Archive for February, 2009
February 28, 2009
- Veteran Finds Therapy On The Farm
- Farmers Headed To Combat Zone
- It's Shocking, But You Eat It
- Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 27, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later (HealthDay)
- Men With BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks (HealthDay)
February 27, 2009
- Countering The Online World Of 'Pro-Anorexia'
- Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 27, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later (HealthDay)
- Report Finds Forensic Evidence Lacking
- Getting To The Root Of Why Hair Turns Gray
- Are All Calories Created Equal?
- Celebrating The International Year Of Astronomy
- Scientists Take Step Toward Universal Flu Vaccine
- Overweight Russia prescribed 'crisis diet' (AFP)
- Obama To Overturn Bush 'Conscience' Rules
- Obama calls for generic biotech drugs (AP)
- Yoga May Bring Calm to Breast Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)
February 26, 2009
- Finding genes that make teeth grow all in a row (AP)
- FDA slaps warning on heartburn drug tied to spasms (AP)
- Taxes On Rich Would Help Pay For Health Care Plan
- Study: Old drugs might give TB a 1-2 punch (AP)
- Donor-Conceived Kids Connect With Half Siblings
- Earliest Humanlike Footprints Found In Kenya
- Low-carb? Low-fat? Study finds calories count more (AP)
- Web Chat: Can 10 Minutes Change Your Life?
- Deskercise: Staying Jazzed And Focused At School
- Expert: 10-Minute Workouts Can Have Big Payoff
February 25, 2009
- Panel: Adopting from abroad? Get hepatitis A shot (AP)
- Study: Some prenatal vitamins lack enough iodine (AP)
- Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)
- Work May Not Be Best for Young Kids (HealthDay)
- Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 25, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Scientists Spot New Clue to Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Obama Health Care Fix Put At $634B Over 10 Years
- Mad Cow And Alzheimer's Have Surprising Link
- Small Businesses Want Affordable Insurance
- Dentists wary of salon teeth-whitening treatments (AP)
- More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women (AP)
- U.S. Considers Overhaul Of Food Safety System
- Product Recalls Are A Complex Process
- Tests Link Salmonella Strain To Texas Facility
February 24, 2009
- Darwin's Very Bad Day: 'Oops, We Just Ate It!'
- Failed Launch Puts NASA Satellite In Ocean
- Octomom fell fast from Miracle Mom to punch line (AP)
- Octomom fell fast from Miracle Mom to punch line (AP)
- Gathering Puts Energy Into Improving Power Grid
- Gathering Puts Energy Into Improving Power Grid
- How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat (AP)
- How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat (AP)
- Advances for Alzheimer's, Outside the Lab (Time.com)
- Advances for Alzheimer's, Outside the Lab (Time.com)
- US milk company defends safety record in China (AFP)
- US milk company defends safety record in China (AFP)
- Compounded Drugs Mix Benefits With Possible Risk
- NASA Loses Carbon-Measuring Satellite
- Media Influences Cancer Care (HealthDay)
- Media Influences Cancer Care (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 23, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 23, 2009 (HealthDay)
February 23, 2009
- Calcium tied to lower cancer risk in older people (AP)
- Calcium tied to lower cancer risk in older people (AP)
- Study: Taking B vitamins can prevent vision loss (AP)
- Study: Taking B vitamins can prevent vision loss (AP)
- Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care (AP)
- Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care (AP)
- Weathering The Times: Stimulus Boosts Green Jobs
- Weathering The Times: Stimulus Boosts Green Jobs
- Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
- Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
- Liza Mundy: Multiple Births 'Changing Our World'
- Liza Mundy: Multiple Births 'Changing Our World'
- As Suspension Bridges Age, A Search For Failures
- As Suspension Bridges Age, A Search For Failures
February 22, 2009
- Scientists May Have New Way to Fight the Flu (HealthDay)
- Scientists Close To Universal Vaccine For Flu
- Right-To-Die Cases Roil Europe
- Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
- Distracted Pedestrians An Increasing Risk
- Distracted Pedestrians An Increasing Risk
- 'Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes'
- Tuning In? Turn It Down
- New Degree Creates Doctor Nurses — And Confusion
- Caution: Walking And Cell Phones Don't Mix
February 21, 2009
- Bill Clinton, Health Groups to Tackle Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
- Few Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug (HealthDay)
- Scientists Gain Insight Into Blood Cancer's Progression (HealthDay)
February 20, 2009
- AP IMPACT: Most fertility clinics break the rules (AP)
- Peanut product recalls (AP)
- Inspiring Girls To Engineer America's Future
- 'Telephone Gambit' Asks Who Invented The Phone
- Nanoelectronics Modeled On Etch-A-Sketch Toy
- Hazardous Junk Piling Up In Space
- Animation Goes High Tech With 3-D
- Doubting Darwin: Debate Over The Mind's Evolution
- Sweden to allow non-prescription drugs in stores (AFP)
- Growing HIV rates among gay, bisexual men in Asia (AP)
- Cherry-flavored malaria drug launched for kids (AP)
- Whistling Orangutan Impresses Zoo Researchers
February 19, 2009
- A Child Gets Lost In The Health Care Shuffle
- An Emergency Room Built Specially For Seniors
- Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year (AP)
- Health Tip: Keeping Your Children Warm in Winter (HealthDay)
- If Parents Had Alzheimer's, Aging May Come Early (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 19, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans (HealthDay)
- Stress May Speed Melanoma Progression (HealthDay)
- Obama Looks To Fill Health Leadership Gap
- Obama Discusses Trade, Climate Change In Canada
- Call For Forensics Overhaul Linked To 'CSI' Effect
February 18, 2009
- FDA advisers set vaccine for 2009-2010 flu season (AP)
- Gene test helps set accurate blood thinner dose (AP)
- Finds At L.A. Tar Pits Provide Glimpse Into Past
- Florida Jury Awards $8 Million To Smoker's Widow
- Study Examines Comparison Of Heart Treatments
- Report: Forensics Rife With 'Serious Problems'
- AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease (AP)
- Nausea Drug Shows Promise Against Opioid Addiction (HealthDay)
- Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs (AP)
- Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising (HealthDay)
- Eye Problems, Hearing Loss May Be Linked (HealthDay)
February 17, 2009
- Report: Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy (AP)
- Appeals court upholds NYC's calories-on-menus rule (AP)
- ICUs see big drop in dangerous staph superbugs (AP)
- Few Youths Need Cholesterol Drugs, Study Finds
- Parkinson's disease and melanoma may be linked (Reuters)
February 16, 2009
- Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma (HealthDay)
- Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later (HealthDay)
- Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock (HealthDay)
- Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge (HealthDay)
- Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say (AP)
- Study: Drug Can Erase Fearful Memories
- The Challenge Of Switching To Digital Medical Records
- Economic Crisis, Unemployment Take Emotional Toll
- Economic Crisis, Unemployment Take Emotional Toll
- Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor's genes (AP)
- In Paris, Culinary Education Starts In Day Care
- Stimulus Provides Preview Of Health Battles Ahead
February 15, 2009
- Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)
- Advisers: Obama Close To Decision On Stem Cells
- China launches campaign to break sex taboos (Reuters)
- Students Reconcile Darwin's Theories With Faith
- Students Reconcile Darwin's Theories With Faith
- Taking Darwin Personally
- Taking Darwin Personally
- Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too (HealthDay)
- Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too (HealthDay)
February 14, 2009
- Cotton Candy, A Medical Wonder?
- Cotton Candy, A Medical Wonder?
- Drug giant pledges cheap medicine for the poor: report (AFP)
- Drug giant pledges cheap medicine for the poor: report (AFP)
- New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients (HealthDay)
- New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients (HealthDay)
February 13, 2009
- VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)
- VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)
- Venture Capitalists Seek Small-Business Funding
- Salmonella-Linked Peanut Firm Files For Bankruptcy
- Salmonella-Linked Peanut Firm Files For Bankruptcy
- Does Stimulus Package Keep Green Goals In Sight?
- Does Stimulus Package Keep Green Goals In Sight?
- Peanut Corp. Of America Files For Bankruptcy
- Peanut Corp. Of America Files For Bankruptcy
- Moms offer sober reality check on multiple births (AP)
- Moms offer sober reality check on multiple births (AP)
- Loss of height linked to breathlessness in elderly (Reuters)
- Loss of height linked to breathlessness in elderly (Reuters)
- Survey: Peanut recall known but misunderstood (AP)
- Survey: Peanut recall known but misunderstood (AP)
- Stimulus Provides Preview of Health Battles Ahead
- Has Food Replaced Sex As The American Moral Code?
- Has Food Replaced Sex As The American Moral Code?
- Justice Ginsburg Released From Hospital
- Justice Ginsburg Released From Hospital
- Japanese Mission Explores Far Side Of Moon
- Japanese Mission Explores Far Side Of Moon
- Making America's Electric Grid Smarter
- Making America's Electric Grid Smarter
- 'Let's Talk About Sex … At Church!'
- 'Let's Talk About Sex … At Church!'
- Peanut Probe Shifts To Texas Plant After Recall
- Nothing to sneeze at decoding the common cold (AP)
- Nothing to sneeze at decoding the common cold (AP)
- Tracking Device Reveals Songbirds' Travels
- Tracking Device Reveals Songbirds' Travels
- Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice (HealthDay)
- Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings (HealthDay)
- Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism (HealthDay)
- When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow (AP)
February 12, 2009
- Atlanta hospital finds Legionnaire's bacteria (AP)
- Obesity may raise migraine risk, U.S. study finds (Reuters)
- Marlboro top choice of regular teen smokers (AP)
- Nothing to sneeze at decoding the common cold (AP)
- NASA Studies Satellite Collision Over Siberia
- Court Rules Against Vaccines-Autism Claims
- Death Of Child May Have Influenced Darwin's Work
- Examining Darwin On His 200th Anniversary
- Vaccines don't cause autism, special court says (AP)
- Debris From Satellite Collision Worries Scientists
- States Look To Cut Medicaid Funding
- There's A Brand New Man Among Us
- Moving Darwin Into The Digital World
- Darwin's Earthworm Experiments Broke New Ground
- Lawmakers Delve Into Peanut Products' Safety
- Autistic Children Ineligible For Vaccine Funds
- New Law Bans Chemical Found In Toys
- New Safety Law Doesn't Mean All's Well In Toyland
February 11, 2009
- Dangerous low blood sugar linked to sex drugs (Reuters)
- Rate of memory decline differs by dementia type (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Diabetics and Drinking (HealthDay)
- Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome (HealthDay)
- Sweet! Cotton candy may help labs grow tissue (AP)
- Mother's Obesity Raises Risk of Birth Defects (Time.com)
- Redux: Treadmill Desk Heats Up Office Jobs
- Scientists Hope Stimulus Will Give Jolt To Research
- Octuplets' mom: No one can care for 14 kids alone (AP)
- Darwin's Theory: Too Big To Publish
- California Veterinary Tax Plan Draws Opposition
- Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study (HealthDay)
February 10, 2009
- Sobering results for cost-cutting Medicare project (AP)
- Steroids In Baseball: Why Do We Care?
- Raising Free-Range Animals
- Scientists Tracking Mountain Lions Near Urban Areas
- How Effective Are Multi-Vitamins?
- Mich. zoo offers peek into animals' sex lives (AP)
- Australia Wildfire Death Toll Expected To Pass 200
- Recession Hurting Kids With Developmental Delays
- Marijuana linked to aggressive testicular cancer, study reveals (HealthDay)
- Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 9, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Tests Gauge Alzheimer's Patients' Ability to Drive (HealthDay)
- Grandma's moistening kettle may have held off flu (AP)
February 9, 2009
- Huge study boosts disappointment on multivitamins (AP)
- FDA seeks plans to reduce misuse of painkillers (AP)
- How to help patients make wiser health choices (AP)
- Cholera Exhausts Zimbabwean Health Care System
- Fruit Fly Scientists Swatted Down Over 'Cheap Date'
- Early study shows AIDS-fighting gel promising (AP)
- Parents Blamed for Childhood Obesity (LiveScience.com)
- Astronaut's Video Satirizes NASA Bureaucracy
- Financial Health Of Health Insurers
- Advocates Push For Better Foster Parent Training
February 8, 2009
- Study: Brain Substance May Halt Alzheimer's
- Brain Protein May Have Potential Against Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Official: Sebelius near top for health post (AP)
- Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls (AFP)
- Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Quickly (Time.com)
- Darwin, Britain's Hero, Is Still Controversial In U.S.
February 7, 2009
- 1st US case of Marburg fever confirmed in Colo. (AP)
- 3-Million-Year-Old Skeleton Gets CT Scan
- Report: A-Rod Tested Positive For Steroids
- Octuplet fertility doctor under investigation (AP)
- FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella (AP)
- Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Quickly (Time.com)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 6, 2009 (HealthDay)
- For Preschoolers, Even 'Play' Tends to Be Sedentary (HealthDay)
February 6, 2009
- First US face transplant patient leaves hospital (AP)
- FDA OKs 1st drug from genetically altered animals (AP)
- Butterfly Does Great Ant Impressions
- Octuplet Mother Remains Target Of Ethical Debate
- The Strategies And Pitfalls Of Fasting To Maintain Weight
- Arctic Sea Partially Closed To Fishing
- Atlanta hospital checking Legionnaire's cases (AP)
- How To Avoid Contaminating Planetary Neighbors
- Google Earth Dives Into Ocean Depths
- What Does The Future Hold For The FDA?
- Fossils Of One-Ton Snake Provide Climate Clues
- Butterfly Larvae Trick Ants With Scent And Sound
- Ancient Whales May Have Given Birth On Land
- After 200 Years, Darwin's Legacy Still Evolving
- High-Speed Video Reveals Physics Of Splashes
- Study: Seeing Red, Blue Affects Outcome Of Tasks
February 5, 2009
- Campaign warns against reusing plastic syringes (AP)
- Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has cancer surgery (Reuters)
- Blue the hue of creativity? Red for detail? (AP)
- Living near big power line may up Alzheimer's risk (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Wean Your Child From Breast-Feeding (HealthDay)
- Pancreatic Cancer Prognosis Is Grim
- Is Co-Sleeping With Infants Dangerous?
- Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery For Pancreatic Cancer
- Loopholes allow contaminated food to go unchecked (AP)
- Home of man linked to 1982 Tylenol deaths searched (AP)
- Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later (AP)
- 1-Ton Snakes Once Slithered In The Tropics
- More Students Turning Illegally To 'Smart' Drugs
February 4, 2009
- In colon cancer drug study, more wasn't better (AP)
- FBI Searches Home In Review Of '82 Tylenol Deaths
- Study: Hormone Use Doubles Breast Cancer Risk
- Women's low sex drive tied to poor quality of life (Reuters)
- Will Daschle's Departure Dim Health Care Hopes?
- Innovation Seen As Key To Curbing Climate Change
- Octuplets Fallout: Should Fertility Doctors Set Limits? (Time.com)
- Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy (HealthDay)
- Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 3, 2009 (HealthDay)
February 3, 2009
- Obama Expected To Sign Children's Health Bill
- Group opposes NYC health official for CDC job (AP)
- Study: Heart CT Scans May Pose Risk
- Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant (AP)
- Obesity can complicate teen pregnancy (Reuters)
- Taking Advantage Of The Jellyfish Invasion
- Obama May Lift Stem Cell Restrictions
- Democrats Rally To Daschle's Defense
- NTSB Begins Hearings Into Medevac Crashes
February 2, 2009
- Md. surgeons remove donated kidney through vagina (AP)
- Dope-smoking among teens down in many countries (AP)
- Expert: U.S. Food Inspection Among Best
- A New FDA Chief Will Take Over Agency 'At Risk'
- Octuplets mom gets TV, book offers to tell story (AP)
- Hormone may predict postpartum depression: study (Reuters)
- Flu off to slow start but don't get complacent yet (AP)
- Doctors test latest attempt at artificial liver (AP)
- Study finds one-third of US kids take vitamins (AP)
- Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 2, 2009 (HealthDay)
- New Clues to Stopping Colitis-Linked Cancer (HealthDay)
- Education Doesn't Slow Alzheimer's Decline (HealthDay)
- Mental illness alone is no trigger for violence (AP)
- Parkinson's Disease: A Family History
- Erectile dysfunction predicts heart disease, study finds (LiveScience.com)
- Astrophysicist Chronicles The Battle Over Pluto
- Your Family May Once Have Been A Different Color
- Medicaid A Prickly Issue In Stimulus Package