VNU and IMS Health announced that they have decided to merge in a stock and cash transaction, which is valued at about 5.8 billion euros or $7 billion.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation delivered on a $450 million promise to improve on the state of world health by awarding grants to the most innovative medical solutions presented by the world’s top scientists.

As further proof that Americans’ ravenous appetite for unhealthy food is spinning wildly out of control, health care professionals report that the cost of caring for obese patients as shot up 1000% over a 15-year period.

GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company headquartered in the UK, is blogging. More specifically it’s GSK Laboratory in France (of course) that has started Avenir de la Sant.

Bill Gates put his money where his mouth is by upping his donation to $450 million to the Grand Challenges in Global Health program. In an address to the World Health Assembly, Gates told about his ideas for world health.

They say money can’t buy happiness, but somebody ought to be happy that Bill Gates and his Gates Foundation are putting up $250 million more in the name of global health.

Adding to a previous pledge of $200 million for third-world disease and health research, Bill Gates dropped another $250 million into the pot because of overwhelming response.

Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation will more than double its funding for the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, which was launched in 2003.

Bill Gates and his Gates Foundation are putting up more money in favor of global health. The foundation is more than doubling its funding for the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative.

Aimed at reducing costs and enabling more effective health care, IBM launches Interoperable Health Information Infrastructure test project.

Health Canada has approved Sativex (Cannabis sativa L. extract) a new drug developed as adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Cardinal Health Chairman and CEO Robert D. Walter reviewed the performance of the company’s business segments.

The health of Pope John Paul is looking increasingly grave, according to all news reports. Things are not looking good at all.

MSN has launched MSN Health & Fitness, an online destination for people looking to improve their well-being with up-to-date and easy-to-access information.

Intacct Corporation, the ERP On Demand solution for distributed enterprises and ISVs, and IBM, the world’s largest IT company, announced that Achieve Healthcare Technologies, the largest U.S. privately owned IT provider to the long-term care industry substantially increased its subscription of Intacct’s Web-based enterprise resource planning applications to meet growing customer demand.

It’s so difficult to go on when everything seems to fail, isn’t it? Are there times in your life when you really want to call it “quits” because you just can’t see any good results from all the hard work you’ve done?

You spend your day at a computer workstation or executive desk. The furniture item fills up the corner of the room, holds your computer, fax/phone/copier, scanner, filing basket and a year’s worth of office supplies. There’s enough space left over to spread out a picnic lunch if you are so inclined.

“I’ve been considering quitting my full-time job and getting a part-time job that would pay the bills [so I can start a home business] … The one biggie my full-time job provides me now is health insurance. If I was to get a part-time job, I’d probably have to pay for my own health insurance and I know that can be expensive.”

One of the most exciting and daunting things about starting your own home-based business as your sole means of income is the reality that no one is responsible for your success or failure but you.

I actually have two separate online businesses – Selling wellness products and Selling digital information products (eBooks)

In a symposium called “Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit in Medical Practice, researchers at Duke Medical Center investigated the role of anger, hostility, isolation and touch in our wellness. Here are some things you might like to know from Dennis Meredith’s article, “It’s All in Your Head: Healing Humanely,” which reported on the conference.