Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Reuters – By 2034, nearly twice as many Americans will have diabetes and spending on the disease will triple, further straining the U.S. health system and testing the viability of Medicare and other government health insurance programs, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
AP – Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.
Reuters – Singer Bob Dylan reminisces about Christmas past, turkey dinners and his favorite holiday songs in a rare interview in a magazine for homeless people.
AP – Rom Houben’s mother remembers her son’s amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
Reuters – A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama’s proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation.
AP – The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease.
AFP – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua was convalescing in a Saudi hospital on Thursday after what his spokesman said earlier this week were “follow-up medical checks”, a hospital official said.
AFP – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua was convalescing in a Saudi hospital on Thursday after what his spokesman said earlier this week were “follow-up medical checks”, a hospital official said.
Melbourne: Australian cricket fans are worried that the billion-dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) will emerge as the biggest threat to the health of international cricket in the near future.Participating in a survey, they surprisingly also supported the one-day international format, but
AP – President Barack Obama’s top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.