Researchers at the University of California (UCLA) have built an on the go compact, light-weight, dual-mode microscope that is not only portable but also efficient. The prototype dual-mode microscope uses holograms instead of lenses as in the case of a traditional microscope. Published in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, Biomedical Optics Express, the UCLA researchers explain that the prototype not only weighs the same as a medium-sized banana but also fits within the ...
Verizon Communications is expected to prevail on key issues such as healthcare costs in its negotiations with unions but may end up postponing its plan to freeze pensions, according to experts who have been following the telephone company's labor dispute.
Verizon Communications is expected to prevail on key issues such as healthcare costs in its negotiations with unions but may end up postponing its plan to freeze pensions, according to experts who have been following the telephone company's labor dispute.
Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday.
With the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google might once again start a lucrative healthcare wireless market, now that it is heading with the hardware to compete with the mobile market.
The U.S. healthcare sector is being challenged by a surge in gray market drug deals and illegal online pharmacies.
Large employers expect big increases in healthcare costs in 2012, and say they'll pass more and more of those costs on to their workers. That's the result of a new survey by the National Business Group on Health, a trade group for these large companies.
The legal fate of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy.
About 45,000 Verizon workers, represented by the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been on strike since last Sunday after talks for a new labor contract failed.
An appeals court dealt a blow to President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Friday, leaving a mark on constitutional law, the healthcare industry, U.S. politics and U.S. states.
President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law suffered a setback on Friday when an appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty.
The Republican presidential candidate beat her rivals to the punch Friday in praising the 11th Circuit Court ruling invalidating the Affordable Health Care Act's individual mandate.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Wednesday are: Polo Ralph Lauren, Monsanto, Tenet Healthcare, Sunoco, Nvidia, Travelers Companies, Walt Disney, Carnival, News Corp and Corning Inc.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday announced federal grants of $28.8 million that will go to 67 community health center programs across the country.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Cross Country Healthcare, MAKO Surgical, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Sirona Dental Systems, and Brigham Exploration. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Limelight Networks, EnerNOC, Clean Energy Fuels, TASER International, and Canadian Solar.
Researchers in Japan unveiled a robot on Tuesday that can lift a patient weighing up to 80 kg (176 lbs) off the floor and onto a wheelchair, an innovation they say will free healthcare workers from the back-breaking task.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Herbalife, McClatchy, Hanger Orthopedic Group, Dice Holdings and Molina Healthcare Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Ferro Corp, General Cable, Graphic Packaging Holding, CH Energy Group and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior.
The top after-market NYSE Losers on Friday are: Kindred Healthcare, Skilled Healthcare Group, Five Star Quality Care, Brookdale Senior Living, TAL Education, Standard Motor Products, Omnicare, Sunrise Senior Living, Molina Healthcare and Titanium Metals.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Allied Healthcare International, Sify Technologies, EV Energy Partners, Silicon Motion Technology, Gulfport Energy, and Yahoo!. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Vistaprint, STEC, Constant Contact, Oclaro, and DepoMed.
All over the world Germany has been cited as the European country where elderly care is been taken very seriously.
Continually rising health care costs will account for one fifth of America's gross domestic product by 2020, a trend that will be driven only slightly by the Affordable Care Act, according to government analysis.
