Canada.comWHO Says Spread of Bird Flu Among Humans LimitedVoice of America -23 hours agoBy Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization (WHO) says limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 avian influenza virus may have occurred in Pakistan.Indonesia rules out bird flu cluster after testsReutersBird flu transmitted human-to-human?Disaster News NetworkThreatsWatch.Org - eFluxMedia - Pakistan Link - The Associated Pressall 174 news articles

  Washington PostAttorney Wants Criminal Charges Against InsurerABC News -20 hours agoHundreds of demonstrators protested outside Cigna's Glendale, CA headquarters this week over their decision to deny a liver transplant to a 17-year-old girl.Tough calls in transplant caseLos Angeles TimesInsurer's U-turn too late to save life of transplant teenagerGuardian UnlimitedSan Jose Mercury News - Long Beach Press-Telegram - ABC30.com - abc7.comall 663 news articles

  California Progress ReportPerata plays the contrarian on own health care proposalSan Jose Mercury News -5 hours agoBy Mike Zapler SACRAMENTO - Despite a last-gasp effort in the Assembly last week, the Legislature is about to finish the "year of health care reform" without passing a health care plan.Timing of Calif. action may boost health-care issuePhiladelphia InquirerSchwarzenegger touts health care reformInside Bay AreaReuters - Long Beach Press-Telegram - Ventura County Star - Sacramento Beeall 66 news articles

  Boston GlobeState lets center use shocks for one yearBoston Globe -Dec 22, 2007State authorities have given a controversial special education school in Canton a one-year extension of its authority to use electric shock treatments on students, provided the center makes a series of significant changes.One More Year of Electric Shock Treatment for Center StudentseFluxMediaSchool Gets Extension on Shock TreatmentThe Associated PressThe Patriot Ledger - Worcester Telegram - Telegraph.co.uk - New York Timesall 202 news articles

  dBTechnoUPDATE 2-US issues new warning on misuse of J&J pain patchReuters -Dec 21, 2007By Lisa Richwine WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - US health officials on Friday issued a second warning about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.FDA renews alert on painkiller patchLos Angeles TimesPain Patches by J&J, Generic-Drug Makers Get Warning (Update4)BloombergU.S. News &World Report - Guardian Unlimited - Medical News Today - MedPage Todayall 238 news articles

  eFluxMediaLack of insurance boosts cancer death riskCNN -Dec 20, 2007ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles.Race, Gender Affect Laryngeal Cancer SurvivalForbesUninsured Americans Have Poorer Cancer Survival, ReportMedical News TodayWebMD - eMaxHealth.com - Irish Health - eFluxMediaall 91 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesBeef from Safeway may have had salmonella: USDAReuters -Dec 21, 2007WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Agriculture Department said fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella may have been ground and later sold at Safeway Inc stores in five states.Some Safeway beef may contain salmonellaBusinessWeek• Safeway Warns Some Of Its Beef May Be TaintedConsumer AffairsSan Jose Mercury News - CNNMoney.com - CIDRAP - Daily Greenall 45 news articles

  The Money TimesStudy Quantifies Orphanage Link to IQNew York Times -Dec 20, 2007By BENEDICT CAREY Psychologists have long believed that growing up in an institution like an orphanage stunts children’s mental development but have never had direct evidence to back it up.Foster care boosts IQ of children in orphanagesReutersFoster Care Linked to an Increased IQ in Orphan ChildreneFluxMediaAHN - dBTechno - The Associated Press - United Press Internationalall 283 news articles

  The Money TimesA Compromise on Use of Avastin to Treat Eye DiseaseNew York Times -Dec 20, 2007By ANDREW POLLACK Genentech, the biotechnology company, appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists that will allow its drug Avastin to continue to be used to treat eye diseases, boths sides announced on Thursday.Genentech, docs resolve dispute on Avastin eye useReutersGenentech offers reassuranceSan Jose Mercury NewsMedHeadlines - World Health Care Blog - CNBC - MedPage Todayall 24 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesFlorida, Hawaii Offer Residents Prescription Drug Discount CardsKaiser network.org -Dec 21, 2007Summaries of two articles about prescription drug discount cards in Florida and Hawaii appear below. Florida: Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Thursday announced a statewide prescription drug discount program for residents younger than age 60 with incomes ...Florida's drug discount card enrollment on a rollBizjournals.comState program offers discounts on prescriptions to 4 millionPalm Beach PostTampa Tribune - Orlando Sentinel - The News-Press - Sun-Sentinel.comall 83 news articles

  eFluxMediaSick to Your Stomach? You’re Not AloneNew York Times -Dec 20, 2007By Sewell Chan Cases of norovirus - commonly known as the stomach flu - have spiked in recent weeks, the city’s Health Department announced this morning.Incidents Of Stomach Virus Spike In NYCMSNBCStomach Flu Hits New York CityeFluxMediaWCBS-TV New York - 1010 Wins - 13WHAM-TV - New York Sunall 20 news articles

  Resource InvestorFeeling blue, 'blue man' bolts from BendKTVZ -Dec 20, 2007By Eric Rucker, KTVZ.COM It's fitting that on a snowy December day Santa himself would approve of, the man they call "Blue Santa" is making national headlines, having left Bend behind.Potion turned man's skin shocking blueKTVBBlue man leaves Oregon in search of acceptanceKVALNEWS.com.au - KSPR - Resource Investor - Telegraph.co.ukall 26 news articles

  WSBtv.comHospital whistle blower got cold shoulder from colleaguesAtlanta Journal Constitution -16 hours agoBy CRAIG SCHNEIDER So there was the Woodstock wife and mother of two, working at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta but essentially collecting evidence for federal investigators.Saint Joe's pays $26 million in lawsuit settlementBizjournals.comSaint Joseph's to pay $26 million in false claims caseColumbus Ledger-EnquirerWSBtv.com - Pacific News Centerall 24 news articles

  KSN-TVFeds: 56 of doctor's patients OD'dKansas.com -Dec 22, 2007BY RON SYLVESTER Darrell Williams Hicks sits before a collage of photos of his son, Darrell Wade Hicks, who died in 2005 from an accidental overdose of drugs prescribed by Stephen Schneider.Medical Couple May Have Contributed to 56 Overdose DeathsInjuryBoard.comSchneiders will remain in jail through trialKSN-TVThe Wichita Eagle - MSNBC - The Associated Press - NTVall 218 news articles