Y! Health News Search RSS Feed http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health News Search RSS Feed, updated continuously. en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:46:33 PDT Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Yahoo! Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif Democrats see drugmaker windfall from Medicare (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/drugs_congress_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/drugs_congress_dcThu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:40 PDTReuters - U.S. pharmaceutical companies benefited from a $3.7 billion "windfall" during the first two years of Medicare's prescription drug coverage, according to a report from Democratic congressional staff released on Thursday.CDC unveils new September 11 site health effort (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/sept11_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/sept11_dcThu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:20 PDTReuters - U.S. health officials unveiled plans on Thursday to help people who lived or worked near New York's World Trade Center who may have been harmed by exposure to dust and debris from the collapse in the 2001 attacks.Booming business helps patients navigate medicine (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/med_health_advocates.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/med_health_advocatesThu, 24 Jul 2008 13:45:08 PDTAP - After three surgeries, Judy Sherer still had chronic pain in her left shoulder. She'd lost faith in her doctors, and in despair tried a new health benefit offered by her employer.U.S. Health Care Still Ill, Survey Finds (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/ushealthcarestillillsurveyfinds.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/ushealthcarestillillsurveyfindsThu, 17 Jul 2008 20:48:10 PDTHealthDay - THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Access to health care in the United States continues to elude more and more Americans, a new survey shows.US healthcare costs more, delivers less: study (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthus_080717103945.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthus_080717103945Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:39:45 PDTAFP - The United States lags behind other industrialized nations in the quality of its healthcare despite having the costliest system in the world, according to a report released on Thursday.U.S. still flunks healthcare test, group says (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/healthcare_usa_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/healthcare_usa_dcWed, 16 Jul 2008 21:07:35 PDTReuters - The United States fails on most measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or treatable illnesses than people in other industrialized countries, a report released on Thursday said.Colon cancer screening rates still too low (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/cancer_screening_dc.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/cancer_screening_dcWed, 16 Jul 2008 08:30:14 PDTReuters - Just half of Americans who should be screened for colorectal cancer are actually getting tested, and lack of health insurance appears to be a major reason why, new research suggests.Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/coloncancerscreeningratesremainlow.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/coloncancerscreeningratesremainlowMon, 14 Jul 2008 20:47:00 PDTHealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of U.S. men and women older than 50 are getting screened for colorectal cancer, despite the success these tests have in reducing deaths linked to the disease, a new report says.Teen Birth Rates, Homicides on Increase, Report Shows (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/teenbirthrateshomicidesonincreasereportshows.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/teenbirthrateshomicidesonincreasereportshowsFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:46:34 PDTHealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- The teen birth rate is up for the first time in 15 years, and homicides among teens are up for the first time in 12 years, a new government report finds.Workshop Helps Parents, Kids Talk About Sex (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/workshophelpsparentskidstalkaboutsex.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/workshophelpsparentskidstalkaboutsexFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:15 PDTHealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and often, a new study says.