C-Section Too Early Risks Baby's Health
Babies born by surgical delivery before 39 weeks may suffer more health issues.

New York May Require Longer Coverage for Family Health Plans
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Group health insurers in New York would have to give parents the option to extend coverage to their children until age 30 under a proposal Governor David Paterson plans to introduce, state officials said.

Obama Looks to Journalist-Doctor Gupta to Sell Health Change
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sanjay Gupta , the television journalist and physician who may become Barack Obama ?s surgeon general, could use his blend of skills to sell an overhaul of the U.S. health system, policy experts say.

Local health expert on Obama transition team
Dr. Claude Earl Fox, who runs a health policy institute here and served as a top official in the Clinton administration, is one of 350 people working since late November on President-elect Obama's transition team.

Are fat bums a sign of good health?
Hey, ladies, been spending hours fretting over your beefy bottoms? Perturbed about your pear-shaped bodes no matter how many lunges you do daily? Don't be. Turns out that having a little extra cushioning around your derriere and hips -- think Jennifer Lopez -- may be a sign of good health. [More]

House to vote on Obama-favored health plan
House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care with a vote next week on legislation to expand a children's health insurance program.

Arizona investigates Magellan Health Services in wake of boys beating death
The Arizona Department of Health Services is investigating how Magellan Health Services handled a case involving Joe Sauceda Gallegos, accused of killing two young boys at a playground Dec. 23.

Health Buzz: Bird Flu Kills in China and Other Health News
Saving on medicines by choosing generics; lingering uncertainty over Steve Jobs's health status.

As Costs Rise, Businesses Struggle to Provide Worker Health Insurance
In the third and final in a series on health care challenges facing the new administration, Betty Ann Bowser reports on small businesses' struggle to keep up with the rising cost of insuring their employees.

Drive-Thru Health care Could Save a Bundle
You can get everything from stitches for a cut to cholesterol screenings at reasonable prices at new health care shops opening up throughout the Bay Area.

First 5 Contra Costa contributes more than $250,000 to Healthy Families Program, providing health care
Contribution will pay health care premiums for more than 950 children up to 5 years old through the end of June

Drive-Through Health Care Finds Success
Clinics are opening up throughout the Bay Area that let people take trips to the doctor cheaper and faster than mainstream health care allows.

Health Highlights: Jan. 6, 2009
Title: Health Highlights: Jan. 6, 2009 Category: Health News Created: 1/7/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/7/2009

Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health
Title: Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health Category: Health News Created: 1/7/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/7/2009

Study to Explore Ethical Challenges Health Professionals Face While Caring For Children Affected by Neuromuscular ...
The Greenwall Foundation recently awarded two core faculty members of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics a grant that will allow Drs. Gail Geller and Cynda Hylton Rushton to explore the ethical challenges health professionals face while caring for children and families affected by life-threatening neuromuscular diseases (LTNMD).

Work will begin on health units
Preparatory work on four new mental health units serving North East Lincolnshire is set to start within a few days

Health Department head defends restaurant inspections
The head of Allegheny County???s Health Department said today that restaurant inspection has been up to par.

Cost Containment Focus Could Have Consequences For Health Care Delivery
The drive toward containing health care costs could have the unintended consequence of reducing physician productivity, impairing quality and perhaps even increasing costs according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Health Department closing Indiana Children's Home that costs 10.2 million to run
State Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe says counselors will carefully assess each of the 114 children currently at Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's home in Knightstown before placing them. A three-year evaluation and assessment by the Health Department has determined the school is no longer the best place for the children currently boarding there.   "I t's an era that ...

New MicroBiome Analysis Center to explore health effects of microorganisms within the human body
( George Mason University ) The human body contains billions of microorganisms. Microbial cells in the human gut are estimated to outnumber human cells by 10 to one in healthy adults, according to the National Institutes of Health, but very little is known about the ways in which these minute life forms influence health and disease.