Google’s Rx for Health Data (BusinessWeek)
Google’s Rx for Health Data (BusinessWeek)
Its new site is a different approach to health-care data than Microsoft’s HealthVault service. Cooperation may be key to the success of both
Poll: Broad Support for Requiring Health Coverage (NPR)
A poll from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health reveals Americans’ attitudes toward requiring that everyone have health coverage.
Magellan Health Profit May Miss Views (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Magellan Health Services Inc., a health care management company, said Friday its 2008 earnings per share may miss Wall Street analysts’ estimates.
Baltimore Exec to Lead District’s Health Department (Washington Post)
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty today appointed Pierre Vigilance, who has led the Baltimore County Department of Health since 2005, as director of the District’s troubled Health Department.
Prognosis is bright for Google’s health records plan (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Google’s attempt to build a home for personal health records online could potentially make the ads more lucrative than Web search, a top equity analyst says.
Tobacco Use, Secondhand Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy, May Threaten Health of Women and Children in Developing Nations (National Cancer Institute)
Findings from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study indicate that rates of tobacco use during pregnancy, as well as exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke, are significant threats to health in several low and middle-income countries.
Health Highlights: Feb. 29, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
New EU Health Commissioner Nominated (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The European Commission said Friday that former Cypriot first lady Androula Vassiliou had been nominated to become the new EU commissioner in charge of health issues.