Peter Orszag On The Surprising Decline In Healthcare Inflation That Could Change Everything About US ...
Source: BusinessInsider
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-04-02 02:59:37 -0700 | health-news
We recently got the opportunity to interview Peter Orszag (Citi Vice Chair and Obama's CBO chief)...Everyone knows that healthcare spending is the big driver of long-term US spending (and deficits) but as people have been noticing (and as Orszag has...
Sweden clears Tengion for neo-kidney augment phase 1 trial
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-04-02 00:56:12 -0700 | health-news
The safety and delivery of Neo-Kidney Augment product will be assessed in around five patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Phase 1 trial. Tengion president and chief executive officer John Miclot said, "We will use the data from...
Swedish woman’s death due to MS drug
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Umeå :: Sweden | updated 2013-02-11 10:13:15 -0800 | health-news
Multiple Sclerosis drug Tysabri antibodies causing reaction that could have caused death Natalizumab (Tysabri) is used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease. It is co-marketed by Biogen Idec and Élan as Tysabri, may have caused the death...
Dance intervention help girls' emotions hit a positive note
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Örebro :: Sweden | updated 2012-11-13 14:28:15 -0800 | health-news
Swedish researchers find dance interventions turn negative problems into positive ones Dance therapy/intervention is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance for emotional, cognitive, social behaviors and physical conditions. It is based on the belief that there is a direct...
New research suggests creativity is closely related to mental illness
Posted by: arkar
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-16 18:05:26 -0700 | health-news
Is creativity a sort of madness? An illness even? History is replete with examples of highly talented and creative people, writers, artists, musicians etc who were not only celebrated for their talent and creativity but also famously remembered for being...
Children suffer adverse effects from traffic air pollution
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-12 15:43:31 -0700 | health-news
Cars, buses and trucks along with other motorized vehicles are the largest source of air pollution and have been associated to negative health effects. Long-term exposure to air pollutants increase the risk of respiratory illnesses such as asthma. A new...
Researchers find that aspirin can help slow brain decline in elderly women
Posted by: arkar
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-08 08:20:19 -0700 | health-news
Aspirin is a very well-known painkiller that has been used to particularly good effect against heart attacks with proven results, and now researchers have discovered that within heart patients, the drug can be used to slow down brain decline. The...
A glass of cancer prevention: 'Got Milk?'
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Söråker :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-04 10:58:00 -0700 | health-news
Milk has just added another benefit when it comes to doing the body good University of Lund researcher’s find that milk just may do the body good in another way; reducing the growth rate of colon cancer cells over time...
Rheumatoid arthritis linked to higher risk of venous thromboembolism
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-04 13:26:57 -0700 | health-news
Rheumatoid arthritis suffers at risk for both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism Recent reports have suggested rheumatoid arthritis may be a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) especially during hospitalization and the elevated risk remains constant for ten years...
Chocolate Lowers risk of stroke
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-02 05:15:53 -0700 | health-news
For chocolate lovers everywhere, this article is for you. A study done recently at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden shows that men who eat chocolate can reduce their risk of having a stroke by 17 percent. The research also...
Sleep apnea primarily in males now affects a majority of women
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Umeå :: Sweden | updated 2012-10-07 20:21:01 -0700 | health-news
New study reveals sleep apnea not predominant to men anymore Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) the most common type of sleep breathing disorders. This disorder is defined by recurrent episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea primarily regarded...
A virus that eats away cancer but sadly is languishing in a freezer
Posted by: Nina Rai
Uppsala :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-13 10:44:38 -0700 | health-news
A virus to human’s rescue? We often harbor the misconception that viruses are slimy little creatures that can only make us fall sick. Well, you will need to do a major rethink, as a virus created by a Swedish gene...
Chocolate found to prevent strokes in men
Posted by: arkar
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-08-30 20:23:50 -0700 | health-news
It is possibly the greatest ‘legal’ indulgence one can have and is not restricted to any particular age group but is kosher for all to eat, the only warning being, just how much. Of course for some, it can become...
Moderate chocolate consumption may be linked to lower stroke risk for men
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-08-30 10:50:11 -0700 | health-news
Swedish study is the first of its kind in examining chocolates influence on stroke Past research has revealed that dark chocolate is good for the heart but this is the first study that looks at how chocolate can reduce stroke...
Drinking Alcohol Moderately reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women, study
Posted by: naveenkar
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2012-07-27 12:33:21 -0700 | health-news
Moderate consumption of alcohol reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis, says a study published in the British Medical Journal. Results of the research, involving more than 30 thousand Swedish women, showed that the women who regularly drink more than three...
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