- Scientists Develop Gene-Activating Technique (HealthDay)
- Study Yields Clues to Lincoln-Linked Nerve Disease (HealthDay)
- UK organic body considers airfreight ban (Reuters)
- Greater caution on anemia drugs seen after deaths (Reuters)
- Thailand allows copycat AIDS, heart disease drugs (Reuters)
- FDA approves Yaz for acne treatment (Reuters)
- Oldest women to give birth deceived clinic, paper says (Reuters)
- Japan confirms third bird flu outbreak (Reuters)
- Japan confirms third bird flu outbreak in January (Reuters)
- Researchers make progress with insomnia (Associated Press)
- Yoga stretches into public schools (Associated Press)
- Azeri boy suspected of having bird flu dies (Reuters)
- "Hot" patients setting off radiation alarms (Reuters)
- U.S. drug industry takes aim at prescription law (Reuters)
- New Food Pyramid Offers Building Blocks to Good Nutrition (HealthDay)
- Lipid Study Eyes Human Tears (HealthDay)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 28, 2007 (HealthDay)
- World's oldest new mom lied to clinic (Associated Press)
- Report: World's oldest mom lied to docs (Associated Press)
- Parents seek exemption to newborn tests (Associated Press)
- Hospitals Make Small Gains From Pay for Performance Programs (HealthDay)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 27, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Hospitals Make Small Gains From Pay-for-Performance Programs (HealthDay)
- Calculator Helps Users Gauge Heart Attack Risk (HealthDay)
- Tests confirm bird flu outbreak in Japan (Associated Press)
- W.Va. to offer free Weight Watchers plan (Associated Press)
- W.Va. program turns to Weight Watchers (Associated Press)
- Suit settled over towel found in patient (Associated Press)
- Panel questions magnet therapy results (Associated Press)
- NJ weighs new vaccine rules for kids (Associated Press)
- Mammography Rates Inch Downward (American Cancer Society)
- Genentech warns doctors of Lucentis stroke risk (Reuters)
- NY governor wants to cut health care spending (Reuters)
- Acupressure May Help Dementia Patients (HealthDay)
- Emergency care key for high pressure in brain (Reuters)
- "Normal-weight obese" syndrome may up heart risks (Reuters)
- Report calls for focus on lung cancer in women (Reuters)
- Study Spots Protein That Helps Body Clear Dead Cells (HealthDay)
- Obesity may complicate surgery in children (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 26, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 26, 2007 (HealthDay)
- 'Couch Potato' Lifestyle Helps Drive Diabetes (HealthDay)
- Folic Acid Supplements Cut Babies' Risk of Cleft Lip (HealthDay)
- Diet, exercise take off equal pounds, study finds (Reuters)
- Norway may ease stem cell research ban (Associated Press)
- Alternative medicine rarely discussed with doctors (Reuters)
- "Presenteeism" afflicts business, experts say (Reuters)
- Stress in pregnancy can affect child's development (Reuters)
- Health Tip: What's Perimenopause? (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Understanding Raynaud's Disease (HealthDay)
- U.S. Kids' Health Habits Put Them at Risk (HealthDay)
- Living Near Freeways Hurts Kids' Lungs (HealthDay)
- Manual outlines when to isolate sick passengers (Reuters)
- Hormones safer for younger women, experts advise (Reuters)
- Vaccine scheme ramps up cover and cuts prices (Reuters)
- Record number of poor country kids get vaccines (Reuters)
- Bush budget to detail Medicare proposals: WSJ (Reuters)
- Study: Most diabetics don't exercise (Associated Press)
- Traffic pollution can stunt lung development: study (Reuters)
- Mammogram rate drops slightly in United States (Reuters)
- Federal advisers endorse 5-in-1 vaccine (Associated Press)
- Traditional scans often miss strokes (Associated Press)
- Folic acid supplements "cut risk of cleft lip" (Reuters)
- Clot-buster drug safe for treating stroke, study says (Reuters)
- Medium caffeine intake "does not affect pregnancy" (Reuters)
- Traffic pollution can stunt lung development-study (Reuters)
- Traffic pollution can stunt lung development, study says (Reuters)
- Genes play bigger role than environment in anorexia: specialist (Reuters)
- Require flu shots for health workers, group says (Reuters)
- Mammogram rate drops slightly in U.S. (Associated Press)
- Heavy Drinking Exacts Toll on Women With Hepatitis C (HealthDay)
- Looking for a Longer Life? Win a Nobel Prize (HealthDay)
- Bush promotes health care plan in U.S. heartland (Reuters)
- Brain structure incriminated in smoking addiction (Reuters)
- Scientists find potential weakness in plague germ (Reuters)
- Spot in brain may control smoking urge (Associated Press)
- Weight loss improves heart function in obese (Reuters)
- Obama sets goal of health care for all Americans (Reuters)
- Iron does not impair zinc absorption in pregnancy (Reuters)
- Men with breast cancer risk second cancer, too (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 25, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 25, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Test May Help Guide Blood Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)
- Potential Method of Blocking Cancer Cell Growth Identified (HealthDay)
- Affluenza: Rampant consumerism erodes us (Reuters)
- Fashion chiefs agree to discuss ultra-thin models (Reuters)
- Thailand stuns drug firms with generic licenses (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Treating a Sports Injury (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Is Your Child at Risk for Ear Infections? (HealthDay)
- Aspirin Saves Cancer Patients' Lives After Heart Attack (HealthDay)
- Men With Breast Cancer at High Risk of Second Tumor (HealthDay)
- Chinese shrub gives best cure for deadly malaria (Reuters)
- Microwave experiments cause sponge disasters (Reuters)
- U.S. not scared enough of bird flu, Senate told (Reuters)
- Time for long view on AIDS, says Global Fund (Reuters)
- New birth control pills could win approval (Associated Press)
- Restarting Tumor-Suppressor Gene May Fight Cancer (HealthDay)
- Suspected stomach flu hits QE 2 (Reuters)
- Hundreds on QE 2 sick with suspected stomach flu (Reuters)
- UK Schools "must tell parents" if children are obese (Reuters)
- Stomach flu strikes hundreds of QE 2 passengers (Reuters)
- Schering drug prevents fungus in patients: study (Reuters)
- Stomach flu sickened hundreds on cruise (Associated Press)
- Bead treatment helps fibroids, study finds (Reuters)
- Contraceptive side effects study needed: panel (Reuters)
- Some Programs Can Keep Kids From Smoking (HealthDay)
- Exercise may relieve chronic prostatitis symptoms (Reuters)
- Deadly gas may save lungs from oxygen damage (Reuters)
- Advisers nix new birth control rules (Associated Press)
- Bile acid-binding resin treats diabetes, in mice (Reuters)
- Bush health plan would gut current coverage: critics (Reuters)
- 'Cardio Tennis' offers new workout (Associated Press)
- Advisers nix new birth control pill rules (Associated Press)
- Indium damages LCD plant workers' lungs (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 24, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 24, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Research Seeks Clues to Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes (HealthDay)
- Bush's Health Care Proposals Inadequate: Critics (HealthDay)
- German jailed for selling "suicide pills" online (Reuters)
- H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Hungary: EU (Reuters)
- New anti-smoking drug improves chances of quitting: study (Reuters)
- Experts call for better data on contraceptives (Reuters)
- Bush health plan to cost $30-40 billion a year (Reuters)
- LA hospital cited by health officials (Associated Press)
- Biggest threat to U.S. drinking water? Rust (Reuters)
- Health Tip: In Vitro Fertilization (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Causes of Cluster Headaches (HealthDay)
- No Proof Zinc Helps Prevent Diabetes (HealthDay)
- Radon in the Home Can Cause Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
- Analysis confirms ED drugs OK for diabetic men (Reuters)
- Biggest threat to drinking water? Rust (Reuters)
- Time out better than spanking for naughty kids: experts (Reuters)
- TB Intervention Program Improves Patient Outcomes (HealthDay)
- Gaining weight may influence earning power (Reuters)
- Time out better than spanking for naughty kids - experts (Reuters)
- Combination therapy reduces emphysema flare-ups (Reuters)
- Tomatoes and broccoli slow prostate tumors in rats (Reuters)
- Crunch time for AIDS vaccine nears in 2008 (Reuters)
- Mid-lifers most likely to have injected drugs (Reuters)
- Two flu shots needed to protect young children (Reuters)
- Statins may improve survival in lung patients (Reuters)
- Son of sick 9/11 cop seeks health care (Associated Press)
- FDA weighs birth control drug standards (Associated Press)
- Genetically modified chickens lay drugs in eggs (Reuters)
- Celexa relieves depression in heart patients (Reuters)
- Repeat fracture risk same for older men and women (Reuters)
- Study finds mental stimulation combats Alzheimer's (Reuters)
- Drug helps heart disease-related depression: study (Reuters)
- Study: H.S. football players overweight (Associated Press)
- World's third face transplant performed in France (Reuters)
- Sputum Test Could Spot Early Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
- Testing finds lead in vitamins, other problems (Reuters)
- French doctors do new face transplant (Associated Press)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 23, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 23, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Heart Risk: Study (HealthDay)
- U.S. Outperforms Europe in Managing High Blood Pressure (HealthDay)
- Trouble identifying odors points to Alzheimer's (Reuters)
- Crunch time for AIDS vaccine trials nears in 2008 (Reuters)
- Calcium helps cut cholesterol during weight loss (Reuters)
- Doctors perform partial face transplant (Associated Press)
- S.Africa urged to isolate "killer" TB patients (Reuters)
- Bush health care plan looks to states for action (Reuters)
- FDA scrutinizes birth control drugs (Associated Press)
- Experts use weather to predict disease (Associated Press)
- Quick flu tests help stop antibiotic overuse: study (Reuters)
- Health Tip: Produce May Harbor Pesticides (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Try Cross Training (HealthDay)
- Trained Dogs Not Always Detecting Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
- Repeat Bone Density Scans Not as Useful as Thought (HealthDay)
- Second face transplant carried out in France (Reuters)
- Texas plans $3B cancer study investment (Associated Press)
- South Africa TB patients may be detained (Associated Press)
- U.S. beats Europe in hypertension control, study says (Reuters)
- Epilepsy patients can sometimes predict seizures (Reuters)
- Doctor group joins call for healthcare overhaul (Reuters)
- Selenium may help lower HIV levels (Reuters)
- Many Breast Cancer Patients Quit Tamoxifen Early (HealthDay)
- U.S. docs tough on blood pressure (Associated Press)
- Depression drugs weaken bones in elderly: study (Reuters)
- Gender matters in plasma transfusions (Associated Press)
- Depression drugs weaken bones in elderly, study finds (Reuters)
- Paris will not take extra steps over skinny models (Reuters)
- Antidepressants may raise bone risk (Associated Press)
- U.S. doctor group joins call for healthcare overhaul (Reuters)
- Blacks likely to get less experienced surgeons (Reuters)
- Antiepilepsy drug treats binge-eating disorder (Reuters)
- FDA proposes new standards for gluten-free food (Reuters)
- Determined Breast Cancer Patients Seek Better Surgeons (HealthDay)
- Anger linked to women's heart problems (Reuters)
- Exercise helps stoke fat-burning fires (Reuters)
- Many women stop taking tamoxifen too soon (Reuters)
- Antipsychotics seen OK for Alzheimer's patients (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 22, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 22, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Cancer Drug May Harm Bone (HealthDay)
- Scientists Spot Key Autoimmune Disease Genes (HealthDay)
- Endurance sports may harm the heart: study (Reuters)
- Americans not getting enough preventive healthcare (Reuters)
- Merck says Philadelphia Vioxx plaintiff drops suit (Reuters)
- Bollywood plots AIDS message despite stars' apathy (Reuters)
- AIDS group to sue Pfizer over Viagra ads (Reuters)
- Africa's failed health plan seen costing 40 mln lives (Reuters)
- Japan TV apologizes for false "natto" diet tip (Reuters)
- New WHO chief calls meeting on polio (Associated Press)
- Preparing for Your Mammogram (HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Avoid Catching a Cold (HealthDay)
- Why Do Good? Brain Study Offers Clues (HealthDay)
- Antivirals Adept at Reducing Flu Spread in Families (HealthDay)
- Breast density may increase cancer risk (Reuters)
- Survivor offers a life map after diagnosis (Reuters)
- Are you a giver? Brain scan finds the truth (Reuters)
- Ancient medicine all the buzz in modern China (Reuters)
- Drug helps mice with muscular dystrophy (Associated Press)
- More students shun cafeteria junk food (Associated Press)
- Kids accepting healthier school foods (Associated Press)
- Blood pressure drug helps mice with MS (Associated Press)
- Breast cancer research nears $1B spent (Associated Press)
- News confirms suspicions of breast cancer survivor (Reuters)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 21, 2007 (HealthDay)
- The Rewards and Demands of Caring for an Aging Parent (HealthDay)
- Winter Skin Care Tips Soften Season's Bite (HealthDay)
- Implant factory adjusts to silicone rule (Associated Press)
- Paralympic summit held for wounded vets (Associated Press)
- Pancreatic cancer vaccine may help some patients (Reuters)
- Activists continue smoke-free push (Associated Press)
- Combo Therapy Improves Pancreatic Surgery Outcome (HealthDay)
- Bush unveils new health insurance plan (Reuters)
- Talk of universal health care grows (Associated Press)
- Health Highlights: Jan. 20, 2007 (HealthDay)
- Bush unveils new plan on health care (Reuters)
- Heavy Metal Toxins a Danger in Homes (HealthDay)
- Anti-smoking milestone reached in U.S. (Associated Press)
- Anti-smoking American milestone reached (Associated Press)
- S.Korea to slaughter thousands of birds (Associated Press)
- Regular workouts can ward off fibroids (Reuters)
- Tough pregnancy may raise wheeze risk in child (Reuters)
- Common cold remedy ingredient raises stroke risk (Reuters)
- Smoking ups risk of virus-related Hodgkin lymphoma (Reuters)
- Folate supplements improve cognitive function (Reuters)
- More HIV testing for drug users poor use of funds (Reuters)
- Texas study finds link between pollution, cancer (Reuters)
- Obesity may reduce risk of heart failure death (Reuters)
- Many anorexics admit need for help after admission (Reuters)
- Heart Rhythm Gene Linked to Sudden Infant Deaths (HealthDay)
- Study Questions 'Off-Label' Use of Antipsychotics (HealthDay)
- China not ready for circumcision to stop AIDS (Reuters)
- Study IDs childhood risks for traumatic stress (Reuters)
- Carbs may explain ethnic variations in cholesterol (Reuters)
- Brain study finds the stuff of daydreams (Reuters)