Tuesday, December 05, 2006

NIAC unveils its Better Health policy in Oman (Vitamins and health)

MUSCAT A pioneering health insurance scheme that provides both outpatient and inpatient cover and meant for citizens and expatriates alike was launched here yesterday by a leading Indian insurance firm.
City Health Official Sharon Swindle will retire this month after five years with the city of Kerrville. Swindle will leave the city on Dec. 15. She said her plans consist of sleeping late and relaxing.
The National Health Forum 2006 announced today that U.S. Surgeon General Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH will be keynoting the December 8 forum being held at Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. Dr.
Attorneys for the state of Maryland on Thursday argued before a federal appeals court in defense of a law that would require Wal-Mart Stores to increase spending on health care for employees, the AP/Hampton Roads Daily Press reports (Chen Sampson, AP/Hampton Roads Daily Press, 11/30). The law, which was enacted on Jan. 12 but overturned in July by U.S. District Judge J. [click link for full
Federal parliament has approved the sale of Medibank Private, Australia's largest health insurer. The Senate has voted to pass the Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006, expected to reap up to $2 billion for the federal government.
The administration of Gov. Mitt Romney is trying to limit the scope of a bill requiring health clubs to have portable defibrillators, by taking action that would exempt clubs with 15 or fewer employees.
Dr Charles Ntiahmoah Takyi, Deputy Central Regional Director of Health Services in charge of Clinical Care, has cautioned the public, particularly sexually active men and young men, against the use of various types of aphrodisiacs being advertised on radio and television and in the newspapers.
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With the new year just around the corner, People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) have in a unique initiative, written, designed and published a Health Diary 2007. Released today by former Miss India Amrita Thapar at the Treatment Adherence Advocacy Literacy (TAAL) pharmacy in Nana Peth, the diary is literally a ready reckoner on information about HIV. Says Shabana Patel, president of the Network of

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