 The Money Times | Indonesia reports 85th bird flu death AFP - JAKARTA (AFP) - A 33-year-old Indonesian man from Sumatra island died of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll in the world's worst-affected nation to 85 and the global toll to 200, health officials said. Indonesian man infected by bird flu One more Indonesian man dies of bird flu |
The Money Times | Indonesia reports 85th bird flu death AFP - JAKARTA (AFP) - A 33-year-old Indonesian man from Sumatra island died of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll in the world's worst-affected nation to 85 and the global toll to 200, health officials said. Indonesian man infected by bird flu One more Indonesian man dies of bird flu |
Alcohol use by kids at high rate San Jose Mercury News - Children are experimenting with alcohol even earlier than many parents realize, with 7 percent of fourth-graders reporting that they have had a drink in the past year, a new study shows. Underage Drinking Hits Grade School Personal Health | News and Notes |
Reuters - China has found microscopic worms in
wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered
substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children,
Chinese media said on Friday, in the latest volley of
cross-border accusations.
Reuters - China has found microscopic worms in
wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered
substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children,
Chinese media said on Friday, in the latest volley of
cross-border accusations.
Doctors Aim to Loosen Anemia Drug Limits Forbes - By MATTHEW PERRONE 08.31.07, 4:46 PM ET Cancer doctors seek to loosen federal restrictions on anemia drugs that carry potentially deadly side effects, saying the tight payment guidelines for treatments made by Amgen and Johnson and Johnson are ... Physicians urge Medicare to retract anemia drug rules Cancer Doctors Seek New Drug Limits |
 Times Colonist | Center helps Hispanics shed stigma of mental health ills Sun-Sentinel.com - Enny Almonte-Nunez, a licensed clinical social worker with the Caridad Center, meets with a client in her home. She says depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome are common among her patients. Homeless suffer more from mental illness, says report Homeless People Prone to Mental Health Disorders |
Survivors win $5.39 million in medical-negligence lawsuit Seattle Times - By Christina Siderius The family of a Seattle man who was sent away from an emergency room with acid-reflux medicine and died days later from an untreated condition was awarded $5.39 million by a jury. $5 million award in medical negligence case Jury awards $5.4 million for misdiagnosis in Seattle hospital ER |