appearances by the “Dear Leader” since around mid-August.
After Kim stayed away from a mass parade last week Read the rest of this entry »