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  • The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records

    The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records In the nation’s drive to computerize patient records, Jonathan Bush surely qualifies as the most disgruntled beneficiary of the government’s largesse – billions in incentives to accelerate adoption by doctors and hospitals. Read more on New York Times

  • The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records

    The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records In the nation’s drive to computerize patient records, Jonathan Bush surely qualifies as the most disgruntled beneficiary of the government’s largesse – billions in incentives to accelerate adoption by doctors and hospitals. Read more on New York Times

  • Your Health mailbag: Blood glucose, red-yeast rice, allergy shots

    Your Health mailbag: Blood glucose, red-yeast rice, allergy shots Is a normal blood-glucose level the same for everyone? Is red-yeast rice a good cholesterol treatment? And what’s in those allergy shots? Read more on USA Today

  • Battling cuts

    Battling cuts Protests against council cutbacks Read more on BBC News

  • Childhood Asthma Found to Negatively Affect Adult Health

    Childhood Asthma Found to Negatively Affect Adult Health (PhysOrg.com) — Children with asthma are more likely to develop a range of health and social problems as they enter into adulthood, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study is published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Health Economics.…

  • Mayo Clinic study reveals neighborhood asthma risks

    Mayo Clinic study reveals neighborhood asthma risks ( Mayo Clinic ) Mayo Clinic researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma. The researchers used this study to show how neighborhood environment is a risk factor in understanding the development of pediatric asthma. The…

  • The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt: Three-Disc Collector’s Edition

    The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt: Three-Disc Collector’s Edition Recommended Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States and arguably one of the most popular. Born in 1858, Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family and suffered from asthma at an early age; in contrast to his weak physical condition, young Teddy devoted his…

  • Children living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma

    Children living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma Mayo Clinic researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma. Read more on News-Medical-Net

  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The new MPs I’m glad to see

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The new MPs I’m glad to see At 3am on election night – when results were still uncertain – I surrendered to sleep and turbulent dreams. In one scene, Roy Hattersley, in a kilt, was saluting a uniformed and heavily armed Margaret Thatcher. On Friday my husband brought in the coffee as always…

  • Those living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma, study finds

    Those living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma, study finds Researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma. The researchers used this study to show how neighborhood environment is a risk factor in understanding the development of pediatric asthma.…