Dr. Joseph Cimino, 73, Dies; Was Leader in Public Health
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Dr. Cimino was New York City commissioner of health under Mayor John V. Lindsay and later president and chief executive of New York Medical College in Valhalla.
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After dealing with one public health crisis after another, the chief health officer for Maricopa County is quitting. Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch on Wednesday said he will retire as of Dec. 31.
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WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Paul Martin introduced Dr. David Butler-Jones on Friday as Canada&#39;s first-ever chief public health officer as part of a national plan to prepare for health crises.
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An epidemiologist, Dr. George W. Comstock made major contributions to the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.
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Pope John Paul's age and the debilitating effect of Parkinson's disease are the main factors influencing his health and make him more vulnerable to infections and breathing problems, medical experts said.
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31 -- The son of a Ground Zero rescue worker who died last week of  lung disease met with President Bush on Wednesday to urge expansion of health services for those still fighting illnesses.
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Planet Out - SUMMARY: Award-winning mystery writer Joseph Hansen, who created one of the first gay protagonists in the genre, died of heart failure on Nov. 24 after a long respiratory illness.
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Health officials in the Hudson Valley said a woman&#39;s death in November was caused by Cruetzfeldt-Jacob disease. died of the disease.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer research who discovered that tumors generate a network of tiny blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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By Jose Pagliery, The Miami Herald Feb. 8--After 10 years wading through bureaucracy in the healthcare industry, Mario Yanez had had enough. He longed to separate himself from what he considered the dull business world and connect to a life outside of the city's concrete buildings.
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A 65-year-old from south central Kansas has died from West Nile virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said today.
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Harold Benjamin, who established the Wellness Community network of support centers for cancer patients after his wife was treated for breast cancer, has died.
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TRENTON, NJ Sept. 2, 2004 - A New Jersey man who recently returned from a trip to Liberia has died of an illness that had not been detected in the United States since 1989 but is common in West Africa, state health officials said Thursday.
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Pope John Paul's age and the  debilitating effect of Parkinson's disease are the main factors  influencing his health and make him more vulnerable to  infections and breathing problems, medical experts said.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. used to get a lot of colds when his children were little and, later, when his grandchildren came to visit; catching a cold is almost inevitable with little germ factories running around the house.
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[India News]: New Delhi, Dec 23 : Former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, the architect of India&#39;s bold economic reforms, master political strategist and gifted scholar, died here Thursday after battling ill health.