AP – President Barack Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than big companies, said Saturday the disparity is “unsustainable it’s unacceptable.”
HealthDay – SATURDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — More than 340,000 Americans
are on dialysis to treat kidney failure, but only a tiny fraction are
taking advantage of a treatment option that may improve their quality of
life.
AP – In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several hundred thousand could die without a successful vaccine campaign and other measures.
AFP – Swine flu has spread to nearly every corner of the globe, the World Health Organisation has said, admitting it was still unknown how the virus would mutate in the northern hemisphere’s winter.
AP – House Democrats announced agreement Friday on far-reaching steps designed to rein in the relentless growth of Medicare, part of a concerted effort to counter the impression that President Barack Obama’s health care legislation is in deep trouble.
AP – Levy Izhak Rosenbaum of Brooklyn called himself a “matchmaker,” but his business wasn’t romance. Instead, authorities say, he brokered the sale of black-market kidneys, buying organs from vulnerable people from Israel for $10,000 and selling them to desperate patients in the U.S. for as much as $160,000.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) — New moms who can’t zip up
their pre-pregnancy jeans might not be catching enough zzzs.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Rosacea is a facial skin condition that
causes red areas on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead. Cosmetics,
properly applied, can do wonders for improving your appearance and
self-confidence, the National Rosacea Society says.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Sure, expecting women have to carry most of
the responsibility when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth. But that
doesn’t mean there’s nothing for dads-to-be to do.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) — Testing the blood-alcohol
level of trauma patients could help medical personnel identify those at
risk for further complications from drinking issues, a new study says.