Expert spells it out: health fears mean young should not use ... Guardian - UK
Children should not use mobile phones because of continuing concerns over the possible health risks, a leading expert warned yesterday. ...
 

Health: Spending growth declines Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
WASHINGTON -- The cost of health care is still rising several times faster than inflation, but in 2003 -- for the first time in seven years -- the rate of ...
 

Klein proposes 'third way' for health care The Globe and Mail - Toronto,ON,Canada
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein threw open the door to new options for health care in his province in a speech Tuesday, proposing a "third way" of providing ...
 

Health Care Costs a Top American Concern Forbes - USA
11 (HealthDayNews) -- Almost two-thirds of Americans say that lowering the costs of health care and health insurance should be a top priority for President ...
 

Move to end race bias in mental health care Guardian - UK
Ministers committed the government yesterday to a five-year plan to halt racial discrimination in NHS mental health services in England, which was exposed last ...
 

Health-care spending breaks its 7-year rise Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
CHICAGO - (KRT) - The rate of total spending on health care in the US slowed for the first time in seven years, thanks in large part to reductions in money ...
 

Governor pitches $1.2 billion in health, welfare program cuts San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to balance the next state budget depends heavily on spending cuts in health and welfare programs and higher health care costs for ...
 

Fire Damages Wash. Women's Health Clinic San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
The fire early Sunday heavily damaged the roof of the Eastside Women's Health Clinic and caused heat, water and smoke damage in offices, Olympia Fire Capt. ...
 

$4m e-health software trashed NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE decision to scrap MediConnect as a standalone medication records system has cost taxpayers $4 million, as the Health Insurance Commission has written down ...
 

UN pledges support for Kenya's health sector Xinhua - Beijing,China 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations (UN) has assured Kenya of support in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in health sector, a senior UN official ...

Health Care Reform Act on the chopping board again Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
ALBANY, NY -- A multibillion-dollar health care program that subsidizes hospitals and provides health coverage to the uninsured has been pulled back from the ...
 

Pravasis waiting for glow in health care system Sify - Delhi,India
Opportunities for investments and tie-ups at PBD 2005 would have conveyed images of a veritable invasion of health tourists and infusion of investments ...
 

Municipal employees lose health insurance over unpaid bill Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ -- A billing mix-up left nearly 100 municipal employees without health insurance last week, although officials expected it to be reinstated ...
 

FG calls on Harney to reveal health care plans Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
Fine Gael has accused the Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney of keeping quiet on her plans for health care reform. It ...
 

Health premiums tipped to rise again The Australian - Australia
By Jeff Sommerfeld. CONSUMERS can expect to be gouged again in 2005 by private health insurers, with premiums expected to rise by between 10 and 15 per cent. ...
 

Health sector review 2004 Daily Times - Pakistan... PMA).

The University of Health Sciences failed to make the academic and examination system of its medical colleges homogenous. The ...
 

State health officials lift restrictions on flu shots San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA SACRAMENTO - California health authorities have lifted all restrictions on influenza vaccinations, encouraging anybody who wants a flu shot to get one. ...
 

Mental health helpline to close as Government cuts £1m funding Independent - UK
Thousands of Britain's most desperate and isolated people will be deprived of access to the country's largest mental health helpline after a £1m cut in ...
 

MEDICAL CARE Even Good Health System Is Overwhelmed by Tsunami New York Times - USA
... 6 - Carmen Ramírez de la Pistina, a physician from Spain who works for the aid group Doctors Without Borders, was speaking to exhausted health officials here ...
 

Lawrence R. Jacobs: On health care, decide which procedures to ... Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Minnesota is spending more on health care for low-income individuals and yet the number of uninsured is not declining. Worse still ...