Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nepal National.com http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:31 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:31 -0400 30 ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214596876/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214596876/scat/fb382975d494227f DUBAI //Doctors have called for a centralised, long-term programme to tackle heart disease, the nation's biggest single killer. Heart disease is the cause of 25 per cent of deaths in the UAE, and the average age of contracting the disease is 15 years younger than in the western world. A national board should be set up under the federal government with a clear timetable for cutting the ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605976/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:52 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605976/scat/fb382975d494227f Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain has today been declared free from Coronavirus disease-for the time being. The Health Ministry has issued a statement in this regard assuring the public that no cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed to-date in Bahrain. It urged people to abide by hygienic precautionary measures, including washing hands, avoiding touching one's eyes, mouth and ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:47 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/fb382975d494227f By SaharaReporters, New York Years after graduating from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria, the 2008/2009 batch of doctors can hardly call themselves doctors, as the University has inexplicably refused to issue certificates to certify the completion of their training. Dr. Ijeomah Augustine, the group’s spokesperson who spoke to SaharaReporters about their efforts to ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605979/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 17:24:34 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605979/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Richard Heuser I caught up with Dr. Richard Heuser on Friday, right after he finished a surgical procedure and before he headed out to Paris for an interventional cardiology meeting. Heuser was the first in the U.S. to perform a medical procedure as part of a clinical trial for Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Osprey Medical Inc. The Osprey Medical Cincor system is designed to remove contrast dye ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605978/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:32 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605978/scat/fb382975d494227f Social stigma about epilepsy and the mistaken belief that seizures are caused by djinn are putting the lives of sufferers and non-sufferers at risk, doctors warn. Such misconceptions mean cases often go undiagnosed, preventing patients from receiving the appropriate medical treatment and contributing to an underreporting of the condition. Doctors also say a lack of regulation on epileptics ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605382/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:56 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605382/scat/fb382975d494227f Doctors are calling for tougher legislation to govern the issuing of driving licences to epileptics. Sufferers of the condition are already banned from certain professions - such as aviation, driving public transport and operating heavy machinery - but doctors' advice to epileptic drivers of private vehicles is not legally binding, as it is in some western countries. "Someone with ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605381/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:54 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214605381/scat/fb382975d494227f Sunlight beams through the lounge window at the Katoas' house creating warmth and comfort. The house is matchbox-size, immaculate and homely. Family photos from their life in Tonga and New Zealand clutter the cabinets, and at least 10 sports trophies glisten proudly from a cabinet. Like many Pacific Island families, the Katoa household is large: mum, dad and nine children, including twins and a ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214603664/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214603664/scat/fb382975d494227f Manama, May 18th (BNA) -Minister of Health, Sadiq Abdul Karim Al Shehabi left the Kingdom to Genve to participate in the (66) meeting of World Health Assembly of World Health Organization (WHO), which will be held during the period from May 20 to 28, 2013. The Assembly's works will be opened on Monday May 20th, 2013 with appointing the Credentials Committee, electing the sixty-sixth ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 12:35:08 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/fb382975d494227f World Family Doctors Day is a chance to celebrate what family doctors do in supporting health care for all people in their local communities, their countries and around the ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214602358/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214602358/scat/fb382975d494227f WASHINGTON -- Some Alabama physicians and physician assistants were surprised this week to receive a letter with a new demand from the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners: Show us your papers. Under the state's 2011 immigration law, these medical professionals are now required to prove they are U.S. citizens or in the country legally to maintain their licenses to practice, according to ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214599899/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:03 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214599899/scat/fb382975d494227f A Saudi health ministry official visits patients infected with a new SARS-like virus at a hospital in the eastern Saudi province of al-Ahsaa. ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214599382/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:35 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214599382/scat/fb382975d494227f Madeleine McCann . After reviewing investigative files on the case, detectives said they had a list of persons of interest, The Daily Telegraph reported. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who heads the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the review found "investigative and forensic opportunities." Madeleine disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday in August 2007. ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214597600/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:11 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214597600/scat/fb382975d494227f Ken Venturi, whose 1964 U.S. Open victory was one of the most memorable feats in the history of the golf, died Friday at the age of 82. His death came less than a week after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Venturi had been hospitalized since March for a variety of health issues, including pneumonia and infections in his back and intestine. He won 14 times on the PGA Tour ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594813/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:13 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594813/scat/fb382975d494227f Thirty-six students at the University of Central Florida graduated debt-free Friday. Four years ago, UCF had just broken ground on its medical school. It had no accreditation, no faculty, and needed to lure the nation's top students to an unknown school, so they offered to give each med student free tuition and covered all their living expenses. A dean and some of the graduates, in their own ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594014/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:53 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594014/scat/fb382975d494227f A YouGov poll found 1-in-2 U.S. women would have a double mastectomy if genetic tests suggested they had a very high chance of developing breast cancer. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. UPI/Kevin ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594647/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 20:13:53 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214594647/scat/fb382975d494227f In utero exposure to the medications that treat depression may increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders in less than 1 percent of cases. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Shelby Miller talks with friends during a fund raiser for the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in St. Louis on May 16, 2013. UPI/Bill ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214592869/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:37 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214592869/scat/fb382975d494227f But modern trade pacts reach deep into our lives in ways that have nothing to do with trade. Deals now under discussion undermine the freedom of people everywhere to decide how to live, and they restrict the ability of democratically-elected governments to promote public health. It's time for the rest of us to pay attention: A recent trade spat between Cuba and Australia shows exactly ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591853/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:56 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591853/scat/fb382975d494227f About 30,000 workers statewide including 5,800 at UC Davis are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 or University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America Local 9119. While the California Public Employment Relations Board will seek a court injunction Monday to stop University of California medical center workers ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591857/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 17:59:18 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591857/scat/fb382975d494227f University of California Davis will use a $1 million grant announced Tuesday by Covered California to work with El Concilio, the council for Spanish speakers, to educate almost 133,000 primarily Spanish-speaking residents in the Central Valley about the new state health benefit exchange. University of California Davis will use a $1 million grant announced Tuesday by Covered California to work ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591871/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 17:42:05 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591871/scat/fb382975d494227f M.D. Anderson received notices of several noncompliance issues from an audit released in February. Though the president of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center told employees this week the institution would make budget cuts in several areas, The University of Texas health care system's 2012 annual report foreshadowed the moves. The report, released in December, shows the cancer ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591870/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:51 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214591870/scat/fb382975d494227f A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law restricting abortion because it may violate a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. In a ruling dated May 15, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two doctors at Little Rock Family Planning Services Inc., challenging the constitutionality of the Arkansas Human Heartbeat ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589954/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589954/scat/fb382975d494227f As hospitals move into a new era of health care in which they are reimbursed for quality as opposed to the quantity, analysts like those at Moodys Investors Service say demonstrating patient value instead of patient volumes will be more important for nonprofit hospitals moving forward. Thats a historic shift for hospitals, Moodys reports, and it will likely influence credit ratings. And there ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589337/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 15:27:05 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589337/scat/fb382975d494227f Unlike the glitz and glam of events you might find in Hollywood that honor the latest and greatest in fashion or movies, last nights St. Louis Business Journal event put the best financial stewards the area has to offer in the spotlight. More than 150 people came out to Windows on Washington to honor the Business Journals 2013 CFO Award winners. Henk Derksen of Belden Inc., David Levinson of ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589153/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 15:24:10 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589153/scat/fb382975d494227f Cardio3 BioSciences, a regenerative medicine startup licensing technology from Mayo Clinic, has raised $24 million in capital through a private placement. The Belgium-based company, which maintains offices in Rochester, Minn., will put the funding toward clinical trials. Cardio3 is developing a technology that can reprogram bone marrow cells to grow heart tissue. The new cells can then treat ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589350/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:56 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589350/scat/fb382975d494227f A federal judge sentenced Tanya Cullens to prison in a case involving identity theft from University Community Hospital. U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez also entered a forfeiture money judgment of $44,080 against Cullens in the UCH case, and ordered Cullens to pay $85,055 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in a separate offense involving Jabil Circuit Inc. Cullens, who pleaded ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589213/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:11 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214589213/scat/fb382975d494227f John Maraganore, CEO of Alnylam Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY) said on Friday that it plans to file an investigational new drug application next year for a treatment for acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), a rare disease that affects just 5,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe every year. The companys ALN-AS1 program, aimed at AIP, is one of five which the Cambridge, Mass. biotech ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588017/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:08 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588017/scat/fb382975d494227f A San Francisco restaurant owner says he's out of business after complaints about the smell of bacon led to a discovery the eatery lacked proper health permits. Jim Angelus, the owner of Bacon Bacon, said the restaurant will shut down at the close of business Friday. Neighbors complained last summer about the smell and alleged Bacon Bacon did not properly dispose of grease. The San ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588385/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:28 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588385/scat/fb382975d494227f Reg Kelly of QB3 and Mission Bay Capital. Genentech Inc. parent company Roche is throwing in with the University of California's QB3 and Mission Bay Capital to snag seed-stage companies. The Swiss drug maker is the second drug developer to go public with its involvement in a program by QB3, or the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, to identify, fund and support early-stage ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588016/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:48:53 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214588016/scat/fb382975d494227f NAIROBI -- The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, has condemned a brutal attack on civilians living in Mpeti village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF says frequent attacks by armed groups in the villages and towns of North Kivu province have made it difficult for the group to provide medical assistance. The village in North Kivu province ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586636/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:27 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586636/scat/fb382975d494227f Registered nurses at The Scarborough Hospital are advocating for their patients by helping the community send the message: cutting nurses is cutting health care. (Gregory Bennett/ONTARIO NURSES' ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586550/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:45 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586550/scat/fb382975d494227f U.S. WorldMeds CEO P. Breckinridge "Breck" Jones said the company is moving forward with plans for an East End headquarters. Officials at Louisville-based pharmaceuticals firm U.S. WorldMeds hope to start construction on a long-planned three-story office building on Springdale Road in July. The building likely would be finished during the next year to 15 months and would serve as the ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587902/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:41 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587902/scat/fb382975d494227f A memorial at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine represents the 29 coal miners who were killed in an explosion in ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586551/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:39:57 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586551/scat/fb382975d494227f It is over 1,000 pages long, has undergone more than three years of revisions and has set doctors at each other's throats. But the latest version of the psychiatrists' bible is finally out - to a chorus of criticism that it is pathologising everyday ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586337/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:35:51 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586337/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. David Leon Fredrick and his wife, Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by concealing millions of dollars in assets and income in offshore bank accounts. They are accused of conspiring with a resident of Switzerland and a UBS banker to carry out the scheme, according to a written statement. The indictment alleges ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587858/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:01 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587858/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Ronald DePinho, president of M.D. Anderson. The president of University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said in an email to employees this week the hospital system will install austerity measures that include freezing of wages, slow-down in hiring and the postponement of construction projects. "This has been a fulfilling year of unprecedented progress and recognition and a ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587805/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:38 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214587805/scat/fb382975d494227f Mako Surgical President and CEO Maurice Ferre. A federal judge dismissed a securities class action lawsuit against Mako Surgical Corp. The complaint was filed in the Southern District of Florida in May 2012 on behalf of shareholders who claimed that officials of the Davie-based surgical robotics company (NASDAQ: MAKO) misled them concerning sales projections. The lawsuit named Mako Surgical ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586571/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:22 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586571/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Denton Cooley, founder of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, told HBJ last year he hopes the countrys first hospital dedicated solely to the treatment of heart and vascular disease will be constructed at the center one day. The Texas Heart Institute, housed inside the St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, filed a motion May 16 with Harris County District Court asking ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586570/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 12:52:55 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214586570/scat/fb382975d494227f Jung-Tsung Shen, one of five Washington University scientists to receive Bear Cub grants, is developing a high-speed networking switch. Washington University in St. Louis announced Thursday it was awarding $204,000 to five scientists with innovative ideas that need some more help before they can attract government grant money. The universitys Bear Cub grant program was designed to help move ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214584872/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:54 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214584872/scat/fb382975d494227f DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota doctors say prescription drug abuse is a severe problem in the state and they often feel caught between patients who need pain medication and those who say they should do more to curb ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214585735/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 11:57:29 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214585735/scat/fb382975d494227f Karima el-Mahroug, from Morocco, the woman at the center of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is seen in the witness stand at left as she testifies for the first time in the trial of three Berlusconi aides charged with recruiting her and other women for prostitution, in Milan's courthouse, Italy, Friday, May 17, 2013. El-Mahroug, known by the nickname Ruby ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214584873/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:08 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214584873/scat/fb382975d494227f North Carolina will apply for a Medicaid waiver, the next step toward bringing private entities into the state to manage the Medicaid population. ... http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214585580/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 17 May 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/sid/214585580/scat/fb382975d494227f