Prewar glamour returning to Polish health spa (AP via Yahoo! News)
For more than 100 years, aristocrats and artists came to the mountain health resort of Szczawnica Zdroj in search of cures. Jewish rabbis walked in the park, arguing theological points with their students and sipping water from the mineral springs. Visitors included Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz, one of the most celebrated Polish writers of all time.
Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Health Tip: Good Health for Men (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
(HealthDay News) -- While risk factors, age and family history play a role in a man's health, your daily habits and health regimen also have a major impact on how healthy you are.
Health Highlights: August 3, 2008 (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Health Highlights: August 3, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 8/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2008
Kids' Meals Are Not Health-Food Friendly (CBS News)
Healthy kids' meals at top restaurant chains are slim pickings, according to a report by a nonprofit public health group.
Health insurance ambition narrows (Los Angeles Times)
Schwarzenegger seeks a deal to cap profits, set minimum benefits and limit cancellations on individual policies. Seeking to salvage two years of efforts to completely remake California's health insurance system, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislators are nearing deals intended to rein in costly, meager medical insurance policies sold directly to individuals.
The Impending Health-Care Boom (The Motley Fool)
Get in front of the health-care spending wave.
Health departments issue warning about outdoor sports (The Kansas City Star)
With temperatures approaching triple digits, area health departments today issued a warning to athletes, coaches and parents to take safeguards while participating in outdoor sports.
Mark Farrah Associates Examines Emerging Individual Health Insurance Market (Centre Daily Times)
An estimated 17 million Americans purchased non-group health coverage directly from insurance companies in 2007. Mark Farrah Associates (MFA) takes a look at this emerging diversified product line for insurers in a free Healthcare Business Strategy brief, available at www.markfarrah.com. This individual market brief examines product offerings and the role insurers' play in health coverage for ...
InVentiv Health buys Patient Marketing Group for $14.5M (BizJournals)
InVentiv Health Inc. has closed a $14.5 million deal to buy a New Jersey pharmaceuticals marketer. (CAH) (VTIV)