physorg
Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found
Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday.
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NEWS.au.com
Nepal in poultry cull after bird flu found
HEALTH workers to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Himalayan country.
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The Jerusalem Post
'Public funding for updating health basket eroding'
More gov't support needed, says Health Ministry after annual statistical report released.
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Times LIVE
Bid to root out quacks and those who help them
The Health Professions' Council of South Africa has launched an investigation to verify the qualifications of more than 4500 medical professionals working in government hospitals.
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Times of India
Om Puri in trouble for smoking in Punjab college
After Salman Khan, it is actor Om Puri who is in trouble for allegedly smoking at a public place during a function in Rajpura, and the authorities of the Patiala health department have started investigation.
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Reuters
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the community's high school is safe.
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New York Times
The Texas Tribune: Texans Lead Battle for Women’s Health
In the skirmish between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood that intensified over the past week, all roads led to Texas.
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Daily Mail
A pint a day keeps the doctor away... and YES, we do mean beer!
When drunk in moderation beer provides a wider range of health benefits than wine and it doesn't matter whether you prefer ale of lager.
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Huffington Post
Super Bowl 2012: Organic Beers For The Big Game (PHOTOS)
From Kimi Harris and Mother Nature Network:The real question is not why drink organic beer, but why not? If you care about the environment and the devastating effects of pesticides and other results of conventional farming, then why shouldn't your beer be made in as eco-friendly manner as possible? Since beer isn't exactly in the "health food" category, we don't always...
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The Nation
200,000 fall prey to cancer every year: Samar
ISLAMABAD - Health experts suggest quitting tobacco use in any form can prevent 30 per cent cancer as smoking is a leading cause of cancer in countries like Pakistan and only smoking causes an estimated 90 per cent of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80 per cent of all lung cancer deaths in women.
The experts were speaking at a cancer awareness seminar organized by the Shifa International ...
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science blogs
Calling it like it is [Class M]
Two examples of why blogs are better than mainstream news coverage, when it comes to confronting reality and doing something about it, one from the climate wars, one from the front lines of women's health.
First, Andy Revkin, a former New York Times journalist who still blogs there. He calls out a coal-industry-backed attempt to silence one of the world's leading climatologists as th...
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Irish Times
Cancer cases could rise by 72%
New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket 72 per cent by 2030, health experts have warned.
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China Daily
Polio-free days lie ahead
China is expected to eradicate new polio cases in October when it finishes vaccinating nearly 30 million people, a senior health official said.
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taz
Streit der Woche zum "Schmerzensmann": "Die ins Limetten-Bier weinen"
Die Profiboxerin Susianna Kentikian sieht blutleere Gestalten, der Men's Health Autor Jens Clasen warnt vor einer Wunschinflation. Ist der neue Mann ein Weichei? mehr...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Patient or team, who comes first?
Doctors working in professional sports sometimes face a conflict of interest. Ethics dictate their responsibility is to the health of the injured athlete, but there are times when it behooves the doctor - and the team that employs him - to get that athlete back on the playing field
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Scientific American
Homeless Project Residents Drink Less If Booze Ban Is Lifted
This Sunday, millions of Americans will sit down in front of their television or computer, crack open a few beers, and watch the Super Bowl. But if those viewers live in a housing project for the homeless, that booze could get them booted back out to the street. Many homeless housing projects have strict abstinence policies, and require residents to be completely sober. Permitting alcohol, many...
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China Daily
China issues infant formula regulation
China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday issued a regulation to standardize infant formula for children with congenital diseases.
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Los Angeles Times
EPA: Playing in beach sand bigger health risk than ocean itself
Take warning, beachgoers: That carefully built sand castle could turn out to be a real pain in the gut.
Digging and playing in beach sand puts people at higher risk of getting sick than swimming or sunbathing, according to a new study led by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Researchers surveyed some 5,000 beach visitors and found that those who dug in the most contaminated sand were twice a...
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Irish Times
Siptu asks gardaí to investigate payments
THE TRADE union Siptu has called in the Garda Fraud Squad to investigate what happened to two payments of €190,000 each, originally sanctioned by the Department of Health for training but which cannot now be traced.
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The Lancet
[Editorial] New estimates of malaria deaths: concern and opportunity
This week we publish surprising and, on the face of it, disturbing findings. According to Christopher Murray and colleagues at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, there were 1·24 million deaths (95% uncertainty interval 0·93–1·69 million) from malaria worldwide in 2010—around twice the figure of 655 000 estimated by WHO for the sam...
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The Sun
Health & safety ban on jail guard footie
PRISON warders can only have a kickabout on the premises after work if they are properly supervised
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AP
Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday....
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Daily Mail
One Direction arrive back in Britain and head straight for a good old fashioned pasty after a week in health conscious Hollywood
The lads stepped off their plane and made sure that their first stop was at a supermarket so they could get some good old fashioned English grub which wasn't available across the pond.
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USA Today
DEA suspends Cardinal Health's Lakeland facility's license
Federal authorities suspended a Cardinal Health facility's license to sell prescription pain killers from a Florida facility.
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politico
Newt: Komen reversal 'unfortunate'
Via POLITICO's MJ Lee, Newt Gingrich weighed in on the Susan G. Komen controversy, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
“I think it’s unfortunate," he said of the reversal regarding grants to Plannt Parenthood. "I think that they were beginning to make progress. Planned Parenthood needs to split into two totally separate organizations because what it does today is it takes money for seemi...
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Los Angeles Times
NFL has failed to tackle the plight of its retired players
The Super Bowl is a bittersweet experience for many retired NFL players dealing with health and financial problems after enduring punishing years on the field. Some advocates think the answer is to embarrass team owners into action.The Super Bowl is a bittersweet experience for many retired NFL players dealing with health and financial problems after enduring punishing years on the field. Some ...
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CNN
Women's health not just about breasts
If you travel to the island of Delos in Greece, you might be surprised to visit ruins dominated by statues of gigantic stone penises. Even in its ancient, mythological context, it's jarring to see such a disembodied representation of the human form. Women, of course, are perhaps a bit more accustomed than men to being reduced to a collection of body parts. Even so, it was startling to hear earl...
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AP
Latest illnesses point to raw milk's popularity
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger....
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Fortune
Beat stress for less
This year the end of the holidays probably didn't bring the usual stress relief; there are still worries about unemployment, a flailing housing market, and a volatile stock market, all of which may be taking a toll on your health.
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SI
Andy Glockner: Jim Calhoun's latest health scare could be final act in storied career
When word spread Friday afternoon that Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun was taking an immediate medical leave of absence -- his fifth such concern while in charge of the Huskies -- it prompted immediate thoughts of a conversation with Calhoun from last season. Not one of the several about Kemba Walker's brilliance or his team's shocking stampede through March, but a longer sit-down in the coa...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Planned Parenthood speaks out
The head of the Washington area Planned Parenthood says she is glad that Komen has reinstated funding, choosing women's health over politics
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Top court rules against Merck in trade secrets case
Decision concludes Health Canadas release of documentation about approval of companys asthma drug was within the law
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Mashable
Red Bull Launches a Fitness Mission With Fitocracy
Red Bull sponsors several extreme sports pros who produce videos with gnarly titles such as “Wakeboarding in the Swamps of Louisiana…
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Huffington Post
Bob Greenstein: Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?
We're glad the governor is expressing support for a safety net and for fixing it if it needs repair. Yet his own budget proposals would tear gaping holes in the safety net and damage it severely.
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Al Jazhera
US health group drops Planned Parenthood cuts
Breast cancer charity restores funding to reproductive health organisation after pressure from women's health advocates.
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Science Daily
Schooling protects refugee children from disease
Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results show that just a few hours of schooling a week may have a pronounced positive impact on their health not only in childhood but later in life when they achieve adulthood.
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USA Today
Back condition sidelines Connecticut's Calhoun
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun is stepping away from the sidelines for another health issue.
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perez hilton
Bruce Willis Tried To Get Demi Help Before She Even Split From Ashton!
So sad that she can't seem to see how worried all of her loved ones are for her.
Bruce Willis was spotted visiting his ex-wife Demi Moore after her meltdown, but apparently, he has been concerned for her health for quite some time, and even before her split with Ashton Kutcher, he reached out to her [...]
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Los Angeles Times
Schools chief Deasy: Teachers accused of abuse should lose pay
L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy has called for changes to laws that protect the rights of teachers accused of heinous acts, saying they should be subject to faster dismissal and the loss of pay, benefits and pensions.
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AP
Bee Gee Robin Gibb says his health has improved
LONDON (AP) -- Bee Gee star Robin Gibb says he is making a strong recovery and putting on weight after suffering from a serious illness....
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omg
Bee Gee Robin Gibb makes "spectacular" recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb said on Friday he had made a "spectacular" recovery from a serious illness, which was widely reported to be cancer. The 62-year-old, most famous as a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, told BBC Radio 2: "Well, it's all simple. I was diagnosed with a growth in my colon. It was removed. And I've been treated for that by a brill...
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White House
First Lady Michelle Obama to embark on three day national tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move!
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
February 9th – 11th, First Lady to make stops in Des Moines, Iowa; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Worth, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Homestead, Florida; Longwood, Florida & Orlando, Florida
WASHINGTON – On February 9, 2012, First Lady Michelle Obama will kick off a three day, nation-wide tour cele...
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Number10
January Structural Reform Plan progress reports published
The Government has published January progress updates for each department’s Structural Reform Plans.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Peyton Mannings health status dominating Super Bowl week
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay refutes report the injured star quarterback is cleared to play
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USA Today
Health roundup: Massage, red wine and push-ups
The benefits of massage and red wine get new scientific backing and the first lady wins a push-up contest.
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The Guardian
Hospital trusts offered £1.5bn emergency fund to pay PFI bills
Andrew Lansley says some trusts can no longer afford to honour PFI deals that were 'badly negotiated' by Labour ministersSeven hospital trusts struggling with crippling private finance initiative debts are to receive £1.5bn in emergency funding from the government to help them avoid cutting patient services to pay their bills.The Department of Health is making the £1.5bn available – in grants, ...
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Daily Mail
UK weather: 4 inches of snow to fall across Britain as mercury plummets to -10c
A level three 'amber' cold weather alert has been issued, which warns of health risks to the elderly and vulnerable, and the likelihood of disruption to transport.
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Telegraph
Taxpayer to bail out hospitals at 'severe risk' of failing
Seven hospital trusts will get a £1.5 billion taxpayer bail-out because they are at "severe risk" of failing patients, the Department of Health said today.
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Daily Mail
Royal College of GPs says Health and Social Care bill should be scrapped
The college, which represents more than 44,000 GPs, said three-quarters of respondents to a recent poll said they thought it appropriate to seek the withdrawal of the bill.
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Daily Mail
HMV security guard Charles Oloro struggling to pay 2 mortgages sacked for chasing a thief
Charles Oloro (pictured) was fired after he breached HMV's health and safety policy by catching a thief outside the branch where he worked in Sutton, south London.
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Wired
Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Microsoft Can't
Under the aegis of their nonprofit, eHealth Nigeria, Castle and Thompson have built a digital records system meant to eventually serve healthcare facilities across northern Nigeria, but it doesn't use the sort of specialized health care software in U.S. or even everyday database software. There's no Kaiser software. And no Microsoft. The system is based on OpenMRS, an open source health records...
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New York Times
Economix Blog: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Health-Care Payers Push Back Against Costs
The opacity surrounding health care prices and the practice of charging different buyers different prices for identical goods or services contribute mightily to the cost of health care, but at the least the former may be on the way out, an economist writes.
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WHO
WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protection against both unwanted pregnancy and STIs including HIV is called "dual protection" and condoms are the mainstay of dual protection.
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siliconindia
5 Future Cars to Hit the Roads
Next-generation automobiles packed with technology is about to arrive with digital instrumentation, augmented reality, health and wellness integration and more.
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Irish Times
Asian shares dip as Greek talks continue
Asian shares and the euro fell today as debt restructuring talks between Greece and its creditors dragged on, undermining sentiment, and investors sat tight ahead of US jobs data that will offer more clues on the health of the world's top economy.
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Telegraph
Daniel Radcliffe: 'my drinking was so bad I blacked out'
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor, has admitted that his excessive drinking was "unhealthy" and was "damaging" to his health.
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BBC
GP leaders turn back on NHS plans
The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.
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UN
For World Cancer Day, UN stresses early diagnosis to reduce mounting deaths
Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing the importance of screening programmes for healthy people to detect the disease promptly for easier treatment.
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Telegraph
Two dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot
Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt.
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Irish Times
Rabbi apologises for calling homosexuality an illness
AS THE chief rabbi of Amsterdam apologised for signing a declaration which described homosexuality as an illness, a new row has broken out in the Netherlands over a therapy promoted by a Christian mental health group to help homosexuals “repress their sinful urges”.
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National Post
Top dentists grossing $1M a year on First Nation reserves
Treating impoverished First Nations patients is surprisingly lucrative for dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1M a year from Health Canada, according to figures the National Post obtained
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National Post
How we assess stress
Jane Macdougall: It’s the most common mental health issue, so why is it so hard to measure?
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Times of India
NHRM scam: Sugar coated deal for a favorite few
After exposing the rot in national rural health mission (NRHM), office of comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has bared the anomalies in procedure adopted for sale of sugar mills in the state.
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People
Bruce Willis Urged Demi Moore to Seek Help
Before the health crisis, her ex-husband - and father of their daughters - reached out to the actress
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Rolling Stone
Decemberists Withdraw Support of Susan G. Komen Foundation
The Decemberists have withdrawn their fundraising support for the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation after the organization's decision to stop providing funding for Planned Parenthood The rockers have realigned themselves with Planned Parenthood's Breast Health Emergency Fund since Komen withdrew funding for breast cancer examinations on Tuesday Komen claimed...
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news.com.au
Tax sugar to combat health crisis - experts
EXPERTS in the US say sugar should be identified alongside alcohol and tobacco as a health danger, and governments should tax it.
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Reuters
Think you can't get pregnant? Try again, study says
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of women who said they'd been struggling to get pregnant for at least a year ended up having a baby despite not getting fertility treatment, in a new study from Australia.
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Daily Mail
Controversial yo-yo diets will not lead to an early death, reveals study (but rapid weight gain and loss is still not good for your health)
Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't 'yo-yo diet,' according to a new report.
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Entertainment Online
Ava Sambora Gets Her Cheer On Despite Mom Heather Locklear's Recent Health Scare
Ava Sambora knows an important rule of cheerleading: always keep a smile on!
The 14-year-old appeared to be in good spirits Tuesday, despite mom Heather Locklear's recent issues,...
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TechCrunch
Part Health Tracker, Part Q&A Community, WeSprout Looks To Bring Sanity To Parenting
Parenting is already an extremely hard job, let alone the myriad issues tired parents find in trying to track down the best local babysitter and daycare services, schools, and more. Meanwhile, the brain-melting technology that we see employed every day focuses mainly on photo sharing, friend finding, and money managing, but parents are often left holding the short end of the stick. This is acco...
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AP
In Mass. Senate race, GOP's Brown embracing Obama
BOSTON (AP) -- During the 2010 special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, then-candidate Scott Brown vowed to be the "41st" vote against President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul....
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Nikkei
Nippon Meat Beefing Up Health Food Materials Business |
The Nation
Shahbaz relinquishes 8 portfolios, retains health
LAHORE– Retaining provincial health ministry among others, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has relinquished eight ministries which he has devolved to other cabinet members, assistants and advisors without appointing any new minister. The chief minister has also changed portfolios of the ministers. Shahbaz has retained provincial Health Ministry defying a strong demand of ...
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The Nation
Shahbaz relinquishes 8 portfolios, retains health
LAHORE– Retaining provincial health ministry among others, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has relinquished eight ministries which he has devolved to other cabinet members, assistants and advisors without appointing any new minister. The chief minister has also changed portfolios of the ministers. Shahbaz has retained provincial Health Ministry defying a strong demand of ...
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The Nation
Shahbaz relinquishes 8 portfolios, retains health
LAHORE– Retaining provincial health ministry among others, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has relinquished eight ministries which he has devolved to other cabinet members, assistants and advisors without appointing any new minister. The chief minister has also changed portfolios of the ministers. Shahbaz has retained provincial Health Ministry defying a strong demand of ...
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Technology Review
iRobot Goes to the Hospital
But it's doing very, very well.
iRobot Corp., makers of the beloved Roomba (and a lot more), announced that it would be investing $6 million in InTouch Health, a telemedicine company operating in 80 hospitals around the world. Though $6 million represents just a minority stake in the company, it’s--needless to say--a substantial investment, and a strong expansion of a joint development and lice...
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Slashdot
In Small WV Town, Monsanto Faces Class-Action Suit Over Agent Orange Chemical
eldavojohn writes "Agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto is now at the receiving end of a lawsuit from representatives of anyone who lived in the small town of Nitro, WV from 1949 on. This suit alleges that Monsanto spread chemical toxins all over town — most notably the carcinogenic dioxins. The plant in question produced herbicide 2,4,5-T, which was used in Vietnam as an ingredient for ...
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FOX
Hall of Famer suing NFL over health problems |
Daily Telegraph
Not-so-healthy asylum bill
IMMIGRATION detainees made almost 60,000 doctor visits last year, pushing the cost of health care for asylum seekers to $120m a year.
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MarketWatch
Cardinal Health adj Q2 net 81c vs. 76c
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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Telegraph
Parents insure their pets before their children
Adults are more likely to protect the health of their pets than other family members.
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China Daily
Unhealthy food
Some food are just harmful to your health.
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New York Times
France Knew of Breast Implant Problems in 1996
Responding to a government report that cited weak oversight, the health authorities said they were not to blame for defective breast implants by Poly Implants Prothèses, which closed in 2010.
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New York Times
Personal Health: Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
The sedentary comforts of suburban expansion have fostered obesity, poor health, social isolation, excessive stress and depression.
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: A casino-for-hospital deal is a sucker bet
LAST SUMMER, WHEN Maryland state and local officials joined a university chancellor and health company executives in outlining a $600 million plan to build a critically needed hospital in Prince George’s County, no one breathed a word about gambling revenue. Now it turns out that the gaming industry, along with its legislative champions in Annapolis, was licking its chops.
Read full article &g...
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BBC
Sugar tax needed, say US experts
Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health experts.
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The Jerusalem Post
Sofo’s health Mac TA’s ‘elephant in the room’
With its big man ailing, yellow-and-blue face fellow 1-1 Cantu in critical Top 16 clash.
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Washington Post
At least 68 dead after Egypt soccer match
CAIRO — At least 68 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday night in one of the deadliest incidents in the country in recent history, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry.
Clashes broke out as fans streamed onto the field at a stadium at Port Said at the conclusion of a game between regional teams, the home town Al-Masry and Cairo’s Al-Ahly, according to news reports and w...
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Gizmodo
This Is NASA's Cancer-Sniffing Cellphone Sensor [Space Camp]
What if you could use your phone to test the air for toxins? What if you could monitor your health simply by blowing on it? Sounds amazing, right? Nanosensor technology developed by NASA Ames is going to make that a reality. More »
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Washington Post
Egypt: More than 70 killed following clashes after soccer game (video)
CAIRO -- At least 73 people were killed Wednesday in a rare outbreak of violence in an Egyptian port city, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry. It was one of the deadliest incidents in the country's recent history.
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TMZ
Don Cornelius -- No Suicide Note
Don Cornelius did not leave a suicide note at the home where he shot himself ... this according to multiple law enforcement sources. We have been told by numerous people today that Don's health problems plagued him for years ... and the pain had…
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Irish Times
25 dead in Egypt football violence
At least 25 people were killed and hundreds of others injured after asoccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said this evening, a health ministry official said.
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Times of India
Nitish Katara murder: Court seeks Vikas Yadav's health records
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought Nitish Katara murder convict Vikas Yadav's medical records from Tihar Jail authorities on a plea filed by the victim's mother.
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dlisted
Don Cornelius Has Passed Away
It's one thing to wake up to the news that Don Cornelius has strut up to heaven at the age of 75, but it's another hearing that you got there after he apparently committed suicide. And on the first day of Black History Month. Damn. Damn. Damn. TMZ says that police were called to Don's home in Sherman Oaks, CA early this morning after he allegedly shot himself in the head. Don was shortly...
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AP
Health insurer Aetna's 4Q profit jumps 73 percent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Health insurer Aetna Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 73 percent, as it continued to benefit from low use of health care and some key expenses fell....
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Mixed signs on China's health
TWO sets of China manufacturing data rose in January -- a mildly positive signal for the world's second-largest economy.
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USA Today
Military health care carrier hit with $10M fine
One of the Pentagon's major health care contractors has paid a $10 million fine to settle a Justice Department suit.
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Irish Times
Medical card delays
DESPITE INITIAL assurances from the Health Service Executive, Minister for Health James Reilly has now acknowledged that problems persist in the system used for processing medical card applications and renewals. And he stated last week that patients were the last people who should be “left in the lurch” as a result of these problems.
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Daily Mail
firms health cover
Hundreds of pounds could be snatched from pay packets when policies are renewed, as just one cancer claim at a company can cause premiums to skyrocket.
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Nature
The low-level nuclear threat
Europe is making a good start on learning about the health risks of low-dose radiation with a programme to share cold-war data and set research priorities. But the effort needs to be global.
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BoingBoing
Bowing to anti-abortion politics, breast cancer charity cuts funds for screenings at Planned Parenthood
Collateral damage in the abortion wars, and bad news for working class and low-income women who rely on Planned Parenthood clinics for breast cancer screening services: the Susan G. Komen Foundation is reportedly cutting funding to the women's health organization, in response to pressure from anti-women's health political groups. Washington Post has the dirty backstory. [...]
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AP
Mexico health sec: Swine flu way up after low year
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's federal health secretary says swine flu cases in January have surpassed the number for all of 2011, a year when the virus barely appeared worldwide....
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Washington Post
Rep. Dan Burton, Republican from Indiana, to retire
Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), who has faced a series of primary challenges in recent years, has decided not to seek a 16th term this year.
Burton, who began his congressional career in the 1960s, told members of the Indiana House on Tuesday that he’ll serve out his term but not run again, the Associated Press reported. The 73-year-old didn’t elaborate on his decision during his brief addre...
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WSJ
Governments Need Urgent Health Check
Government finances in many advanced economies are already ailing. But unless politicians grasp the urgency of health-care reform soon, public balance sheets could look far sicklier.
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Reuters
No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman
VIENNA (Reuters) - The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman of a U.N. scientific body investigating the effects of radiation said on Tuesday.
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American Scientist
Salad Industry on Hunt for Solution to Tainted Greens
Salinas, Calif. -- For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience. Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has rendered these greens squeaky clean and ready for dinner...from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)
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science blogs
Kommentar von Dr. Webbaer bei ""Kein zwingender wissenschaftlicher Grund für drastische Aktion"" (Geograffitico) am 31.01.2012
Interessant, man erfährt so auch am Rande, dass die angesehene APS das hier The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring.
If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now. in ihren Policies hat, beme...
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siliconindia
What is Homeopathy?
by Dr Nancy Malik
Homeopathy is non-toxic system of medical science originated in Germany by Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) (the founder and father of homeopathy medicine). He was M.D. in conventional medicine. He realised his own school of conventional medicine was not helping the patients and spent years researching on homeopathy medicine. The term “homoeop...
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IKRK
Iraq: improved rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in Nasiriya
The new Nasiriya physical rehabilitation centre opened today will treat 500 patients a year, providing them with artificial limbs and rehabilitation services. The ICRC has built the centre in coordination with the Iraqi health authorities.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Fear of scandals must not paralyze Ontarios health care reform
Ornge and eHealths scars will be visible to the public for some time
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Fear of scandals must not paralyze Ontarios health care reform
Ornge and eHealths scars will be visible to the public for some time
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Reuters
S&P may cut G20 nations as of 2015 on health costs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned it may downgrade "a number of highly rated" Group of 20 countries as of 2015 if their governments fail to enact reforms to curb rising health-care spending and other costs related to aging populations.
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WSJ
Leaner Pfizer Expects Clean Bill of Health
Since CEO Ian Read took over a little more than a year ago, Pfizer has shed billions of dollars in corporate flab. It may get a surprisingly clean bill of health at its annual checkup Tuesday morning.
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Daily Telegraph
Newton a no-show for court
ACTOR Matt Newton has avoided appearing in court on assault charges, with his lawyer saying the publicity puts his mental health at risk.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario proposes seamless health reforms in bid to cater to aging patients
Plan would see local health integration units assume more responsibility for family health care
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BBC
Plan to tackle tropical diseases
Politicians, health experts and drug companies have agreed a plan to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases over the next decade.
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APA-OTS
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New York Times
Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses
Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
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New York Times
Editorial: Birth Control and Reproductive Rights
The administration’s commitment to affordable birth control is welcome at a moment when women’s access to reproductive health care is under assault.
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Irish Times
Regulation of professional home carers recommended
THE HEALTH Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) should be given the power to set standards and regulate professional home care services, according to the Law Reform Commission.
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BBC
Tech is key to Philips' healing
Healing technology aids financial health
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Online mag offers less than 2c a word
A FREELANCE rate of $7 per article is not exploitation, according to a new online health publication.
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Mail & Guardian
Mugabe's ailing health spurring election push, says Tsvangirai
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe's health is the cause of Zanu-PF's push for early elections in Zimbabwe.
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Mail & Guardian
Health department recalls ANC centenary condoms
The Free State health department has recalled over a million condoms distributed for the ANC's centenary celebrations over quality concerns.
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Reuters
Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul can survive if the court declares unconstitutional the law's centerpiece provision requiring health coverage.
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Washington Post
How a search for the cheapest price on drugs led to a business idea
They say there are markets for everything, but health care has historically been a tough one to navigate. Prices for services and drugs vary widely among providers, and it’s often impossible to know the final cost of a medication until the prescription has already been filled.
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CNN
Apple's new chief blasts the New York Times
Calls the suggestion that his company doesn't care about the health and safety of workers in the supply chain he built "patently false and offensive"
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Fortune
Tim Cook blasts the New York Times' report on Apple's Chinese iPad factories
Calls the suggestion that his company doesn't care about the health and safety of workers in the supply chain he built "patently false and offensive"
Cook
Here's one thing that's changed since Steve Jobs died.
When Tim Cook, Apple's (AAPL) new CEO, thinks his company has been wronged by the media, he doesn't shrink from hitting back -- swiftly and in a way that he knows will quickly become publ...
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New York Times
Internet Criticism Pushes China to Act on Pollution
Under popular pressure, Chinese officials have begun to track the most pernicious measure of urban air pollution and promise to set new health standards and publish data on air pollution.
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Irish Times
HSE apologises for card delays
Minister for Health James Reilly has called for improvements to be made to the system used for issuing and renewing medical cards after reports of long delays for patients.
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Barrons
Apple Memo Pledges Not to ‘Turn a Blind Eye’ To Factory Abuses
Thursday’s New York Times featured a damning article about conditions in China’s tech factories that focused on Apple’s degree of responsibility. In case you missed it, Apple’s (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apparently sent an all-hands memo to Apple staff yesterday addressing alleged violations of health and safety at factories of suppliers, according to a post [...]
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Daily Telegraph
Breast implant company boss charged
THE founder of a French breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare has been charged with manslaughter.
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Los Angeles Times
Demi Moore: 911 call may come out missing the 'good parts'
Demi Moore's medical secrets are unlikely to be revealed if and when a tape of 911 call related to her recent hospitalization is released. Demi Moore was hospitalized Monday after friends called 911, with nitrous oxide rumored but not confirmed to be involved. She chose afterward to seek professional assistance for "exhaustion" and "her general health," her rep said.
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Times of India
Breast implant row: Firm’s boss arrested
French police on Thursday arrested Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP breast implant company that sparked a global health scare by using substandard silicone, as part of a manslaughter probe.
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Times of India
Dr Reddy’s Lab in trouble with regulator
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has run into trouble with the US health authorities again, this time for not highlighting important risk information on a promotional website for injectable generic fondaprinux sodium, a drug that it launched in the US recently.
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Barrons
Currencies Cause Headache For Renault, Nissan CEO
DAVOS, Switzerland—Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault SA (RNO.FR) and alliance partner Nissan Motor (NSANY), is excited about his companies prospects in Latin America, but currency volatility is giving him a headache. While the strength of the yen is causing problems for Nissan, Renault would benefit from a weaker euro, but only if the uncertainty [...]
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National Post
Faulty breast-implant CEO arrested, could be charged with manslaughter
Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who has sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with manslaughter, the public prosecutor in the city of Marseille said.
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Reuters
French breast implant boss arrested
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who has sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with...
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WSJ
Gates Injects $750 Million Into Fund
Bill Gates rode to the rescue of a beleaguered health fund by pledging $750 million to fight three of world's killer diseases.
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Mail & Guardian
Gates lends Global Fund a helping hand
Bill Gates has rescued a beleaguered health fund by pledging $750-million to fight three of world's killer diseases -- Aids, malaria and TB.
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Times LIVE
Gates pledges $750m to prop up health fund
Bill Gates is riding to the rescue of a beleaguered health fund by pledging $750 million to fight three of world's killer diseases.
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Times LIVE
Yvonne Chaka Chaka wins first WEF Crystal Award
Performer Yvonne Chaka Chaka became the first African woman to receive the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award for artists who improve the world through their work, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
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FT
French police arrest PIP implant boss
Jean-Claude Mas’s breast implant company Poly Implant Prothese sparked an international health scandal by using substandard silicon
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AP
Ohio orangutan gets newer birth control device
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to fit an orangutan with a newer brand of implanted birth-control device....
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The Jerusalem Post
EU gives €55.4m. to UN Palestinian refugee agency
UNRWA: EU's contribution "largest single donation to UNRWA"; money to finance education, health and social services.
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Entertainment Online
As Demi Moore Seeks Help, Pals Worry: "Demi's Been Through It All"
News that Demi Moore is seeking "professional assistance" for her health isn't music to anyone's ears, particularly her friends. Well, it is and it isn't.
"She is...
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WSJ
Global Health Fund Chief Steps Down
The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is stepping down ahead of schedule, following criticism of the organization's financial and management practices and some funding cutbacks.
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Daily Mail
Eusebio in good spirits as Portugal legend celebrates 70th birthday
Portugal legend Eusebio toasted his 70th birthday on Wednesday with a glass of wine after recovering from a recent health scare.
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Reuters
Demi Moore seeks help for exhaustion, health issues
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Demi Moore is seeking professional help to treat "exhaustion" and "overall health" issues, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, following her split late last year from husband of six years, Ashton Kutcher.
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Irish Times
Can Europe's ills be cured atop the magic mountain?
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: The setting for Thomas Mann’s novel of disease and decay is, a century on, a place where the health of the global economy is examined
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Reuters
Arsenic cancer risk still high decades later in Chile region
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People exposed to very high levels of arsenic in Chilean drinking water back in the 1950s and 60s are still showing a higher-than-normal risk of bladder cancer -- years after the arsenic problem was brought under control, a new study shows.
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Amnesty International
Egypt: Release of blogger Maikel Nabil is the end of a “cruel ordeal”
Headline Title:
Egyptian blogger released "months too late"
24 January 2012
The release of an Egyptian blogger and prisoner of conscience whose trial was flagrantly unfair comes months too late, Amnesty International said today. “The end of Maikel Nabil’s cruel ordeal at the ...
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USA Today
Peyton Manning opens up on Colts, health, and Rob Lowe
With his future in doubt, Manning says the current team environment is 'not a good place for healing' with all the changes in Indianapolis.
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AllThingsDigital
Amid Increasing Competition, Fitbit Scores $12 Million in Funding
Will the new funding help Fitbit get in shape for what's gearing up to be a tough competition in wearable fitness?
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APA-OTS
New Coalition Calls for More Effective Adult Immunisation Strategies During European Union's 2012 Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations =
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An expert group of European public health advocates and
professionals has
created a dedicated partnership entitled SAATI - Supporting
Active Ageing Through
Immunisation - to encourage comprehensive adult immunisation
policies in order to ...
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BBC
Suicide in India health-scam case
An accused suspect in a high-profile $2bn health scandal in India's Uttar Pradesh state commits suicide.
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APA-OTS
Das neue Online-Community-Magazin für alles, was Frauen täglich bewegt - BILD
Utl.: sunny7 - das neue Online-Community-Magazin mit Mehrwert jetzt
online =
Wien (OTS) - Das Online Community Magazin für Frauen www.sunny7.at
startet am 23. Jänner offiziell in Österreich mit den Rubriken
Family, Health, Beauty, Home und Business. Die Ausrichtung ist
international: ...
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FOXnews
Jay-Z's NYC nightclub shut down for violating health code
Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club was shut down for a slew of health-code violations just a day after its celebrity-drenched $10 million relaunch -- and now it faces a dreaded “C” grade, The Post has learned.
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AP
Spokesman: Paterno in serious condition
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno is in serious condition after experiencing health complications from lung cancer....
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National Post
Joe Paterno in serious condition
A family spokesman says former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who is battling lung cancer, is in serious condition after experiencing health complications
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New York Times
Administration Rules Insurers Must Cover Contraceptives
In ruling that health insurance plans must cover contraceptives for women without charge, the administration also rejected a broad exemption for employees of Roman Catholic hospitals, colleges and charities.
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Scientific American
Are Controls on Bird Flu Research a Good Idea?
Two scientists who independently concocted potentially dangerous strains of bird flu viruses—and have had the bioweapons community in a tizzy for the past month with the pending publication of their work—today said that they would suspend their research for 60 days. The announcement is intended to be a kind of time out, a chance for everyone to catch [...]
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Daily Mail
Champneys Tring in Hertfordshire, the perfect spot for a fit stop
Claire Gervat acts on one of her New Year's resolutions and enrols on a ‘get in shape’ crash course at one of the country’s plushest health resorts. Her goal was simple — to prepare for parading herself on a beach far, far away.
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Daily Mail
Stephen Hawking misses a second 70th birthday party in his honour because of ill health
The renowned physicist was due to attend a VIP reception last night at the Science Museum in London in honour of his birthday and celebrated work.
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APA-OTS
Das exklusive Gesundheitszentrum Lanserhof schafft bessere Atemluft mit dem ZIRBENLüfter. - BILD
Utl.: Im Lanserhof atmen die Gäste jetzt königlich =
Oberalm/Lans bei Innsbruck (TP/OTS) - Der Lanserhof in Lans bei
Innsbruck ist eines der besten Gesundheitshotels Europas und wurde
2011 bereits zum dritten Mal mit dem European Health and Spa Award
ausgezeichnet. Der Lanserhof überzeugt ...
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SI
Hall of Famer Carter's health takes turn for worse
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gary Carter's health has taken a turn for the worse.
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USA Today
Ailing James could join Wade on sideline vs. Lakers today
Add LeBron James to the growing list of Miami Heat health concerns, coming at a bad time with a game Thursday vs. the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Reuters
WebMD feared bids would be below its share price
(Reuters) - Popular health information website WebMD Health Corp said it called off talks to sell itself last week because it believed bidders thought it was worth less than its market value at the...
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amNY
Ex-senator Pedro Espada faces new charges
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada didn't just plunder federal money intended for his nonprofit health center, but he also lied about how much he took, according to new charges filed by Brooklyn federal prosecutors. The new indictment, returned late Tuesday by a federal grand jury, charges Espada with falsely claiming to the Health Resources and Services Administration th...
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Times LIVE
Implant boss says France recommending removals was 'criminal'
The founder of a French company at the heart of an international health scandal acknowledged on Wednesday that he had used unapproved silicone in breast implants, but said France’s recommendation for women to have them removed was “criminal”.
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USA Today
Nick Cannon talks health with Howard Stern
Nick chatted with Howard this morning and explained exactly what happened during his recent health scare.
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The Jerusalem Post
Anti-semitic stereotypes in Dutch paper spark anger
"The chosen people have to be perfect," wrote journalist Ilse van Heusden of childbirth in Israel’s health care system.
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The Sun
George is picture of health on holiday
SINGER looks well and truly on the mend after pneumonia that almost killed him
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The New Yorker
Anthony Lane: Ralph Fiennes’s “Coriolanus,” review.
One edition of “Coriolanus,” issued to German schools in 1934, likened Shakespeare’s hero, the Roman general Caius Martius Coriolanus, to the Führer. Coriolanus wishes to lead the people back to health, pupils were told, “just as Adolf Hitler in our days wishes to . . . (Subscription required.)
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USA Today
Bartiromo: JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon sees housing at bottom
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is optimistic and points to innovation in health care as a testament to America's strength and heft.
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Pravda
India free of Polio
The UNO's World Health Organization has congratulated India on taking important steps towards eradicating poliomyelitis. Once considered the world's epicentre of the disease, in 2011 India did not register a single case and if the pending samples taken prove negative, the country will be officially declared free of polio.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Paying it forward, and then some
Acts of kindness seen in younger years prompted Laurie Johnstons $1-million donation to Winnipeg health centres
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FT
JPMorgan Chase: banks need leverage
Retail and commercial banking are clearly plays on the health of the economy
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Bild
Nabelschnurbruch - Baby hat Organe außerhalb des Körpers
Diagnose Nabelschnurbruch: Als der kleine Hayes Davis auf die Welt kam, wuchs aus seinem Bauch eine sackähnliche Wucherung. Darin waren seine Bauchorgane! Foto: UT Health Science Center at Houston
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News.co.au
Divers wanted for Great Barrier Reef study
SCIENTISTS are calling for volunteer divers to help survey the health of a remote corner of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Reuters
GE ordered to defend lawsuit tied to 2008 crisis
(Reuters) - A federal judge refused on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit accusing General Electric Co and its chief executive of misleading investors about the conglomerate's financial health and exposure to risky debt during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Rolling Stone
Beyonce Hospital Complaints Dismissed by Health Officials
Complaints that Beyoncé and Jay-Z's luxury birthing suite at the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan led to mistreatment of other patients have been reviewed and dismissed by New York State health officials Patients had claimed that the superstar couple's security had kept them away from their children in the neonatal...
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science blogs
Ein Gesetz gegen "Open Science"? [Geograffitico]
Schande über mich. Bisher hatte ich die Diskussion um "Open Science" als eine verstanden, in der es darum geht, immer mehr Quellen akademischer Arbeit frei zugänglich zu machen, also immer mehr Paper, die bisher hinter einer (für Nichtmitglieder akademischer Institutionen meist unüberwindlich hohen) Paywall verbergen, für jedermann und -frau zu öffnen. So soll's ja idealer Weise auch s...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
New app puts health records at your fingertips
The Mihealth app will allow patients to carry a digital version of their health record with them at all times and ease communications with doctors and nurses
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FT
WebMD shares dive after chief resigns
US online health information company plunges by 30% after its chief steps down and it offers an unexpectedly weak earnings outlook
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FOCUS
Stalking-Statistik - Köln ist die Hauptstadt der Stalker
Köln ist dem Magazin "Men´s Health" zufolge die Hauptstadt der Stalker in Deutschland. Wer keine Lust auf Nachstellungen hat sollte demnach am besten nach Nürnberg ziehen.
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New York Times
With Health and Home Field, the Packers Like Their Chances
The Packers will open the playoffs healthy and at home, but their defense needs work.
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Irish Times
Venus withdraws from Aussie Open
Tennis:Former world number one Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for health reasons. The 31-year-old, a finalist in 2003, has not played a competitive match since pulling out of last of last year’s US Open in August after being diagnosed with Sjorgen’s Syndrome, an auto-immune disease.
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Daily Mail
Australian Open 2012: Venus Williams withdraws due to Sjogren's Syndrome
Seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for health reasons. The 31-year-old has not played a competitive match since pulling out of last of last year's US Open.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Health issue some men won't talk about
SILENCE about the impotence that affects half of all middle-aged men puts lives at risk.
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Krone
Diese Affenbabys haben Erbgut von sechs Elternteilen
Stammzellenforscher der Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) haben Rhesusaffen gezüchtet, die das Erbgut von sechs verschiedenen Elternteilen in sich tragen. Die Neugeborenen seien gesund und ganz normal, schreibt das Team um Shoukhrat Mitalipov im Fachjournal "Cell". Den Wissenschaftlern gelang es nach eigenen Angaben erstmals, Affen mit mehreren Eltern zu züchten - bei Mäusen war da...
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Telegraph
England first for purged Pakistan as they make their way along the long road to redemption
But England's opponents have some way to go before they can be given a clean bill of health.
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BBC
Ill Hawking misses birthday event
British scientist Stephen Hawking has had to miss a symposium to mark his 70th birthday because of ill health.
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Hoy
Eva Longoria explica la causa de su delgadez
Eva Longoria asegura, en la revista 'Health', que la causa de que esté más delgada es su trágico divorcio con el jugador de baloncesto Tony Parker. Según cuenta la actriz y modelo fue para ella probablemente el momento menos saludable que ha vivido.
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New York Times
British Clarification on Implant Scandal Leaves Women More Confused Than Ever
The government said there was still not enough evidence recommend routine removal, but allowed free replacement for some women who received the implants under the National Health Service.
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news.com.au
David Cameron slams 'Iron Lady' movie
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron attacked The Iron Lady for portraying Margaret Thatcher's declining mental health.
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BBC
Deadly mushrooms cooked by chef
The death cap mushrooms that killed two people in Australia were prepared by a chef for his co-workers, health officials say.
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The Nation
Opening session of Medicine & Dentistry class at SKMTH
LAHORE (PR) - Fatima Memorial Hospital held inaugural sessions for the class of 2012-2016 Medicine & Dentistry and Allied Health Science on January 3-4 respectively at Gen Attiq-ur-Rehman Auditorium on the FMH premises.
The FMS College of Dentistry welcomed its First Year BDS Class of 2011/2012 to its fold. Chairperson of Fatima Memorial Hospital and Founding President of NUR Foundation, .....
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Reuters
Steelers to sit Clark in Denver over health risks
(Reuters) - Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark will not play in Sunday's AFC wild card playoff game against the Denver Broncos because of health risks to him in the high altitude of Denver, the team said on Tuesday.
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Goal.com
Chelsea's John Terry takes legal action against Indian government over use of image on cigarette health warnings
The England captain has instructed solicitors to take action after a picture of his face was found to have been printed on anti-smoking warnings in the Asian country
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Los Angeles Times
Helping L.A.'s foster kids grow up
A new California law will allow young people to receive support until the age of 21, rather than forcing them to fend for themselves at 18.The average young person who "ages out" of the foster care system in Los Angeles County at age 18 goes on to use almost $13,000 worth of health, mental health, criminal justice and social services before his or her 22nd birthday. That is more than two years'...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Monuments vanish, power cut as metal thieves stalk Britain
Soaring prices and cash-in-hand scrap industry have led to a sickening epidemic affecting everything from public artwork to transport systems to health care
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BBC
VIDEO: Bed-nets 'working' in fight against malaria
The World Health Organisation says significant progress is being made against malaria thanks, partly, to a campaign of using insecticide-treated bed-nets.
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Technology Review
Prescription: Networking
Boston Medical Center is one of a relative few of U.S. hospitals that have managed to break down bureaucratic barriers to exchange electronic medical records with community health centers having different owners—a first step toward statewide and nationwide exchanges to improve health-care quality and reduce waste. Meg Aranow, the hospital’s chief information officer, and Andrew Ulrich, an emerg...
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Mail & Guardian
Queen visits Prince Philip after health scare
Queen Elizabeth has paid a visit to her 90-year-old husband in hospital as the UK's longest-serving royal consort recovered from minor heart surgery.
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Daily Telegraph
Chasing a Boxing Day bounce
AUSTRALIA and India enter the first Test in Melbourne with a clean bill of health and hopes of getting a Boxing Day bounce towards series success.
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The Nation
Medical camps for flood victims
CHUNIAN - The CPHR in collaboration with Hazara Public School & College set up medical camps in flood-hit areas of district Thatta. The victims in village 103 Mori and Pir Patho were provided with medical facilities to prevent or minimize spread of diseases. The Clinical & Population Health Researchs Emergency Coordinator Faiz Soomro, Dr Illyas Soomro and Programme Officer Amjad facili...
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Times of India
Hockey not at home in India
The FIH must surely have learned a few home truths about India, the 'home of field hockey'.
After having its fingers well and truly burned by attempting to nurse its ailing baby to health, the world body has brought upon itself untold vexation caused by the stand-off between two bodies (the IHF and HI) claiming sole administrative rights for the so-called national game. So much so that the 20...
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China Daily
Venus coming to Australian Open - tournament chief
Seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams will still play the Australian Open despite withdrawing from her scheduled warm-up tournament in New Zealand for health reasons, according to tournament director Craig Tiley.
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USA Today
Royal Caribbean ship fails health inspection
The Centers for Disease Control noted a number of problems with the line's Monarch of the Seas.
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USA Today
Penn State's Joe Paterno turns 85 today
For one day we can forget about how it all ended and the health battles ahead. Today we just say may you have many more.
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China Daily
Jennifer Lopez recalls health scare
Jennifer Lopez revealed she feared there was something wrong with her daughter when she discovered a lump on her head.
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The Nation
Zardari to unveil political strategy on 27th
KARACHI - Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naek, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad on Monday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi.President Zardari arrived from Dubai here late on Sunday night after staying for about 12 days in Dubai for medical check-up.According to reports, Senate Chairman as well as Sindh Chief Minister and Governor in...
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The Nation
Deadly Cairo clashes move into fourth day
CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian security forces clashed for a fourth straight day on Monday with protesters demanding an end to military rule as the death toll rose to 12, despite strong international criticism of the use of force.Two people were killed in dawn fighting in Cairos administrative heart as security forces swooped to remove the protesters, health ministry sources said. The clashes quickly ...
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Barrons
Getting Out Front
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Fund's Bruce Aronow is looking for what Wall Street analysts miss. Why he likes Catalyst Health Solutions.
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Orf
USA: Weniger Experimente an Schimpansen
Die wichtigste US-Einrichtung für medizinische Forschung will Experimente an Schimpansen ab sofort stark reduzieren. Der Chef der National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, erklärte seine Einrichtung wolle entsprechenden Empfehlungen des nicht-staatlichen Institute of Medicine (IOM) nachkommen.
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Technology Review
Kenya Has Mobile Health App Fever
Nairobi startup's health app surges; Safaricom gives subscribers links to experts for two cents a minute.
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The Nation
President Zardari warns of consequences if Article 47 imposed
President Asif Ali Zardari who is in Dubai for health reasons has said that he was absolutely fine but doctors are not allowing him for travelling. Talking to a senior Pakistani journalist on Friday, the president said that how could Article 47 of the Constitution be imposed on him as he was absolutely fine. If it is done, then my manifesto will be Aisay Dastoor ko Main Nahi Manta (I deny su...
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The Sun
Tyson Fury lifts lid on son's health scare
TYSON FURY has revealed the agony his family endured as his newborn battled for life in hospital
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Irish Times
Fletcher's career on line due to health issues
SOCCER:MANCHESTER UNITED have suffered another serious setback in their defence of the Premier League title amid fears at Old Trafford that Darren Fletcher’s career is on the line because of the health issues that have ruled him out for the season and left Alex Ferguson with a gaping hole in his midfield.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Magellan Health forecasts 2012 profit below estimates
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Magellan Health Services Inc
on Tuesday forecast a profit for the next year that
came in below market estimates.
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sueddeutsche
Männermagazin vergibt Titel: Jennifer Aniston ist "heißeste Frau aller Zeiten"
Jennifer Aniston ist vom amerikanischen "Men's Health" zur heißesten Frau aller Zeiten gewählt worden. Worüber sie sich vermutlich besonders freuen wird, sie hat sogar Erzrivalin Angelina Jolie hinter sich gelassen.
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The Jerusalem Post
Comptroller: Set medical equipment reuse policy
Health Ministry failure to reach decision over equipment reuse for 15 years could cost up to NIS 70 million, says State Comptroller.
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Technology Review
Box Sends Health Data Right to the Cloud
Qualcomm aims to integrate home-health monitoring devices, and give doctors easier access.
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Technology Review
This Box Sends Your Health Data Straight to the Cloud
Qualcomm aims to integrate home-health monitoring devices, and give doctors easier access.
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Reuters
Mugabe wins party vote but challenged by age, ill health
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was endorsed again by his party to stand for elections expected next year, but analysts say even for a veteran political survivor, the 87-year-old leader will find it harder to convince voters to extend his rule after 32 years in power.
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National Post
The Eye of the Storm helped director Fred Schepisi ‘learn about death’
The filmmaker behind Six Degrees of Separation and Roxanne doesn’t get into any details about his recent health problems, but he’s happy to talk about why he turned to Patrick White’s novel as a creative elixir
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Handelsblatt
Economy, Business & Finance: ANALYSE-FLASH: Lampe hebt Ziel für Symrise auf 22,50 Euro - 'Kaufen'
Das Düsseldorfer Bankhaus Lampe hat das Kursziel für Symrise nach deren Investorentag von 22,00 auf 22,50 Euro angehoben und die Einstufung auf "Kaufen" belassen. Seine positive Einschätzung des Aromen- und Duftstoffherstellers habe sich bestätigt, schrieb Analyst Heiko Feber in einer Studie vom Freitag. Vom Wettbewerb hebe sich Symrise in den Bereichen Life Essentials und Consumer Health ab, d...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Taking stock
CLIVE James's wit is in perfect condition even if his health is a bit wonky.
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Telegraph
Henry Winter: hold back the obituaries over the demise of Premier League after Champions League failures
Henry Winter: writing off the Manchester clubs and the health of the Premier League is sheer madness.
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Art Review
Blog post by Marta Graciela Bressi
Blog post by Marta Graciela BressiMerry Christmas and a wonderful 2012 year full of health and success.Sagrada FamiliaMy friends,Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo 2012 acompañado por salud y éxitosJoyeux Noël et une merveilleuse année 2012 pleine de santé et de succès.Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2012 year full of health and success.Hyvää joulua ja ihanaa 2012 täynnä terveyttä ja menestystä...
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Human Rights Watch
Yemen: Child Marriage Spurs Abuse of Girls and Women
Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to education, harms their health, and keeps them second-class citizens. The government of Yemen should set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to improve girls’ opportunities and protect their human rights.
(Beirut) – Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to ed...
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Telegraph
NHS computer farce to cost another £2bn
A US company contracted to provide IT technology for the National Health Service is set to receive a £2?billion extension despite the failed project being abandoned, it was claimed last night.
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Irish Times
'That's the thing about your death . . . it pulls in all your loved ones'
Writer and film directorSIMON FITZMAURICEfirst wrote of his experience of Motor Neurone Disease in this newspaper’s health supplement in April. After four years of living with the disease, he writes of his struggles and triumphs with life, and death, in that time
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Scientific American
New Flu Strain Makes Health Experts Nervous
A new variant of a flu virus that circulates in pigs has been jumping occasionally into people, providing a surprisingly early opportunity for public health officials to test out some of the lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic . [More]
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Reuters
Best Buy recalls iPhone battery cases over fire hazard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc is recalling about 32,000 Rocketfish battery cases for iPhones because of a fire hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.
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Salon
On “Weed Wars,” drug clichés go up in smoke
"I run a family business, and the business is cannabis," says Steve D'Angelo, a central character in Discovery's new series "Weed Wars" and the co-founder and executive director of Oakland's Harborside Health Center, which distributes medical marijuana to almost 100,000 customers. D'Angelo's matter-of-fact statement sums up the tone of this series, which treats the Harborside Heath Center as ju...
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Icahn says not aware of any sale of WebMD
NOV 30 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn,
the largest stakeholder in WebMD Health Corp, said he
was not aware of any discussions of a deal between the
healthcare information provider and a...
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New York Times
Books of The Times: ‘Holidays in Heck,’ by P. J. O’Rourke - Review
P. J. O’Rourke’s new book, “Holidays in Heck,” a sequel of sorts to 1988’s “Holidays in Hell,” is a collection of essays and observations about his health, travels and family.
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chinatechnews
Shanghai's Lenian.cn Gains Investment To Boost Online Healthcare Sales
Shanghai-based e-commerce company Lenian.cn has gained a CNY20 million infusion from an investment management company in Hangzhou, China. Founded in September 2010, Lenian.cn is an enterprise engaged in the sales of health products and professional health consulting services. The company has established a strategic partnership with Real Nutriceutical, a Hong Kong-listed health-related products ...
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DailyTech
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity: So Far, So Good
After launching Saturday, MSL is in good health and ready to continue its long journey to Mars
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USA Today
'Twilight' may be hazardous to your health
The latest installment of the vampire saga could cause seizures.
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Reuters
Probe widens in buttocks-enlargement case
MIAMI (Reuters) - More alleged victims are coming forward in the case of a Florida resident accused of injecting "super glue" and flat-tire repair materials into the buttocks of a woman in a botched illegal cosmetic surgery procedure, the Florida Department of Health said on Tuesday.
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AP
Baseball contract limits tobacco use
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought....
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Reuters
Text-message bullying becoming more common
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A growing number of U.S. kids say they have been picked on via text messaging, while there has been little change in online harassment, researchers reported Monday.
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Barrons
The Strongest Hospital Stocks
Credit Suisse says Universal Health Services is a top pick in the sector.
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Reuters
Analysis: Easy loans now a burden for China solar firms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Generous state bank loans to Chinese solar companies, a bone of contention for their Western counterparts, are threatening the financial health of the firms, as they grapple...
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CNN Money
Health sector, AARP target super committee
As the clock is ticking for the super committee to make some $1.2 trillion in cuts, companies and groups are spending more to influence what's on the chopping block.
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Science News
Babies may benefit from moms’ lasting melancholy
Stable emotional conditions before and after birth key in infants’ health
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AP
Theft of data on 4M patients part of wider problem
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The theft of a computer containing information on more than 4 million patients of a major Northern California health care provider may be among the largest breaches of health care data in recent years, but it's far from the only incident of its kind....
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exchnage4media
Zee creates $250 mn content development fund for wellness network, Veria Living
The $250 million fund has been earmarked for development, production, co-production and acquisition of high quality, multimedia health and wellness programming as Veria Living prepares for January 2012 re-branding.
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National Post
Blackwell on Health: Study finds out who comes to work sick
A new Canadian study has some interesting findings about who is most guilty of showing up at the office or factory sneezing, coughing and generally sharing their germs with all comers
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BnAmericas
Insurance - Regional - PALIG expects recently acquired MetLife assets to be accretive in 1H13
The recent acquisition of certain MetLife (NYSE: MET) assets in Central America and the Caribbean will be accretive to the earnings of the acquirer, US life and health insurer Pan-American Life Insura...
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Times LIVE
Straining under welfare's weight
Sunday Times Editorial: The launch of the National Health Insurance plan has taken South Africa another step down the road to becoming a welfare state that seeks to redistribute resources from its tax base to a population which faces dimming job opportunities.
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USA Today
Supreme Court will hear Obama health care case this term
The Supeme Court said it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Obama health care plan by March of next year.
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Salon
When the recession breeds kitchen creativity
Nicole’s appearance does nothing to dispel my fear. She’s lean and healthy-looking, and her intense blue eyes feed my suspicion that I’m in the clutches of a health fanatic. I contacted Nicole because I’d heard good things about her date chèvre truffles and her pork tamales. For some reason, it never occurred to me that truffles and tamales could be part of a health agenda; I’d already committe...
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The Sun
Liam Gallagher 'nutty' rap
SINGER blasted by a mental health charity for calling bipolar pop star Adam Ant 'nutty'
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Zeit
Elektro: Siemens streicht Stellen im Gesundheitssektor
München (dpa) - Der Siemens-Konzern plant aufgrund des Kostendrucks in den Gesundheitssystemen zahlreicher Länder Stellenstreichungen in seinem Geschäftssektor Health Care. Der Abbau von Arbeitsplätz...
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USA Today
Joint ills prompt pope's use of mobile platform at St. Peter's
The papal health watch is underway -- again. Pope Benedict XVI has reached the age when John Paul II was at his death in April 2005, and every ...
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USA Today
New Haiti cholera campaign faces tough questions
Haiti's two most prominent health care organizations are preparing a new assault on the country's deadly cholera epidemic.
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Science News
A Spitting Image of Health
How saliva can help doctors diagnose disease
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Science News
Science & the Public: Infected bats can recover . . . with lots of help
Unfortunately, there aren’t enough people to nurse more than a tiny number back to health.
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People Daily
Astronauts being prepped as space station nears
A research project to train astronauts and study their ability to endure space missions has been launched as the country gears up for the launching of two unmanned space modules later this year, aimed at future space dockings.
The research looks into the impact of prolonged stays of astronauts in conditions of zero gravity, rapid day and night shifts, and limited living quarters, so as to gu...
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China Daily
A fishy business
The fall from grace of 'health godmother' Ma Yueling highlights the fraudulent practices of a number of self-declared health gurus.
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National Post
Canada's economic indicators point higher
A key barometer of Canada’s economic health advanced more than expected last month, led by the manufacturing sector
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Foreign Policy
Russia considers new Internet filtering technology
According to this article published on a Russian news-site Inbox.ru, Russia has moved one inch closer to the China-style system of filtering the Web. Russia's Ministry of Communications has urged ISPs to start filtering "negative" Internet content in places that provide public access to the Internet (think cafes, libraries, etc). Such filters have already been planned to be installed in Russian...
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Technology Review
Blood Test Offers More Accurate Picture of Health
A Seattle company is developing rapid tests for thousands of proteins.
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# |
Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 175.423 |
| 2 | India | 126.828 |
| 3 | China | 78.645 |
| 4 | Germany | 30.162 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 29.539 |
| 6 | France | 17.780 |
| 7 | Russia | 15.835 |
| 8 | Turkey | 14.770 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 13.835 |
| 10 | Mexico | 12.690 |
| 11 | Japan | 12.030 |
| 12 | Canada | 11.640 |
| 13 | Italy | 10.830 |
| 14 | Poland | 10.285 |
| 15 | Australia | 9.532 |
| 16 | Pakistan | 7.090 |
| 17 | Spain | 5.561 |
| 18 | Argentina | 5.439 |
| 19 | Philipines | 5.250 |
| 20 | Sweden | 4.860 |
| More Countries >> |
# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | Dainik Jagran | 22.000 |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar | 17.600 |
| 3 | CNN Editions (International) | 14.000 |
| 4 | CNN | 12.000 |
| 5 | HUANQIU SHIBAO (GLOBAL TIMES) | 8.400 |
| 6 | Times of India | 7.500 |
| 7 | Aajtak TV | 7.000 |
| 8 | Anandabazar Patrika | 6.800 |
| 9 | ORT – Channel One | 6.100 |
| 10 | foxnews | 6.000 |
| 11 | PTV News | 5.500 |
| 12 | Bild | 5.450 |
| 13 | Dinakaran | 5.000 |
| 14 | IBN live | 4.900 |
| 15 | zee news | 4.800 |
| 16 | BBC News | 4.500 |
| 17 | Chutian Dushi Bao & Hubei Ri Bao | 4.480 |
| 18 | sina.com.cn | 4.400 |
| 19 | People's Daily (Renmin Ri Bao) | 4.000 |
| 20 | MSNBC | 4.000 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 301.236 |
| 2 | Chinese | 79.605 |
| 3 | Hindi | 55.600 |
| 4 | German | 35.762 |
| 5 | Spanish | 35.064 |
| 6 | French | 21.718 |
| 7 | Russian | 16.245 |
| 8 | Turkish | 14.410 |
| 9 | Indonesian | 13.835 |
| 10 | Japanese | 12.030 |
| 11 | Italian | 10.750 |
| 12 | Polish | 10.285 |
| 13 | Tamil | 9.900 |
| 14 | Bengali | 6.800 |
| 15 | Swedish | 4.860 |
| 16 | Norwegian | 4.241 |
| 17 | Malayalam | 4.000 |
| 18 | Arabic | 3.480 |
| 19 | Czech | 3.422 |
| 20 | Romanian | 3.265 |
| More Languages >> |
# |
Lists |
| 1 | Global Issues |