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 Arab Herald.com http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 08:01:07 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:01:07 -0400 30 A toddler, who survived a car crash horror, was taken to a morgue in a body bag before doctors realised that he was actually breathing. Eisa Hayat was the only survivor of the car accident that took the lives of five members of the then one-year-old's British family on a pilgrimage to Mecca, the Daily Star reported. Doctors in Saudi Arabia saw the toddler moving in the bag just before they were ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214629195/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 06:10:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214629195/scat/fb382975d494227f Allegheny General Hospital has been picked to join the clinical trial of Absorb III, which involves a bioresorbable vascular scaffold that opens a blocked artery and later dissolves. Undergoing study among 2,250 people in a year is Abbott Healthcare's Absorb BVS; 200 will be involved in the trial at Allegheny General Hospital. Allegheny General said it will join the study under the direction ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214631063/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:21:16 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214631063/scat/fb382975d494227f Growing manufacturing and medical fields, along with coming retirements, make a labor shortage in northeast Ohio possible, a new report says. Northeast Ohio's growing medical and manufacturing industries, along with a large swath of retirements looming, make the region primed for a skills gap and possibly even a labor shortage, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The region will add about ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214631062/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:28 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214631062/scat/fb382975d494227f American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214627136/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214627136/scat/fb382975d494227f Millions of Chronically Ill, Lacking Insurance, Can't Get Needed Care CHICAGO - August 4 - Over 11 million Americans with chronic physical illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and asthma are not getting the medical care they need because they ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214626934/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:50 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214626934/scat/fb382975d494227f www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to international ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214627139/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:48 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214627139/scat/fb382975d494227f It is becoming increasingly clear that the issue of gun safety should no longer be left in the hands of our Congress. Gun manufacturers and their political contributions completely control the votes of many legislators. All it takes is a well-placed lobbyist with money from rich gun manufacturers and a checkbook to corrupt a politician's ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214623367/scat/fb382975d494227f Mon, 20 May 2013 00:07:52 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214623367/scat/fb382975d494227f Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students.The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month.Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike.In a copy of his veto message first ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214620008/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:38 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214620008/scat/fb382975d494227f Lebanon has one of the most outstanding health sectors in the Arab world. The comments were made by Mohammad Abu Haidar, a representative for the caretaker health minister, during a conference at ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214619553/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 18:23:12 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214619553/scat/fb382975d494227f Mauritius , situated in the central plateau of the island is seeking dynamic and talented Kenyan healthcare nursing professionals to join its multicultural team. The hospital said the recruitment exercise which goes on until Friday 24, would help it grow and to pursue its vision to become the World's leading healthcare institution. Among the professionals required includes Paediatric Nurse, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214618569/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52:35 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214618569/scat/fb382975d494227f Geneva-May-19(BNA)Health Minister Sadiq bin Abdulkarim Al-Shehabi today attended the Eastern Mediterranean Region Health Ministers' meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The minister's participation followed an invitation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Regional Director Dr Ala'ddine Alwan, on the sidelines of the 66th WHO annual meeting The session ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214618560/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 16:43:14 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214618560/scat/fb382975d494227f Where legislators come in is that health care is one of the most heavily licensed and heavily regulated fields of endeavor in the world. Already there are substantial state-to-state differences in what nurses are allowed to do without the supervision of doctors, differences that tend to reflect the entrenched political power of doctors rather than any sound public policy ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214616550/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 13:19:39 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214616550/scat/fb382975d494227f TASMANIAN hospitals are down by 120 doctors and 65 nurses but the number of clerks and administrators has gone up by 15, says health analyst Martyn ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214616002/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 12:37:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214616002/scat/fb382975d494227f The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot spots by identifying birds that died from the disease.Launched in May 2002, the county program relays information collected on its 24-hour line (815-740-7631) to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Although ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214614223/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214614223/scat/fb382975d494227f Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They say that U.S. guidelines should be expanded to offer cyclists more riding options and call for endorsing cycle tracks - physically ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/fb382975d494227f Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:06 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/fb382975d494227f