Health Highlights: April 25, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Health Highlights: April 25, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Opening glance: health care equipment and supply stocks rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of health care equipment and supply companies rose in early trading Friday, one day after Varian Medical Systems Inc. said its first-quarter profit topped Wall Street’s estimates.
Next health care challenge: Reining in rising costs (Boston Globe)
It may be the least sexy buzz-phrase on Beacon Hill, but "cost containment" could make or break the state’s landmark, and oft-scrutinized, health care law.
Official defends VA’s mental health effort (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top health official, testifying in a lawsuit by veterans’ groups that accuse the VA of inept mental health care, cautioned Thursday against overstating the problem of mental illness among returning troops and said most…