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10/14/2008
Health care costs rising, but expenses can be controlled (USA Today)
The average employee's health care costs, including premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, will increase 8.9% in 2009, according to Hewitt Associates. That's well above the rate of inflation and average salary increases. For that reason, it's more important than ever to scrutinize your employer's health care options during open enrollment season.
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10/13/2008
SAfrica's new health minister signals fresh approach in AIDS battle (AFP via Yahoo! News)
South Africa's new health minister called Monday for renewed global efforts to find an AIDS vaccine, signalling a sharp change from her controversial predecessor in a country with the world's most HIV infections.
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10/14/2008
Karen Heller: Health, education foremost for voters (Philly.com)
In an economy that resembles a natural disaster - except that it was man-made and avoidable - Americans are concerned about health care and higher education, and how they're going to pay for them.
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10/14/2008
S. Africa's new health minister reverses policy on HIV/AIDS (Los Angeles Times)
South Africa's new health minister broke dramatically Monday with a decade of discredited government policies on AIDS, declaring that the disease was unquestionably caused by HIV and must be treated with conventional medicine.
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10/13/2008
Health Highlights: Oct. 13, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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10/14/2008
Former Rep. Paul G. Rogers dies - 'Mr. Health' (San Francisco Chronicle)
Former U.S. Rep. Paul G. Rogers, a Democrat who earned the nickname "Mr. Health" for his work on environmental and health care legislation during a 24-year career in Congress, has died. He was 87. Rogers died Monday morning at a rehabilitation hospital in...
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10/14/2008
Health Care Big Issue For Plainville Bookstore Owner (Hartford Courant)
Maureen Flynn's health is OK, and she has medical insurance. But to Flynn, the owner of a used bookstore, health care is a paramount issue this election.
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10/14/2008
Former congressman Paul G. Rogers, dubbed 'Mr. Health,' dies at 87 (Sun-Sentinel)
Paul G. Rogers, a former Democratic congressman known as "Mr. Health" for his championing of national health issues, died Monday in Washington, D.C. He was 87.
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10/14/2008
State was warned on mental health billing (The News & Observer)
Internal e-mail messages show the state's top mental-health officials ignored warnings from their own staff that they could get in trouble for improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for treatment provided at a new state mental hospital in Butner.
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10/13/2008
Health Tip: Keep a Health Journal (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
(HealthDay News) -- Keeping a health journal is a great way to share your medical history with your doctors.
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| Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine - Full, indexed text of this encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery. By George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle.Disability Social History Project - Timeline, essays, upcoming conferences, and other resources related to the history of disability in society. The ways in which people with disabilities have been treated vary dramatically throughout history and among different cultures.Dr. Albert Sabin's Discovery of the Oral Polio Vaccine - Information on Albert B. Sabin, MD, developer of the polio vaccine from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.The Innominate Society of Louisville - Presentations and discussions of papers dealing with subjects of interest or importance in the fields of medical history and the cultural aspects of medicine.Medicine and Madison Avenue - Explores the complex relationships between modern medicine and modern advertising. Presents images and database information for various health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines.Photographs for Mental Health Care Reform: The Maryland State Care Campaign, 1908-1910 - This online exhibition traces the Maryland State Lunacy Commission's successful campaign to transfer the mentally ill from county almshouses into state hospitals. Photographs played a key role in the passage of new laws.Social History of Medicine - A journal concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past.Society for the Social History of Medicine - Pursues inter-disciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice. Organization information, upcoming conferences, journal table of contents, and internet links.
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