by Research Team | Nov 9, 2015 | Health News
Federal officials promised on Friday to quickly create new policies to govern a promising field of stem cell research that is now in limbo because of an abrupt suspension of funding by the Obama administration. While offering no guarantee of renewed support, “the...
by Research Team | Nov 9, 2015 | Health News
She’s put 250,000 miles on her Honda minivan going to their homes in upstate New York. Home visits make a different kind of care possible.
by Research Team | Nov 9, 2015 | Health News
Private health insurers would be allowed to cover GP visits and common tests such as X-rays under radical reforms being canvassed by the Turnbull government that would shift Australia towards a more US-style health system. Health policy experts say the move, flagged...
by Research Team | Nov 9, 2015 | Health News
In a five-part series, the Herald investigates controversies in cancer testing and treatment and reports on the moving stories of people afflicted with cancer. In the first part of the series, Herald health reporter Martin Johnston turns his attention to breast cancer...
by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
An invasive Asian mosquito that can carry diseases such as encephalitis has been detected for the first time in Western Canada, at a site in Metro Vancouver. SFU biologist Peter Belton was among the researchers who found the Aedes Japonicus mosquito species breeding...
by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
Hawaii’s time zone and language needs are compounding difficulties as more than 40,000 people migrate from the state’s health insurance exchange to the federal exchange. Average enrollment time through the federal website HealthCare.gov has been about an...
