Archive for the ‘Top Issues’ Category
Hospital ship USNS Comfort sailing home from Haiti (source: USATODAY)
Doctors treated nearly 1,000 patients onboard, starting just days after the earthquake. (source: USATODAY) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Kunskapsskolan: A Swedish blueprint for our schools? (source: Telegraph)
Catherine Nixey profiles an alternative teaching method. (source: Telegraph) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Should hyper kids get ECG before getting ADHD medicine? (source: USATODAY)
Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may … (source: USATODAY) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Too many ‘preventable’ deaths among new moms, experts say (source: USATODAY)
Pregnancy-related deaths appear to have risen nationwide over the past decade, and while they’re very rare about 550 a year … (source: USATODAY) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
More Effective Diagnostic Test for Malaria Available (source: Voice Of America)
WHO releases new guidelines for treatment of malaria, making possible to rapidly diagnose malaria in even poorest settings (source: Voice Of America) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
Obama using ‘bounty hunters’ to root out fraud (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
Three ways to boost retirement confidence (source: Chicago Chronicle)
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — I know, I know, we’re starting to sound like a broken record, or MP3 player. But researchers are once again sounding the alarm that Americans are not saving enough for retireme… (source: Chicago Chronicle) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Recipes for Health: Clam or Mussel Stew With Greens and Beans (source: New York Times)
This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve. (source: New York Times) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Avastin fight now moves to P.E.I. (source: CBC)
A cancer patient who successfully helped lobby the New Brunswick government to fund an expensive cancer drug is now shifting his focus to P.E.I. in an effort to have Avastin funded by that province. (source: CBC) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Internet law ‘threatens free speech’ (source: FT)
Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films ‘threaten freedom of speech and the open internet’, says internet and telecom companies (source: FT) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com