HEALTH News, May 23, 2011

College mental health screenings going high-tech
FOX 12 Idaho Sun, 22 May 2011 21:31 PM PDT
Look around a waiting room at a university counseling center and you'll see students wrestling with all sorts of issues: The one who's failing because of binge drinking. Another who's struggling with a roommate...

Surge of severe health problems with sugar gliders reported
Carroll County Times Sun, 22 May 2011 21:27 PM PDT
What are sugar gliders? Sugar gliders are tiny marsupials that are native to New Guinea and Australia. They inhabit open forests, where they live in trees as family units. Sugar gliders move from tree to tree using their gliding membrane that extends from their forepaws to their ankles.

Coca Cola criticised over water recall
The New Zealand Herald Sun, 22 May 2011 21:27 PM PDT
Coca-Cola Amatil has rewritten the way it recalls its products after it was pulled up by health authorities for the way it recalled its Pumped flavoured water that made 11 people sick over summer.The 750ml water bottles remain...

Health reps: Better public outreach needed
The Michigan City News-Dispatch Sun, 22 May 2011 21:27 PM PDT
LA PORTE â A performance assessment made by and for La Porte County health-service organizations calls for a local health system with more organized public outreach.

Births
The Youngstown Vindicator Sun, 22 May 2011 21:24 PM PDT
Births ST. Joseph Health Center Heather Longstreth and Joel Perez Sr., Warren, girl, May 20.

Re-Creation to perform new stage presentation at Beckley VA today
The Register-Herald Sun, 22 May 2011 21:21 PM PDT
Click HERE to see stories and photos from Thursday's press conference where an independent report, compiled by a team headed by formerfederal Mine Safety and Health Administration chief J. Davitt McAteer, was released, citing Massey Energy safety failings for the Upper Big Branch explosion in which 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010.

Health Protesters, U.K. Deals, China Audits, Dutch Bank Chief: Compliance
Bloomberg Sun, 22 May 2011 21:21 PM PDT
Aetna Inc. âs annual meeting was disrupted May 20 by placard-carrying protesters demanding the insurer stop funding political efforts to undo the 2010 health- care overhaul.

U.S. Objects to New Law on Clinics in Indiana
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sun, 22 May 2011 21:20 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is raising serious objections to a new Indiana law that cuts off state and federal money forPlanned Parenthood clinics providing health care to low-income women on Medicaid.

Calendar â May 23, 2011
The Register-Herald Sun, 22 May 2011 21:20 PM PDT
Click HERE to see stories and photos from Thursday's press conference where an independent report, compiled by a team headed by former federal Mine Safety and Health Administration chief J. Davitt McAteer, was released, citing Massey Energy safety failings for the Upper Big Branch explosion in which 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010.

CDC assesses potential human exposure to prion diseases
EurekAlert! Sun, 22 May 2011 21:19 PM PDT
( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have examined the potential for human exposure to prion diseases, looking at hunting, venison consumption, and travel to areas in which prion diseases have been reported in animals. Three prion diseases in particular -- bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and chronic ...


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