10.26.07
It is true that we have drugs with which we can diminish or increase the
number of heart beats per minute, dilate or contract the pupils of the
eye, check or stimulate the secretion of mucus, sedate or irritate the
nervous system, etc
It is true that we have drugs with which we can diminish or increase the
number of heart beats per minute, dilate or contract the pupils of the
eye, check or stimulate the secretion of mucus, sedate or irritate the
nervous system, etc., but all that is accomplished is temporary
stimulation or sedation, and such juggling does not cure. The practice
of medicine is today what it has been in the past, largely experiment
and guess-work.
 Albany Times Union |
As I see it: Susan McLoughlin on health insurance
Kansas City Star, MO - By Susan McLoughlin I am glad to see that so many people in the Kansas City community have responded to the current child health insurance debate, … House Passes Health Bill but Gains No Republican Votes Hodes votes for revised children's health plan  Comment by Congressman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) House Republican Whip |
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Health Officials Say Student Who Died Had Drug-Resistant Staph …
New York Times, United States - By WINNIE HU and SARAH KERSHAW New York City health officials said yesterday that a Brooklyn middle school student who died on Oct. 14 had become infected … Staph infection kills 12-year-old Brooklyn boy Schools vary on reporting staph infections Comment by Nina Shik, RN, MSN, ARNP, CIC Infection Control Mgr, Univ. of Kansas Hospital |
 KPIC |
White House defends 'health benefits' of climate change
AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) The White House on Thursday defended its prediction that climate change would bring some "health benefits" to humans, a forecast unlikely … Scientists Denounce Global Warming Report 'Edits' Concern Grows About Health Risks Posed by Climate Change Comment by Steve Milloy Publisher, JunkScience.com |
 BBC Bulgaria |
US House defies Bush, backs new kids health bill
Reuters - By Donna Smith WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The US Congress and President George W. Bush headed for a fresh showdown over children's health care on … Bush will veto children's health bill in US House Democrats set up fresh veto fight House ready to retest Bush's veto clout on children's health bill |
 The Money Times |
Connecticut concerned about FBI raid on health care provider
Newsday, NY - Connecticut officials are contacting managed health care companies to see if they can cover more than 35000 needy children and some parents in case a … UPDATE 1-WellCare plunges as much as 61 percent amid probe WellCare shares plunge on Fed raid Conn. Concerned About WellCare Raid |
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Doctors call for rural health focus
ABC Online, Australia - The Rural Doctors' Association says the New South Wales north-coast and other regional areas would benefit from a rural health obligation by both major … Roxon to attend rural health forum Doctors demand rural health improvements |
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AMA report shows Victoria starved of health funds
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - The AMA's annual report on the health of the nation's hospitals found hospital capacity had been cut by 60 per cent in the past 20 years. … AMA condemns govts for public hospital system Govt won't give extra funds to hospital Hospitals in poor health, medics say |
 Earthtimes |
Health Highlights: Oct. 25, 2007
Washington Post, United States - The way the H5N1 bird flu virus binds to the respiratory tract and lungs suggest that children may be especially susceptible to bird flu, say Australian and … UN hails Asian transparency over bird flu FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments |
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Harvard Pilgrim ranked top health plan in nation
Boston Globe, United States - By Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff | October 26, 2007 Each of the state's top four nonprofit health plans took high honors in an annual ranking of health … Maine inks contract for health program |
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Biden and Kucinich Outline Health Care Plans
New York Times, United States - By Ariel Alexovich A pair of Democratic presidential candidates sketched out two very different plans to reform health care at forums sponsored at the … Biden discusses health care Kucinich details health-care policy Single-Payer Health System Only Solution to Health Care Crisis … |
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