News tagged with health history

Landmark health bill passes House on close vote

(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 6

'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?

(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age

University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Digital health push woos tech firms, pains doctors

Two years ago, Dr. Gonzalo Venegas decided to bring his medical practice into the Information Age.

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Studies validate use of family health history as gold standard in disease risk assessment

Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will convene to present their latest research findings at the American Society of Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting, which will be held November ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fuzzy math in health law formula

(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline

A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0