Screen all adults for alcohol misuse: task force
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:07 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Health providers should screen all adults and pregnant women for risky drinking habits, a government-backed expert panel said Monday in new draft recommendations. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines were released along with a summary of past research showing a few brief counseling sessions can help cut excessive drinking in people who aren't full-blown ... |
New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East
Associated Press via Yahoo! News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:58 PM PDT
Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain. |
Danish sperm donor passes genetic disorder to five children
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:15 PM PDT
A Danish sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to five children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease, health officials said Monday. |
Morning-after pills made available to N.Y. high school students
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:09 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of New York City high schools students have received morning-after pills since the launch of a program that provides emergency contraception through public school nurses, the city's health department said on Monday. Many schools around the nation have long made condoms available to students, but New York health officials said they believe the city is the first to ... |
Variation in antibiotic prescribing hints at overuse
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:07 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Seniors in the U.S. are prescribed at least one antibiotic each every year, on average - but the rate of prescribing varies quite a bit across the country, a new study finds. In some parts of the country, seniors averaged less than one antibiotic prescription per year, while in others, they received between one and two per year, according to a report in Archives of ... |
Health insurers begin to provide user-friendly plan guides
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:05 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday began requiring health insurers to provide user-friendly guides to patients that explain their benefits, aiming to make buying insurance nearly as easy as scanning packages of food for nutrition facts. Under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, employers and insurers must provide a summary of benefits and coverage in a clearly ... |
Venture firms see signs of rebirth in life sciences
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Life-sciences and health investing, long shunned by venture-capital investors, is making a comeback. Several venture firms globally have each raised or are raising funds this year in the $200 million to $400 million range dedicated to life sciences, biotech and medicine, while others have raised large, diversified funds with big chunks dedicated to those fields. Venture ... |
New SARS-Like Virus Reported in the Middle East
Takepart.com via Yahoo! News Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:16 AM PDT
A SARS-related virus has killed one man this year and recently made another ill, prompting the World Health Organization to issue a global alert about the disease. |
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