Health Highlights: July 25, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A clean, fresh-smelling home may actually be bad for your health, depending on what type of cleaning and air freshening products you use.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Cement plants spew toxic mercury ... Calif. requires cleaner ship fuels ... Soda machines on base may be removed ... EPA won't regulate 11 water contaminants ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Coventry Health Care sees 3Q at or above Street (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Coventry Health Care Inc. reiterated its full-year forecast profit Friday, but the health insurer guided for third-quarter income at or above Wall Street's expectations.
Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed (HealthCentral.com)
Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A clean, fresh-smelling home may actually be bad for your health, depending on what type of cleaning and air freshening products you use.
Coventry Health Care 2Q profit drops 45 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit fell 45 percent as medical costs climbed, particularly in Medicare Advantage plans.
Brown Puts Health First (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Harlequins chief executive Paul Brown has resigned after just under two years in the job due to ill health.
U.S. Steel receives health department approval for new coke oven battery (BizJournals)
U.S. Steel Corp. on Friday received approval from the Allegheny County Health Department to install its new coke oven battery at the Clairton Coke Works. (X)
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area (EurekAlert!)
Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA).
Kansas health board's leader stepping down (The Kansas City Star)
TOPEKA | The chairwoman of a state board that drafts health care policy and oversees some medical programs is stepping down.
