Nationwide, about one third of all companies don't offer employees health insurance. The nation's big three automakers always have offered health insurance, but the cost of that health insurance is factored into the price of vehicles, making them more expensive

Change in medical technology happens at a dizzying rate. After reviewing close to a hundred nominations, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic selected the top ten medical innovations for 2009. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports.

www.opednews.com November 16, 2008 by Institute for Responsible Technology (Posted by sadelaine) Austrian Government Study Confirms Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Threaten Human Fertility and Health Safety Advocates Call for Immediate Ban of All GM Foods and GM Crops IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MailOnline By Jo Macfarlane November 2008 Health chiefs have revealed that ten people have committed suicide after taking a controversial anti-smoking drug linked to depression. The disclosure by the Government's drugs watchdog is the first time officials have revealed the

while people who describe themselves as very happy spend more time reading and socializing. Analyzing 30-years worth of national data from time-use studies and a continuing series of social attitude surveys, the University of Maryland researchers report that spending time

Researchers have discovered characteristics present in the four social environments in which young people live — families, peers, schools, and neighborhoods — contribute both positively and negatively to whether teens misuse alcohol. The risk from one area may magnify or

Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face. They don't seem to suffer the ravages of memory that beset most

One of four people with a chronic medical condition such as back pain, heart disease or multiple sclerosis becomes so obsessed and worried about their health problem that they suffer health anxiety. Left untreated, this preoccupation with their medical problem

Nearly 10 percent of adolescent girls in the United States meet the criteria for conduct disorder, the second most common psychiatric diagnosis among adolescent females. The diagnosis describes youths who persistently exhibit behaviors that violate rules and rights of others

You've probably see the anti-smoking ads on TV, advertisements which often evoke either fear or disgust in most viewers who see them. But do they actually work? In a new study designed to answer that question, researchers examined the effects

Many accusations today rely on speculation that tries to link single ingredients, including sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup, to obesity," said Dr. James M. Rippe, cardiologist and biomedical sciences professor at the University of Central Florida. "Americans are

The findings of the study appeared online ahead of print in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.

The participants of the study indicated that additional resources and tools-in Spanish-are necessary to help them care for their loved ones. Seventy-three percent of Hispanic caregivers think it is very or somewhat important that caregiving information be provided in Spanish,

Forward-thinking technology providers such as Clinvest and PHT enable scientific researchers to ask new and exciting questions in clinical research. In prior research with a U.S. military computerized testing system, Clinvest founder Roger K. Cady, MD, realized his migraine patients

Under the initiative, the foundation is providing US$998,000 in funding to support the research and planning for insurance schemes designed to help shield small farmers from the impact of natural disasters and climate change.

This is my second poster on how rEEG personalized medicine has helped advance our medical obligation to 'First Do No Harm,'" commented Dr. Hoffman. "Due to the FDA's warning of suicide risk, coupled with the popularity of SSRI prescriptions for

Nominated through their national medical associations, top physician leaders will be selected by the WMA each year to participate in the high level training conducted by INSEAD, one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools. The six-day intensive

Dr. Ni's oral presentations highlighted the significant advantages of the GelVac(TM) nasal powder platform technology for vaccine delivery and the synthetic typhoid vaccine over the current vaccine technologies and provided an update on the development status of its lead product

Based on the FDA's review, the agency agrees that the design and planned analysis of SciClone's study adequately addresses the objectives necessary to support a regulatory submission.

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