Nepalese doc is God of Sight to poor
HETAUDA, Nepal (AP) -- Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing....
03/21/2010 12:01:12am
Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat
ATLANTA (AP) -- As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests....
03/20/2010 09:13:05am
Report: USDA lax in policing organics marketing
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department has failed to enforce penalties against some who falsely marketed foods as organic, according to an internal department investigation....
03/19/2010 09:57:43pm
Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases
ATLANTA (AP) -- An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say....
03/19/2010 07:29:06pm
Doctors, AARP support new health overhaul bill
CHICAGO (AP) -- The nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation....
03/19/2010 04:37:09pm
Correction: WHO drug-resistant TB story
LONDON (AP) -- In a March 18 story about drug-resistant tuberculosis, The Associated Press reported erroneously that there were no U.S. cases in 2008 of extensively drug-resistant TB. There were four cases in 2008 and no cases in 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
03/19/2010 04:23:10pm
FDA panel backs implant for mild heart failure
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Federal health advisers said Thursday an electronic heart implant should be approved for a large group of heart-disease patients who currently aren't eligible for the device....
03/18/2010 06:10:47pm
WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening
LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis....
03/18/2010 03:58:11pm
AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shots
ATLANTA (AP) -- Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho....
03/18/2010 03:39:18pm
Correction: Hospice-Defibrillator story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a story March 15 about hospices being slow to turn off patients' defibrillators, The Associated Press reported erroneously the proportion that had a way to identify implant recipients. The study found 20 percent had a method to do so, not one in 20....
03/18/2010 03:20:16pm
US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle
LONDON (AP) -- An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday....
03/17/2010 09:25:57pm
VA fined $227K for flawed cancer treatments in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs was fined $227,500 after incorrect radiation doses were given to 97 veterans with prostate cancer at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, a federal agency announced Wednesday....
03/17/2010 05:17:50pm
Prescription-drug heists on the rise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market....
03/17/2010 05:11:26pm
Report questions excluding gays from some studies
A small but significant portion of medical studies exclude gays from participating, sometimes without an apparent scientific reason, several cancer researchers say....
03/17/2010 05:10:05pm
First lady: Diet is key to children's productivity
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says her fight against childhood obesity isn't about appearance but about whether kids have enough energy to be productive at school....
03/17/2010 01:51:17pm
Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated....
03/16/2010 10:02:40pm
British hospitals: No sitting allowed
LONDON (AP) -- Britons trying to cheer up their hospitalized friends and relatives often have to do so standing up; sitting on the bed usually isn't allowed....
03/16/2010 08:01:55pm
Sebelius confident health care bill will pass
CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she's confident the House will have the votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation, possibly as early as Friday....
03/16/2010 07:17:24pm
Doctor says heart groups too cozy with industry
ATLANTA (AP) -- A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors....
03/16/2010 01:30:47pm
Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right
ATLANTA (AP) -- Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients' DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital....
03/16/2010 10:01:33am
Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?...
03/16/2010 03:19:33am
Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests
ATLANTA (AP) -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks....
03/13/2010 05:07:54pm
Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes
ATLANTA (AP) -- Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests....
03/13/2010 08:20:05am
Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection....
03/12/2010 09:09:34pm
Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system....
03/12/2010 04:30:17pm
Women on the pill may live longer
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....
03/12/2010 01:06:48pm
People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk
LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday....
03/12/2010 06:19:31am
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests....
03/10/2010 07:04:00pm
Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."...
03/10/2010 05:14:21pm
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring....
03/09/2010 07:34:33pm
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot....
03/09/2010 03:04:43am
UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015
GENEVA (AP) -- The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned....
03/08/2010 05:07:17am
Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease....
03/07/2010 02:15:39pm
WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio....
03/05/2010 08:15:28am
FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's government sent inspectors across the island Thursday to stop stores from selling locally produced hand sanitizers tainted with a dangerous bacteria....
03/04/2010 05:53:43pm
Gene test claims to show what diet works best
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan....
03/04/2010 05:22:29pm
Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria....
03/04/2010 03:49:45pm
Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
ATLANTA (AP) -- Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good....
03/04/2010 03:38:30am
Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer
For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found....
03/03/2010 06:05:22pm
Should men be tested for prostate cancer?
The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. Some questions and answers:...
03/03/2010 04:35:55pm
More than one way to trim health coverage premiums
Skyrocketing premiums have stunned some consumers who buy their own health insurance policies. People in several corners of the country are facing increases of 20 percent or more from some insurers....
03/02/2010 04:21:55pm
Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan
Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world's second highest maternal death rate....
03/02/2010 01:36:08pm
Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo....
03/02/2010 05:49:18am
Scientists try to break fat-and-disease link
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key....
03/02/2010 03:14:07am
Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids
CHICAGO (AP) -- It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate - a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request....
03/01/2010 09:12:17pm
1 in 4 parents buys unproven vaccine-autism link
CHICAGO (AP) -- One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children should be vaccinated....
03/01/2010 06:23:43am
Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments concludes....
02/26/2010 01:01:12pm
