Archive for June, 2009
June 24, 2009
- Health Tip: Don't Ignore Diabetes (HealthDay)
- Stay Upbeat, Active to Keep the Mind Young (HealthDay)
- Women More Likely Than Men to Reject Unattractive Babies (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 24, 2009 (HealthDay)
- For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip (HealthDay)
- Doctor in 1999 South Pole rescue dies in Mass. (AP)
- Radiation not needed in common childhood cancer (Reuters)
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Benefits tax advances in health care negotiations (AP)
- Jobs' liver transplant shows power of the rich (AP)
- Federal advisory panel: Just 4 rabies shots needed (AP)
- Disease prevention often costs more than it saves (AP)
- Germany smashes fake Viagra ring: customs (AFP)
- A Little Flute Music To Warm The Cave
- UN reports decline in cultivation of some drugs (AP)
- Salty Sea May Lurk Under Saturn Moon
- Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer rate in obese women (AFP)
- Study: Women look away more from abnormal babies (AP)
June 23, 2009
- Obesity While Young Boosts Pancreatic Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- Slain Soldiers Offer Clues To Protect The Living
- Ad Watch: Exploiting Public's Distrust Of Insurers
- Iran's Crisis Posing a Problem for Its Mideast Allies (Time.com)
- House Democrats to open hearings on health bill (AP)
- Hunting ways to protect babies when mom drinks (AP)
June 22, 2009
- Health Tip: Preparing Your Child for a Medical Test (HealthDay)
- New Strategy Eyed for AIDS Treatment (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 22, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread (HealthDay)
- Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law (AP)
- Study: Bad test results often don't reach patients (AP)
- Drug company deal may give Obama a boost (Reuters)
- Obama Signs Sweeping Tobacco Legislation
- New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South (AP)
- Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil (AP)
- Ohio's Burning River In Better Health 40 Years Later
- Advocates Help Patients Navigate Health Care Maze
- Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets (AP)
- Insurers Revoke Policies To Avoid Paying High Costs
- What To Do The Next Time Dad's Heart Stops
June 21, 2009
- Obama's own party worried health plan lacks votes (AP)
- Greener diet reduces dairy cows' methane burps (AP)
- Congress Woozy With Health Care Sticker Shock
June 20, 2009
- Deal reached to cut drug costs (Reuters)
- Who's On The EPA's Most Wanted List?
- Brazil starts annual polio vaccination program (AFP)
- Breaking Ground On The First Spaceport
- Nestle recalls all refrigerated Toll House dough (AP)
- Emerging $80B deal would help fund Medicare drugs (AP)
- Using Weather Satellites To Predict Epidemics?
June 19, 2009
- Treatment Option Shortens Path to Pregnancy (HealthDay)
- Make Nursing Homes More Like Home: Medicare (HealthDay)
- Does Location Affect Kids' Weight? (HealthDay)
- T-Word Looms Large In Health Care Cost Debate
- Calif regulators find pot smoke causes cancer (AP)
- Green tea could delay prostate cancer: U.S. study (Reuters)
- Ariz. Cafe Makes Healthy Fare For Native Americans
- UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark (AP)
- Can Health Care Reform Succeed This Time?
- Fluke Footage Shows How Sperm Whales Steal
- Same-Sex Behavior Documented In Many Animals
- Fertility Linked To The Packaging Of Sperm
- Summer Sky Highlights What's Missing
- US swine flu cases now exceed 21,000; 87 deaths (AP)
- Swine flu sends cruise ship home early to Aruba (AP)
- The Costs Of Health Care: Finding Ways To Save
- Viagra sold at local chemists (AFP)
- 'Wicked Plants' Creep Through Brooklyn Gardens
June 18, 2009
- Health Tip: High Blood Pressure While You're Pregnant (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 18, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Work Stress for Mom Might Harm Baby (HealthDay)
- Statins May Not Protect Against Pneumonia (HealthDay)
- $196 billion; little proof UN health programs work (AP)
- Health workers didn't take swine flu precautions (AP)
- Group disputes cancer claims on One A Day vitamins (AP)
- U.S. porn industry HIV cases prompt investigation (Reuters)
- Battling Despair: One Mother's Search For A Job
- For Health Or Profit, But Not Necessarily For Both
- Court Rules Convicts Have No Right To DNA Tests
- Team homes in on genetic causes of neuroblastoma (Reuters)
- NASA Moon Missions To Search For Water
- At 104, She Was Still 'Classy'
June 17, 2009
- Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids (HealthDay)
- Doctors signal they'll work with Obama (AP)
- FDA Commissioner Focused On Challenges
- Man who lost sense of smell assumed Zicam safe (AP)
- AP IMPACT: Zicam not alone in side effect reports (AP)
- Health Tip: Understanding Various Types of Insulin (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Some Medications Can Help Trigger Heat-Related Illness (HealthDay)
- Breast-Feeding Boosts Child's School Performance (HealthDay)
- Porn Star Tests Positive, Still Performs (The Advocate)
- Cost a major issue as Senate starts health care (AP)
- FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell (AP)
- Kennedy Absent As His Health Bill Launches
June 16, 2009
- Health Tip: Choosing an Assisted Living Option (HealthDay)
- Depression May Lead to More Preemies Among Blacks (HealthDay)
- LA County backtracks on HIV cases in porn industry (AP)
- "Virtual colonoscopy" may be an option, study shows (Reuters)
- AMA objects to calling obesity a disability (AP)
- AP Interview: Sebelius says public plan to survive (AP)
- Sebelius says kids may get swine flu shots first (AP)
- Orszag Defends Health Care Plans Amid Criticism
- VA officials grilled over botched colonoscopies (AP)
- For Some, Virtual Colonography May Be Just As Good (HealthDay)
- Scientists Debate Shading Earth As Climate Fix
- Spend More, Get Less? The Health Care 'Conundrum'
- Are Doctors The Problem With Health Care?
- FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs (AP)
- US, Canadian obesity scientists share $1 mln Shaw Prize (AFP)
- In New Model, County Offers Low-Cost Health Care
- Computer Finds New Math 'Jewel' In The Rough
- Sebelius: Single-Payer Health Care Not In Plans
- Health Care Debate So Far: A War Of Words
June 15, 2009
- ADHD Drugs Linked to Sudden Death in Kids (HealthDay)
- Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some (HealthDay)
- Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese (HealthDay)
- Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy (HealthDay)
- Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness (HealthDay)
- Obama presses doctors to back health care overhaul (AP)
- FDA questions heart risk findings on ADHD drugs (Reuters)
- Sinus infections may cause toxic shock in children (Reuters)
- CBO: Senate bill $1 trillion over 10 years (AP)
- PE requirement isn't enough to fight obesity (AP)
- Remembering Thembi (OneWorld.net)
- FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs (AP)
- Common skin cancer drug smoothes wrinkles: study (Reuters)
- Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break? (AP)
- Doctors Say Current System Impedes Medical Care
- The Trials Of Paying For Health Care In A Recession
- Going Gluten-Free At Age 13
- A Better Life Through Home Dialysis
June 14, 2009
- Hearing to air VA explanation of hospital mistakes (AP)
- Australia tries tough love to heal Aboriginal woes (AP)
- A Check Up For The Health Care Bill
- Affordable Health Insurance Elusive In Rural U.S.
- Calif. to probe latest HIV case in porn industry (AP)
June 13, 2009
- Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects (HealthDay)
- Obama pledges to quickly sign anti-smoking bill (AP)
- Hospitals oppose Obama's Medicare, Medicaid cuts (AP)
- Health Care For Undocumented First Of Calif. Cuts
- Health Care Reform From The Insurer's Perspective
- Pediatricians take on bullies, dating violence (AP)
- Historic anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens (AP)
- Guatemala urges 2 swine flu-hit towns to shut down (AP)
June 12, 2009
- Health Tip: Soothing Separation Anxiety (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Have Unused Medications? (HealthDay)
- Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's (HealthDay)
- FDA flags psychiatric risks of asthma drugs (AP)
- Welcome 47th Mersenne Prime!
- Drugmakers rush to produce a swine flu vaccine (AP)
- Naps linked to psychosocial functioning in toddlers (Reuters)
- Many Decisions Remain Over Tobacco Regulation
- What Are The Chances Of A Planetary Collision?
- NASA Prepares Two Lunar Satellites For Launch
- Secret To Slithering Is In The Scales
- Study Says Fingerprints Aren't For Friction
- How Stanley Milgram 'Shocked the World'
- Waiting For A Superstinky Flower To Bloom
- Telescopes Probe Birth Of Stars And The Universe
- US swine flu cases grow to nearly 18,000 (AP)
- Congress Passes Tobacco Regulation Bill
- WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years (AP)
June 11, 2009
- Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk (HealthDay)
- Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)
- Heart dangers seen in very young obese children (Reuters)
- Historic anti-smoking vote to give FDA new power (AP)
- FDA Panel OKs Newer Antipsychotics for Children (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 11, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk (HealthDay)
- Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)
- WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years (AP)
- Study: A Safe Drug for Morning Sickness? (Time.com)
- Swine flu may have been spreading in August (AP)
- WHO Declares Swine Flu A Pandemic
- AMA wary of Obama call for public health insurance (AP)
- Chain menus could soon start counting calories (Reuters)
June 10, 2009
- Health Tip: Using Antihistamines (HealthDay)
- Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough Heralds New Era of Treatment (HealthDay)
- Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook (HealthDay)
- LA County says it will pass out mail-in STD tests (AP)
- Longer is better for treating prostate cancer (Reuters)
- AP IMPACT: $2.5B spent, no alternative med cures (AP)
- Study suggests drug is safe for morning sickness (AP)
- A Surgeon's Memoir Of 'Full Face Transplant'
- Health Care Overhaul Opponents Use Selective Stats
- Bill Gives FDA Control Over Tobacco
- Is Cancer the Price for Our Big Brains? (LiveScience.com)
- Australia Is Tipping Point In Swine Flu Outbreak
- FDA Needs More Resources To Oversee Food Safety
- Which Kids Join Gangs? A Genetic Explanation (Time.com)
- Which Kids Join Gangs? A Genetic Explanation (Time.com)
June 9, 2009
- New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Trial (HealthDay)
- New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Trial (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 9, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 9, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Alzheimer's and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death (HealthDay)
- Alzheimer's and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death (HealthDay)
- Acupuncture May Relieve Heartburn In Pregnancy (HealthDay)
- Acupuncture May Relieve Heartburn In Pregnancy (HealthDay)
- Gene explains breast cancer chemotherapy outcomes (Reuters)
- Gene explains breast cancer chemotherapy outcomes (Reuters)
- Dems advance proposals to spread health coverage (AP)
- Dems advance proposals to spread health coverage (AP)
- WHO says it may declare swine flu pandemic soon (AP)
- WHO says it may declare swine flu pandemic soon (AP)
- As Fences Cut Off Migration, Hoofed Species Decline
- As Fences Cut Off Migration, Hoofed Species Decline
- What to know before buying supplements (AP)
- What to know before buying supplements (AP)
- Doctors Decide Whether To Perform Abortions
- Doctors Decide Whether To Perform Abortions
- Obama's Proposed Changes To Abortion Policy
- Obama's Proposed Changes To Abortion Policy
- Herbal sales dominated by sizable companies (AP)
- Herbal sales dominated by sizable companies (AP)
- Tests show many supplements have quality problems (AP)
- Tests show many supplements have quality problems (AP)
- AIDS stabilising in SAfrica as new cases drop among youth: study (AFP)
- FDA Debates Safety Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Kids
- FDA Debates Safety Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Kids
June 8, 2009
- Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials (HealthDay)
- Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials (HealthDay)
- Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity (HealthDay)
- Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity (HealthDay)
- 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Sheds More Than Pounds (HealthDay)
- 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Sheds More Than Pounds (HealthDay)
- 'You'll try anything,' says cancer patient (AP)
- Daytime Nap Has Benefits Beyond Rest for Kids (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 8, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity (HealthDay)
- Exercise, Education Keep You Sharp in Old Age (HealthDay)
- 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Sheds More Than Pounds (HealthDay)
- Know Your Odds for Heart Failure (HealthDay)
- Using Psychology To Save You From Yourself
- Cancer patients should beware supplement use (AP)
- Cancer patient learns herbals can interfere (AP)
- 60 pct of cancer patients try nontraditional med (AP)
- Should HIV Be Criminalized?
- Pulling malaria from mosquitoes to fight disease (AP)
- GOP senators warn Obama on public health-care plan (AP)
- How Congress Might Tax Your Health Benefits
- Bangladeshi children 'ill' after immunisation drive (AFP)
- Showdown Expected Over Anti-Smoking Bill
- AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream (AP)
- Sex Without Intimacy: No Dating, No Relationships
- The Risks And Rewards Of Taxing Health Benefits
- Alpha Bison: The Quieter Bellow Wins The Females
June 7, 2009
June 6, 2009
- Obama team plans more active role on health care (AP)
- Obama team plans more active role on health care (AP)
- Injected with HIV by dad as baby, teen inspires (AP)
- Injected with HIV by dad as baby, teen inspires (AP)
- Pakistan health care crumbles with refugee influx (AP)
- Pakistan health care crumbles with refugee influx (AP)
- Arena: compliant trial patients lost more weight (Reuters)
- Arena: compliant trial patients lost more weight (Reuters)
- Bristol, Astra's Onglyza controls diabetes: trial (Reuters)
- Bristol, Astra's Onglyza controls diabetes: trial (Reuters)
- New CDC chief to target smoking; led charge in NYC (AP)
- New CDC chief to target smoking; led charge in NYC (AP)
- Paraplegic Marathoner Still Has Mountain To Climb
- Paraplegic Marathoner Still Has Mountain To Climb
June 5, 2009
- Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain (HealthDay)
- Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Pregnancy and Foot Health (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Pregnancy and Foot Health (HealthDay)
- Wear Sunscreen for Lifelong Benefits (HealthDay)
- Wear Sunscreen for Lifelong Benefits (HealthDay)
- Analysis Sheds Light on Protein's Role in Cancer (HealthDay)
- Analysis Sheds Light on Protein's Role in Cancer (HealthDay)
- Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices (HealthDay)
- Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices (HealthDay)
- Group recommends easier test to diagnose diabetes (Reuters)
- Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Pregnancy and Foot Health (HealthDay)
- Wear Sunscreen for Lifelong Benefits (HealthDay)
- Analysis Sheds Light on Protein's Role in Cancer (HealthDay)
- Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices (HealthDay)
- FDA weighs approval of psychiatric drugs for kids (AP)
- Merck's heart failure drug misses trial goals (AP)
- New Laser Facility Fuels Dreams Of Nuclear Fusion
- Researchers Study Vaccines For Skin Cancer
- Isaac Newton: Physicist And … Crime Fighter?
- Tickling Primates To Learn About Laughter
- Manhattanhenge: Crowds Gather To See A Star Align
- Will Nuclear Power Be Part Of A Climate Solution?
- Larger Populations Triggered Stone Age Learning
June 4, 2009
- Obesity May Dampen Response to Asthma Meds (HealthDay)
- Abbott, AstraZeneca seek cholesterol pill approval (AP)
- Antidepressant curbs cancer-related mental ills (Reuters)
- 11 people charged in Detroit painkiller scam (AP)
- Do Apes Laugh When Tickled?
- Scientists uncover culprit in Huntington's disease (AP)
- Tourette's most common in white kids, boys (AP)
- Obama plan would provide health care for all (AP)
- Australia swine flu toll hits 634 (AFP)
June 3, 2009
- Health Tip: Fire Safety for Seniors (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 3, 2009 (HealthDay)
- New Tests Spot Tough-to-Detect Cancers Sooner (HealthDay)
- New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs (HealthDay)
- Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep (HealthDay)
- Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise (HealthDay)
- No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth (AP)
- SoCal 10-year-old copes with breast cancer (AP)
- US kids at risk of 'recession obesity': report (AFP)
- Metformin may help make vaccines work better: study (Reuters)
- FDA approves cancer treatment for dogs (AP)
June 2, 2009
- Neb. doctor wants to carry on Tiller's mission (AP)
- Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits (AP)
- Health Tip: Get Enough Dietary Protein (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: June 2, 2009 (HealthDay)
- Weight-Loss Surgery Options Compared in Super-Obese (HealthDay)
- Weight-Loss Surgery Simplified (HealthDay)
- TV Interferes With Infants' Language Development (HealthDay)
- What Really Works For Weight Loss?
- Court Battles Loom Over Gray Wolf In West
- Heart drug may block breast cancer gene (Reuters)
- Food and drug agency to study greater openness (AP)
- Nasal allergies a burden in Latin America (Reuters)
- Stool test shows promise in detecting many cancers (Reuters)
- Coffee seen OK for diabetic men (Reuters)
- Folic acid offers more protection than thought (AP)
- Slaying Could Galvanize Abortion-Rights Activists
June 1, 2009
- The Poop On Finding Penguins: Follow The Guano
- Study: Cancer survivors not getting needed tests (AP)
- AstraZeneca, Merck collaborate on cancer treatment (AP)
- With weight-loss surgery, type of insurance counts (Reuters)
- Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
- Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine (HealthDay)
- Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Stay Safe at the Amusement Park (HealthDay)
- Sculpting The Body With Recycled Fat
- Silicone Injections May Harm Some Patients
- 'Hurricane Highway' Islands: Rebuild Or Retreat?
- Bausch & Lomb settles 600 eye fungus lawsuits (AP)