 Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year
 31.08.2010 9:02  3 views  0 comments
It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older. Read more »
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China court accepts first HIV discrimination suit
31.08.2010 5:38 3 views 0 comments
 A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV-positive, in what state media on Tuesday called the nation's first such discrimination case. Read more »
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US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides
31.08.2010 3:28 6 views 0 comments
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. Read more »
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Is genetically altered fish OK? U.S. to decide
31.08.2010 0:22 5 views 0 comments
 U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates. Read more »
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U.S. egg producers failed to follow own safety plans
30.08.2010 23:49 3 views 0 comments
 Two Iowa egg farms linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened thousands failed to follow their own safety plans, allowing rodents and other animals into poultry houses, U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found. Read more »
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Scientists expect C-section rate to keep rising
30.08.2010 23:18 3 views 0 comments
 More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts. Read more »
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Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims
30.08.2010 23:14 4 views 0 comments
 The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, and there is no record it ever happened. But the man successfully argued that he may have been exposed to Agent Orange during his stopover and that it might have caused his diabetes — even thoug... Read more »
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Scientist devises faster test for detecting E.coli
30.08.2010 23:08 3 views 0 comments
 A Purdue University food scientist using infrared spectroscopy took only an hour to find harmful E. coli bacteria in ground beef, a discovery that could cut days off investigations of outbreaks, the university said in a statement on Monday. Read more »
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Fruits, vegetables cut cancer risk for smokers: study
30.08.2010 22:33 6 views 0 comments
 Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of some kinds of lung cancer for smokers, according to a study released Monday. Read more »
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Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms
30.08.2010 22:06 4 views 0 comments
 Biotech company Genzyme Inc rejected an $18.5 billion buyout offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday, setting the stage for a protracted and potentially hostile takeover battle. Read more »
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Stent Implantation Linked to Blood Clot Risk in Black
Patients
30.08.2010 22:02 3 views 0 comments
 MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are at increased
risk of developing life-threatening blood clots after receiving a
drug-coated stent to prop open narrowed arteries, U.S. researchers have
found. Read more »
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Prostate biopsy can cause urinary, erectile problems
30.08.2010 21:20 5 views 0 comments
 Biopsies taken to diagnose prostate cancer commonly cause temporary erectile dysfunction and, in some cases, lingering urinary problems, according to a new study. Read more »
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Gaining on death, cooling therapy catches on
30.08.2010 21:19 4 views 0 comments
 It was a cold, drizzly March morning this year when Ed Sproull's heart stopped beating. Read more »
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Smoking cannabis relieves chronic pain: study
30.08.2010 20:38 3 views 0 comments
 Smoking cannabis can relieve chronic neuropathic pain and help sufferers sleep, researchers said in a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday. Read more »
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New moms get enough sleep, just not good sleep
30.08.2010 18:16 3 views 0 comments
 Contrary to popular belief, new mothers may often get a decent amount of sleep in their babies' first few months -- but it's not a good-quality sleep, a new study suggests. Read more »
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Greece to crack down -- again -- on die-hard smokers
30.08.2010 18:13 4 views 0 comments
 Greece is cracking down on its die-hard smokers for the second time in just over a year in a new bid to stamp out the habit in Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation. Read more »
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Japan's medical authorities slam 'absurd' homeopathy
30.08.2010 18:13 3 views 0 comments
 The physician to Japanese Emperor Akihito and top scientists have slammed homeopathy as an "absurd" medicine, urging health workers to stay clear of the alternative treatment as it grows in popularity. Read more »
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Moscow death rates up 50 percent in heatwave
30.08.2010 17:58 6 views 0 comments
 The number of deaths rose by 50 percent in Moscow in July amid the country's worst ever heatwave, Russia's health ministry acknowledged on Monday, admitting it was slow to react to the extreme conditions. Read more »
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Italy health minister apologizes for botched birth
30.08.2010 17:37 3 views 0 comments
 Italy's health minister traveled to Sicily on Monday to apologize to a woman whose delivery of a son was botched when her two doctors got into a fistfight in the operating room. Read more »
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Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
30.08.2010 16:27 4 views 0 comments
 Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychot... Read more »
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