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What do I mean by high-quality research? link By Emily DeVoto(Emily DeVoto)
My readers have heard me talk about high-quality health research, and health care quality research, which overlaps with the former, and then, of course, ... What I want to talk about today is high-quality health research, because I've ...

ranberries Among Top Health Foods link FOX News - USA
Cranberries are among the top foods with proven health benefits, according to Amy Howell, a researcher at Rutgers University. Cranberries ...

Africa's Rural Areas Suffer Most from Health Care Worker Exodus link Voice of America - USA
There is a steady migration of health care workers from many low-income countries to richer ones, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. ...

Russian health minister faces storm after graft case link Reuters.uk - UK
MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia's health and social security minister refused to resign on Monday despite a corruption scandal at a medical insurance fund ...

Health expert gives chronic-disease warning link Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa: ... chronic diseases such as those induced by smoking and overeating could erode the gains made in combating other types of disease, public health expert Dr Derek ...

Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2006 link Forbes - NY,USA
A six-year, $28-million study to examine the safety and effectiveness of home oxygen therapy for patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Africa: Continent Can Overcome Dramatic Public Health Crisis With ... link AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA: While Africa confronts the world's most dramatic public health crisis, it can over time meet the challenges, given sufficient international support, according ...

Vic parties 'neck and neck' on health link Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
AN analysis of health policies released by the Labor and Liberal parties ahead of Saturday's Victorian election shows they are virtually identical, according ...

Africa developing solutions to fight disease and improve health ... link By Gary Price
Africa is finding and developing its own solutions to its health problems, a new report finds. The Africa Regional Health Report - the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the ...

Government admits health policy led to blow-out link The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A MASSIVE blow-out in payments to pathologists and radiologists is a result of Federal Government health policies — not overservicing by the profession, the ...

South Africa: Q&A with the Deputy Health Minister link AllAfrica.com - Washington,US
... The Deputy President mentioned at the civil society congress the call for the strengthening of primary health care. This is supported by the departmet. ...

Health Service 'lied to families of nursing home victims link Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland
Families of patients who died at Leas Cross nursing home were lied to by the Health Service Executive about problems at the facility, a new victims’ group ...

E-health Chief Says Prototype of National Network Due in January link Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA: Robert Kolodnerwas named interim national coordinator for health information technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services in September. ...

Future Health expands to the Middle East link AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
Future Health Technologies Ltd, a Private Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank based in the UK, has recently opened its own offices in Jeddah, Riyadh and in Dubai. ...

South Africa: The Deputy Health
Minister Offers a Ray of Hope ... link AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
With the health minister out of the limelight due to illness, her deputy, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, has stepped out of the shadows with a fresh take on HIV ...

ResCare Acquires Prime Health link Houston Chronicle - United States
... ResCare Inc., a provider of job training and other services for people with mental and physical disabilities, said Monday it acquired Prime Health Inc., a ...

WHO says gains are made in Africa health link Houston Chronicle - United States
... LONDON — African countries are developing innovative methods to tackle illness and disease, but health problems across the continent remain enormous, the ...

UNIVERSAL HEALTH ACCOUNTS link
Rising costs, an aging population and a Democratic Congress mean the coming years are sure to see pressure for a larger government role in health care. So it's encouraging that America's private health insurers and their lobby group ...