US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT
 AP - American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research." Full Story | Top |
Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:38 pm PDT
 AP - The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders — whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term conveying how a child's relationship with one estranged parent can be poisoned by the other. Full Story | Top |
South Africa to research mood-lifting plant
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:00 am PDT
 AP - For hundreds of years, indigenous South Africans have chewed a plant they say reduces stress, relieves hunger, sedates and elevates moods. Now they have a license to study and market it, and plan to sell it over-the-counter worldwide. Full Story | Top |
J&J, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:58 pm PDT
 AP - Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear them from store shelves. Full Story | Top |
CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:21 pm PDT
 AP - Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities — winnable battles, he calls them. Full Story | Top |
Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02 pm PDT
 AFP - President Barack Obama personally apologized to his Guatemalan counterpart for a US-led study conducted in the 1940s, in which hundreds of people in the Latin American state were deliberately infected with sexually-transmitted diseases. Full Story | Top |
Family, Friends Seem Best at Spotting Early Dementia
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to the onset of early Alzheimer's disease, a person's family and close friends are better able to spot the initial signs of trouble than traditional screening by doctors, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
Most Men Unaware of Breast Cancer Risk in Males: Survey
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 80 percent of men at higher risk for breast cancer aren't aware that males can develop the disease, a new study finds, and none of the men surveyed said their doctors had talked to them about breast cancer. Full Story | Top |
U.S. Kids Filling Up on 'Empty Calories,' Study Finds
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:47 pm PDT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Nutrition experts have examined the diets of typical U.S. children and they don't like what they see: Almost 40 percent of the kids' calorie consumption comes from solid fat and added sugars. Full Story | Top |
SAfrican AIDS orphans aging
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:19 am PDT
 AP - When the Mohau children's home opened in 1997, orphans with AIDS died every other day. But these days, not one child has been lost in seven years — and as they age with the help of drugs they face the teen complexities of dating and sex. Full Story | Top |
Africa risks leap in diabetes: minister
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:35 am PDT
 AFP - Africa is set to be hit by a 24 percent increase in diseases such as diabetes within three years as the developing world faces a sharp rise in non-contagious illness, South Africa's health minister warned on Thursday. Full Story | Top |
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