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Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
(AP)
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:23:54 GMT |
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 AP - As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.
| Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
(AP)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:31 GMT |
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 AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is so far more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
| Advocates are back with real health care stories
(AP)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:26 GMT |
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 AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
| Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
(AP)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:33:09 GMT |
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AP - A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.
| Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis
(AP)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:35 GMT |
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AP - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
| World health officials tackle swine flu challenges
(AP)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:17 GMT |
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AP - Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico.
| Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:10 GMT |
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Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.
| Uganda to outlaw female circumcision
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:26 GMT |
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 AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.
| Health Tip: Controlling Asthma
(HealthDay)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:07 GMT |
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be
used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American
Academy of Family Physicians says.
| Fertility drug combo promising in older women
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:52 GMT |
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Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate.
| New Weapons in Fight Against TB?
(HealthDay)
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:13 GMT |
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis
might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's
disease, suggests a new study.
| Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found
(HealthDay)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:05 GMT |
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A second gene linked to
inherited testicular germ-cell cancer has been identified by scientists at
the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
| New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia
(HealthDay)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:01 GMT |
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new targeted therapy shows
promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a highly treatment-resistant
blood cancer, according to a new study.
| Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:59 GMT |
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 AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.
| Rwandan bill would lead to forced sterilization: rights group
(AFP)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:06 GMT |
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 AFP - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.
| Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes
(HealthDay)
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:15 GMT |
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown
diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to
qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes.
| Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots
(HealthDay)
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:41 GMT |
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with asthma face a
higher risk of complications if they catch the flu, yet many skip their
annual shots, new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shows.
| Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight
(HealthDay)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:53 GMT |
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1
diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease,
increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers
say.
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