Related NewsHealth Highlights: Nov. 21, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:02:12 GMT
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
More... Gov't: AG gets clean bill of health after collapse (AP via Yahoo! News)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:02:32 GMT
Attorney General Michael Mukasey was given "a clean bill of health" and hoped to check out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice Department said Friday.
More... Healing Health Care (Forbes)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:26:25 GMT
Health care is one of our biggest economic problems. Entrepreneurs and innovation can fix it.
More... Bed shortage forces L.A. County mental health staff to rely on police (Los Angeles Times)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:43:49 GMT
Under current law, patients must be admitted if they are brought in by police -- but not if they are brought in by a mental health worker. Commissioners seek a quick solution to the problem. Alarmed by reports that Los Angeles County mental health staff -- hobbled by a countywide shortage of beds for the mentally ill -- are increasingly forwarding emergency calls to police, commissioners ...
More... Mukasey given clean bill of health (UPI)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:45:08 GMT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey was given a clean bill of health Friday after collapsing during a speaking engagement, the Justice Department said.
More... Town hall meetings on fixing health care system (San Francisco Chronicle)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:13 GMT
Seizing on the momentum of the presidential election and the promise of change on a historic scale, a grassroots "conversation" about health care reform under the Obama administration began Thursday with town hall meetings around the nation, including several...
More... 17th Annual Congress on Women's Health convenes (EurekAlert!)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:01:35 GMT
( Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News ) A prestigious group of physicians, nurses, and allied health care providers will gather in Williamsburg, Va. on March 27-29, 2009, at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact patient care.
More... Tech Looks to Raise Bets on Healthcare - Health Care (Baseline)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:31:57 GMT
Expectations for an overhaul of the U.S. health system following the election of Barack Obama as president and a desire of governments worldwide to drive costs of national health systems reinforce the belief that healthcare is an opportunity that tech companies underestimate at their own peril.
More... Dad's in-home smoking may harm family's health (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:29:22 GMT
Fathers-to-be who smoke and want to protect the health of their families should take it outside, suggests new research from Korea.
More... Gov't: Mukasey gets clean bill of health after collapse (Pioneer Press)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:16:12 GMT
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey was given "a clean bill of health" and hoped to check out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice Department said today.
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