Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance (HealthDay)
July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of
Americans now have a positive opinion on psychiatric medications, a new
study contends.
Source:Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance
(HealthDay)
House permits needle exchange programs (AP)
July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.
Source:House permits needle exchange programs
(AP)
Lax hospitals may be fostering kidney-selling (AP)
July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - A look-the-other-way attitude at some U.S. hospitals may be fostering a black-market trade in kidneys, transplant experts say. Some hospitals do not inquire very deeply into the source of the organs they transplant because such operations can be highly lucrative, according to some insiders. A single operation can bring in tens of thousands of dollars for a hospital and its doctors.
Source:Lax hospitals may be fostering kidney-selling
(AP)
U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money (Reuters)
July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Reuters - The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday.
Source:U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money
(Reuters)
Health Tip: Your Pregnancy in the Second Trimester (HealthDay)
July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — By the time you’re in your second trimester
of pregnancy, your body already has undergone significant change. But
you’re certainly not through.
Source:Health Tip: Your Pregnancy in the Second Trimester
(HealthDay)