England’s children are getting fatter: health department (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nearly one in four children aged four to five and almost a third of all 10- to 11-year-olds in England are obese or overweight, according to a study by Britain’s Department of Health.
Google to manage health records for Cleveland Clinic (Washington Post)
Google will test a new online medical record service with a hospital group in Cleveland, Ohio, allowing patients to control who gets to see their health information. The two organizations hope the trial will lead to the creation of a national system for sharing electronic medical records.
GM, UAW to Shift Health Care Costs (Washington Post)
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. have taken a big legal step toward shifting billions in retiree health care costs from the automaker to an independent trust fund.
Health Savings Account Answers (Washington Post)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated since Congress passed a bill December 9, 2006 authorizing changes to the health sav ings account program. The President is expected to sign the bill into law.
Health Highlights: Feb. 22, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Google testing online health record service (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US medical clinic revealed on Thursday that it is helping Google test a much-anticipated online health record service that promises to compete with one launched last year by Microsoft.
Health Coverage Often Stops at the Campus Gate (New York Times)
Parents often do not think twice about health coverage when their children head to college, but it might be advantageous to take a second look.
Health Net Inc. must pay client $9 million (UPI)
Health Net Inc., a major California health insurance group, was ordered by an arbitration judge Friday to pay one of its clients more than $9 million.
Health Net ordered to pay $9 million to cancer patient (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A California arbitrator ordered Health Net Inc to pay $9.4 million in damages and expenses for what he described as "reprehensible" conduct in canceling the policy of a cancer patient after she fell ill, according to documents made public on Friday.
Insurer must pay $9 million for canceling policy / Health Net dropped coverage for woman undergoing cancer treatment (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Southern California woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer was awarded more than $9 million Friday in a case against one of California’s largest health insurers. Patsy Bates, 52, a hairdresser from…