by Research Team | Jan 6, 2015 | Health News
” Tens of thousands of patients in Poland are without medical care this year after some doctors shut their surgeries in protest at new cancer treatment procedures. The doctors say that the so-called “oncology package” that was introduced Jan. 1 and...
by Research Team | Jan 6, 2015 | Health News
Fraser Health has lab-confirmed flu outbreaks in progress at 10 different long-term care facilities following a spike in influenza activity over the holiday season. Medical health officer Dr. Michelle Murti said it’s remarkable to have 10 care home outbreaks...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
Ever marvel at someone who smoked and still lived to be 90? Just plain good luck, researchers say. And those who live like Puritans and get cancer anyway? That’s bad luck — and it’s the primary cause of most cancer, says a Johns Hopkins Medicine...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
Nebraska medical officials say an American health care provider who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone will be observed at the facility’s biocontainment unit in Omaha. Nebraska Medicine says in a release that the...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
As Docs Face Big Cuts In Medicaid Pay, Patients May Pay The Price By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Andy Pasternak, a family doctor in Reno, Nev., saw more than 100 new Medicaid patients last year after the Doctors face big cuts in Medicaid pay As Docs Face Big Cuts...
by Research Team | Jan 5, 2015 | Health News
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports that as of Dec. 20, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported widespread influenza activity in Wyoming and 35 other states. The agency recently declared that influenza had reached epidemic proportions across the...
