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A round-up of health news for the week ending 27 August 2010.
A look at the evidence for the benefits of online peer support in coping with the condition.
The most recent Financial Times health supplement focuses on the health reform with article topics ranging from the effect of recession, US reform,...
In the £1m ($1.66m) hole in the ground that is the decidedly well-appointed basement gym at the upscale London office of the international law firm...
The fight against cancer doesn’t just take place in a patient’s body. The mind also plays its part. After being diagnosed with the disease, many...
Light enhances life. This month we aim to illuminate the innovative ways lighting is contributing to better health and well-being.
Navi Radjou, the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge,...
Women who juggle busy schedules and face too many demands on their time are especially susceptible to being overstressed, which can harm their...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the nation's most influential medical advisory group, has updated its guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy...
It is a simple but profound fact—gender plays a significant role in our overall health. Men and women not only have unique biological processes, but...
The idea that a positive attitude can affect one’s health and well-being is not a new one, but much of the evidence has been anecdotal -- until now.
This month at GetInsideHealth, we aim to give our readers a taste of the immense, varied, and fascinating topic of Women’s health and well-being.
One of the most far-reaching government health initiatives over the past year is also one of the least-publicised. It is the pledge to support and...
Not so long ago, a patient’s first line of inquiry for a medical concern was a call to the family doctor. Increasingly, the first source a patient...
Home Health has become an umbrella term for the home as a center for health and well-being. Take a look at how telehealth is contributing to this...
Patient Power: Supporting Patients and Their Families
Hippocrates once said, "Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food, " and doctors now believe that ancient Greek healer may have been onto...
Vikki Stark thought she had the perfect marriage. She and her loving husband of 21 years seemed unbreakable. Stark, a family therapist, had nursed...
For decades most companies saw innovation as a closed activity, conducted inside their R&D centers in a series of closely managed steps.
The UK’s National Health Service will innovate its way out of the recession, a senior member of the Department of Health told delegates to the...
The healthcare systems in Europe must fundamentally change focus from cure to prevention, if they are to cope with societies’ changing demographics,...
Tourist Jack Golden remembers a recent trip to China for all the wrong reasons. Golden, of Lenox, Mass., had a prostate condition that required...
Baby boomers are an innovative, optimistic generation that has focused on its health and well-being that has reaped the advantage of wave upon wave...
Technology will transform hospitals, enabling healthcare systems to meet rising demand, with fewer staff while providing patients with care tailored...
The role hospitals play in our communities is not simple; neither do we all have the same concept of what that role is.
Dr Andreas Ullrich, medical officer for cancer control at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, discusses a major shift in the...
A doctor's principle code is, "First, do no harm." The irony is that your doctor's office or hospital may be making you sicker. Indeed, many...
Using light to treat a range of conditions is a well established therapeutic option.
What role should employers play in helping to keep their workers happy and healthy, for the good of the economy?
Medical costs are skyrocketing because western populations are aging, chronic illness is growing, and medical science pushes the boundaries of what...
Getting out of bed on a January morning can be tough. It’s cold outside, it’s warm under the duvet and you’re tired after another late night. The...
"People didn't realise how enormously hard he worked, " the fund manager said. "He got up at 4.30am and wasn't back home until 9.30pm."
You know an idea is beginning to take off when entrepreneurs try to make money out of it.
Almost a third of companies offering health insurance benefits to their employees also provide a wellness program of some sort, however opponents...
To compete at the peak of racing, drivers have to be at the peak of their fitness. Diet, training, health and well-being are vital to their success...
Gerard Kleisterlee, president and CEO of Philips, believes the same trends affecting global healthcare are also influencing his employees across the...
The Economist Intelligence Unit investigates the complex issues behind corporate health plans