News tagged with providers
Lower income women report more insurance-based discrimination during pregnancy, delivery
Dec 04, 2009 |
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According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of ...
World Newspaper Congress opens in India
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Newspaper executives and editors gathered in India from around the world Tuesday heard calls to seek more payment for their content on the Internet as they decried their industry's sharply falling ...
Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remedies
Nov 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It's another example of how alternative medicine has become ...
Survey: Men may not be adequately involved in decisions about prostate cancer screening
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Men largely make decisions about prostate cancer screening based on conversations with their clinicians, but these discussions often do not include information about the risks of testing in addition to the benefits, according ...
Researchers believe hormone therapy should not be stopped prior to mammograms
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are recommending that menopausal women on hormone therapy (HT) continue their treatment prior to having their annual mammogram screenings. These ...
New Web site promotes interoperable newborn screening data
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created ...
China moves to control online music industry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into Chinese, in a new push to control online content.
New research reveals mothers need infant feeding information
Jul 29, 2009 |
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A systematic literature review of mothers' experiences with bottle-feeding found that while mothers recognize the benefits of breastfeeding, those who bottle-feed with infant formula do not receive adequate information and ...
Too many ways to say 'it hurts'
Jul 29, 2009 |
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There are at least 100 ways to say, "It hurts!" And that is the problem.
DVD protector Macrovision changes name and purpose
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services.
BT shelves Phorm's Web usage monitoring for ads
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- British telecommunications provider BT PLC is indefinitely shelving plans to target online advertising to individual customers by using Web monitoring techniques that have drawn privacy complaints.
The Pirate Bay sold to Swedish gaming group
Jun 30, 2009 |
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A Swedish gaming group said Tuesday it would buy The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing sites, for 5.6 million euros (7.8 million dollars).
For some, prominent power lines dim enthusiasm for green power
May 19, 2009 |
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In the summer heat, Rockney Compton's spring-fed koi pond doubles as a swimming hole for his three kids, and in the spring it is a water bowl for his dogs.
In Britain, green squatters seize island
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A bucolic, sun-dappled island in the river Thames seems an unlikely setting for an environmental and lifestyle standoff -- but that's what green squatters are staging.
Swedish Internet firm to delete user data
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Swedish telecom supplier Tele2 said Monday it will delete information allowing their customers to be identified, a move police argue could make the hunt for Internet pirates "impossible."
