UPDATE 1-Health Management profit falls on debt related costs

Reuters - USA
CHICAGO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Hospital chain Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said quarterly ... link

Gates Foundation to help health authorities in India in battle ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP. NEW DELHI The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday pledged US$23 million to help Indian health authorities in their efforts to combat HIV. ... link

Health-food store advice puts people at risk
National Post - Canada
A leading toxicologist is urging authorities to closely monitor retailers who specialize in natural health treatments, citing new evidence the stores routinely ...
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Health group does not buy DoH findings on babies’ deaths
INQ7.net - Philippines
This was how the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), a group of doctors, nurses and other health care personnel, on Tuesday described the official findings ... link

Pandemic flu would outrun vaccine, global health officials say
Boston Globe - United States
WASHINGTON -- Eight years after first drawing attention to a global shortage of flu vaccines, the World Health Organization yesterday said the failure to ... link

Health workers 'making HIV testing difficult'
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
... However, Venter says health workers have the responsibility to help to de-stigmatise of the disease. "The way that health care workers ... link

Savings accounts proposed as antidote to rising health costs
ABC Online - Australia
ELEANOR HALL: Special medical savings accounts are being proposed as one way of meeting the nation's rising health care costs. Today ... link

Labour motion opposes growing health-sector privatisation
Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland
The Dáil is due to debate a Labour Party motion today opposing the increasing privatisation of health services. The party claims ... link

Health Ministry to probe dioxin 'errors'
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
The Ministry of Health will today ask for a copy of findings which suggest its report last year into dioxin levels at a New Plymouth chemical plant contained ... link

NHS criticised over mental health patient's death
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The NHS was blamed yesterday for the death of a mental health patient who was held face down on the floor of a Portsmouth hospital for 25 minutes until he ... link

Labour motion opposes growing health sector privatisation
Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland
The Dail is due to debate a Labour Party motion today opposing the increasing privatisation of the health services. The party claims ... link

TABLE-Universal Health Realty Q3 FFO falls
Reuters - USA
Mr. Alan B. Miller has been Chairman of the Board of Universal Health Realty Income and Chief Executive Officer since 1986 and President of the Trust... ... link

Health Plans Raise Concerns
Washington Post - United States
A new kind of health plan being offered by a growing number of employers appears to save on costs but may lead some patients to forgo needed care, a study by ... link

Sutter Health awarded $6.1M grant
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Sutter Health said Monday it has received a $6.1 million, 4-year grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, for the development of patient safety ... link

Israeli Health Ministry rules out link between vaccine, deaths
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Israeli Health Ministry on Monday ruled out any link between vaccination against flu and suspicious deaths of four patients who died after being inoculated ... link

Health-Care Issue, Poll Finds
Wall Street Journal - USA
... But many lack confidence in either party's ability to tackle this and other health-care issues. The Oct. 8-10 poll, which asked ... link

New Studies Give Fish a Clean Bill of Health, Though Questions ...
Washington Post - United States
... dangerous contaminants. They concluded that the health benefits of eating seafood outweigh any risks for both adults and children. But ... link