WA health groups want smoking banned in cars (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Some of Western Australia’s leading health groups have launched a campaign to ban smoking in cars carrying children, and in many outdoor public places.
McCain?s Health Is Called Robust by His Doctors (New York Times)
John McCain is in excellent health and shows no evidence of a recurrence of the melanoma that led to head and neck surgery in 2000, his doctors said.
Week in Review: Farm Bill, McCain’s Health (NPR)
Weekend Edition Saturday , May 24, 2008 NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr talks with Scott Simon about the week’s news, including Congress’ vote to override the president’s veto of the farm bill and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain releasing his health records.
Tri-State Community Health Center marks six years of helping people (Cumberland Times-News)
Tri-State Community Health Center, located on Kelly Road, is celebrating six years of providing quality patient-centered health care in the tri-state region.
Health forum highlights disparity in services (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A public forum on allied health and rehabilitation services in Tasmania’s north has voted to lobby the State Government for better funding.
Health Highlights: May 24, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
‘Health issues’ force Paul Newman out of director’s role (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Health problems mean that US actor Paul Newman will not be able to direct a play that his theater company plans to show later this year, his publicist announced Friday.
Developing countries’ needs to fore at world health summit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the UN World Health Organisation, Saturday urged the industrialised world to promote research into diseases plaguing developing nations.
Need to combat high cost of health care (The Star)
TAIPING: The Sultan of Perak has called for a strategic approach to combat the escalating cost of providing health care and services to the people.
Health-Stock Refuge No Refuge at All (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
In past economic downturns, investors looking for cover from falling share prices could always run to health-care stocks. This year, though, that classic safe haven appears worse than the storm.