UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:06 pm PST
AP - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said. Full Story | Top |
Coma recovery case attracts doubters
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12 am PST
AP - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative. Full Story | Top |
Kids should get moving to avoid obesity
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:04 am PST
 Reuters - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows. Full Story | Top |
NY couple charged with forcing woman into sex work
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:21 pm PST
AP - A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in Brooklyn, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
Bipolar Disorder May Be Tied to Body Clock
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:03 pm PST
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that an internal body clock that goes on the fritz could be a factor in the development of bipolar disorder in children. Full Story | Top |
U.S. diabetes cases to double, costs triple by 2034
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:23 pm PST
 Reuters - By 2034, nearly twice as many Americans will have diabetes and spending on the disease will triple, further straining the U.S. health system and testing the viability of Medicare and other government health insurance programs, U.S. researchers said on Friday. Full Story | Top |
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49 pm PST
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumors and boost the odds of successful surgery in colorectal cancer patients with inoperable metastatic liver lesions, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
Somali health sector underfunded: WHO
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:25 am PST
 AFP - A senior WHO official warned Friday that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition. Full Story | Top |
Timely and continuous HIV care extends survival
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:18 am PST
 Reuters - In people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, high-risk behavior, HIV infection itself, as well as late initiation and early discontinuation of anti-HIV therapy all contribute to substantial decreases in life expectancy, United States researchers report. Full Story | Top |
Batch of swine flu vaccines studied in Canada
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22 am PST
AP - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:38 pm PST
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. Full Story | Top |
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