Archive for October 12th, 2007

Maternal Mortality Ratio Falling Too Slowly To Meet Goal

Friday, October 12th, 2007

The world’s maternal mortality ratio is declining too slowly to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5.

New Tools To Assess Health Risks From Chemicals

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Determining how thousands of chemicals found in the environment may be interacting with the genes in your body to cause disease is becoming easier because of a new field of science called toxicogenomics.

Addressing SCHIP Kids’ Insurance

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Summaries of editorials, opinion pieces and letters to the editor address President Bush’s veto of legislation that would have reauthorized and expanded SCHIP.

Millions Of Dollars Spent Uninsured Patients With Mental Health Problems

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Virginia does not have enough experienced psychiatrists to evaluate residents or enough hospital beds for patients seeking emergency mental health treatment.

Pay-For-Performance Model Being Applied To Drug Makers In Europe

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Prescription drug makers are creating pay-for-performance contracts with European state-run health care systems.

Abortion Rates Similar In Countries That Legalize, Prohibit Procedure

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Abortion rates are similar in countries where the procedure is legal and in countries where it is not.

Hospital Deaths Decreased Significantly

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Hospital deaths from heart attacks and other serious conditions decreased significantly from 1994 to 2004.

Minnesota Law Limits Pharmaceutical Company Gifts To Physicians

Friday, October 12th, 2007

A Minnesota law that limits gifts from pharmaceutical companies could lead to similar laws in other states.

Obama Discusses Health Care Proposal

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Barack Obama discussed his health care proposal and his positions.

Atlanta Reverend Efforts To Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Black Community

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled efforts to fight the spread of HIV in the Atlanta’s black community.