Telehealth Times http://www.telehealthtimes.com News & information: TeleMedicine, Telehealth, eHealthcare technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:45:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 New VA Telehealth Clinic in Salida, Colorado http://www.telehealthtimes.com/new-va-telehealth-clinic-in-salida-colorado/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/new-va-telehealth-clinic-in-salida-colorado/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:45:25 +0000 Dave http://www.telehealthtimes.com/new-va-telehealth-clinic-in-salida-colorado/ Local TV news looks at a newly opened clinic in Salida, Colorado.

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]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/va-telehealth/feed/ 0 Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people (AP) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/study-new-flu-inefficient-in-attacking-people-ap/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/study-new-flu-inefficient-in-attacking-people-ap/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/study-new-flu-inefficient-in-attacking-people-ap/ A physician holds samples of patients suspected of being infected with swine flu at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Health authorities have warned that while the swine flu peak has passed in Mexico, the Southern Hemisphere is at risk as it heads deeper into its winter flu season as the nation's swine flu death toll surged to 35. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Pontoriero)AP – With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people’s respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.


]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/study-new-flu-inefficient-in-attacking-people-ap/feed/ 0 Advocates are back with real health care stories (AP) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/advocates-are-back-with-real-health-care-stories-ap/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/advocates-are-back-with-real-health-care-stories-ap/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/advocates-are-back-with-real-health-care-stories-ap/ Carpenter Greg Douglas sits with dozens of medical bills at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The community held a benefit for him and put out collection cans to help with medical expenses after he was injured when his truck rolled on black ice. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP – When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.


]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/advocates-are-back-with-real-health-care-stories-ap/feed/ 0 Federal probe finds problems with chelation study (AP) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/federal-probe-finds-problems-with-chelation-study-ap/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/federal-probe-finds-problems-with-chelation-study-ap/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/federal-probe-finds-problems-with-chelation-study-ap/ AP – A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.

]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/federal-probe-finds-problems-with-chelation-study-ap/feed/ 0 Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea (Reuters) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/bedwetting-being-overweight-linked-to-sleep-apnea-reuters/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/bedwetting-being-overweight-linked-to-sleep-apnea-reuters/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/bedwetting-being-overweight-linked-to-sleep-apnea-reuters/ Reuters – Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.

]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/bedwetting-being-overweight-linked-to-sleep-apnea-reuters/feed/ 0 Uganda to outlaw female circumcision (AFP) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/uganda-to-outlaw-female-circumcision-afp/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/uganda-to-outlaw-female-circumcision-afp/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/uganda-to-outlaw-female-circumcision-afp/ A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)AFP – Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country’s eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.


]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/uganda-to-outlaw-female-circumcision-afp/feed/ 0 Health Tip: Controlling Asthma (HealthDay) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/health-tip-controlling-asthma-healthday/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/health-tip-controlling-asthma-healthday/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:32 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/health-tip-controlling-asthma-healthday/ HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Medication used to control asthma may be
used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American
Academy of Family Physicians says.

]]> http://www.telehealthtimes.com/health-tip-controlling-asthma-healthday/feed/ 0 Fertility drug combo promising in older women (Reuters) http://www.telehealthtimes.com/fertility-drug-combo-promising-in-older-women-reuters/ http://www.telehealthtimes.com/fertility-drug-combo-promising-in-older-women-reuters/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:32 +0000 admin http://www.telehealthtimes.com/fertility-drug-combo-promising-in-older-women-reuters/ Reuters – The combination of two drugs — Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) — could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate.

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