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Calcium Supplements Linked to Heart Attacks - Los Angeles Times CBC.ca Calcium Supplements Linked to Heart Attacks Los Angeles Times Some researchers are convinced that calcium supplements not only provide no benefit for post-menopausal women, but that they can even be harmful, increasing the risk of heart attacks by nearly a third. Millions of post- menopausal women take calcium ... Calcium Supplements May Carry Heart Attack RiskABC News Study: Calcium May Increase Heart Attack RiskWebMD Calcium supplements boost myocardial infarction riskFood Consumer The Money Times -AOL News -Medical News Today all 239 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:34 GMT+00:00 Rare Disease Carried By Mosquitoes Kills Infant - FOXNews Central Florida News 13 Rare Disease Carried By Mosquitoes Kills Infant FOXNews TAMPA, Fla. — Gulf coast health officials are urging residents to use mosquito repellant after two people died of Eastern equine encephalitis this month. On Thursday, Hillsborough County health officials elevated an advisory first issued in April to an ... Michigan Horses Found Positive for Eastern Equine EncephalitisTheHorse.com Kalamazoo Co. man sickened by EEEWOOD-TV Update on West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine EncephalitisHolmes County Times Advertiser Tampabay.com -Tbo.com -ABC Action News all 67 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:12:41 GMT+00:00 Geron rallies on FDA move; Merck slides - MarketWatch Geron rallies on FDA move; Merck slides MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Geron Corp. shares rallied early Friday on news that the US Food and Drug Administration is allowing the company to proceed with the world's first clinical study to test an ... Geron Rallies As FDA Lifts Hold On Stem-Cell TherapyWall Street Journal Geron rallies as FDA green lights stem cell studyMarketWatch FDA Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using PatientsNew York Times (blog) Genetic Engineering News -San Jose Business Journal -Scientist (blog) all 26 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:27:45 GMT+00:00 Actos, Avandia Linked to Fractures: Study - AboutLawsuits.com TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Actos, Avandia Linked to Fractures: Study AboutLawsuits.com According to new research published this month in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, older women taking Actos or Avandia were found to have a higher rate of bone fractures. Researchers found that the use of Avandia and Actos was far ... More Evidence Links Fractures to Diabetes DrugsWebMD TZD Use Linked to Fracture Risk in Women 50 and OlderMedPage Today Did Actos Act Correctly?DTC Perspectives Magazine Gossip Jackal -KYTX -Live in the Now all 40 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:29 GMT+00:00 Andy Griffith's New Role: Pitching Health Care Law - ABC News Center For American Progress Andy Griffith's New Role: Pitching Health Care Law ABC News AP Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. The TV star — whose role as sheriff of Mayberry made him an enduring symbol of small-town American values ... Medicare Turns 45Talk Radio News Service Five plead guilty in massive Medicare fraudSouth Florida Business Journal Medicare Becomes Law: Wake-Up VideoMTV.com St. Louis Post-Dispatch -Wall Street Journal -Houston Chronicle all 55 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:42 GMT+00:00 One in five Californians say they need mental health care - Los Angeles Times News Fire One in five Californians say they need mental health care Los Angeles Times Almost 5 million California adults say they could use help with a mental or emotional problem, according to a survey released Wednesday by researchers at UCLA. About 1 million of them meet the criteria for "serious psychological distress. ... Survey: One out of Five Californians Report Need for Mental Health HelpCalifornia Healthline People more likely to seek mental health care when insuredUSInsurance Online.com Ochsner Health: Gulf oil spill spikes mental illness reportsBizjournals.com Connaught Telegraph -San Jose Mercury News -UPI.com all 52 news articles » Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:40:47 GMT+00:00 Another Infant Dies of Whooping Cough in California - FOXNews Gossip Jackal Another Infant Dies of Whooping Cough in California FOXNews SAN DIEGO, Calif. — San Diego County health officials say a month-old baby boy has died of whooping cough. The death reported Thursday marks at least the seventh infant to die of whooping cough this year in California. The San Diego County Health and ... Public Urged to Get Whooping Cough VaccineKPBS Seventh Infant Death Related to Whooping Cough Hits CaliforniaGossip Jackal Whooping cough cases on the riseWKOW-TV.com USA Today -msnbc.com -KPSP Local 2 all 156 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:34:13 GMT+00:00 New insurance pool set up for Kansans with pre-existing conditions - Kansas City Star Modesto Bee New insurance pool set up for Kansans with pre-existing conditions Kansas City Star AP HUTCHINSON, Kan. | Kansas officials are taking applications for a new insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions who can't get other insurance coverage. The state is taking applications to determine how many people would be interested in ... 1-in-5 Californians without health insuranceSan Jose Mercury News Health Policy ResearchKaiser Health News More Women to Get Health Insurance Under Affordable Care ActMSN Health & Fitness Los Angeles Times -CNSNews -San Francisco Chronicle all 130 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:02:12 GMT+00:00 Add Dental Coverage Subsidy to Reform Law: It's a Bargain! - BNET (blog) Add Dental Coverage Subsidy to Reform Law: It's a Bargain! BNET (blog) Ken Terry, a former senior editor at Medical Economics Magazine, is the author of the book Rx For Health Care Reform. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) doesn't do much to help people who don't have dental insurance. ... and more » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:01:41 GMT+00:00 Hands-Only CPR Works Just As Well As Mouth-To-Mouth - CBS News Brisbane Times Hands-Only CPR Works Just As Well As Mouth-To-Mouth CBS News AP (CBS/AP) If a stranger passed out on the sidewalk in front of you, how likely would you be to administer mouth-to-mouth? In our age of no-touch faucets in public bathrooms and special disinfectant wipes for grocery store carts, you wouldn't be alone ... Compression CPR Found EffectiveLos Angeles Times Studies: CPR Without Rescue Breathing OKWebMD During CPR, Locking Lips May Not Be NecessaryNPR U.S. News & World Report -CNN -Voice of America all 558 news articles » Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:47:10 GMT+00:00