Obama pushes Senate to act on climate measure
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:48 pm PDT
 AP - Hailing the House, President Barack Obama put pressure on senators Saturday to follow its lead and pass legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, helping usher the U.S. into a new age of energy efficiency. Full Story | Top |
Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:47 pm PDT
AP - A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, though officials said Friday they haven't figured out how to administer so many doses or accurately track side effects if a seasonal vaccine is given simultaneously. Full Story | Top |
Swine flu detected at Argentina pig farm
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:56 pm PDT
AP - Swine flu has been detected in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentine capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a normal flu, the government said Friday. Full Story | Top |
Disease prevention often costs more than it saves
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:16 pm PDT
 AP - When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabetes. It costs $900 a year to hire a personal lifestyle coach to help her lose weight and prevent diabetes. Suppose that the coaching works for Mrs. Jones, and she is spared diabetes and all the resulting health bills. Full Story | Top |
Jobs' liver transplant shows power of the rich
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:02 pm PDT
 AP - A celebrity like Apple CEO Steve Jobs scores a rare organ transplant and the world wonders: Did he game the system? The rich have plenty of advantages that others don't. But winning the "transplant lottery" involves more than the size of your wallet — and true medical need. Full Story | Top |
Federal advisory panel: Just 4 rabies shots needed
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:17 pm PDT
AP - People exposed to rabies need only four vaccinations, not the five currently recommended, a vaccine advisory committee said Wednesday. In the past, rabies shots were dreaded almost as much as the disease itself. Until the 1970s, an encounter with a rabid animal led to at least 14 shots in the abdomen. But vaccines have improved, and five shots in the arm or thigh have been the U.S. standard for more than 20 years. Full Story | Top |
Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. Full Story | Top |
Women's Sexual Health Issues Hit Home
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey finds that 70 percent of American women have experienced a sexual health issue, and 22 percent felt very or extremely concerned about it. Full Story | Top |
New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:48 pm PDT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis reduces joint inflammation in severe cases while causing only mild to moderate side effects, according to a report from the first clinical trial of the drug on humans. Full Story | Top |
Heavy youngsters at risk for asthma symptoms
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:02 pm PDT
Reuters - Children who are overweight at age 6 to 7 years are at increased risk for having symptoms of asthma like shortness of breath and "twitchy" airways when they are 8 years old, results of a study conducted in the Netherlands show. Full Story | Top |
Breast Cancer Numbers Dip Most in Wealthy, Urban Areas
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:48 pm PDT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States have declined overall, but the decrease is significantly less marked in poor women who live in rural areas, possibly due to differences in the use of hormone therapy (HT), a new study suggests. Full Story | Top |
Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who experienced physical abuse as children are more likely to develop cancer than those who weren't abused, according to a Canadian study. Full Story | Top |
Health Tip: What's Ketoacidosis?
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hyperglycemia, the medical name for high blood sugar, affects just about every person with diabetes at one time or another, the American Diabetes Association says. Full Story | Top |
Nut-Cracking Dinosaur Like a Giant Parrot
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:23 pm PDT
LiveScience.com - A newly described dinosaur hopefully suffered no nut allergies. Fossil remains suggest the parrot-beaked beast that lived 110 million years ago was a sophisticated nutcracker, researchers said this week. Full Story | Top |
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