The report notes that improving public health preparedness for CBRN threats is an ongoing process as science advances, innovations mature, and the threat scope changes.
The test determines whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab).
Citing evidence of tendon ruptures and other adverse side effects, FDA has ordered “black boxes” added to product labeling.
“We demand that the administration take back this outrageous slap at sick 9/11 responders and reappoint Dr. Howard to a well-deserved second term,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney said yesterday at Ground Zero.
Water provided onboard aircraft through lavatory and galley faucets must meet standards for human consumption, which includes uses such as washing face or hands; brushing teeth; consuming beverages made with onboard water; and drinking the water from galley or lavatory water taps.
More than 1.2 million Americans were hospitalized for pneumonia in 2006, making this lung infection the most common reason for admission to a hospital other than childbirth, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported.
URAC, a Washington, D.C.-based independent accreditor, has convened an expert advisory group for creation of accreditation standards and measures for wellness programs in response to employers' requests for quality standards and measures for both comprehensive and focused wellness programs.
Major U.S. employers using incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to a report.
Mental health and substance abuse problems affect every local community throughout America -- but in unique, and sometimes surprising ways, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The findings are in contrast to some human emergency responders who worked at the World Trade Center site, possibly due to differences between human and animal airways and differences in lung defense mechanisms, a new study concludes.
"Last year we saw that larger, more sophisticated payers experienced lower inflation rates. This year, some of the best results were delivered by smaller insurers," said Joseph Paduda, HSA principal.
"It's a paradox of sorts that therapy for mental health has become commonplace and rather normal, even though a sizeable proportion of Americans say it's either difficult to afford, or hard to understand how it works," said Dr. Richard Millard, Harris Interactive group president.
“We do not know why such a highly competent leader and administrator of an agency that has been, by any measure, a success in the eyes of our members across the country and the entire safety and health community should not be reappointed,” wrote ASSE President Michael W. Thompson, CSP, in May.
With the Fourth of July weekend here, the American Red Cross is urging everyone to make giving blood part of their holiday plans.
The transaction is expected to close this month and will impact nearly all of Fiserv's Insurance segment.
The American Heart Association has set August for the premier of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, the fourth in a series of six new titles to be published under the banner of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The journals will be published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Working hard when tired may be admired by many Americans, but it is a virtue that could be harmful to one's health, according to new research by psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Under the terms of the rule, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters said labs would be required to test every specimen for possible adulterants and urine substitutes.
Natural disasters in 2008 have proved that hurricane season isn't the only time a person should be prepared for the worst. That is why the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Eli Lilly and Co. are urging people with diabetes to be ready in advance in the event disaster strikes.