Alzheimer's: A Growth Market For Healthcare REITs
Source: The Motley Fool
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:55:00 -0700 | health-news
Reuben is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. Corp. estimates that by 2040, the number of Americans afflicted [by Alzheimer's] will have doubled, as...
Popular Sleep Drug Ambien Ingrains Bad Memories Into Your Brain
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:43:15 -0700 | health-news
People who take the popular sleep drug Ambien are more likely to recall bad or upsetting memories, says new research. This could affect anyone living with anxiety disorders or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, especially soldiers: the Navy administers Ambien to help...
VA says claims backlog continues to shrink
Source: FierceHealthIT
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:41:05 -0700 | health-news
Department of Veterans Affairs has made "significant progress" in trying to work through its backlog of more than 800,000 disability claims , Nextgov reported last week. Since March, the VA has cut the total number of pending claims by roughly...
'SHE'S MY LIFE': Man's Hunt for Kidney to Save Wife Hits 1-Year Mark
Source: Fox
Charleston :: SC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:40:31 -0700 | health-news
Published June 17, 2013 FoxNews.com Larry Swilling's months-long quest to find a kidney for his wife has touched hearts around the world, but so far has not yielded a vital organ for the 76-year-old woman. The story of Swilling's wife,...
Peak Answering Hires Dozens of New Employees to Provide Medical Answering Service
Source: PR Newswire
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:37:52 -0700 | health-news
Certified professionals available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because most medical offices are not currently offering this type of 24-hour care, they are relying more and more on a medical call center that can handle their after-hours...
[video] The Onion Looks Back At 'The Wizard Of Oz'
Source: The Onion
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:36:31 -0700 | health-news
Potentially offering hope to millions of Americans struggling with psychological and emotional problems, a study published this week in The New England Journal Of Medicine found that test subjects were capable of fully resolving their anxiety by thinking .
Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
Source: KSBY
Chantilly :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:54:46 -0700 | health-news
The nation's energy secretary says a solar-powered plane that landed outside Washington early Sunday will one day offer a payoff for people on the ground. The spindly one-man craft called Solar Impulse has been flying cross-country in short hops as...
Southcoast winds set to pick up later this afternoon
Source: KSBY
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste :: Brazil | updated 2013-06-17 12:35:27 -0700 | health-news
The northerly winds will range from 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 35 and 45 mph...The winds could impact safe travel in the Gaviota Pass and drivers of high profile vehicles should be aware of the gusty winds...To report...
Dying a hero's death
Source: Kevin M.D. Medical Blog
Nashua :: NH :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:32:27 -0700 | health-news
Her pallor made her barely visible amid the bleached bed linensshe seemed a mere shock of white hair against the pillowcase. Age ninety-three, she'd visited the hospital a half-dozen times in as many months, shuttling between nursing home and hospital...
Gov. Corbett signs anti-choice bill
Source: Pittsburgh City Paper
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:31:55 -0700 | health-news
As was expected , Gov. Tom Corbett today signed House Bill 818 . As we've noted in previous coverage , the bill prohibits health insurers from offering coverage for abortions for anything other then rape, incest or the life of...
Get These Chips Away From Me! How to Prevent Mindless Snacking
Source: Fitsugar
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:27:41 -0700 | health-news
Once you start snacking, it's hard not to stop you can't just eat one! Not a good thing if you're trying to lose or maintain your weight since mindless munching can add up to hundreds of extra calories a week...Measure...
Protected against whooping cough? Most adults don't know
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:24:59 -0700 | health-news
Published June 17, 2013 LiveScience Rates of whooping cough in the United States are at their highest level in decades, yet most adults don't know whether they are adequately protected against the disease, results from a new poll suggest. In...
H.I.V. Tests Urged for 800 Million in India
Source: The New York Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-06-17 12:23:21 -0700 | health-news
Getty Images Women in Bangalore, who are H.I.V. positive, made red ribbons in 2012...The study, published online in May by PLoS One, notes that testing there costs only $3.33, and that first-line antiretroviral therapy is about $100 a year. The...
Murray Walker diagnosed with cancer
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 20:38:47 -0700 | health-news
F1 commentator diagnosed with cancer Legendary Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker has been diagnosed with cancer. The 89-year-old said he had a form of lymphatic system cancer, which was diagnosed during tests after a fall in which he broke his...
South Carolina man's kidney quest for ailing wife nears one-year mark
Source: Fox News
Charleston :: SC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:12:08 -0700 | health-news
Published June 17, 2013 FoxNews.com Larry Swilling's months-long quest to find a kidney for his wife has touched hearts around the world, but so far has not yielded a vital organ for the 76-year-old woman. The story of Swilling's wife,...
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