Health Highlights: Feb. 2, 2006

Health Highlights: Feb. 2, 2006
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 9:03 AM
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:Save to My Web

Bush seeks more tax breaks for health savings accounts
Market Watch - Feb 02 9:10 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Health savings accounts got a high-profile nod as President Bush proposed expanding their tax breaks beyond job-based insurance during his State of the Union address this week.Save to My Web

Tyco Shares Drop As 1Q Profit Plummets Due to Problems in Its Health Care Sector
Money Sense - Feb 02 11:22 AM
Tyco International Ltd., a conglomerate that plans to break itself into three parts, reported Thursday that first-quarter profit plummeted 22 percent as it recorded a loss on asset sales and problems in its health care sector. Its shares sank nearly 4 percent.Save to My Web

8th Continent launches heart-health soy drink
Drinks Business Review - Feb 02 6:03 PM
8th Continent, the General Mills and DuPont Nutrition & Health joint venture, has rolled out a new refrigerated juice and soy protein blended drink.Save to My Web

Getting Good Data on the Bad Health of the Homeless
New York Times - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Bonnie Kerker's job is to gather data that explain what most ails and, more grisly still, what most kills New Yorkers.Save to My Web

Health Business
UPI - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- It's too early to judge whether Medicare Part D prescription drug plans are a success, according the CEO of a large health insurance company.Save to My Web

Piqua Homes Condemned Over Health Concerns
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton - Feb 02 1:59 PM
PIQUA, Ohio -- There was emotion on a Piqua city street Thursday as police, the health department and the animal shelter descended on two homes in the Shawnee section of the city.Save to My Web