[Health] Drug shortages negatively affect outcomes for children, according to study

Drug shortages negatively affect outcomes for children, according to study
http://natmonitor.com/2012/12/28/drug-shortages-negatively-affect-outcomes-for-children-with-hodgkin-lymphoma/
It is no surprise that current drug shortages are negatively affecting the medical outcomes for patients. When most people think about the impacts of drug shortages they imagine older people and people with chronic conditions who rely more consistently on ...

Better health care will reduce Medicare costs
http://www.mdnews.com/news/2012_12/national_the-cost-of-the-affordable-care-act.aspx
Sad, sad, sad that in talking about budget cuts, we use painful words like “extracting billions from Medicare” or “slashing the Medicare entitlement.

Increase seen in cases of norovirus, flu
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/12/flu_cases_spike_in_kent_county.html
It's that time of year - public health officials are seeing a surge in norovirus and influenza cases. "We are indoors more and in closer contact with one another," said Chris Adamski, infectious disease bureau chief with the state Department of Health and Human ...