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Speaker gets new spin doctor (Guardian Unlimited)
A Whitehall spin doctor who was a spokeswoman for Madeleine McCann’s parents has been hired to help the Commons Speaker, Michael Martin, deal with the media
Doctor wants to correct ‘lies’ (The New Zealand Herald)
Dr Roman Hasil, the Czech doctor under fire for bungled operations at Whanganui Hospital, is considering his future while staying with friends in Windsor, west of Sydney.
What to expect from your doctor (CNN.com)
Dr. Joan Harrold once had to tell a relative that he should fire his doctor.
Jeffries would love ‘Doctor Who’ role (Digital Spy)
Former Hollyoaks star Darren Jeffries says he would love to star in Doctor Who.
Intermission: The doctor is in (Stanford Daily)
Stanford is currently infested with diseases of every shape and size. But could there be a way to cure this campus? Prognosis: yeah. In this week s Bracketology, I ve assembled a diverse collection of men, women, children, a cannibal and an ape to see which among them is the best doctor.
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Nutrition project OK’d (Shenandoah Valley News Today)
At the Monday, Feb. 18 Board meeting of Corner Counties Empowerment Agency (CCEA), funding was approved for an Iowa State University (ISU) Extension nutrition and activity project for 10 preschools in Page and Fremont Counties.
Clinton offers plan to improve childhood nutrition (WHOI Peoria)
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 8:03 a.m. HANGING ROCK, OH (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is offering a plan to improve childhood nutrition and setting a goal to reduce by half the 12 million youngsters living in poverty over the next dozen years.
Dorgan asks for rationale for GF nutrition lab closing (Grand Forks Herald)
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Global Child Nutrition Foundation Gala To Recognize Achievements In International School Feeding (Medical News Today)
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s 5th annual A Possible Dream Gala will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and honor several champions of child nutrition, including the 2008 recipient of the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The Weekly Health Quiz (New York Times)
In the news: the benefits of stretching, healing wounds and prostate cancer. Test your knowledge of current events in health.
Google releases health service details (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.
Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Google Readies Google Health (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
The upcoming service is expected to look similar to Google News and provide links to profile data, medical contacts, health notices, and drug interaction warnings.
Google To Tackle Safe Storage Of E-Health Records (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The search leader is building a new part of its site called Google Health, where users will be able to store all manner of health records. They’ll be able to import data from test providers, doctors and the like, to put together their own — and Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) says private — online health dossier. Thursday, Google executives for the first time talked in detail about how Google …
Google previews Google Health (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing, showing off a couple of screenshots of what it will look like.
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No checks done on banned doctor (Sydney Morning Herald)
A DEREGISTERED doctor was able to illegally attend 36 obstetric patients at two South Coast public hospitals - despite being banned from the specialty five years earlier - because the NSW Health Department failed to conduct background checks on him.
Doctor to face charges of murdering husband (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
A doctor suspected of murdering her husband will face murder charges after the high court declined to grant an order that sought to stop her prosecution.
Doctor thrown off Ryanair flight ‘for talking’ (Daily Telegraph)
A doctor is threatening to take Ryanair to court after he claims he was thrown off a flight for chatting during the pre-flight safety briefing.
Doctor rejects cadavers from China for Bodies exhibit (The Beaver County Times)
NEW YORK The doctor behind the Body Worlds exhibits that show cadavers in different poses says he has stopped using bodies from China for fear that some of them may be executed prisoners, ABC News reported on Friday.
Botswana: Bantom, the Music Traditional Doctor (AllAfrica.com)
Ace producer and keyboard master Gavin Bantom has become known as the traditional doctor "gaxeba" of local music because of his contribution to the industry.
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Louisiana to revamp mental health plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Louisiana’s top health official announced a plan on Tuesday to revamp the New Orleans-area’s mental health system, which has been in disarray since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area.
Health Canada clears AstraZeneca stomach drugs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Health Canada lifted its warning on Wednesday on two AstraZeneca drugs used to treat acid-related stomach disorders after it determined there was no obvious link between the treatments and heart attacks and cardiac deaths.
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Ramsay Health Profit Falls 7% on U.K. Expansion Costs (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Ramsay Health Care Ltd., Australia’s biggest private hospital operator, reported a 7 percent drop in first-half profit on costs from last year’s 193 million pound ($380 million) acquisition of hospitals and clinics in the U.K.
HEALTH CARE: Health Action group nears decision on areas of focus (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Health Action Sonoma County, a 32-member council organized by the county in September, has identified three possible issues it will focus on during the next two years. The group met three times late last year and agreed on a set of criteria for choosing specific issues.
Health tips pilot for deaf people (BBC News)
An online pilot scheme to improve the health of the deaf is being launched by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
John Baer: Another example of money getting in the way of health-care change (Philadelphia Daily News)
THIS IS JUST one example. One example of how hard it is to change health care. One example of how campaign cash chases efforts at change.
Health woes and family rift hit Japanese royal family (Times Online)
The Emperor and Empress of Japan may shortly be forced to cut back on their official duties because both are apparently suffering from failing health.
Health tips pilot for deaf people (BBC News)
An online pilot scheme to improve the health of deaf people is being launched by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Study: Health-care costs to dent retirees’ budgets (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Many baby boomers are not going to be able to maintain their standard of living in retirement, not only because they’re not saving enough but also because they face skyrocketing health-care costs.
Microsoft eyes health care app developers with $3 million fund (CNET)
Starting off a race for developers, Redmond offers $3 million fund for health care applications that work on its HealthVault platform.