UPI Health Business articles from January 2007

UPI Health Business archives from January 2007

Eat To Live: Oh, help me cure my hangover!
January 2, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON RYE, England, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- You recited the whole of "The Ballad of Dan McGrew," sang "Mediterranean Homesick Blues" right the way through without missing a single garbled word and demonstrated precisely how Fred...

Caregiving: Lawford says get tested -- 2.
January 2, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- There is a stigma associated with hepatitis C, or HCV, and that stigma is keeping people from getting tested and getting the treatment that could save their lives. The stigma comes...

Analysis: Alexion's pexelizumab fails.
January 2, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Alexion appears to have killed the development of pexelizumab due to disappointing phase 3 results indicating the heart-attack drug is no better than placebo. The impact of the news,...

Analysis: Extend TB tests for foreign-born.
January 2, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers suggested Tuesday that all foreign-born people living in the United States be tested for latent tuberculosis infections if the United States is to be successful in eliminating the...

Ring in a healthier you in 2007.
January 2, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Welcome to 2007, the year you will finally fit into your jeans from high school. It's also the year you'll become a gym rat, free yourself from college debt and quit smoking. Sound...

Eat To Live: Fish oil with everything?
January 3, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON RYE, England, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Food and restaurants aren't what they used to be. Go out to eat in a restaurant that has opened in the past five years and you're as likely -- or usually more likely -- to be dazzled by...

Lung-cancer gene signature discovered.
January 3, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Researchers said Wednesday they have identified a five-gene profile signature that could give doctors strong clues about the chances a patient has of surviving lung cancer. When...

Analysis: Merck looks strong in 2007.
January 3, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Merck recently completed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Sirna, and analysts expect a good year for the pharmaceutical giant. "Revenues should be quite strong in the second half of the...

HealthWrap: Herpes linked to Alzheimer's.
January 3, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN A gene known to be a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease puts out the welcome mat for the virus that causes cold sores, according to researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Study leader Dr....

Cloned food 'safe' despite consumer fears.
January 4, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's preliminary decision to make food from cloned animals safe for human consumption should not alarm consumers, experts say. On Dec. 29 the...

Analysis: Dems to take fast health votes.
January 4, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Democrats in Washington are promising swift action on a series of health issues as they take control of the 110th Congress Thursday. But movement on looming healthcare costs or the...

Analysis:Drug's anticancer punch confirmed.
January 4, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Doctors said Thursday new results from an ongoing study confirms that Herceptin (trastuzumab) prevents recurrence of breast cancer and improves survival in a specific group of women...

Analysis: Group takes aim at FDA panels.
January 4, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A consumer group says its analysis indicates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration inappropriately uses its advisory committees when considering the approval of new drugs and overrules the...

HealthWrap: Doctors ignore sleep complaints.
January 4, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN Despite numerous studies that show that sleep deprivaiton has been linked cancer, heart disease and weight gain, U.S. doctors tend to dismiss sleep complaints of the elderly. Researchers at the Feinberg School of...

Caregiving: Lawford says get tested -- 3.
January 4, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Many don't get tested for hepatitis C, or HCV, because of the stigma of the way many contract the disease -- illegal drugs, sex with more than 10 partners, tattoos. But there are other...

Analysis: AIDS plan faces deadly deficit.
January 5, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- If Congress allows a funding shortfall in a key global AIDS relief program to continue, more than 100,000 people could die, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul said this week. The...

Analysis: Millennium's future doubted.
January 5, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Millennium's 2006 fourth-quarter results were in line with guidance, but the company's 2007 guidance is below Wall Street's estimates, and analysts now expect a bleak future for the...

Eat To Live: How many food miles to eat?
January 5, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON RYE, England, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- From all the media coverage it got, you might think organic food was invented in 2006. Even Wal-Mart was impressed enough by the growing market for natural produce to want a part of the...

EcoWellness: Pollutants' link to diabetes.
January 5, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A preliminary study has found Americans who live near toxic waste sites are hospitalized more for diabetes than those who live in clean communities. The observational study,...

Analysis: Gene tests put docs at risk.
January 5, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The growth of personalized medicine -- treatment designed specifically for the genetic makeup of an individual -- could lead to a flood of new medical malpractice lawsuits, says a new report....

Analysis: Of mice and memory.
January 5, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers said Friday they have found a molecular pathway that plays a key role in creating memories. In animal models, a molecule and its receptor on part of the brain known...

Eat To Live: How to spice up your life.
January 8, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON RYE, England, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Aside from the time when I mixed gazpacho I'd stored in the fridge in old juice bottles with the glass jar of milky, sugary iced coffee set next to them, the most disgusting dish I...

Healthwrap: Richer kids, fewer vaccines.
January 8, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN In a study that seems counter-intuitive, immunization rates of U.S. children were found higher among children of mothers with less than 12 years of education and lower incomes. "Children with Hispanic mothers and...

Heart defects more common in adults, youth.
January 8, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The rate of congenital heart disease in adults and children has risen in recent decades, mostly due to better cardiac care for all age groups, a new study has found. Between 1985...

Analysis: An end to the stem cell debate?
January 8, 2007... Byline: ASTARA MARCH WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- In a provocative twist in the politically charged saga of stem cell research, scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine announced over the weekend they have found stem...

Analysis: Stem cell sales to top $35M.
January 8, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Sales of adult stem cell products will more than double in 2007, exceeding $35 million and in the process opening the door for embryonic stem cell therapies, according to a medical...

Analysis: Spending: A slow, steady climb.
January 9, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Growth in the nation's healthcare spending slowed for the third straight year in 2005, according to the latest federal data released Tuesday, but that may be where the good news ends. ...

Analysis: Nano-particles 'strangle' cancer.
January 9, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Researchers said Tuesday they have developed tiny nano-particles that can home in on tumors, making the cancer more visible to doctors while also clogging the tumors and hindering their growth....

The Age of Autism: A new environment.
January 9, 2007... Byline: DAN OLMSTED WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- We are all environmentalists now. At least that's the impression you get from reading the discussion surrounding the Combating Autism Act that President Bush recently signed into law. ...

Analysis: Stem cell backers offer to deal.
January 9, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Senate appears to be on the verge of producing enough votes to override President Bush's expected veto of an expansion in funding for embryonic stem cell research when it votes on the...

Healthwrap: 'Obesity paradox' puzzles.
January 9, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN Patients with a higher body mass index hospitalized with acute heart failure had a lower mortality rate than those who were leaner -- it's something called the "obesity paradox." For every 5-unit increase in body...

Caregiving: Lawford says get tested -- 4.
January 9, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Hepatitis C, or HCV, is the most common chronic, blood-borne viral infection in the United States and is four times more prevalent than HIV, yet 70 percent don't know that they have the...

Analysis: Analysts cautious on Celgene.
January 9, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Celgene's 2006 total revenues and guidance for 2007 fell short of Wall Street's expectations, leading analysts to express reservations about the company's future outlook. Phil Nadeau,...

Analysis: Cali-chusetts? Plan worries some.
January 10, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- In the wake of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's sweeping universal health coverage proposal, consumers, providers, insurers and employers all say they agree with the plan's goals --...

Healthwrap: Biochemicals key to weight.
January 10, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN What many people have traditionally viewed as a lack of willpower to lose weight may have a biochemical basis. "It's not just a matter of lack of willpower to stop eating, or of an obesity drug not working, but the...

Eat To Live: FDA and calcium supplements.
January 10, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- When I was growing up my mother used to line up my sister and me and check our fingernails. She wasn't looking to see how much dirt was lodged under them -- though she'd brandish the...

Interview: Don't wait -- check this out.
January 10, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Read this quickly, because you put off going to the grocery store, and there's still dinner to make. But know this: Procrastination, which takes a toll on work productivity as well...

Analysis: Street split on Erbitux study.
January 10, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- ImClone said Wednesday Erbitux looks good as first-line treatment for colon cancer in a phase 3 study, but analysts are split on whether this will be enough to help drive sales of the...

Analysis: Better outcomes in kidney cancer.
January 10, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN BOSTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Two new drugs that target cancer at the molecular levels improve outlooks for patients with advanced kidney cancer, doctors said Wednesday. "We can tell patients that treatment with these...

Analysis: Long healthcare road in Congress.
January 10, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Congress may be new, but the problem isn't: What to do about rising health care costs and the ever-growing ranks of the American uninsured. Congress's last major attempt at health...

Analysis: The mental-health Congress?
January 10, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The 110th Congress could offer a window of opportunity for legislation requiring insurers to cover mental illness the same way they cover physical ailments, health policy experts said...

Analysis: Analysts split on Genentech.
January 11, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Genentech's 2006 fourth-quarter revenues beat Wall Street's expectations and its guidance for 2007 also was better than anticipated, but analysts are split on whether the company will be...

Analysis: Stem cell bill backed ... again.
January 11, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The House backed expanding embryonic stem cell research for the second time in a year Thursday, repeating a challenge to President Bush on the issue. The bill was identical to one...

Healthwrap: Grape pulp helps heart.
January 11, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN The flesh of grapes is equally cardioprotective as the skin of grapes, according researchers at the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, the University of Milan and several other research institutes in Italy....

Caregiving: Lawford says get tested -- 5.
January 12, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers say that alcohol promotes the progression of hepatitis C virus, or HCV, in human liver cells. "Alcoholics can get liver disease from alcohol and they can also have HCV,...

Analysis: Negotiating drug prices 101.
January 12, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Negotiating drug prices is not as easy as it sounds, experts told the Senate Finance Committee Thursday. Democrats, now in control of Congress, have said they will authorize the federal...

Eat To Live: Oo be doo, wanna eat like you.
January 12, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Peel a banana and you could become as healthy as a monkey. A BBC television program screened in Britain on Jan. 11 subjected nine volunteers over 12 days to a diet based on what our...

EcoWellness: Unlocking pollutants' effects.
January 12, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Now that scientists are confident particulate matter pollution poses a danger to health, they must parse out exactly which components of the pollution harm people, and how. A...

Analysis: House passes Part D negotiation.
January 12, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to lift the ban on government from negotiations with the drug industry for lower Medicare prices. The bill repeals language in the 2003...

Analysis: Consumer groups oppose PDUFA.
January 12, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Consumer groups are objecting to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposal for a new Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which, set to expire this year, is likely to be reauthorized by...

Healthwrap: Prunes and bone loss.
January 12, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN Florida researchers are trying to determine if dried plums can help reverse bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteoarthritis. Previous studies conducted by Bahram H. Arjmandi of Florida State...

Analysis: Senator: Medicare for everyone.
January 13, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Compared to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's piecemeal approach to universal health coverage, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has a proposal that is remarkably simple: offer all...

Eat To Live: Making pot noodles nutritious.
January 15, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Students and workers around the world should observe a moment of silence at mealtime today. Momofuku Ando has died. Who he? Ando is Mr. Pot Noodle. He invented them with the kind of...

Ped Med: Autism tied to neural 'cracks'.
January 15, 2007... Byline: LIDIA WASOWICZ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- In prying beneath the brain surface of autistic patients, researchers have discovered "cracks" in a system of nerve cells called mirror neurons, which under normal circumstances permit...

No longevity benefit with growth hormone.
January 15, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Doctors said Monday their analysis of 31 scientific papers found that human growth hormone -- oft-touted as an anti-aging wonder -- does nothing to help a person live longer. However,...

Start today on a fitter you.
January 15, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- We're two weeks into the New Year -- do you know where your gym shoes are? If they are collecting dust underneath your bed, then you're due for a kick in the -- er -- gluteus...

Analysis: Skin cancer test pays off.
January 15, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A one-time screening of adults over 50 for skin cancer is a cost-effective way to save lives, a new study says. The rate of melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer, rose 29 percent from...

HealthWrap: More bad news for smokers.
January 16, 2007... Byline: LIDIA WASOWICZ Smokers may expose themselves -- and those who breathe in the result of their unhealthy habit -- to an increased risk of developing tuberculosis, researchers report. In a study published Jan. 16 in the...

Analysis: Take drugs a year after stents.
January 16, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN DALLAS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- In a joint scientific advisory, five major U.S. health organizations Tuesday warned angioplasty patients who have received new drug-coated stents to continue to take two drugs -- aspirin and...

Analysis: Forest impresses Street.
January 16, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Forest's numbers for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007 beat Wall Street's expectations, impressing analysts who anticipate the company will continue its strong performance. ...

Gum disease linked to pancreatic cancer.
January 16, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A large, prospective study has again identified a link between periodontal disease and a higher risk of pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the United...

Analysis: E-prescribing now free for docs.
January 16, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Some of the nation's largest healthcare and technology companies unveiled a partnership Tuesday to offer every U.S. doctor access to free electronic prescribing. The partnership, which...

Eat To Live: The 'I'm not dieting' diet.(Recipe)
January 17, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Hands up, those who put "Go on a diet" on their New Year's Resolutions list. You neither? According to a study from research company NPD Group, Americans on diets are down by 35 percent...

Healthwrap: Parasites benefit MS patients.
January 17, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Oddly enough, being infested with parasites might lessen the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, researchers reported in January's Annals of Neurology. Scientists at the Raul Carrea...

Analysis: Stem cell buzz may help industry.
January 17, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Stem cell companies may benefit from the buzz surrounding the field generated by the anticipated clash between Congress and President Bush and increased regulatory attention being given...

Analysis: Bill to aid state health reforms.
January 17, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. Congress members unveiled legislation Wednesday to fund states' healthcare experiments. "Most of the reform efforts going forward in a serious way at this...

Analysis: Tubes don't improve child growth.
January 17, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN BOSTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Doctors reported Wednesday that insertion of tubes in children to relieve middle ear fluid doesn't appear to provide any advantage over waiting to see if the problem clears up by itself. The...

Caregiving: Too many blamed for sickness.
January 18, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- There is nothing fair about when and where a natural disaster occurs, and whom it affects and sickens. In a natural disaster, not everyone experiences the same damage. I've seen a house...

Ped Med: Autism at nature-nurture nexus.
January 18, 2007... Byline: LIDIA WASOWICZ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Neuroscientists seeking clues to autism in studies of brain development have surmised the cause of and perhaps cure for the disorder may lie at a nature-nurture nexus. While most...

Analysis: Analysts split on Novartis.
January 18, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Novartis' fourth quarter 2006 profits rose 23 percent but fell short of Wall Street's expectations, leaving analysts split on the future outlook of the pharmaceutical giant. J.P....

Analysis: Budget may slow Dems' agenda.
January 18, 2007... Byline: LAURA GILCREST WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Health insurance companies will find themselves in a more defensive mode under the new Democratic-led Congress -- with a plan to raid the coffers of Medicare Advantage plans rumored to be...

Next up in the battle against cancer.
January 18, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The precipitous drop in U.S. cancer deaths reported by the American Cancer Society is a testament to the successful efforts of cancer prevention, research and treatment, experts...

Analysis: 'Bedfellows' to cover uninsured.
January 18, 2007... WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- One of the broadest arrays of healthcare stakeholders to date unveiled a new plan to reduce the number of uninsured Americans Thursday. A partnership of insurers, providers, consumers, employers and...

Eat To Live: I'll take the snail porridge.(Recipe)
January 19, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Over the past few months, in various stiff-white-table-clothed restaurants, I've eaten cotton-candy-covered foie gras on a stick, sea-salt-sprinkled caramel ice cream and snail porridge....

Analysis: Radiation therapy under used.
January 19, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Despite clinical studies showing longer survival with the use of radiation after stomach cancer surgery, doctors said Friday that less than half the people undergoing the procedure are...

Analysis: Street likes Abbott's GE deal.
January 19, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Analysts see Abbott's decision to sell its diagnostics unit to GE for $8.13 billion as a positive move that could continue to reap rewards for the company for the next few years. ...

Analysis: Court nixes state health plans.
January 19, 2007... Byline: OLGA PIERCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A court decision this week means laws requiring employers to offer health coverage will be off the menu for state healthcare reform efforts. Last year, Maryland passed a law requiring...

EcoWellness: Breast cancer and pesticides.
January 22, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Although much research has explored the effects of pesticides in work or industrial settings, few studies have touched on what everyday household use of the chemicals can do to...

Eat To Live: Rice the new weight-loss food.
January 22, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Rice is the new miracle diet food. Yes, rice, one of those white foods, those carbohydrates so abhorred by the Atkins Diet. According to Judith Wurtman and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, who...

Caregiving: Long-term cancer impact -- 1.
January 22, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- One out of every six people over age 65 is a cancer survivor, and 1.4 million of these cancer survivors were diagnosed more than 20 years ago. My 94-year-old father was one of the 1.4...

Analysis: Pancreas cancer vaccine hopeful.
January 22, 2007... Byline: ED SUSMAN ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Cancer researchers continue to plug away in attempts to treat one of mankind's worst malignancies: pancreatic cancer. In a series of studies presented at this weekend's 4th...

Analysis: Reaction mixed on leaner Pfizer.
January 22, 2007... Byline: STEVE MITCHELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Pfizer's 2006 fourth-quarter earnings slightly beat Wall Street's expectations, but at the same time the company said it was cutting 10,000 employees and making several other changes to...

Quick flu tests bring down antibiotic use.
January 22, 2007... Byline: CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Rapidly testing adult hospital patients for influenza can cut down on the frequency of antibiotic use, a new study reported Monday. In a retrospective study, researchers found...

Analysis: Bush to dive into health debate.
January 23, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- President Bush is set to make a new health insurance proposal the key part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The White and Bush Administration officials were busy...