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Expert Panel: Cell Phones Might Cause Brain Cancer - WebMD

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:15 PM PDT

New York Times (blog)

Expert Panel: Cell Phones Might Cause Brain Cancer WebMD May 31, 2011 -- The expert panel that evaluates cancer risks today said that cell phones might possibly cause brain cancer. The announcement comes from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). ... Cellphones Possibly Linked To Cancer Risk In Human, World Health OrganizationMedical News Today Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogenicLos Angeles Times Cell Phones Possibly Carcinogenic, WHO SaysMedscape AFP -New York Daily News -York Daily Record all 1,282 news articles »

Cholesterol drug fails to curb heart condition - Times of India

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Los Angeles Times

Cholesterol drug fails to curb heart condition Times of India NEW DELHI: In a major trial, a drug used globally and also in India to raise cholesterol levels in the body has failed to show protection against heart disease. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that the study of cholesterol drug ... Niacin-and-statin trial raises bigger questions about cholesterolLos Angeles Times EULAR: Statin Cuts Lipids in RA With Tofacitinib TxMedPage Today Benefits of drugs raising HDL (good) cholesterol found questionable | GustafsonPNW Local News Barron's -ConsumerReports.org -AsiaOne all 41 news articles »

US cuts premiums for high-risk health plan - Reuters

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT

WIVB

US cuts premiums for high-risk health plan Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Premiums for new federal health insurance plans that cover high-risk people with pre-existing conditions will drop by as much as 40 percent, federal health regulators said on Tuesday. The insurance plans were created by President ... In Florida, insurance premiums for adults with pre-existing conditions drop up ...MiamiHerald.com HHS on PCIP: Yes, We Need AgentsNational Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News HHS alters premiums, eligibility for those with pre-existing conditionsCMIO U.S. News & World Report -The Associated Press -ConsumerReports.org all 331 news articles »

Studies Refute Virus' Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:02 PM PDT

WTNH

Studies Refute Virus' Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome U.S. News & World Report TUESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- A virus identified two years ago as a possible cause of chronic fatigue syndrome now turns out not to be the culprit, new research says. Experts say it's a major setback in the effort to understand ... Mouse virus doesn't cause chronic fatigue: reportsReuters Doubts Rise Over Virus As Cause Of Chronic Fatigue SyndromeNPR (blog) Chronic-Fatigue Paper Called Into QuestionWall Street Journal CBS News -About - News & Issues -ThirdAge all 294 news articles »

FDA to look at blood clot risk from drospirenone - Reuters

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:37 PM PDT

MSN Philippines News

FDA to look at blood clot risk from drospirenone Reuters BANGALORE (Reuters) - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is reviewing results from two studies that showed there is a higher risk of blood clots in women taking birth control pills containing the compound drospirenone. ... Birth-Control Pills Face Safety ReviewWall Street Journal US reviews birth control pill safety over clot riskAFP Questions and Answers – Ongoing safety review of birth control pills ...Bioscience Technology AboutLawsuits.com -Best Syndication -eNews Park Forest all 24 news articles »

Stress May Not Raise MS Risk - WebMD

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

International Business Times

Stress May Not Raise MS Risk WebMD May 31, 2011 -- Leading a stressful life isn't likely to raise the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. Researchers say exposure to stress has long been suspected to play a role in aggravating ... Stress might not up the risk of developing multiple sclerosisBaltimore Sun (blog) Stress doesn't raise risk of MS: studyReuters (CBS) Does psychological stress cause multiple sclerosis?CBS News MedPage Today -USA Today -HealthNews all 58 news articles »

Is someone snooping your health records? New rule will tell you who - msnbc.com

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Care2.com (blog)

Is someone snooping your health records? New rule will tell you who msnbc.com Ever wonder if someone at the doctor's office or hospital has been snooping through your health care records? A new federal health care rule could tell you. Health care patients will have a broad new tool to keep their personal ... Expanded Access to HIPAA Info Would Expand Doc's Work, TooMedPage Today HHS proposes privacy rule on medical recordsReuters Health-Record Vendors Led by GE May Gain From US Privacy RulesBloomberg New York Times -iHealthBeat -Becker's Hospital Review all 24 news articles »

In shift, feds target top execs for health fraud - Salt Lake Tribune

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Fox News

In shift, feds target top execs for health fraud Salt Lake Tribune AP Washington • It's getting personal now. In a shift still evolving, federal enforcers are targeting individual executives in health care fraud cases that used to be aimed at impersonal corporations. ... In shift, feds target top execs for health fraudSalon Who's responsible for health-care fraud?Washington Post (blog) In Shift, Feds Target Top Execs For Health FraudNPR Deseret News -Lez Get Real all 281 news articles »

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Posted: 30 May 2011 09:44 PM PDT

China Stock News: Power Shortages And Interest Rates

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:56 PM PDT

China's Drought A Drag On Inflation

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:25 PM PDT

China Venture: 'It's Great To Have A Bubble'

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Hong Kong Billionaire Raises Stake In Fashion Retailer

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:00 AM PDT

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Afghan president warns NATO against airstrikes - CNN International

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:58 AM PDT

Reuters

Afghan president warns NATO against airstrikes CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Tuesday that any future NATO airstrikes that kill civilians will be considered attacks against the Afghan people. The statement came three days after an airstrike ... Karzai seeks to limit NATO airstrikesUSA Today Afghan leader tells NATO attacks on homes "not allowed"Reuters Afghanistan's Karzai bans NATO strikes on homesCBS News The Guardian (blog) -Sydney Morning Herald -Wall Street Journal all 1,400 news articles »

Terrorism can't be fought selectively, says Indian PM - Times of India

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:58 AM PDT

ABC News

Terrorism can't be fought selectively, says Indian PM Times of India NEW DELHI: Terrorism has to be fought on all fronts and not selectively, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday. The prime minister told a news conference also addressed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel here that terrorism posed "a serious ... Merkel's flight to India delayed by IranThe Associated Press Merkel in India to press trade linksAFP Germany's Merkel on high-profile visit to IndiaeTaiwan News Wall Street Journal (blog) -ABC Online -Montreal Gazette all 1,557 news articles »

Rental homes, trailers an option for Missouri residents, FEMA says - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Kansas City Star

Rental homes, trailers an option for Missouri residents, FEMA says Detroit Free Press AP JOPLIN, Mo. -- Some of the people left homeless by the Joplin tornado could be placed in rental homes nearly an hour's drive away, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers, ... Conversations: Rich Serino, FEMA official on the ground in JoplinWashington Post Spring Disasters Bring Out FEMA's Best ResponseNPR Amid ruins, resilienceBoston Globe Joplin Globe -NWAOnline (subscription) all 356 news articles »

House OKs ComEd rate plan, veto possible - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:18 PM PDT

ABC7Chicago.com

House OKs ComEd rate plan, veto possible Chicago Sun-Times Efforts to make government workers pay more toward their pensions were pushed off the Legislature's spring agenda and onto its fall calendar Monday, handing public-employee unions an important, though potentially temporary, victory. ... House bets on gambling boom, Chicago casinoChicago Tribune Casino Bill Passes Major HurdleNBC Chicago (blog) Six GOP seats hit by new Illinois mapPolitico ABC7Chicago.com -The State Journal-Register -STLtoday.com all 369 news articles »

Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar accused of sexually abusing ... - New York Daily News

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:30 AM PDT

ABC News

Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar accused of sexually abusing ... New York Daily News Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is led by NYPD detectives from the 19th Precinct early Tuesday. An Egyptian businessman has followed in the footsteps of pervy Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn - sexually ... Egyptian Businessman Arrested in Alleged Assault on Hotel MaidWall Street Journal Egyptian exec accused in attack on NY hotel maidThe Associated Press Assault Charges for Hotel GuestNew York Times ABC News -New York Post -MSN Philippines News all 319 news articles »

Police: Sheriff's deputy kills ex-wife, shoots Virginia state trooper - CNN

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT

New York Daily News

Police: Sheriff's deputy kills ex-wife, shoots Virginia state trooper CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A county sheriff's deputy killed his ex-wife in a convenience store parking lot Monday, then shot a Virginia state trooper before being gunned down himself, police said. Roanoke Police Chief Chris Perkins told reporters ... One dead, two injured after Virginia sheriff's deputy goes on bloody rampageNew York Daily News Va. state trooper shot; deputy sheriff is suspectWashington Post (blog) State police sergeant woundedRichmond Times Dispatch NBC 29 News -Roanoke Times -Franklin News Post all 78 news articles »

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Tough decisions about money and treatment are ahead as AIDS turns 30 - Washington Post

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

New York Times

Tough decisions about money and treatment are ahead as AIDS turns 30 Washington Post The AIDS epidemic turns 30 next month. What began as a fatal new plague has become a treatable, if still incurable, chronic illness. That change counts as a triumph by any measure, but it also poses an unusually difficult question for ... 30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDSNew York Times Older AIDS survivors face new challengesAFP HIV Patients Find Treatment but Face DiscriminationInter Press Service New York Magazine -Syracuse.com (blog) -Himalayan Times all 45 news articles »

New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy - Medical News Today

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:11 PM PDT

International Business Times

New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy Medical News Today Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should ... Breast cancer guides may be unsafeDaily News Engine New breast cancer guidelines seen as unsafe: pollReuters Women May Be Over-concerned with New Mammogram GuidelineInternational Business Times ThirdAge -WTMA -W*USA 9 all 38 news articles »

Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives - Medical News Today

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Fox News

Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives Medical News Today Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their ... Hospitals Searching for Substitutes as Drug Shortages SurgeInternational Business Times Hospitals search for substitutes after drug shortagesABC7Chicago.com Medical Community Dealing With Record Number of Drug ShortagesMyFox Detroit NPR -MiamiHerald.com -Lez Get Real all 233 news articles »

Energy drinks have no place in kids' diets: MDs - CBC.ca

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

Energy drinks have no place in kids' diets: MDs CBC.ca (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Children need to learn the difference between energy drinks with potentially harmful caffeine levels and sports drinks, pediatricians say. Most kids don't need energy ... Sports and energy drinks and kids7Online.com Sports drink dangers for kidsKFDA Study: Energy drinks dangerous for kidsABC7Chicago.com 9NEWS.com -ABC News -TIME all 151 news articles »

Stress doesn't raise risk of MS: study - Reuters

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:32 PM PDT

Stress doesn't raise risk of MS: study Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having a stressful home or work environment doesn't make a person more likely to develop multiple sclerosis, hints a large new study. Previous research has suggested that in people who already have the ... Stress does not increase risk of getting MS, study findsUSA Today Stress Doesn't Boost Risk for Multiple SclerosisNewsday (subscription) Can stress increase the risk of multiple sclerosis?EurekAlert (press release) Insidermedicine all 10 news articles »

Can managed care help save Medicaid? - Washington Post (blog)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Daily Kos

Can managed care help save Medicaid? Washington Post (blog) By Suzy Khimm Although the controversy over Medicare reform has dominated the headlines, the heated debate over entitlement spending has also thrust Medicaid into the spotlight. Responsible for shouldering part of Medicaid costs, fiscally strapped ... Obama Justice Department sides with states in Medicaid caseDaily Kos Medicaid Reform: New plan starts with ill childrenColumbus Dispatch More states expanding their move to Medicaid managed careAmerican Medical News Press of Atlantic City -The Review -Las Vegas Sun all 46 news articles »

Tobacco Control Cells in only 9 states - Times of India

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

gulfnews.com

Tobacco Control Cells in only 9 states Times of India VADODARA: Even as the world celebrates World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday, the Union ministry of health and family welfare does not seem to be interested in taking long term steps to discourage people from smoking. An application made under right to ... Smokers ignore health warningsThe Guardian WHO: Global Tobacco Usage Leveling OffVoice of America WHO hopes tobacco industry not meddling in China's health policyXinhua gulfnews.com -Khaleej Times -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 180 news articles »

Missing RI man found by family friend - Boston Globe

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:18 PM PDT

Providence Journal (blog)

Missing RI man found by family friend Boston Globe PROVIDENCE, RI—An East Providence man who'd been missing for more than two days has been found by a family friend. Police say 63-year-old Jose Nobrega was walking along Pawtucket Avenue just before midnight Sunday when the friend drove past and ... Missing East Providence man found safeProvidence Eyewitness News Police Looking For Man with Alzheimer'sPatch.com Missing Alzheimer's patient found safeTurn to 10.com Providence Journal (blog) all 19 news articles »

Warm weather brings threat of tick-transmitted illness - The Herald Bulletin

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Warm weather brings threat of tick-transmitted illness The Herald Bulletin By Abbey Doyle The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON, Ind. — Although the number of cases of Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are low, area health providers said the risks are still present and residents should be cautious as weather conditions are ... Hunterdon health officials warn of high Lyme disease riskMyCentralJersey.com Lyme Disease On The RiseThirdAge Rise in Lyme disease expected in the Rochester areaRochester Democrat and Chronicle Greenwich Time -Patch.com -Carlisle Sentinel all 16 news articles »