http://www.researchhealthcare.com Health News, Research, and Information Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:40:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en She went on to have two daughters, and she may have boosted their chances of avoiding becoming obese, like her two older children are. Thats the implication of research suggesting that something in an obese womans womb can program her fetus toward becoming a fat child and adult. Its ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/obesity/scientists-seek-origins-of-obesity-in-the-womb.html But thats where the Rockford, Ill., woman was Friday as she stood in a White House flower garden and shared her story of being repeatedly denied health insurance because of the cancer in her past. In less than four minutes at the microphone, Lownsdale helped the Obama administration mark ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/cancer/michelle-obama-highlights-breast-cancer-awareness.html Calpers is the sole investor in Health Evolution Partners, a two-year-old private-equity firm in San Francisco run by David Brailer, a first-time money manager and former aide to President George W. Bush. Brailer, 50, coordinated Bushs planning for an electronic health-records network; Calpers is counting on him to earn its ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/care/calpers-bets-1-billion-bush-aide-can-exploit-health-adjustments.html "A public option at the forefront really does put the government in a disproportionate position with respect to the industry," Snowe, the only Republican to vote for a health plan so far, said in an interview with Bloomberg Televisions "Political Capital With Al Hunt," airing this weekend. ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/public/snowe-rejects-public-option-as-senate-democrats-weigh-measure.html The study involving 564 people found just five months of liraglutide injections shaved 4.8 kilograms (10.6 pounds) to 7.2 kilograms from their frames, compared with 4.1 kilograms for those on Xenical and 2.8 kilograms for those given placebo. ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/obesity/novo-nordisk-drug-helps-healthy-lose-weight-axe-blood-pressure.html New York will be getting only about 23 percent of its anticipated supply of the vaccine for the swine flu virus - also called H1N1 - by the end of the month, and that should be reserved for those most at risk for serious illness and death, according to Gov. ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/vaccine/ny-officials-rescind-mandatory-h1n1-flu-shot-order.html These and other products making bogus claims to prevent or treat swine flu are flooding the Internet as scam artists prey on the publics fears while the vaccine is delayed and real Tamiflu - made by Switzerlands Roche Group - is rationed. Every problem, it would seem, is a ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/fda/fda-warns-swine-flu-scams-lurk-on-the-internet.html Catholic Health Initiatives, the second-largest Catholic health-care system after Ascension Health, today is offering $1.16 billion in bonds to replace variable- and auction-rate debt, reimburse itself for previous capital spending and cover new projects. State agencies in Colorado and Kentucky and Ohios Montgomery County will issue the bonds and banks ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/care/hospital-bonds-approach-24-billion-this-week-in-muni-market.html The House Judiciary Committee yesterday voted 20-9 to approve legislation that would ban insurers from engaging in price fixing, bid-rigging and market allocation. The measure may be added to broader health-care overhaul legislation. At the same time, ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/public/house-targets-insurers-with-antitrust-challenge-public-option.html As nervous Americans clamor for the vaccine, production is running several weeks behind schedule, and health officials blame the pressure on pharmaceutical companies to crank it out along with the ordinary flu vaccine, and a slow and antiquated process that relies on millions of chicken eggs. There have been ... http://www.researchhealthcare.com/vaccine/production-of-swine-flu-vaccine-is-way-behind.html