Washington DC - Desperate to take the lead in the nation's never-ending healthcare debate, Congressional Republicans are massing behind an initiative that would provide all Americans with a do-it-yourself medical kit containing everything they need t...
President Obama announced today a two-pronged approach to ameliorating America's poor health habits.
At a rousing high-school rally in Duncetown, North Dakota, Obama declared: "I am raising the cigarette tax from 39 cents a pack to $1039 per pack.
As part of its ongoing mission to improve quality of care while lowering health care costs, New York Presbyterian Hospital recently announced that it was adopting a radical new treatment methodology for post-operative cancer patients: cross fingers a...
Yesterday, a shamefaced President Obama confided to his Cabinet members that he accidentally left a crucial line out of the recently enacted Affordable Care Act.
Specifically, Obama mistakenly omitted a clause known as the "Ph.D. Provision," whic...
In a quick visit to the U.S. before Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI decided to play a little joke.
Pope Benedict XVI stopped in several Midwestern cities to voice his support for the Catholic Church's crusade against "reproductive health" and the so...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reportedly promised President Barack Obama that he would support the controversial federal healthcare legislation known as "ObamaCare" on the condition that the Affordable Care Act is renamed "RomBamaCare...
Deputy Prime Minister, LibDem leader Nick Clegg has urgently contacted his doctor for advice about several health questions.
The Doctor has prescribed 'think again' pills for Clegg and said he would be arranging for a consultant to 'take away all...
RYE, NY --- President Obama addressed students and faculty at Holden Caulfield Prep School for Boys in Rye, NY, today. The President was introduced to the 900 students gathered in Pencey Hall, by Principal Spencer Antolini.
The speech was meant to...
Fly by night cosmetic surgery slashers Body-morph have admitted that some of there implants might contain goldfish, although they assure patients that there is no risk from cancer from the fish.
The scandal came to light, after a woman complained...
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Tory Donor. Stands to gain from the break up and privatisation of the NHS wants to buy the Walk in Centres at an agreed cut-price with Cameron.
UK Pharmaceutical Industry:
Courting the Conservative party, has also begun gearing up for a change in government, as drug companies have been reshuffling their public affairs teams and courting the C...
Doctors ordered to show old people more respect by NHS management have denied they need to change their methods, saying old people would continue to be treated just as despicably as everybody else in their stead.
The British Medical Association al...
Following a study by the UK Medical Research Council into effective ways to reduce weight, over 300 women feel let down.
The MRC took 770 overweight women from Germany, Austria and the UK, sent half to their GP for help and the others were sent t...
CARACAS, VENEZUELA--President Hugo Chavez has finally come home to Miraflores, but at the same time, on his return from Cuba, supporters fear that the country could face a whopping medical bill.
Thousands, perhaps even a gazillion, turned out at t...
Washington DC -- Pres. Barack Obama says he has figured out what is causing the US economic slowdown, and that he knows how to cure the economy's ills. But a variety of experts disagree.
"Wall Street is not getting its minimum daily requirement of...
A care homes company has begun selling off its old people after going into administration.
Northern Cross, which operates 130 care homes around the UK, went into administration this week after failing to raise finance to cover its debts. 1,000 sta...
It is the secret shame of the NHS, but they have a higher percentage of smokers than any other workforce in England.
"The typical percentage of smokers in industry," said Minister for Health, Phil Hammond, "is about five percent. This includes typ...
It can't have escaped your notice that domestic fuel prices are about rise sharply.
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Believe it or not it's cheaper to buy second hand clothes at a local boot sale than it is to wash yours, even at low temperatures. The average washing machine...
Washington DC: Long painful discussions between Democratic and Republican negotiators have reached common ground on restructuring Medicare to reduce costs without sacrificing medical care for senior citizens.
The president called HHS Secretary Ka...