Archive for June, 2007
Poll Shows Ideal Weight More Sought After Than the iPhone
Forbes - DietTelevision.com is a social network and diet website built on the powerful idea that harnessing the wisdom of the crowd will help individual members more successfully lose weight and get healthier. The online Community is free and impartial, and
Source: www.forbes.com
ZoneChefs(R), Nation’s Leading Diet Food Delivery Service, Relaunches
Forbes - Innovative Program Brings Together Newest Research in Weight Loss, Most Beneficial Nutritional Components, and Award-Winning Chefs New Program Reflects Company’s Expansion into Variety of Effective Dietary Programs NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire
Source: www.forbes.com
Campaign tactics on the menu
Miami Herald - The Paris Hilton hanger-on, who was rumored to have gone on a major diet after journalists commented on his expanding waistline, has been spotted daily at The Shore Club pool with his new, unidentified girlfriend chowing down on burger after burger
Source: www.miamiherald.com
Custody Battle Boils Over Vegan Diet
ABC News - Parents going through a child custody fight have said some unusual things to prove they are the better caretaker. Take the case of the Nelson-Folkerson quintuplets. They may be part of the less than 1 percent of children in the United States on a
Source: www.abcnews.go.com
Study: Calcium Better In Food Than Pills
CBS News - Researchers asked 183 postmenopausal women to meticulously document their diet and their calcium supplement intake for seven days. They tested their bone mineral density and their urine for levels of estrogen. The women then were divided into three
Source: www.cbsnews.com
June 30th, 2007
Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up
Reuters - DALLAS (Reuters) - Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly 50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public health facilities, researchers said on Thursday. “The city lost half of
Source: today.reuters.com
Grant Helps Young People Get Sexual Health Advice By Text, UK
Medical News Today - Young people will soon be able to have interactive text conversations about concerns such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections with advisors at Ask Brook , thanks to a 90,000 pounds grant awarded to leading sexual health charity, Brook
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Virginia examines mental health system
MSNBC - RICHMOND, Virginia - A commission created to study Virginia’s mental health system will examine the criteria used to force treatment of mentally unstable people a topic that has invited scrutiny since a deadly shooting spree at a state university
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
Health care for illegal immigrants questioned
Tacoma News Tribune - Washington is paying for medical treatment and health coverage for large numbers of illegal immigrants at the expense of other poor families who are U.S. citizens, a state lawmaker said Thursday. The cost of that coverage also is $15 million higher
Source: www.thenewstribune.com
June 22nd, 2007
Skin health could sustain lutein expansion
Nutra Ingredients USA - 6/19/2007 - The global lutein market is set to hit $124.5 million ( 93 million) in 2013, says a new report from Frost & Sullivan, with skin health offering a major new avenue for the carotenoid. The Global Markets for Lutein in Human Nutrition
Source: www.nutraingredients-usa.com
Daily Health Policy Report
Kaisernetwork.org - U.S. commanders in Iraq are rejecting a proposal by Army mental health experts that service members receive a one-month break for every three months of active duty, “despite unprecedented levels of continuous fighting and worsening risks of mental
Source: www.kaisernetwork.org
Cowen Hires Jamie Streator as Managing Director in Health Care
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cowen Group, Inc. COWN announced today the hiring of Jamie Streator as Managing Director in Health Care Investment Banking, effective immediately. Based in Cowen’s New York office, Mr. Streator will focus
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com
Health insurers to suspend marketing of some Medicare plans
MSN MoneyCentral - The federal government said that seven companies that sell certain types of private Medicare insurance will suspend the marketing of those plans until they can put in place systems designed to prevent abusive marketing practices. Some insurance
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com
Chicago HealthFest Promises a Dose of Healthy Fun for the Whole
MSN MoneyCentral - The Pointer Sisters Headline Free Event Featuring Health Screenings and Advice from Health Professionals, Bring Community Together in Celebration of Health and Wellness ABBOTT PARK, Ill., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Illinois is the 23rd most
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com
State Watch | Texas Health Care System Faces ‘Crisis,’ USA Today
Kaisernetwork.org - The large number of uninsured residents in Texas — an estimated 24% of the population, the highest in the nation — has led to a health care “crisis,” particularly in the Houston area, USA Today reports. According to USA Today , the Houston area
Source: www.kaisernetwork.org
June 19th, 2007
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