WebMD -
Daniel J.
DeNoon -
November 20,
2009
Nov. 20,
2009 - Procter & Gamble has
recalled some 120000 bottles of
Vicks Sinex nasal spray because of
possible bacterial contamination.
WebMD -
Daniel J.
DeNoon -
November 20,
2009
By Daniel J.
denoon Nov. 20, 2009 - People who
got last year's seasonal flu
vaccine are at lower risk of H1N1
swine flu illness -- particularly
severe disease, a study of US
military personnel shows.
USA Today -
November 20,
2009
Three percent of buyers, Consumer
Reports' Money Blog figures, have
already done their holiday
shopping. Odds are they have now
turned to getting a head start on
filing their taxes.
PC World -
Jeff
Bertolucci -
November
20, 2009
Sales of plasma HDTVs have been on
the decline for some time now.
Although plasmas are generally
cheaper than comparably-sized LCD
models, their picture isn't as
bright; as a result, their images
often appear dark and washed out
under the bright, ...
Reuters -
David
Lawder, James Dalgleish -
November 19,
2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner said on
Thursday that without sweeping
financial regulatory reforms,
economic recovery would not be
enough to ensure US strength and
stability.
Zanesville
Times Recorder -
November
19, 2009
As the US
Senate braces for a heated debate
about its version of health-care
legislation unveiled by Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid late
Wednesday, Rep. Zack Space has
reiterated his support for House
legislation he said would close a
Medicare Part ...
San Jose
Mercury News -
David
Morrill -
November
18, 2009
On Tuesday,
medical device maker Thoratec said
it is one step closer to seeing
its HeartMate II become a viable
alternative to heart transplants.
ABC News -
November 18,
2009
Rich
Egyptians living 3500 years ago
may have been walking around with
the same clogged arteries that
modern Americans now battle,
according to a presentation Monday
at the American Heart
Association's annual meeting.
Reuters -
Lucia
Mutikani, Lisa Lambert -
November
18, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Construction of new homes in the
United States fell sharply last
month, showing potential weakness
in the economy's recovery, while
consumer prices rose slightly more
than expected.
Reuters -
Rebekah
Kebede -
November
18, 2009
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) -
Americans will travel more 1.4
percent more this Thanksgiving
holiday weekend than they did last
year, according to travel and auto
group AAA. The increase reflects a
2.1 percent increase in travel by
car and a 6.7 percent ...
U.S. News &
World Report -
November 17,
2009
TUESDAY,
Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) --
Americans without health insurance
are more likely to die after
admission to the hospital with
trauma injuries than those who are
insured, new research suggests
Telegraph.co.uk -
Martin
Evans - November
17, 2009
Smokers
could soon have access to an
injectable vaccine to help them
break the habit following a deal
between the company that developed
the drug and manufacturer
Glaxosmithkline.
The Hill -
Kevin
Bogardus -
November
17, 2009
The head of the country's largest
union federation is calling on
lawmakers to redirect bailout
funds meant for Wall Street to
small businesses. In prepared
remarks before a conference hosted
by the Economic ...
CNN -
November 17,
2009
Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Somewhere in
the world, a child dies of hunger
every five seconds -- even though
the planet has more than enough
food for all.
AFP -
November 16,
2009
WASHINGTON -
Insufficient intake of vitamin D,
long known to play a key role in
bone health, may significantly
increase a person's risk of
stroke, heart disease and even
death, a US study said Monday.
United Press
International -
November 16,
2009
WASHINGTON,
Nov. 16 (UPI) -- US drug
manufacturers have been raising
their prices at the fastest clip
since 1992, industry...
Chicago
Sun-Times -
Liz Sidoti -
November
16, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin is on a
book tour. Tim Pawlenty is
building a national political
operation. Mitt Romney is weighing
in on the recession.
Wall Street
Journal -
Jane Zhang -
November 15,
2009
Medicare
beneficiaries may have to shop for
a better deal on a
prescription-drug plan. The
average premium seniors pay for
stand-alone drug plans will rise
11% to $38.94 a month in 2010,
according to the Kaiser Family
Foundation, ...
Voice of
America -
Vidushi Sinha -
November
15, 2009
The
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention says that
counting related illnesses the
number of deaths from the H1N1
virus is about four times
earlier estimates.
Desert Dispatch -
Jessica
Cejnar -
November 15,
2009
BARSTOW • People venturing out of
doors early Tuesday morning or
later that night may be rewarded
with glimpses of two meteor
showers streaking across the sky.
Reuters -
Natuza
Nery, Ana Paula Paiva -
Posted by SA
11-15-09
BRASILIA, Nov 12 (Reuters) -
Destruction of the Amazon rain
forest in Brazil has fallen to its
lowest annual level in 21 years,
the government said on Thursday,
in a boost to the country's green
credentials ahead of a ...
 Tucson
Citizen -
November 14,
2009
November 15
th to December 31 st is the
Medicare Annual Election period.
This is an important time for a
number of reasons. Part D: If you
have a stand-alone Medicare Part D
plan (that is not part of a
Medicare Advantage plan), this is
the only time of ...
Wired News -
Brian
McLaughlin -
November 14,
2009
Is there water on the Moon? The
NASA LCROSS mission has determined
the answer to be a resounding YES!
GeekDad has covered the LCROSS
mission with an article prior to
the LCROSS launch by Lonnie
Morgan, a pair of articles on
viewing ...
New York
Times -
Lindsey Hoshaw -
Posted by SA
Nov 14, 2009
ABOARD THE ALGUITA, 1000 miles
northeast of Hawaii - In this
remote patch of the Pacific
Ocean, hundreds of miles from
any national boundary, the
detritus of human life is
collecting in a swirling
current so large that it
defies ...
Los Angeles
Times -
November
13, 2009
Fair
warning: Put down that salad or
medium-rare cheeseburger you're
eating, pitch the brie cheese you
enjoy with a glass of wine, and
clear the chicken and leafy greens
from the plate in front of Junior.
msnbc.com -
November 13,
2009
Climate scientists normally are
wary of associating daily weather
events to longer term climate
change, but new research does just
that by showing that daily record
high temperatures across the
continental US occurred twice as
often as record lows over ...
Reuters -
Donna
Smith -
November 13, 2009
An
influential business group said on
Thursday that its continued
support for President Barack
Obama's healthcare overhaul hinges
on whether it slows the soaring
growth rate of healthcare costs.
Bizjournals.com -
November
13, 2009
The Federal Reserve finalized
rules this week that will prohibit
banks from charging overdraft fees
without consumers' consent.
U.S. News &
World Report -
Amanda
Gardner -
Posted 11-12-09
Eating a
Westernized diet with lots of
sugar and carbohydrates caused
almost instantaneous changes in
the gut flora of mice -- changes
that caused the mice to become
obese, researchers have found
...
BusinessWeek -
Rob Hof -
November 12,
200
How do you find what to watch
online? Sites for finding and
watching video abound, from search
engines such as Blinkx and Truveo
to hosted video sites such as
YouTube and Hulu. (Watch TV shows
and movies on the web)
Orlando
Sentinel -
November 12,
2009
CNN announced this morning that
John King will fill the slot that
Lou Dobbs occupied. The cable news
channel said King will lead a
political program that will start
early next year in the 7 o'clock
weeknight spot. CNN honcho Jon
Klein said in a ...
Tom's Guide -
Jane
McEntegart -
November 11, 2009
Google has
announced the Flu Shot Finder, which
enables users to get the closest
location offering flu vaccinations.
With flu season well underway, Google
teamed up with with the US ...
San Francisco
Chronicle -
November 11, 2009
Concern about
swine flu has hit the restaurant world
hard. This from a concerned reader:
What are restaurant managers thinking
when they allow someone who is clearly
ill to be greeting customers?
New York Times -
David Carr -
November 11, 2009
Folks in the media are so used to
considering Rupert Murdoch as a
spectral presence that sometimes it is
hard to remember that behind a name so
freighted with meaning lurks a real
actual guy.
Health Care Reform Bill
Detailed Summary
Gather.com
Posted by SA November 11, 2009
Makes it easier for Medicare beneficiaries
to get access to needed vaccinations by
covering all vaccines under Part B of the
program rather than Part D.
...
Los Angeles Times -
November 10, 2009
What with
increased pressure on primary care
doctors to be efficient and a more
than 10% drop in their pay in the last
decade (when accounting for
inflation), you might imagine that the
time they spend with each patient
would have shortened also. ...
The Associated Press -
November 10, 2009
A look at key issues
in the health care debate: THE ISSUE:
Should Americans have the option of
getting health insurance from a government
plan that competes with private companies?
Politico -
Erika Lovley -
Posted by SA November
10, 2009
CRP says California Republican Rep.
Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on
Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated
at about $251 million.
Reuters -
Daniel Fineren,
Ikuko Kao -
November 10, 2009
Global gas demand looks set to fall this
year and the market is likely to remain
oversupplied until 2015, despite a rise in
demand when the economy begins to recover,
the International Energy Agency said.
CNNMoney.com -
Tami Luhby -
November 10, 2009
Latest report shows that 20% of eligible
borrowers have gotten trial modifications
under administration's $75 billion
mortgage relief plan.
EARLIER HEALTH NEWS ARTICLES,
WITH LEAD
Most Key Players in Senior
Citizen Health Care Back House Plan Headed to
Senate
SeniorJournal.com November 9, 2009
By Liz Halloran, NPR News AARP is pleased that
the House has passed the Affordable Health
Care for American Act. This bill meets our
goals of improving ...
Human Events
- November 9, 2009
I have been using
the same Medicare prescription drug plan
for four years now but my pharmacist told
me I needed to switch to a different plan
that fits my needs better.
HealthNewsDigest.com -
November 9, 2009
By Popular
Science (healthnewsdigest.com) - New
York, NY — Popular Science magazine
has named the top health innovations of
2009 as part of its annual Best
...
dBTechno -
November 8, 2009
Results of a new
study suggest that men who get moderate
exercise can actually reduce their overall
risk of developing prostate cancer.
The Associated Press -
November 7, 2009
WASHINGTON — The
Democratic-controlled House has passed
historic health care legislation to
provide medical coverage to millions more
Americans. Most Americans would be
required to carry insurance and large
employers would be obliged to cover their
...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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. ...
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 ...
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