Health

Lieberman Angers Many Roles In The Health Debate

I. Senator Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut) has re-insertion in the middle of the political struggle ignited, raising questions about his motivations, his ego and his loyalty to the volatile Democratic Party, which has forgiven him after he approved the Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) presidential election. Lieberman, a Democrat, became independent, the group’s former party, says he... »

Lyon: Health Spending Is A Major Problem For Businesses

If you are interested in him in Washington to discuss the reform of health care should be at least one new or headline November 30th Congressional Budget Office report, “Analysis of health insurance as part of patient safety and affordable health law. This analysis examines the costs of health for individuals and corporations. Most of... »

Hepatitis A Vaccine

A team of researchers from upstate New York reported that a single dose of a formalin inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (Vaqta, Merck Sharp & Dohme) is well tolerated and highly protective against the disease. Investigators from the Kiryas Joel Institute of Medicine studied 1,037 uninfected children aged 2 to 16 in a Hasidic community that... »

National Mental Health Association

Physicians and parents can use a few simple rules to judge whether a child’s fears are normal participants in a meeting of the National Mental Health Association in Charleston, S.C., learned. Normal phobias, such as the fear of strangers or fear on the first day of school, will fade away after a few days or... »

Hepatitis B Infection

University of Michigan pediatricians cautioned that more adopted children from Romania may be infected with hepatitis B than is indicated on their medical records. Children from Southeast Asia and parts of Africa also have a high rate of undetected hepatitis B infection. The doctors advised in The Journal of the American Medical Association that... »