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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

Health care workers next in line for swine flu vaccine

Health care workers are the next target group to receive the vaccine for the H1N1, or swine flu, virus. Workers in doctor and dentist offices and nursing homes should contact the Green River District Health Department to set up an appointment to receive
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

Flu shot lines easing, but vaccine shortage looms

Ontario received about 700,000 doses per week of the vaccine, but now it is only getting about 170,000 doses, said Hamiltons associate medical officer of health Dr. Nith Tran. Hamilton has only received about 81,500 doses of the vaccine, far less than is
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Danny Hauser finishes his cancer treatment

Cancer treatments ended Friday morning for Danny Hauser, the 13-year-old farm boy from Sleepy Eye, Minn., whose medical care was supervised by a judge after Danny fled the state with his mother last spring to avoid chemotherapy. "He's one happy boy now,"
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:19:00 GMT

TORONTO - Ontario hospitals that are allowing their board members to jump the queue for the swine flu vaccine must stop the practice immediately, Health Minister Deb Matthews warned Friday.

Board members are not health-care workers and should not be given the shot unless they fall into one of the other five priority groups set out by the province, health officials added. 'It just isn't right that a six-year-old has to wait and someone else
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

Dr. Charles Shepherd Updates His Advisory on Swine Flu & the Vaccine...

For weeks, Dr. Charles Shepherd, Medical Adviser of The ME Association (www.meassociation.org.uk), has been adding to and revising a very informative Q&A for ME/CFS patients on issues regarding swine flu and the flu vaccine). Version 5 of the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

How to Find Information on Availability of H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Vaccine

The Harvard School of Public Health reported Nov 6 that their national survey found 70% of adults who've tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so; and 49% of those who tried to find information about
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

HIV-positive mums to get drug boost

A new treatment programme for HIV-positive mothers will be introduced to the universal healthcare scheme to reduce mother-to-child transmission. The treatment is based on a recent study which found a combined anti-retroviral drug treatment is more
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

First Swiss children receive swine flu vaccine

The first H1N1 vaccinations of children with underlying health problems have begun in canton Solothurn in north west Switzerland. Doctors injected the anti-flu vaccine Focetria on Saturday, as reported by Swiss public television. "It is mainly children
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Emergent PCI an Option for AMI Due to Left Main Disease

Despite being associated with high mortality risk, emergent angioplasty appears to be a viable option for treating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) due to unprotected left main disease. Predictors of in-hospital mortality are cardiogenic shock and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Area agencies offer free flu vaccine [The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio]

Nov. 7Public health agencies throughout the region are offering free H1N1 influenza vaccines at several community clinics for people at risk of complications from the flu. The Summit County Health District has scheduled 12 clinics at area schools this
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Troops' mental health in spotlight

After an army psychiatrist killed 13 people at a US military base in Texas, concerns are being raised about the mental health of the military staff. Families of soldiers at the Fort Hood base say Thursday's shootings are just a symptom of a much wider
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:43:00 GMT

A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to 23 in Turkey

(Beijing Time) Xinhua English ANKARA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey reported two more influenza A/H1N1 death cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll of the novel flu to 23, Turkish Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry said in a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

A Review of Four Approved Swine Flu Vaccines’ Ingredients

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I'm not anti-vaccines, but rather pro vaccine-safety. That means, I strongly believe that we should only inject substances into our bodies, and especially into the bodies of infants and the unborn, that have
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:26:00 GMT

CMS Issues Interim Final Rule for 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Medicare Physician Fee Update: House Bill Aims for Fundamental Fix With 2010 Kickoff

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Focus On: Health Care Reform: House Bill Makes Major Medicare Cuts But Backs New Payment Models to Reward Quality

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Medicare Claims Advisory: Interest Rate Drops for Overpayments, Underpayments

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Medicare Claims Advisory: Changes in Billing Modifiers for Advance Beneficiary Notices

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases

WASHINGTON, Nov 06: Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday. Having too much body fat causes nearly half the cases of
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:19:00 GMT

H1N1 flu vaccine clinics continue for pregnant women

Franciscan Skemp will continue to give pregnant women H1N1 flu shots today, while Gundersen Lutheran will start offering the vaccine Monday. Appointments for pregnant Franciscan Skemp patients are still available today at the Onalaska clinic, open from 9
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:14:00 GMT

Flu death toll rises to 109 in Ukraine

Home > World > CIS Baku – APA. 762 835 people were infected with serious respiratory virus in Ukraine, said the chief sanitary doctor of the country Alexander Bilovol, APA reports quoting UNIAN. 32 AH1N1-infected people were identified so far and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

A H1N1 flu vaccine supply recovering

(The Augusta Chronicle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The supply of vaccine against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus is slowly but progressively growing, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to 23 in Turkey

ANKARA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey reported two more influenza A/H1N1 death cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll of the novel flu to 23, Turkish Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry said in a statement that the latest
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:07:00 GMT

Delayed Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients in Integrated Delivery Systems

Heather Taffet Gold, PhD; Soe Soe Thwin, PhD; Diana S. M. Buist, PhD, MPH; Terry S. Field, DSc; Feifei Wei, PhD; Marianne Ulcickas Yood, DSc, MPH; Timothy L. Lash, DSc; Virginia P. Quinn, PhD; Ann M. Geiger, PhD; and Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Stigma about mental health needs to be addressed - PM

The stigma about mental ill-health is still an issue not only as a social context but possibly also at an administrative level, the Prime Minister said yesterday. The root cause of the stigma is fear and lack of education. “We need to continue
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:59:00 GMT

Investigators Seek to Turn Back the Clock in the Aging Immune System

Source: American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Newswise — Investigators discover cellular mechanisms that may impact the decline of both innate and adaptive immune functions that increase the susceptibility to various infectious
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:52:00 GMT

Researchers Present Investigational Findings on Allergic Diseases

Source: American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Newswise — Researchers are unveiling new data on investigational findings in nearly 450 abstracts on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases at the ACAAI Annual Meeting in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:52:00 GMT

Daily News: Vision Loss Concerns with New Anti-Seizure Medication

Sabril (vigabatrin) oral solution was recently approved by the FDA in liquid form for the treatment of infantile spasms in children ages 1 month to 2 years. It is the first drug in the U.S. approved to treat this severe, often debilitating disorder
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:52:00 GMT

Fifth swine flu-related death in Serbia

An elderly man died in the Niš Infective Clinic from complications arising from swine flu, health expert Branislav Tiodorović said. Tiodorović, a member of the government’s working group for following the pandemic, confirmed that this was the fifth
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Glaxo sole supplier of flu vaccine to Saudi

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is currently Saudi Arabia's sole supplier of an H1N1 flu vaccine but the kingdom may include other firms for the supply of a nationwide inoculation campaign, the health ministry said. Saudi Arabia's vaccination campaign
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT