- Canadian mumps outbreak reaches Toronto (Reuters)
- China food scare threatens exports as test costs soar (Reuters)
- Air Bags Dangerous for Tall, Small People: Study (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Symptoms of Down Syndrome (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Avoid Urinary Tract Infections (HealthDay)
- Many Americans Confused About Cancer: Survey (HealthDay)
- Applebee's nixes trans fat frying oil (Associated Press)
- Woman survives 'internal decapitation' (Associated Press)
- Diabetes drug costs could soar 70 pct by '09: report (Reuters)
- Lifestyle Changes Help Older Women's Hearts After HRT (HealthDay)
- Troops exposed to sarin risk brain damage: report (Reuters)
- Chromium in drinking water causes cancer: U.S. agency (Reuters)
- Chan: Bird flu huge global health threat (Associated Press)
- Ground broken for Wash. medical school (Associated Press)
- Experts: Kids avoid weight gain on diet (Associated Press)
- U.S. health advisers say FluMist is safe (Associated Press)
- Nasal spray flu vaccine OK for toddlers (Associated Press)
- Chromium in water can cause cancer: U.S. agency (Reuters)
- Duke center to study premature babies (Associated Press)
- CORRECTED: Nutrition group sues Burger King over trans fats (Reuters)
- FDA panel backs MedImmune's FluMist for young kids (Reuters)
- Low-Dose CoQ10 Supplements Won't Ease Parkinson's (HealthDay)
- COPD: a growing, neglected epidemic (Reuters)
- Short-term antioxidant doesn't help Parkinson's (Reuters)
- Burger King sued over trans fats (Reuters)
- Boston suburb diets to curb obesity (Associated Press)
- Study offers hope of remedy for baldness (Reuters)
- Gentle yoga may aid migraine sufferers (Reuters)
- MedImmune's FluMist works for young kids: FDA panel (Reuters)
- Nutrition group sues Burger King over trans fats (Reuters)
- Car airbags risky for tall and small people: study (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 16, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 16, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Calcium Some Help in Preventing Postmenopausal Weight Gain (HealthDay)
- Secondhand Smoke Harms Underweight Babies (HealthDay)
- Health expert blames pollution for China's cancer rise (Reuters)
- Japan to check more flu drugs for side effects (Reuters)
- Even limited exercise helps overweight women: study (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Prevent the Spread of Chickenpox (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Healing Hemorrhoids (HealthDay)
- U.S. Women Lagging Behind Men for Cholesterol Control (HealthDay)
- Emotions, Fears Cloud Notions of Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- Vaccine grant to protect millions from yellow fever (Reuters)
- Asian governments must stop heart disease pandemic (Reuters)
- FDA food safety plan got cold reception: WSJ (Reuters)
- Study: Diabetes drug use spikes in girls (Associated Press)
- Army opens injury prevention lab in Ky. (Associated Press)
- Ethicist: Health care system is 'a mess' (Associated Press)
- Study links vitamin use, prostate cancer (Associated Press)
- Smallpox vaccine gets good FDA reviews (Associated Press)
- Good reviews for new smallpox vaccine (Associated Press)
- Students work on baby rotavirus vaccine (Associated Press)
- Health care system called 'dysfunctional' (Associated Press)
- Heavy Multivitamin Use May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- LA hospital death under investigation (Associated Press)
- Too much of a good thing? Vitamin link with cancer (Reuters)
- Fainting common during breath-hold diving (Reuters)
- "PHIT" program helps overweight kids and parents (Reuters)
- Study: Vitamins tied to prostate cancer (Associated Press)
- 'Walk and Work' Station Helps Obese Shed Pounds (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 15, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Lifestyle changes help protect heart postmenopause (Reuters)
- UK's ASDA to cut food additives as health worries grow (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 15, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Atypical Pneumonias Best Treated With Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics: Study (HealthDay)
- Migraines May Heighten Risk of Vision Problems (HealthDay)
- Russia warns of AIDS epidemic, 1.3 mln with HIV (Reuters)
- Poor countries demand fair share of bird flu vaccines (Reuters)
- Medicare proposes anemia drug coverage limits (Reuters)
- Mosquito bacteria identified in malaria battle (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Symptoms of Food Allergy (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: When Your Child Wets the Bed (HealthDay)
- Omega-3, Vitamin D Levels Cut Risk of Eye Disease (HealthDay)
- Fruit, Vegetable-Rich Diet Halves Lung Disease Risk (HealthDay)
- Little sympathy for rape victims in Japan (Reuters)
- Indonesia resumes sharing of H5N1 virus with WHO (Reuters)
- U.S. healthcare expensive, inefficient: report (Reuters)
- Researchers examine crystal meth effects (Associated Press)
- Internet could help encourage exercise (Reuters)
- High fiber and magnesium may cut diabetes risk (Reuters)
- Anxiety increases mortality risk in heart patients (Reuters)
- Making work even more of a slog takes weight off (Reuters)
- Migraine sufferers face higher retina disease risk (Reuters)
- FDA: FluMist effective for kids under 5 (Associated Press)
- Mars experiment might help Earthling insomniacs (Reuters)
- Nutrients found to cut macular degeneration risk (Reuters)
- Small study finds testosterone helps MS patients (Reuters)
- Boy receives new heart at Ark. hospital (Associated Press)
- Okla. professors develop cancer protein (Associated Press)
- Mexican boy has surgery to get new heart (Associated Press)
- Doctors look for early autism signs (Associated Press)
- Immune System Dysfunction Pinpointed in Melanoma Cases (HealthDay)
- Scientists Find New Clues to Fighting HIV (HealthDay)
- Blood pressure rising around the globe (Associated Press)
- Exposure to cats in infancy may boost allergy risk (Reuters)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 14, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Health Highlights: May 14, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Fish Oil-Exercise Combo May Boost Cardio Health (HealthDay)
- Chemical Compounds Boost Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- FluMist seen effective for young kids: FDA staff (Reuters)
- Adult height lower in childhood leukemia survivors (Reuters)
- FDA staff: Flumist effective for young kids (Reuters)
- Asia to test injectable drug for bird, human flu (Reuters)
- Drop in mammography rate worries cancer experts (Reuters)
- Asian drug users need more HIV prevention help (Reuters)
- Sex education creates storm in AIDS-stricken India (Reuters)
- MedImmune's Flumist effective for young kids: FDA (Reuters)
- U.S. Mammography Rates Dropping (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: When Seniors Shouldn't Live Alone (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Taking Care of Problem Skin (HealthDay)
- Enzyme Puts Brakes on Racing Heartbeat: Study (HealthDay)
- Pregnant Indonesian woman dies of bird flu (Reuters)
- Africa still lacks safe water despite strong growth (Reuters)
- Asia to test injectable drug to fight bird,human flu (Reuters)
- Belgium recommends Merck's HPV vaccine for girls (Reuters)
- Drop in U.S. mammography rate worries cancer experts (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 13, 2007 (HealthDay)
- New Cholesterol Check Gauges Kids' Heart Risk (HealthDay)
- Pool Safety Tips Keep Everyone's Head Above Water (HealthDay)
- Bangladesh culls more bird flu infected chickens (Reuters)
- Second bird flu outbreak in May hits Vietnam ducks (Reuters)
- Pesticides next frontier in China food safety (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 12, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Simple Workout Urged for Pregnant Women on Bed Rest (HealthDay)
- Minnesota lawmakers pass smoking ban (Associated Press)
- New plan would mandate HIV tests in N.J. (Associated Press)
- U.S. govt calls for end to dairy weight loss ads (Reuters)
- U.S. government calls for end to dairy weight loss ads (Reuters)
- N.J. plan would mandate HIV tests (Associated Press)
- N.J. proposal would mandate HIV tests (Associated Press)
- Groups work with researchers, drug cos. (Associated Press)
- Military moms stressed and need help (Reuters)
- Scientists Find Clues to AIDS-Linked Cancer (HealthDay)
- Implanted Defibrillators Are Getting Better (HealthDay)
- Transplanted heart transplanted again (Reuters)
- Anxiety disorders impacted by parents' drug abuse (Reuters)
- Eating disorder may be missed in boys, non-whites (Reuters)
- Military moms stressed, need help, report says (Reuters)
- Acupuncture, exercise help ease pregnancy pains (Reuters)
- Spinal cord stimulation relieves severe angina (Reuters)
- Women may benefit less from aspirin for the heart (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 11, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 11, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Women Less Likely to Get Treatment After Heart Tests (HealthDay)
- Is 1 Pill Better Than 2 for Heart-Disease Protection? (HealthDay)
- Effect of first smoke of day predicts quit success (Reuters)
- Simple screening spots teens' risky behaviors (Reuters)
- China says hospitals need police to protect staff (Reuters)
- Gilead pushes for patent for HIV drug in India (Reuters)
- Pope canonizes Brazil's first saint, decries hedonism (Reuters)
- Stay off sex and drugs, Pope tells Brazil's youth (Reuters)
- Far from Miami, babies die in rural north Florida (Reuters)
- Lymphoma survivors' quality of life often reduced (Reuters)
- College students susceptible to whooping cough (Reuters)
- Health Tip: What is a Breech Birth? (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Teeth Love Fluoride (HealthDay)
- Scientists ID Proteins Implicated in Huntington's Disease (HealthDay)
- Daily Aspirin May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
- FTC says milk ads under fire are ending (Associated Press)
- More than 200 mistakes cause Huntington's: study (Reuters)
- FDA panel wants more anemia drug studies (Associated Press)
- Milk ads under fire are ending (Associated Press)
- Aspirin vs. colon cancer: study weighs benefits (Reuters)
- U.S. melamine probers find empty Chinese factories (Reuters)
- Money, health woes haunt Katrina victims: study (Reuters)
- iPods can make pacemakers malfunction: study (Reuters)
- Healthy eating program helps slim school kids (Reuters)
- Merck problem means extra shot for kids (Associated Press)
- U.S. hatcheries got contaminated feed (Associated Press)
- Fish hatcheries got contaminated feed (Associated Press)
- World's Cancer Patients Face Inequities in Access to Newer Drugs (HealthDay)
- DIET: Thin people may be fat inside (Associated Press)
- Race Plays Role in Women's Folic Acid Intake (HealthDay)
- Body satisfaction reflects self-esteem for most teens (Reuters)
- Planned weight loss won't weaken older women (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: May 10, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 10, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Heavy Drinking May Trigger Irregular Heart Rhythm (HealthDay)
- Skin Patch Approved for Early Parkinson's (HealthDay)
- Severe impairment common in bipolar disorder (Reuters)
- Experts warn of global gap in cancer treatment (Reuters)
- Purdue Frederick pleads guilty in OxyContin case (Reuters)
- Scientists directly target cancer cells (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Preparing for a CT Scan (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: After Caesarean Section (HealthDay)
- Patching Device Repairs Hole in Heart (HealthDay)
- Registry to Track Those With 'Broken Heart Syndrome' (HealthDay)
- Australian scientists directly target cancer cells (Reuters)
- Doctors: Swedish snus cut risk of cancer (Associated Press)
- Formerly conjoined twins await birthday (Associated Press)
- Experts warn of global gulf in cancer treatment (Reuters)
- Smokeless tobacco reduces risk of cancer (Associated Press)
- FDA OKs drug patch to treat Parkinson's (Associated Press)
- FDA approves patch to treat Parkinson's (Associated Press)
- Patch for early Parkinson's symptoms (Associated Press)
- Surgery in infants with epilepsy can improve development (Reuters)
- Angioplasty best for "silent" heart attacks (Reuters)
- Dextromethorphan does not enhance morphine effects (Reuters)
- Daily Steroid Helps Boys With Duchenne's to Walk (HealthDay)
- Cut Your Diet's 'Energy Density' and Lose Weight (HealthDay)
- Insurers weigh testing for cancer genes (Associated Press)
- Study: Young girls more likely to be fat (Associated Press)
- Study: Girls more likely to be obese (Associated Press)
- Study: Estrogen may help fight disease (Associated Press)
- Combination HRT linked to lower-risk breast cancers (Reuters)
- Steroids prolong walking in Duchenne MS (Reuters)
- Correction: May 8 Veterans-Stress story (Associated Press)
- Correction: Veterans-Stress story (Associated Press)
- Tanzania death toll from Rift Valley fever tops 100 (Reuters)
- Barbershops double as hypertension care centers (Reuters)
- Pure fruit juice not likely to put weight on kids (Reuters)
- Nearly 7 in 10 kids exposed to trauma by age 16 (Reuters)
- J&J bladder drug reduces hot flashes: study (Reuters)
- Sleep-weight link depends on how sleep is defined (Reuters)
- Men less likely to survive early breast cancer (Reuters)
- For flavor, buy your milk in the dark, prof says (Reuters)
- Parent interviews may prevent obesity in child (Reuters)
- Racial disparities in treating cirrhosis persist (Reuters)
- Senate clears prescription drug safety bill (Reuters)
- St. Jude gets FDA OK on new implantable heart devices (Reuters)
- Japan panel urges breast-feeding, lullabies (Reuters)
- Myanmar battles first polio outbreak in 7 years (Reuters)
- Unilever bans super slim models from advertising (Reuters)
- Milan hospital removes crucifixes, sparks row (Reuters)
- UK court to hear Alzheimer's drugs case in June (Reuters)
- Swedish girls more likely fat than boys (Associated Press)
- Health Highlights: May 9, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: May 9, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Computer Users: Learn to Baby Your Eyes (HealthDay)
- Bipolar Spectrum Disorder Under-Recognized (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Easing Chronic Bronchitis (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Taking Care of Dry Skin (HealthDay)
- It's What You Eat, Not How, That Counts (HealthDay)
- No Link Between 100% Juice and Kids' Overweight: Study (HealthDay)
- Pope warns Catholic politicians who back abortion (Reuters)
- China issues draft rules for pig slaughterhouses (Reuters)
- Roche says Tamiflu data shows very low resistance (Reuters)
- China acts on food safety after pet poisonings (Reuters)
- Doctors get millions for giving anemia drugs: NYT (Reuters)
- Australia's Aborigines live much shorter span: study (Reuters)
- Experts to train immune cells to kill nose cancer (Reuters)
- Pediatricians Not Tracking Kids' BMI (HealthDay)
- Bird flu not only pandemic risk, U.S. experts warn (Reuters)
- Obese women less likely to be screened for cancer (Reuters)
- Pregnancy hormone may help with brain injury (Reuters)
- Heart failure outcomes improving (Reuters)
- Bill Clinton brokers deal for lower AIDS drug prices (Reuters)
- Shrek goes on a diet in McDonald's Happy Meal gig (Reuters)
- U.S. blames Venezuela for European drug problem (Reuters)
- Low aspirin dose best for heart disease prevention (Reuters)