HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Tonsil and tongue cancers
linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) are most responsive to current
chemotherapy and radiation treatments, while those that express high
levels of a growth factor called EGFR are the least responsive and most
deadly, a new study concludes. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 03:46:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Chuck Jackson has lived his entire life the same way four generations of his family have before him: with a death sentence from Alzheimer's disease hanging over his head.
Reuters - Evaluating the emotional health
and social connectedness of pregnant women may help determine
if their children will need extra help to meet developmental
goals later on, Canadian researchers say. -- read full article
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:59:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Sales of cancer drugs will grow at
nearly double the rate of the global pharmaceutical market and
could reach $80 billion by 2012, according to IMS Health, which
tracks prescription drug sales. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 06:04:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Childhood obesity may be levelling in France in contrast to the general trend in Europe where more youngsters are growing fat, according to two new studies presented Thursday.
AP - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. -- read full article
Wed, 14 May 2008 20:18:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - The global market for cancer drugs will grow twice as fast as that for all other pharmaceuticals as the developing world spends more on health care, a new report says. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 06:04:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape. -- read full article
Wed, 14 May 2008 20:18:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other drugs. -- read full article
Wed, 14 May 2008 23:58:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 11:58:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
