Granite Hearts Team Honored

The International Heart and Lung Games team based at the Bond Wellness Center at Monadnock Community Hospital has received the 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award for Physical Activity and Health from the N.H. Governor's Council on Physical Activity and Health.  (read more)

NEW HWC 
PROJECT LOCATIONS

In addition to Health Wellness Center Shanghai, Health Wellness Technology Corp. is negotiating to bring privately owned and managed, state of the art health facilities to India, Mongolia, Malaysia, Australia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Click here for more information..

UPCOMING EVENTS

Periodic conferences are being planned to bring together members of the medical, technology, and investment communities. The focus of these sessions will be how the global marketplace can take advantage of some of the newest innovations in health care. Please let us know if you have interest in sponsorship or speaking opportunities. Send inquires to karen@healthwellnesstechnology.com.

TECHNOLOGY 
LEADS THE WAY

The type of innovative, handheld technology that is at the heart of the Heath Wellness Technology Corporation healthcare model has been making news of late. Click on the links below to read more. (None of the companies mentioned are directly affiliated with HWTC)

Chasing Paper from Medicine (Time)

IBM Offers Sneak Preview of IT's Coming Attractions (eWeek.com)

Philips Joins Intel to Develop Wireless, Handheld 'Mobile Clinical Assistant’ (WebWire.com)

GetWell Network Expands Reach Across U.S. (EarthTimes.org)

Palm and Tolven Bring Open Source Electronic Patient Health Records to Treo Smartphones (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News)

PODCASTS

We are pleased to announce our Health Wellness Podcast - Buddy series.  We are still working on our list of topics to be covered and welcome your feedback about what information would be best delivered in this format.  We are planning 10-15 minute interviews, news alerts, and opinion pieces that initially will only be available in audio format. Let us know about any current podcasts that you find particularly useful.

Podcasts Ideas:

Please send us the address of other health and wellness-related podcasts that you like

In the April 23 edition of Newsweek, Jane Bryant Quinn discusses the evolution of investor interest in green businesses, and how this impacts the healthcare, software and alternative energy fields. Click here for the complete text of 
How to Make a Buck Green.

                            Health and Wellness                            
media links

July 31, 2007
Keep Diabetes Drug Avandia on the Market, FDA Advised (USA Today)
Tobacco May Help Fight Cervical Cancer (Louisville Courier-Journal)
FDA Panel Vows to Keep Diabetes Drug on Market (New York Times)
Do-It-Yourself Delivery (Washington Post)
Symptoms: Hand-Cramp Sufferers Have Less Grey Matter (New York Times)
Coffee and Exercise 'Save Skin' (BBC News)
Surgeon Is Charged With Trying to Hasten Patient's Death (Los Angeles Times)
Study: Just One Drink a Day Raises Bowel Cancer Risk by 10 Percent (Fox News)
Sleeping Position Helps Reduce SIDS Rate (Orlando Sentinel)

July 30, 2007
The Spotlight Grows on Outpatient Surgery (USA Today)
Who's Minding the Mind? (New York Times)
Study: Combo of Exercise, Caffeine Can Fight Skin Cancers (Associated Press)
The Weight-Loss Gender Gap (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Will Nothing Stop That Infernal Itch? (Washington Post)
Doing Battle with the Insurance Company in a Fight to Stay Alive (New York Times)
Health Highlights (Forbes)
One Joint Has Same Effect as Five Cigarettes (Independent Online)

July 29, 2007
Cancer Patients, Lost in a Maze of Uneven Care (New York Times)
Aging U.S. Population at Risk for Eye Disease (USA Today)
Lyme Disease Primer (Washington Post)
Nicotine Addiction is Quick in Youths, Research Finds (New York Times)
Mosquito-Chasers See Fewer Bugs, But Virus Threat Lurks (Boston Globe)
New Pill is a True Test of Women's Love-Hate Relationship with Periods (Houston Chronicle)
Canadian Study Proves Aricept Effective (Toronto Globe and Mail)
Chinese Authorities Prevent International AIDS Rights Conference (Voice of America)

July 28, 2007
Users of Birth Defect-Causing Acne Drug Still Getting Pregnant (Associated Press)
Multiple Sclerosis Findings Could Help Pinpoint Cause (USA Today)
Rethinking Antibiotics (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Missing a Diagnosis That Hit Too Close to Home (New York Times)
Cannabis Can Lead to Schizophrenia (The Times of India)
In Matters of the Heart, Prevention is Key (New York Times)
Cholesterol (American Heart Association)
Lead Less Toxin to the Well-Read (Forbes)

July 27, 2007
Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends (New York Times)
From Bad Example to Good (USA Today)
Smoking Marijuana Ups Risk of Schizophrenia (Reuters)
FDA Review Criticizes Diabetes Drug and Maker (New York Times)
Supersize Me -- And All My Friends (Scientific American)
FDA Says Recall May Effect 'Tens of Millions' of Cans (Houston Chronicle)
To Itch or Not to Itch? Its in the Genes (Forbes)
Pollution-Cholesterol Link to Heart Disease Seen (Los Angeles Times)

July 26, 2007
Study: New Rules Led to Medicaid Decline (USA Today)
Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic (New York Times)
Study Finds Link Between Low Cholesterol Levels and Cancer (CNN)
Poor Results from Anti-Cholesterol Drugs (The Epoch Times)
Study Confirms NSAIDs Treatment Can Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk (HealthNews-Stat.com)
Overhaul Urges in Care for Soldiers (Washington Post)
An Uptick in Lyme Disease (Baltimore Sun)

July 25, 2007
Botulism Recall of Chili and Canned Meats Expanded to 90 Items (Medical News Today)
A Bottleneck in Research (Baltimore Sun)
GOP Leaders Fight Expansion of Children's Health Insurance (New York Times)
Patients Take Action on Early Alzheimer's (USA Today)
House GOP Makes Children's Health Pitch (Washington Post)
FDA Suspends Gene Therapy Study (Forbes)
Mobile Phone Masts Do Not Make You Ill (Medical News Today)
ACS Poll: Many Americans Have False Beliefs Regarding Cancer (Associated Content)
Age-Old Children's Disease Back in Force (Toronto Star)

July 24, 2007
TB Tests Show Promise, But Flaws Limit Progress (New York Times)
Study Renews Conflict-of-Interest Debate (Associated Press)
Echinacea Helps Colds, Major Study Shows (New York Times)
Top 10 Health Signs Not to Ignore (Toronto Star)
More Sex Education Needed: Expert (China Daily)
The Age of Autism: The Last Word (United Press International)
Communication Now Part of the Cure (USA Today)

July 23, 2007
Democrats Press House to Expand Health Care Bill (New York Times)
Visitors Seeking U.S. Health Care Fret Over Work (USA Today)
Hold the Chili Sauce, FDA Says (Los Angeles Times)
Canned Meat Recall is Expanded (Wall Street Journal)
Low-Key Recall of AIDS Drug Hits World's Poor (New York Times)
Bush Could Face First Veto Override (Los Angeles Times)
Bush's Masquerade of Responsibility (Seattle Times)
Boston Scientific Says Earnings Rose as Guidant Costs Fell (Indianapolis Star)
When It Comes to Medical Care, Skin Color Matters (News-Medical.net)
AIDS Abated: Genome Scans Illuminate Immune Control of HIV (Science News)
Mongolia Enjoying the Wealth of Health (The UB Post)

July 22, 2007
Shortage of Doctors Effects Rural U.S. (Associated Press)
Bone Matters (Washington Post)
Drug Safety Critic Hurls Darts from the Inside (New York Times)
Experts: Set Good Sleep Habits Early (USA Today)
Studies Track Treatment Outcomes for Kids with ADHD (Forbes)
State Asks Consumers to Avoid Eating a Mexican Candy (San Jose Mercury News)
Did McDonald's Give in to Temptation? (New York Times)
Tiny Brain No Problem for French Tax Official (Spiegel Online)
FDA Will Weigh Evista's Cancer-Reducing Benefits (USA Today)
Three Executives Spared Prison in OxyContin Case (New York Times)

July 21, 2007
Senate Panel Approves Huge Tobacco Tax to Fund Child Healthcare (Medical News Today)
Prospects Dim for Kids Health Bill (CBS News)
Fit Young Pitchers See Elbow Repair as Cure-All (New York Times)
OxyContin Maker, Execs Fined $634.5M (USA Today)
Vitamin A Protein May Reveal Hidden Body Fat (Reuters)
Senate Panel Adds Billions for Health (New York Times)
Plant Suspected in Botulism Cases Had Production Issues (Washington Post)
Second Medtronic Neck Disk Wins Panel Approval (New York Times)
Gene Discovered for Type 1 Diabetes in Children (HealthNews-Stat.com)

July 20, 2007
Health Highlights (Washington Post)
Smoking May Bring on Early Menopause (Reuters)
Scientists Find Genetic Link for a Disorder (Next, Respect?) (New York Times)
Ingesting the Placenta: Is It Healthy for New Moms? (USA Today)
Shock Wave Therapy Useful for Stress Fractures (Reuters)
From a Curse to a Blessing? (Toronto Star)
A Breath of Fresh Air (Baltimore Sun)
White House Releases One-Year Progress Report of Flu Pandemic Plan (Congressional Quarterly)

July 19, 2007
Limited Capacity is Seen in Flu Defenses (New York Times)
FEMA Knew of Toxic Gas in Trailers (Washington Post)
Healthy Response to Model Survey (Toronto Star)
Healthy Skin From the Inside? (Baltimore Sun)
Kids Treated for Attention Deficit Get Better in a Few Years (USA Today)
Head Injuries More Likely in Younger Athletes (Reuters)
Breast Cancer Study: Fruits, Veggies Not the Answer (Houston Chronicle)
SIDS Risk More Likely for Sitting Babies (Toronto Star)

July 18, 2007
Hospitals Sue HHS Over Medicaid (NH Business Review)
White House Politicized Drug Office, Democrat Says (New York Times)
Tamper-Resistant Pads Could Prove a Pain (Washington Post)
Minimize Your Mosquito Risk This Summer (Gulf Breeze News)
Democrats Attack Bush on Women's Health Issues (New York Times)
Vendors Pitch New Foods to Schools (USA Today)
U.S. Health Insurers Aim to Shape Reform Process (Reuters)
Big Cost Increase is Predicted to Treat Ground Zero Workers (New York Times)
Scientists Identify a Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell More Like Our Own (HealthNews-Stat.com)

July 17, 2007
Mainstream Makes Adjustments (Washington Post)
Earning a Spot in the Curriculum (Washington Post)
Chemical 'Paint" Helps Surgeons See Cancer's Borders (Forbes)
A 'Wild West' Way of Telling Baby's Sex? (USA Today)
Offering Comfort to the Sick and Blessings to Their Healers (New York Times)
Food Label Warnings Seen as Confusing (Associated Press)
Older Diabetes Drugs as Effective as Newer Ones (Reuters)
Chronic Fatigue No Longer Seen as "Yuppie Flu" (New York Times)
Schip Ahoy (Wall Street Journal)
Potential New Target for Cancer Found (HealthNews-Stat.com)
Study Finds Dietary Link to Risk of Eye Disorder (New York Times)
War Fuels Prosthetics Research Blitz (Associated Press)
The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn't Have to Mean Thin (New York Times)
Vets, Doctors Team Up on the Side of Public Health (USA Today)
Weight Lifting for Health and Heart (Medical News Today)
Avoiding the Dangers Down in the Garden (New York Times)

July 16, 2007
Survey: One in 12 U.S. Workers Using Drugs (Associated Press)
Calorie Labels May Clarify Options, Not Actions (New York Times)
Tea -- Plenty of It -- May Do the Body Good (Washington Post)
U.S. Approves Gene Test for Breast Cancer (Boston Globe)
Tobacco Bill Includes Compromise and Criticism (New YorkTimes)
Traffic Pollution May Raise Heart Risks By Hardening Arteries (Bloomberg)
Many Rely on Supplements for Slumber (Washington Post)
Operation Brings Smiles Back to Paralysis Patients (Reuters)
The Claim: UV Contact Lenses Can Replace Sunglasses (New York Times)
Colon Infections Seen Rising (Boston Globe)
Health Highlights (Washington Post)
Patterns: An Allergic Reaction May Be Tied to Geography (New York Times)
Is Sunscreen a Smoke Screen? (Chicago Tribune)

July 15, 2007
Bush is Prepared to Veto Bill to Expand Child Insurance (New York Times)
Gerber Recalls Cereals (Associated Press)
Child Health Insurance Stalls in Congress (Washington Post)
U.S.: West Nile Virus Has Infected 47 and Killed Three (FoodConsumer.org)
Health Highlights (Forbes)
FDA Confirms Salmonella in Snacks (Washington Post)
Prescription Drug Requirement to Get More Review (Boston Globe)
Small Talk (Baltimore Sun)

July 14, 2007
Socialized Medicine by Stealth (National Center for Public Policy Research)
Your Gamete, Myself (New York Times)
Takeda's Actos May Avoid Risk Linked to Glaxo Drug (Bloomberg)
Market Forces Cited in Lymphoma Drugs' Disuse (New York Times)
Psychiatric Patients Feel Strain (Boston Globe)
Study Compares Colon Cancer Drug Regimens (Forbes)
N.Y. Attorney General Objects to Insurer's Ranking of Doctors (New York Times)
Campus Could Help Solve Health Care Problems (AZCentral.com)
Navigating the Hospital (U.S. News and World Report)

July 13, 2007
Deal to Give More Poor Children Health Coverage (Houston Chronicle)
Free Care May Come at a Cost to Poor (Boston Globe)
Pricing Pills by the Results (New York Times)
Bedbugs May Be Keeping You Company at Night (U.S. News and World Report)
Black for Me, Light for My Hips (New York Times)
Diaphragm No Defense Against HIV, Study in Africa Finds (San Francisco Chronicle)
China Bars U.S. Trip for Doctor Who Exposed SARS Cover-Up (New York Times)
New Pill Developed to Curb Alcoholism (Voice of America)
Positive Trends Recorded in U.S. Data on Teenagers (New York Times)
Moles 'Good Indicator to Ageing' (BBC News)

July 12, 2007
GE, Abbott Abandon Deal for Two Units (Wall Street Journal)
Overweight Children Face Widespread Stigma, Unhappy Lives (International Herald Tribune)
Uninsured Americans Raise Medicaid Expenditures (Forbes)
House Acts to Boost FDA Powers; Biotech Fight Looms (Wall Street Journal)
Alli Maker Keeps Its Sense of Scatalogical Humor (USA Today)
How Medicaid Rates Tripped Up a Small Hospital (Wall Street Journal)
Sales of Cancer Drugs Give Genentech Profit a Lift (New York Times)
Equipment Worth $22 Million Missing from CDC (Washington Post)

July 11, 2007
Former U.S. Top Doc: Bush Officials Interfered for Political Reasons (CNN)
Surgeon General Sees Four-Year Term as Compromised (New York Times)
Libyan Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences on Medics (Belfast Telegraph)
Researchers Find Distinctive Patterns of Cancer in 5 Groups of Asian-Americans (New York Times)
Partisanship Versus the Children (Washington Post)
For Children's Sake, This 'SCHIP' Needs To Be Relaunched (Wall Street Journal)
In Latest Robotics, New Hope for Stroke Patients (New York Times)
How Tomatoes Flunked the FDA's Anti-Cancer Test (MedPage Today)
New Cancer Treatment Adds to Survival Rates in Lung Cancer Patients (HealthNews-Stat.com)
As Diet Ideas Abound, Is Willpower Obsolete? (New York Times)
Antibiotics Won't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Kids: Study (Forbes)
Avian Flu Found in Virginia Turkeys (Washington Post)
Study: New Diabetes Drugs Not Any Better (Indianapolis Star)
Doctors Balk at Cancer Ad, Citing Lack of Evidence (New York Times)
Corcept's Corlux Drug Gets Orphan Status (Forbes)
Long Ago Against Diptheria, The Heroes Were Horses (New York Times)
Tooth Decay is on the Rise Among Young Children, But Help is On the Way (HealthNews-Stat.com)
Saving a Child, Scaring a Parent: A Fainting Reflex (New York Times)
Buying Only U.S. Food is a Tall Order (USA Today)

July 10, 2007
CDC: Antidepressants Most Prescribed Drugs in U.S. (CNN)
Battle Over Expansion of Children's Insurance (New York Times)
Does Food 'Addiction" Explain Explosion of Obesity? (USA Today)
Novartis Alzheimer's Patch Receives FDA Approval (Wall Street Journal)
Bowel Cancer Screening 'To Improve' (Sydney Morning Herald)
A State Finds No Easy Fixes on Health Care (New York Times)
New Drug Fights Tough-to-Treat Prostate Cancer (Washington Post)
Age, Sex of Physician Influence Inappropriate PSA Tests (MedPage Today)
Many Men Getting Unnecessary Prostate Cancer Blood Tests (Forbes)
MediGene Drug Using Herpes to Fight Cancer Shows Promise (Bloomberg)

July 9, 2007
Anti-Smoking Pill May Help Curb Drinking (USA Today)
Teens Who Skip Fruit, Fish Risk Asthma: Study (Toronto Star)
A Healthy Diet Promotes Healthy Lungs (U.S. News and World Report)
Solving the Healthcare Crisis (Pittsburgh Tribune- Review)
Regional Differences in Costs and Care (New York Times)
Selenium Supplements Boost Type 2 Diabetes Risk (Forbes)
Hospital Pills Can Lead to Long-Term Use Among Aged (Toronto Globe and Mail)
Swiss Approve First Brain Cancer Vaccine (Independent Online)
Pumpkins May Make Insulin History (Hindustan Times)

July 8, 2007
An Age-Defying Quest (Red Wine Included) (New York Times)
How to Find a Good Doctor (Los Angeles Times)
Organic Food 'Better' For Heart (BBC News)
With Rise in Autism, Programs Strained (Boston Globe)
Experimental Johnson & Johnson HIV Drug Effective in Trials (Bloomberg)
Tinkering With Humans (New York Times)
Tibotec Reports on Promising AIDS Drug Combo Trial (Pharmaceutical Business Review) 
Metal in Pills Killed Woman (Vancouver Sun)
Evolving View of Dangers of Atrial Fibrillation (New York Times)
Working from Within (New York Times)
Some Hooked on Cigarettes in Short Time (United Press International)
China Stops Sale of Drug to Treat Leukemia, Arthritis (Reuters)
What's Lacking in 'Sicko' (New York Times)
New Candidate Drug for Bipolar Disorder (Nature)
The Cheaper Option (Rocky Mountain News)
2008 Candidates Vow to Overhaul U.S. Health Care (New York Times)
Great Lakes Fish Getting Worse: Study (Toronto Star)

July 7, 2007
How We Get Addicted (Time)
Experts: Pills Becoming the New Marijuana on Campus (CNN)
Pet Turtles Pose Salmonella Danger to Kids (Forbes)
ESHRE: Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos Found Bad IVF Medicine (MedPage Today)
Salmonella Cases Linked to Snack (Chicago Sun-Times)
Dark Chocolate in a Medicinal Light (Los Angeles Times)
Coroner's Inquest Highlights Dangers of Medications Ordered Online (CBC News)
Heart Therapy Strains Efforts to Limit Costs (New York Times)

July 6, 2007
New Combo Drug Therapies Prove Effective Against HIV (Forbes)
Health Care Looms as Top Campaign Issue (New York Times)
Blood Protein Offers Clues to Heart Attack in Seemingly Healthy People (HealthNews-Stat.com)
AP: Nutrition Education Ineffective (USA Today)
French, German Bird Flu Outbreaks May Signal More (Bloomberg)
Asthma Gene Newly Uncovered (Scientific American)
Potentially Tainted Toothpaste Found on Massachusetts Shelves (Boston Globe)
Congress Seeks to Balance Drug Safety, Quick Approval (Washington Post)

July 5, 2007
Advice on Dire Diagnosis from a Survivor (New York Times)
China Finds Problems with Kids' Snacks (USA Today)
To Canada for a U.S. Cancer Drug? (Washington Post)
All Child-Play and No Workouts Make Dad an Unfit Boy (New York Times)
Running Out of Time (San Francisco Chronicle)
China Plans New Oral Care Regulations (USA Today)
Black, White Women Differ on Dieting (Forbes)

July 4, 2007
Parkinson's Promise: A Time for Waiting (Monadnock Ledger-Transcript)
Feds: Benoit's Steroid Purchases Were Excessive (CNN)
Baby Steps (Baltimore Sun)
A New Focus on Easing the Pain (Washington Post)
Dark Chocolate a Comfort to Early Blood Pressure (MedPage Today)
Nerve Cut Tried for Weight Loss (Baltimore Sun)
Keeping Patients' Details Private, Even from Kin (New York Times)

July 3, 2007
When the Surgeon is Infected, How Safe is the Surgery? (New York Times)
Questions and Answers About West Nile Virus (FoodConsumer.org)
Salmonella Fears Expand Recall (Forbes)
Inactivity in Men is Linked to Broken Bones, Study Says (New York Times)
Enzyme Is Like Molecular Scissor: Indrani (HealthNews-Stat.com)
Study Links Sickness to Daycare Equipment (USA Today)

July 2, 2007
Finding Clues to Aging in the Fraying Tips of Chromosomes (New York Times)
Futuristic Sleep Machine Now Reality (HealthNews-Stat.com)
N.H. Receives GraniteCare Waiver (New Hampshire Business Review)
Why Stress Can Lead to Obesity (Times of India)
The Healthy Americans Act! Sounds Good ... Perhaps Too Good (Wall Street Journal)
Getting Our Two Percent's Worth (Seattle Times)

July 1, 2007
New Drugs Lend Hope to Those with Macular Degeneration (Monadnock Ledger-Transcript)
AIDS in Africa: Rising Above the Partisan Babble (New York Times)
Massachusetts Begins Universal Health Care (Washington Post)
Scientists: Stem Cells Created from Eggs (HealthNews-Stat.com)
Report from Washington: More Knowledge Can Lower Healthcare Costs (Laconia Citizen)