Health Halo Can Hide the Calories
Have Americans been seduced into overeating by the so-called health halo associated with certain foods and restaurants?

Mobile unit offers health advice
A mobile health unit offers blood pressure checks and health advice to residents of a Cumbrian town.

Health Insurers' Universal Uncertainty
Universal health care is putting a damper on insurers.

Multnomah County health director honored as "public health hero"
Multnomah County Health Director Lillian M. Shirley has been named a "public health hero" by Research!American, a national health education and advocacy alliance. The organization honored Shirley for her work helping communities deal with public health concerns and for focusing...

Health Highlights: Nov. 30, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 30, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 12/1/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2008

Evidence grows for vitamin D, heart health link
People with a deficiency in vitamin D may be at increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease, the authors of a new review on research of vitamin D and heart health conclude.

Web searches feed health fears
Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs - people who needlessly fear the worst diagnosis after surfing the net, say researchers.

Screen addiction 'bad for kids' health'
SPENDING a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, US researchers said today.

Menadue: COAG?s billions are a wasted opportunity for health
Australian governments would be unwise to assume that their multi-billion dollar health funding package will solve the problems in health care, writes John Menadue .

Reforming health care in Chile
Chile has maintained a dual health care system in which citizens can opt for coverage with either the public National Health Insurance Fund or a private health insurance company.

Teen Health Center open at Austin Middle
GALVESTON ? The Teen Health Center at Austin Middle School has reopened and can provide free primary care to anyone up to age 22.

Elementary school intervention increases mental, sexual health, economic status
( University of Washington ) Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health, sexual health and higher educational and economic achievement than a control group of young adults who didn't receive the intervention.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Iceberg computer program is created ? New discovery about T cells is reported ? NASA studies pilot cognition ? Diabetes, obesity metabolic link studied ... Health/Science news from UPI.

County Awards Bid To Begin Health Clinic
El Paso County employees can soon benefit from a health clinic right around the corner from where they work.

Health Ministry to find out cause of problem
THE Health Ministry will investigate if doctors with mental problems were affected by a heavy workload when studying in medical colleges or by work pressure during their internship.

Health debate: Flavored versus unflavored milk
Got milk? Schools reconsider milk menu, cite concerns of health and nutrition Cartons of milk still anchor school lunches, but the milk inside them is changing as concerns mount about childhood obesity and nutrition.

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City awards $7M in grants
The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City today announced nearly $7 million in ?safety net health grants? to 51 area organizations.

Lack of mental health services in prison a concern: Ombudsman
Prison staff and inmates are at risk because of a lack of mental health services in prisons, Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem says in her annual report to Parliament.

Tertiary Institutions for Health Insurance Scheme
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) said it has extended its services to higher institutions across the country urging management of such schools to ensure that students? payments were collected at the point of entry.

QLD Health rejects intervention influx claims
Queensland Health says there is no evidence to support reports that large numbers of Indigenous people are moving to Mount Isa to escape the federal intervention in the Northern Territory.