Study in older women finds little benefit from multivitamins

Facts about the expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program
The low-cost medical plan is now available to pregnant women and children of immigrants. Paperwork has been reduced for some families. The expansion and reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was signed into law by President Obama on Wednesday. The program, which will cover 11 million children (up from the previous 7 million) by 2013, offers very low-cost insurance for children up to 18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

Cholera Exhausts Zimbabwean Health Care System

The cholera outbreak plus economic meltdown has pushed the health care system to near collapse, with workers unpaid and a shortage of medicines and supplies. Human rights groups suggest that international organizations should step in to shore up the system.

Grammys show Plant, Krauss a whole lotta love
The 51st annual Grammys was an all-ages affair ultimately dominated by a rock legend who took up with a younger bluegrass singer on a whim.
Study in older women finds little benefit from multivitamins
The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: No End to Chagas Disease
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 7 (Tierramérica)After two years of the government health programme "Argentina justa, Argentina sin Chagas" (Fair Argentina, Chagas-Free Argentina) the fight against the endemic disease of that name is weakening, according to experts.