Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks....
02/09/2010 06:48:48pm
Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found....
02/08/2010 06:30:34pm
Debate in US over blood from newborn safety tests
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. - is facing an ethics attack....
02/08/2010 04:34:56pm
Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack....
02/08/2010 04:09:13pm
UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up
LONDON (AP) -- You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry....
02/08/2010 01:08:28pm
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday....
02/08/2010 09:43:34am
300 people diagnosed with mumps in suburban NY
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) -- More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads....
02/06/2010 08:55:24pm
Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
ATLANTA (AP) -- If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October....
02/05/2010 05:55:40pm
Gov't moving into central role in health care
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government is poised to become king of the hill in America's vast health care system, with or without President Barack Obama's planned redo, according an economic report released Thursday....
02/04/2010 11:29:33am
Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them - findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people....
02/03/2010 07:07:43pm
Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable
LONDON (AP) -- About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say....
02/03/2010 11:22:00am
Glaxo CEO: Time to diversify, help poor countries
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Witty, who took over as GlaxoSmithKline PLC's chief executive in May 2008, has been remaking the company from a pure pharmaceutical business to a diverse healthcare conglomerate, a strategy most rivals now are pursuing....
02/02/2010 04:56:43pm
UK medical journal retracts flawed vaccine study
LONDON (AP) -- A major British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease....
02/02/2010 10:56:42am
Experiment takes aim at genetic learning disorder
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is under way to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way....
02/02/2010 03:45:44am
Success seen with experimental abstinence program
CHICAGO (AP) -- An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found....
02/01/2010 06:00:59pm
Fish oil shows promise in preventing psychosis
CHICAGO (AP) -- Fish oil pills may be able to save some young people with signs of mental illness from descending into schizophrenia, according to a preliminary but first-of-its-kind study....
02/01/2010 04:00:43pm
Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
CHICAGO (AP) -- Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves....
02/01/2010 04:40:23am
New morning-after pill works for up to 5 days
LONDON (AP) -- A new type of morning-after pill is more effective than the most widely used drug at preventing pregnancies in women who had unprotected sex and also works longer, for up to five days, a new study says....
01/28/2010 07:01:59pm
Increased patient cost-sharing may hurt elderly
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Higher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals....
01/27/2010 05:00:23pm
Study finds drop in age-related hearing problems
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sweet news for baby boomers: Despite all those warnings that loud rock music would damage their ears, their generation appears to have better hearing than their parents did....
01/27/2010 11:30:15am
