China plans to examine how it might relax the country's one #45;child #45;per #45;family policy, Zhao Baige, vice minister of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission, said Thursday, the New York Times reports. According to Zhao, changes to the
The Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre Network last week called on the country's Ministry of Health and Child Welfare to increase access to post #45;exposure prophylaxis in an effort to curb the spread of HIV nationwide, the Herald/AllAfrica.com reports.
Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point #45;of #45;care (POC) diagnostic tests, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted CLIA waiver for the QuickVue #174; RSV test for the qualitative detection of respiratory syncytial virus
Reuters - Merck amp; Co on Monday said it has moved closer to resolving thousands of claims arising from its 2004 withdrawal of arthritis pill Vioxx, with 93 percent of people alleging the drug caused a heart attack or stroke
Reuters - The annual report released Monday by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicates that 11.7 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the US in 2007 at a cost of roughly $13.2 billion.
BIOTRONIK, the pioneer in remote monitoring technologies for patients with cardiac devices, announced the launch of the landmark IMPACT Study (The IMPACT of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Guided Anticoagulation on Stroke Risk in Patients with Implanted ICD and CRT #45;D devices).
CMS has begun to collect additional data on private Medicare Advantage plans, acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems said on Thursday at a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing, CongressDaily reports.
Louisiana on Wednesday received federal approval to expand LaCHIP eligibility to children in families with incomes up to 250% of the federal poverty level, according to acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. LaCHIP is the state's
Teenage anger has been linked to the size of a part of the brain called the amygdala, The Times reported. Using scans of adolescent brains, researchers have shown, the newspaper says, that "the length and intensity of their tantrums correlates
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children are much morelikely than normal-weight children to have breathing-related problemsduring surgery, says a University of Michigan Health System study.
People who suffer from acne are less likely to take exercise or excel at physical games", Channel 4 news reported. A study of people from a national acne support group has found that people with acne tend to avoid participating
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- For teens looking to keepweight off, it doesn amp;#39;t have to be a breakfast of champions, but it shouldbe some kind of breakfast -- and preferably a healthy one.
Could ginkgo cause a stroke?" asks The Daily Mail. The newspaper says that the herb, taken by thousands of Britons in the hope that it will keep their memory sharp into old age, may do more harm than good. The
