Contributor ReportsFlu vaccine safe for infants
Source: Kathimerini
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Fri Nov 27 13:54:02 -0800 2009 | health-news
Health authorities yesterday declared that a swine flu vaccine was safe for infants aged between 6 and 36 months, as thousands of citizens continued to visit inoculation centers around the country to get their shots. As authorities step up efforts...
The Benifits of Gratitude
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Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Oct 13 02:02:08 -0700 2009 | health-news
Gratitude is one of the most important virtues. A person who is grateful for everything and for anything is a person that has it all. Gratefulness is a second pleasure; it is an echo of joy to the joy felt....
ReachMinister urges against A(H1N1) vaccination
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Nov 24 13:55:48 -0800 2009 | health-news
The association said criticisms that the vaccine was unsafe and unneeded, were “scientifically unfounded.” Last week, the World Health Organization data showed that around 6,750 people had died from swine flu since the virus was first uncovered in Mexico and...
Khalifeh stresses right to treatment on AIDS Day
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Dec 01 13:59:28 -0800 2009 | health-news
Head of the national program Kamel Mhanna also gave a speech during the gathering and explained that although NGOs in Lebanon were helping to control the disease, their role needed to be reinforced. He then mentioned some of the goals...
Home health care in Boone costs well below national, state averages
Source: The Zionsville Times-Sentinel
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Wed Nov 25 11:23:02 -0800 2009 | health-news
A survey done for the MetLife Mature Market Institute found the per hour cost of a home health aide ranged from a low of $13 in Shreveport, La., to $30 in Rochester, Minn. Executive Director Sue Ritz said, “we’re going...
Mitri: 80 percent of Lebanese flu patients have A(H1N1)
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Nov 24 11:34:11 -0800 2009 | health-news
Tuesday that 80 percent of the flu patients in Lebanon have been diagnosed with A(H1N1), adding that “Tami Flu” medicine would be given to children diagnosed with the flu in public hospitals free of cost. He cautioned against panic and...
Medical community sounds off on health reform
Source: The Noblesville Ledger
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Sat Nov 21 22:39:28 -0800 2009 | health-news
Dr. Cara Peggs is worried there may come a day when she doesn't feel completely comfortable with her family members going to the doctor. "It takes many years of education and is a hard lifestyle with many nights, weekends and...
Restaurants, bars skeptical about going smoke-free
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Thu Nov 19 21:03:20 -0800 2009 | health-news
Partial smoking bans in Lebanon have had some success but are undermined by lack of enforcement and wide acceptance of public smoking, a study by the American University of Beirut (AUB) has found. Researchers at the university’s Department of Health Behavior...
Lebanese University marks World Diabetes Day to increase awareness
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Sun Nov 15 13:37:21 -0800 2009 | health-news
A conference to mark World Diabetes Day was held on Saturday at the Lebanese University in Beirut to raise awareness about the disease and help prevent it. The conference dubbed “Diabetes Education and Prevention” was organized by the Health Ministry and...
Khalifeh says no vaccine for swine flu in Lebanon yet
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Nov 10 05:19:05 -0800 2009 | health-news
In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper on Tuesday, Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh said there is yet to be vaccines for the A(H1N1) virus, or the swine flu, in Lebanon, adding that any report claiming otherwise is unfounded and “irresponsible.”...
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