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  • FDA: more dangerous brain scans at LA hospital

    Dec 7, 2009 10:16 AM PST, Associated Press

    AP - Federal health regulators have identified 50 more patients exposed to dangerous radiation levels from brain scans at a hospital in Los Angeles.

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  • Senators want new tax limit on health execs pay

    Dec 4, 2009 08:51 PM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - U.S. Democratic senators sought to further squeeze the health insurance industry on Friday by reducing the tax deduction certain companies can take for executive pay.

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  • Senate boosts preventive care for women

    Dec 3, 2009 04:41 PM PST, Reuters
    Senate boosts preventive care for women

    Reuters - The U.S. Senate backed a plan on Thursday to make it easier for women to get preventive health screenings such as mammograms as it cast its first votes on a sweeping healthcare overhaul.

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  • Heart care in rural hospitals matches urban ones

    Dec 3, 2009 11:21 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - People treated for heart problems at rural hospitals fare about as well as those getting care at urban medical centers, a study of U.S. hospitals suggests.

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  • Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care

    Dec 3, 2009 06:26 AM PST, Associated Press

    AP - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives.

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  • Health Highlights: Dec. 2, 2009

    Dec 2, 2009 08:49 PM PST, HealthDay

    HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

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  • More work needed to cut health costs: White House

    Dec 2, 2009 10:32 AM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - Congressional efforts to revamp the U.S. healthcare system are not enough to stem soaring health costs or close the nation's budget gap, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday, adding that current bills must be strengthened to help rein in spending.

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  • Winning hearts and minds with medical care in Mogadishu

    Dec 2, 2009 09:55 AM PST, AFP
    Winning hearts and minds with medical care in Mogadishu

    AFP - Too weak to hide her mutilated face with her scarf, saliva dribbling from her atrophied mouth and blood seeping through her bandage, the woman lies in the peacekeepers' hospital next to Mogadishu airport.

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  • Half of world's ICU patients have infections: study

    Dec 1, 2009 03:19 PM PST, Reuters
    Half of world's ICU patients have infections: study

    Reuters - Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more than 70 percent are being given antibiotics -- a trend that could help more drug-resistant superbugs emerge, researchers reported on Tuesday.

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  • Medicaid coverage no barrier to mammography access

    Dec 1, 2009 12:50 PM PST, Reuters

    Reuters - Women on Medicaid have a harder time scheduling a timely appointment for a diagnostic mammogram than women with Medicare coverage, new research shows.

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