Minnesota Health / Activists: Destroy blood samples
Emboldened by two favorable judicial rulings, a Twin Cities privacy advocate is demanding that the Minnesota Department of Health destroy thousands of newborns' blood samples that it kept indefinitely without explicit permission from parents
Old germ faces new health tricks
One of the most serious microbial threats facing populations worldwide is not the emergence of a never-before encountered superbug, but an old bug that is learning new tricks, infectious disease experts say
Grove has ideas for health care
Andy Grove, the former Intel Corp. chief exec and chairman, is frustrated. He's been pushing for changes to the U.S. health care system -- an interest in Washington and on Wall Street, Grove isn't sure his message is hitting home
HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources Updated Daily-Cancer-A Brother's Death, a Sister's Awakening
"But even then, disabled and tormented, Steven clung to life; and I, a health reporter specializing in end-of-life care and the right-to-die movement, couldn't understand why," writes Kott in an opinion piece published in the April 11 issue of the Journa
HEALTH CARE HEROES AWARDS: OCTOBER 18, 2007
a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities; 2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed an heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal
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