Health

Health Insurance Choices
by US Department of Health and Human Services
Health insurance is one of your most important needs. Without it, one serious illness or accident could wipe you out financially. The information provided will help you decide which is the best plan you can afford.

Clinical Trials: Testing Medical Products in People
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People volunteer to participate in clinical trials for different reasons. Some volunteer because they want to help advance medical knowledge. Others have tried all available treatments for their condition without success.

Learn About Pet Food Labels
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Much as reading human food labels helps in planning good human meals, knowing what to look for on a pet food label can help owners pick appropriate food for their pets.

Guide to Health Care Quality: Clinical Measures
by US Department of Health and Human Services
Clinical measures can be used to assess quality of care and patient satisfaction. Examples are provided here of measures that can be used to assess care quality for three of the most common conditions: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

A Woman's Life's Work in Radiation
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Technician Elizabeth Rodgers plays a key role in making sure x-rays are safe. Radiation has always been a part of Rodgers' 37-year federal career - and it's been a large part of her life.

Symptoms and Help for Poisonings
by CDC
All poisonings are serious. Some poisonings require immediate attention before calling for help. Check labels for first aid information, and follow it immediately. Speed is crucial.

Revealing Trans Fats
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A new FDA rule requires that trans fats, which act like artery-clogging saturated fats, be included on food labels beginning in 2006. Basically, trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oil--a process called hydrogenation.

Bone Marrow Transplants: Treating a Spectrum of Diseases
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Each year, bone marrow transplants give patients a chance to beat diseases once believed to have no cure. Although the first successful bone marrow transplant didn't take place until 1968, the discovery of human leukocyte antigens (HLA)

Guide to Health Care Quality
by US Department of Health and Human Services
This guide is designed to help you get quality health care. Getting quality health care can help you stay healthy and recover faster when you become sick. The tips presented here are provided to help you be active in making decisions about your health

Finding Quality Information
by US Department of Health and Human Services
Today, you can find a great deal of information about health care quality, both online and in print. New tools and resources for assessing and improving health care quality are being developed and will be available soon.

FDA: Protecting America's Health
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Science and sound regulation are inseparable at the Food and Drug Administration. Science is the foundation for daily decisions on a wide range of products that affect human health - from the most common food ingredients, to complex medical and surgical

Understanding Full-Body CT Scans
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ads touting full-body CT screening as a tool to detect cancer, heart disease, and other conditions in their earliest stages are becoming more prevalent. But there is no proof that this screening X-ray procedure lives up to the hype.

Cruising: Afraid Of Catching A Virus On Vacation?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Travelers should avoid unpasteurized milk or products made with unpasteurized milk, unpasteurized juices and ciders, says Jackson. Beverages that may be safer than tap water in some countries are hot beverages, such as coffee or tea made with boiled water

FDA to the Rescue
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
No stranger to emergencies, FDA is often involved in helping set things straight after disasters, such as hurricanes, nuclear meltdowns, earthquakes, and spills of oil and other contaminants.

What is Bariatric Surgery?
by National Institute of Health
Bariatric surgery restricts stomach size and/or leads to decreased absorption of nutrients. These procedures can have dramatic health benefits, such as improved control of blood sugar or even reversal of type 2 diabetes

Nanotechnology
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Researchers work at scales 1/1,000th the width of a human hair to develop new medical treatments. Nanomedicine is an area of biomedical research that seeks to use tools from the field of nanotechnology to improve health.

Reducing Medical Device Injuries
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medical devices help to alleviate pain, overcome disability, and sustain life. They also, on occasion, fail to operate properly or are misused in ways that are associated with injuries and deaths.

Medical Milestones
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Take a look back to see how far the art of healing has progressed from the days when barbers often did double duty as surgeons and raging epidemics killed huge segments of the population.

Non-Local Consciousness and the Revolution In Medicine
Healing Our Planet, Healing Our Selves: The Power of change Within to Change the World
by Dawson Church, Geralyn Gendreau
Healing Our Planet, Healing Ourselves is an ambitious collection of powerful ideas from some of the most advanced thinkers of our generation. In a series of interwoven essays and interviews, it explores the link between our individual wellness

Public Affairs Specialists : Making a Difference
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Reaching out to the public sometimes means staying in the office to field phone calls and answer letters and e-mail. PASs often deal with the anger, frustration, and even despair of individual consumers. But they know they make a difference.