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Smartphone apps are changing the way we drop pounds, get fit Boston Globe Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:01 AM PST Hundreds of smartphone apps are now available to track weight loss, record and analyze runs, monitor heart rate and blood pressure, and let anyone share all this information - if they aren’t bashful - on the Web. The growing appetite for the fitness and wellness apps has given rise to a mobile health industry, which is just beginning to realize the potential of having 30 million Americans carry ... New pathogen tests put focus on speed Boston Globe Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:01 AM PST Start-up companies and local laboratories are developing new approaches to efficiently and rapidly identify bacteria, virus or fungus in a patient sample. Initial efforts are focused on the health care setting where a doctor needs to know how to best treat a patient’s symptoms, but currently depend on tests that take days instead of hours to answer basic questions about what is causing an ... So many changes are needed to get all of us back on the health track New Haven Register Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST As the New Year dawns, my thoughts are irresistibly drawn to what might be. What if knowledge were power? What if what we know became what we do? Preoccupied by such reflections, I indulge myself in a reverie. Here’s what I would do if I were the philosopher-king of public health in 2012. China: Bird Flu Death Not From Human-Human Spread OfficialWire Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months. Greek pharmacists, doctors on strike KYIV Post Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST ATHENS, Greece (AP) â€" Greece is already seeing its first strike of the year, with pharmacists and doctors walking off the job to protest health sector reforms that include cuts in drug prices. China Says Bird Flu Death Not From Human to Human Spread Fox News Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:42 AM PST The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months. 5 dead, 128 hospitalized due to leptospirosis in CDO GMA News Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:38 AM PST Over a hundred people have been found to have leptospirosis in Cagayan de Oro city in northern Mindanao, one of the areas hit hard by tropical storm Sendong (Washi) last month. A health official said five had already died due to the disease. More Attention Should Be Given To Mental Health Issues At Workplace Bernama Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:36 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 (Bernama) - Issues related to mental health at the workplace should be given more attention so that problems such as stress, violence, depression and suicide can be prevented. Ex-local physician’s CD to assist health clinic named for granddaughter Terre Haute Tribune Star Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:19 AM PST Former Terre Haute resident Dr. Renate Justin has known unspeakable tragedy in her life. More attention to mental health at workplace New Straits Times Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:15 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Issues related to mental health at the workplace should be given more attention so that problems such as stress, violence, depression and suicide can be prevented.

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