Federal court to handle lawsuit
The Northern Virginia Daily Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:34 PM PDT
HARRISONBURG -- A wrongful termination and malpractice suit filed in January against Valley Health by a former employee of Winchester Medical Center has been transferred to U.S. District Court.
Holland woman to go to Jefferson Awards rites
The Toledo Blade Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:33 PM PDT
Mary Lou Leonard will represent northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan at the Jefferson Awards National Ceremonies in Washington June 21.Ms. Leonard of Holland is a local Jefferson Award winner who distributes shoes to needy children and is known as âthe Shoe Lady.â She is the founder of Christian Health Ministries, a clinic that provides free medical care to the poor. She is also active in the ... |
Malaria Day in Ghana, a reflection of the odds
Ghanaweb.com Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:33 PM PDT
According to the World Health Organization report on malaria in Ghana, US$27million and US$38million was spent on Malaria in 2008 and 2009 respectively. |
State's decision to drop two HMOs causes worries
The State Journal-Register Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:32 PM PDT
William Brunner says Health Alliance has paid about $375,000 for a liver transplant he received in 2008 and related medical costs since then. Â |
Broader definition of Alzheimer's could help doctors diagnose it earlier
Los Angeles Times Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:28 PM PDT
The change reflects increased knowledge about the disorder. For now, though, treatment options, and limits among them, remain the same. For the first time in 27 years, health authorities have expanded the definition of Alzheimer's disease. |
High court to hear case on drug-marketing data
Boston Globe Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:26 PM PDT
NEW YORK â Before pharmaceutical company marketers call on a doctor, they do their homework. They typically pore over electronic profiles bought from data brokers, dossiers that detail the brands and amounts of drugs the doctor has prescribed â a practice some health care professionals have come to hate. |
New Study A Reminder On Meat Safety
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:26 PM PDT
WHEELING - According to a new report, half the meat in supermarkets could be tainted with the staph bacteria - just another reason why people should be careful while handling and cooking meat, a local health official said. |
Recent releases in Global Health
News-Medical-Net Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:22 PM PDT
When health ministers gather for the World Health Assembly in May they will try to come up with a solution to "a dilemma that has dogged decision-makers for decades - whether and when to destroy the last remaining stocks of the smallpox virus," David Heymann and Emma Ross, both of the Global Health Security Centre at Chatham House, write in an article in The World Today. |
James Surowiecki: National Debt, Budget Cuts, and Health Care
The New Yorker Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:14 PM PDT
Multitrillion-dollar piles of debt have a way of making people nervous, so itâs not really surprising that Washington is now in the throes of budget-cutting hysteria. Republicans risked a government shutdown over a few billion dollars in spending cuts, and are now threatening to refuse to . . .
