Health Law

ROCHESTER For more than 100 years, the Mayo Clinic has treated U.S. presidents and Minnesota farmers alike. Now it wants to cure the sickest patient of all: American health care. Mayo leaders have been crisscrossing the country in recent months, making stops at Harvard, in Washington and elsewhere to build support for their ambitious plan. Their goal is to reinvent the way Americans receive and ... - [Read more]

(Hartford-WTNH, May 5, 2007 3:55 PM) _ Thousands of people came out to Bushnell Park in Hartford on Saturday to rally for universal healthcare. - [Read more]

By Keith Ervin, Seattle Times May 5--Two public-health clinics that were threatened with closure because of funding problems will stay open at least until the end of 2008, King County Executive Ron Sims and County Councilman Bob Ferguson announced Friday. - [Read more]

Keeping up with the latest consumer health information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just got easier. FDA today announced two new initiatives to enhance online communications. A Web page, "Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family" , provides comprehensive and timely consumer information. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

When it comes to deer ticks, the Minnesota Department of Health says theres more to worry about than Lyme disease. The tiny black-legged ticks - [Read more]

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Rendell administration is examining laws that control who may buy guns in Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, but the governor is unlikely to follow his Virginia counterparts lead and call for barring firearms sales to anyone ordered to get mental-health treatment, a top administration aide said. - [Read more]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (CP) - North America might not need yet another exercise machine. Treadmills, weights and resistance equipment already jam the health clubs. - [Read more]

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: - [Read more]

For the first time, Ontario patients will be able to easily discover if a doctor has been found guilty of medical malpractice, has a criminal conviction and why or what limits have been put on a physicians licence. - [Read more]

Myanmars detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in good health after her doctor and an eye specialist visited her for a routine check-up, a party spokesman said Saturday. - [Read more]

Clew Communications, the specialist healthcare shop run by former Guardian journalist Chris Mihill, has scooped three accounts - including one with Novartis for its new osteoporosis drug Aclasta. - [Read more]

THE issues of homosexuality and medical malpractice in Jamaica are likely to emerge in discussions this weekend at a conference being held by the Bioethics Society of the English-Speaking Caribbean. - [Read more]

For years, as local manufacturers have been recognized as part of the annual Minnesota Manufacturers Week, some have wondered how local healthcare providers might fit into the mix. - [Read more]

Representatives of many of Crookstons healthcare providers gathered at RiverView Healthcare for a photo. - [Read more]

In an ironic twist announced this week, Indianas healthcare reform package -- one of the nations most creative proposals passed at the state level to date -- will be financed by a 44-cent cigarette tax increase. - [Read more]