Los
Angeles Times -
November 6, 2009
The din loudens from the
left and right as a House vote nears on
healthcare overhaul legislation. Rep. John
Culberson (R- Texas) throws a copy of the
healthcare bill during a rally on Capitol
Hill. No House Republican is expected to vote
for it. ...
New York Times -
Andrew Pollack -
November
6, 2009
Athena Gurno thought
her allergies were acting up when she
started coughing in early October. But
within days, Ms. Gurno, the 30-year-old
mother of a young girl, was in a Seattle
hospital, close to death from the H1N1
flu.
CNNMoney.com -
Chris Isidore -
November 6, 2009
The unemployment rate spiked to its highest
level since 1983, much worse than expected as
employers continue to trim jobs despite other
signs of growth.
New
York Times -
November 5, 2009
My Thursday column takes
aim at one of the main arguments of the
opponents of health reform, that we shouldn't
mess with the best health ...
ABC
News -
Courtney Hutchison,
Michael Smith - November
5, 2009
It's been about six
weeks since Frank Aylor had open heart
surgery, and he's already up and jogging
again. A new study suggests that so-called
"beating heart" surgery may lead to a worse
outcome for bypass ...
MarketWatch -
Rex Nutting -
November
5, 2009
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - US companies
increased their output in the third quarter
even as they slashed working hours, driving
productivity up at a 9.5% annual rate in the
quarter, the Labor Department estimated
Thursday. ...
TG Daily -
Emma Woollacott -
November
5, 2009
Famously proposed by Arthur C Clarke, a space
elevator is a little closer to reality. As
part of a $2 million compeition, a
laser-powered robot has successfully climbed a
cable nearly a kilometre long ...
The Associated Press -
Stephen Ohlemacher -
November
5, 2009
WASHINGTON - Buying a home is about to get
cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers -
$6500 cheaper. First-time homebuyers have been
getting tax credits of up to $8000 since
January as part of the economic stimulus
package enacted earlier this year.
ABC
News -
Lisa Stark, Kate
McCarthy - November
4, 2009
Consumer's Union put 19
products under the microscope to test for
levels of the chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA.
What they found was a wide range of results --
little or no BPA in some juice boxes and
infant formula ...
ABC News -
Devin Dwyer -
November 4, 2009
The tide of extending marriage rights to
same-sex couples -- which has swept across New
England in recent months -- has stopped at
Maine. Maine residents decide whether to put a
halt to gay marriages in their state. ...
The Associated Press -
Frank Jordans
November 3, 2009
GENEVA
- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from
Madagascar and two lizards found only in the
Philippines are among over 17000 species th...
MLB.com -
Mike Bauman -
November 3, 2009
Pedro Martinez for the Philadelphia Phillies
vs. Let's See How Andy Feels for the New York
Yankees. Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel
announced that Martinez was his man on the
mound. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said:
"Well, ...
BBC News -
Posted
by SA - November 3, 2009
Most dementias are
missed for years as the symptoms can be
elusive until considerable brain tissue is
lost. But doctors from Oxford found they
were able to spot very early warning signs
when they looked closely enough.
The Associated Press -
Marilynn Marchione -
November
3, 2009
A new study suggests
that men may be able to lower their risk
of getting the most aggressive form of
prostate cancer by keeping their
cholesterol in a healthy range.
NPR -
Scott Hensley -
November
3, 2009
Researchers
analyzing the health habits of thousands
of nurses found that women who drank two
or more diet sodas daily had a two-fold
increase in the risk of a significantly
faster drop in their kidneys' ability to
filter blood ...
Reuters -
November 2, 2009
Lucia Mutikani, Chris Reese
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US manufacturing activity
rose to its highest level in 3-1/2 years last
month and pending home sales contracts
unexpectedly surged in September, offering hope
the budding economic recovery would be sustained.
Reuters - Glenn
Somerville, Alister Bull -
November 2, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama
said on Monday that the economy had recovered a
lot of ground since January but more jobs would be
lost before a full recovery is in place.
BusinessWeek -
David Welch -
November
2, 2009
The company reported a $997 million third-quarter
profit on Nov. 2, adding profits to gains in
market share and improvements in quality since CEO
Alan Mulally took over in September 2006.
U.S. News
& World Report -
Karen Pallarito -
Posted
11-1-09
THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (healthday
News) -- An estimated 17000 children in the United
States might have died unnecessarily over nearly
two decades because they didn't have health
insurance, according to a report from researchers
at Johns ...
Washington Post -
November 1, 2009
Among priority groups for
vaccination are pregnant women, health-care and
emergency medical personnel, and children. (Matt
Rourke/associated Press) Andrew Pekosz, an
associate professor of molecular microbiology and
immunology at Johns Hopkins ...
FOX 21
Online - November
11, 2009
Online bidding for the motorized lounge chair
seized by Proctor police stands at more than
$38000. The price stands at $38100 with 91 bids as
of 11:45 pm Saturday night on the online auction
site ebay. FOX 21 spoke with Proctor Police Chief
Walter ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - November
1, 2009
WASHINGTON - Barack and Michelle Obama yesterday
doled out presidential m&ms and dried fruit mixes
to more than 2000 trick-or-treaters, marking their
Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at
honoring military families.
NPH easy to
overlook but very treatable: a Senior Health
video
Plain Dealer
Posted by SA for November 1, 2009
In today's Senior Health column, Dr. Mark Luciano of
the Cleveland Clinic explains how NPH can affect
elderly patients and why family members can sometimes
...
New York Times -
Gardiner Harris -
October 31, 2009
In 2006, after the federal
government established a multibillion-dollar drug
benefit for older Americans, top officials
promised to keep the program honest by hiring
private companies to investigate and root out
fraud.
Bloomberg - October 31,
2009
Congress could approve extensions of an $8000
first-time homebuyers' tax credit and unemployment
benefits as soon as Nov. 3, Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid said.
Dick Cheney says he doesn't remember playing a
role in the eventual outing of a CIA agent.
Washington (CNN) -- Former vice president Dick
Cheney told a special prosecutor in 2004 that he
had no idea who leaked the identity of CIA agent
Valerie Plame, ...
World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Finland
The Associated Press -
Matti Huuhtanen -
October
30, 2009
HELSINKI - The world's largest cruise liner on
Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding
out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater,
basketball courts and an ice rink on board.
WebMD -
Charlene Laino -
October
30, 2009
Oct. 29, 2009 (Philadelphia)
-- Once again, the popular cholesterol-lowering
statin drugs have been shown to be good for more
than the heart: They may also lower your odds of
dying of the flu.
Washington Post -
Alec MacGillis -
October
30, 2009
Reports
to be released Friday on the government Web site
Recovery.gov are expected to show that the $150
billion in grants and loans made so far under the
economic stimulus package have created or saved
about 650000 jobs, ...
U.S. News &
World Report -
October 29, 2009
THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay
News) -- Want to improve that osteoarthritis in your
knee? New research suggests that regular Tai Chi
exercise can reduce pain and help your knee function
better.
Reuters -
John M. Berry -
October 29, 2009
-- John M. Berry is a guest
columnist who has covered the economy for four
decades for the Washington Post and other
publications.
USA Today - October 29,
2009
Two teams have observed a huge cosmic explosion that
occurred 13 billion years ago in the farthest point
of the universe ever detected, the journal Nature
reports.
Bizjournals.com -
October
29, 2009
The
nation's real gross domestic product increased at an
estimated annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third
quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said in an
advance estimate Thursday.
Wall Street
Journal -
Jane Zhang -
October
29, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The federal
government needs to further step up efforts to fight
Medicare and Medicaid fraud to generate more savings
to help pay for a health-care overhaul, lawmakers
said Wednesday.
HealthJockey.com -
3 hours ago
Heart attacks seem to have
become more ordinary in middle-aged women over the
past two decades. However, all women and
particularly those younger than 55 may perhaps have
recently suffered from a greater increase in their
chances of survival following
msnbc.com - October 28,
2009
To say that “Notes Left Behind” is a book about a
6-year-old girl who died is accurate, but woefully
inadequate. By filling her family's house with
hidden messages of love and hope, Elena Desserich
continues to celebrate life long after ...
Reuters -
October 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) -
Foreign aid may provide the best value for money
spent by the US government, Bill and Melinda Gates
said on Tuesday, but few seem to know it.
Huffington Post (blog) -
Posted by SA October 28, 2009
Lieberman said "a special commission with fast
track procedures is needed in this case because of
the political difficulty of making such sweeping
changes. ...
Wall Street
Journal -
Jane Zhang -
October
27, 2009
WASHINGTON—Republicans in
Congress are taking aim at AARP's financial ties to
the health-insurance industry just as the advocacy
group is taking a more prominent role supporting an
overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
The
resulting parking lot, dubbed the Dell Solar Grove, both
provides 50 shady parking spots and clean green energy.
The lot also features Envision Solar's CleanCharge solar
charging stations
Wall Street Journal -
Rebecca Smith -
October 27, 2009
The Obama administration on Tuesday named 100
utility projects that will share $3.4 billion in
federal stimulus funding to speed deployment of
advanced technology designed to cut energy use and
make the electric-power grid more robust. ...
HealthcareFinanceNews.com -
Eric Wicklund -
October
26, 2009
NEW YORK - America's annual
healthcare bill could be reduced by $600 billion to
$850 billion if the nation learns how to reduce
wasteful spending, according to a new report by
Thomson Reuters.
Atlantic
Online -
Derek Thompson -
October 26, 2009
If the Massachusetts
experience is any guide, health care reform will
have broad public support once it's in place and the
scare stories are proved false.
Sky News -
Emma Rowley
October 26, 2009
A
meteorite hurtling to Earth is thought to have left
a 15-metre wide crater in Latvia. To view this
content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in
your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe
download website. The fiery object set a field
...
U.S. News &
World Report -
January W. Payne
Posted
bu SeniorArk October 25, 2009
You're feeling feverish and
tired and have a runny nose, sore throat, and cough.
Could this be the flu? A handful of websites can
help you find the answer from the comfort of home.
(SeniorArk finds that only the
Mayo Clinic site referenced in the article
provides useful info on symptoms)
Detroit
Free Press -
October 25, 2009
Question: My mother lives
alone. My brother and I have suggested that she get
a pet for companionship, but she is worried that she
might catch a disease from the animal.
Bloomberg -
Bradley Keoun -
Posted by SA October 25, 2009
Oct. 24
(Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America
Corp. paid top executives an average of $18.2
million each last year as the banks accepted $90
billion of bailout funds, records from Treasury
Department paymaster Kenneth ...
Washington Post -
Rob Pegoraro
October
25, 2009
You can't
always tell if a virus has taken over a Windows
computer, but many anti-virus programs leave no
doubt about their presence.
The Associated Press -
Ali Akbar Dareini -
October
25, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran - UN inspectors got their first look
Sunday inside a once-secret uranium enrichment
facility that has raised Western suspicions about
the extent of Iran's nuclear program.
Reuters -
Patricia Zengerle, Xavier
Briand - October
24, 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama urged banks on Saturday to make more loans to
small businesses and said his administration would
do everything it can to push them to do so. "It's
time for those banks to ...
FOXNews -
October
24, 2009
The White House says the
declaration allows medical treatment facilities to
better handle a surge in flu patients by waiving
federal requirements on a case-by-case basis.
Los Angeles Times -
October
24, 2009
Speaking
at MIT, the president addresses the twin challenges
of combating climate change and trying to keep the
US competitive in the race to develop and sell new
energy systems.
Medscape -
Sandra A. Fryhofer -
October
23, 2009
Welcome to the first issue of
"Staying Well," which will focus on prevention. I
know many of us have been bombarded with phone calls
and questions about flu and flu vaccination. That's
why influenza is my inaugural topic. First, Take
Your Own Medicine. ...
CNNMoney.com -
Hibah Yousuf -
October 23, 2009
Sales of
existing homes bounce back to their highest level
since July 2007, boosted by first-time homebuyers.
Prices continue to fall.
USA Today -
October 22, 2009
WASHINGTON - The drug and
insurance industries have dramatically amped up
their efforts to lobby Congress, spending millions
over a three-month period to influence legislation
aimed at reshaping the nation's health care ...
AHN -
Linda Young -
October
22, 2009
Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia (AHN) - Ethiopia's prolonged drought
has resulted in dying crops, with 6.2 million people
facing famine, malnutrition and possibly death the
government has issued an urgent plea for emergency
food aid. The crisis is made worse by ...
Times Online -
Christopher Andrew
Posted by SA - October 21,
2009
Stewart Nozette, 52, a former White House expert
who helped discover evidence of water on the Moon,
was arrested at his home in Maryland yesterday after
a ...
More
Information on Nozette:
Nozette contacted via telephone by FBI undercover
employee (UCE) posing as an Israeli Mossad officer.
Nozette agrees to meet that day for lunch at a hotel on
Connecticut Ave, NW, in Washington, DC. At meeting,
Nozette discusses willingness to work for Israeli
intelligence for money; tells UCE he had access to US
satellite information. UCE arranges a communication
system via a post office box and gives Nozette a 'clean
phone'. Nozette agrees to provide regular, continuing
information; asks for Israeli passport and the "Right of
Return" because his parents are Jewish. (source:
http://www.ciacademy.com/spycase/NOZETTE_Stewart_David.html)
WebMD -
Daniel J. DeNoon -
Posted by SA October 21, 2009
Oct. 20, 2009 -- More than
two-thirds of patients hospitalized with serious
heart failure aren't prescribed an aldosterone
antagonist, a recommended therapy that increases the
odds of survival.
CNN -
Deirdre Walsh -
October 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A preliminary estimate from the
Congressional Budget Office projects that the House
Democrats' health care plan that includes a public
option would cost $871 billion over 10 years,
according to two Democratic sources.
Wall Street Journal -
Stacy Meichtry, Amy
Merrick
October 21, 2009
The
Vatican said it will make it far easier for
disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism,
in one of Rome's most sweeping gestures to a
Protestant church since the Reformation.
WebMD -
Salynn Boyles -
October 20, 2009
Oct. 19, 2009 -- Researchers
say they have developed a highly sensitive prostate
specific antigen (PSA) test that may identify
prostate cancer patients who are likely to relapse
after treatment.
WebMD -
Posted by SA, October 20, 2009
Surfing the Internet may be
the latest way to teach an old dog new tricks. A
study shows older adults who learn to use the
Internet to search for information experience a
surge of activity in key decision-making and ...
San
Francisco Chronicle
October
19, 2009
According to the US
Agriculture Department, three pigs at the Minnesota
State Fair tested positive in late August for H1N1,
making them the first in this country found to
harbor the swine flu virus.
Space.com -
Andrea Thompson -
October 19, 2009
Astronomers announced today the discovery of 32
extrasolar planets, some as just five times the mass
of Earth and others five times heftier than giant
Jupiter. The findings significantly boost the number
of lower mass planets similar ...
Dallas
Morning News -
Bob Moos -
October
18, 2009
Now that the shouting from
August's town hall meetings has died down and
Congress has made progress on a health care
overhaul, there's growing agreement among policy
experts about how Medicare will be affected.
NewsOK.com -
October
18, 2009
Q: Is it true that if you have
low income, you can get help paying Medicare
premiums? A: Yes. If your income and resources are
limited, your state may be able to help with your
Medicare Part B premium, deductibles and
co-insurance amounts. ...
New York Times - October
18, 2009
ACCESS to
a fast Internet connection has become more than a
convenience. It's being enshrined in some countries
as a legal right of all citizens.
WebMD -
Bill Hendrick -
October
17, 2009
People who continue to work
after retirement have fewer diseases and fewer
functional limitations than people who quit
completely, a study shows.
Boston
Globe -
Susan Milligan -
October 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - Seeking to
preserve critical public support for a health care
overhaul, the White House and congressional
Democrats are busy tailoring the sweeping package to
appeal to physicians, women, union leaders, and
others whose ...
BusinessWeek -
Stefan Schultz -
October
17, 2009
The power
grid of the future is one of humanity's boldest
visions. Gigantic wind farms in the sea and enormous
solar fields in the desert are to generate the bulk
of our power in the years to come. But consumers and
companies are also ...
Washington Post -
Michelle Singletary -
October 17, 2009
Someone
asked me if I was excited when the Dow once again
hit the 10000-point mark. It was October 2008 when
we last saw that number
National Geographic -
Posted by SA October 17, 2009
The
Arctic Ocean could be largely ice free in summer
within a decade, scientists announced today—the
latest in a stream of wildly varying predictions.
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