HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients are at
increased risk for infection and dislocation following revision (second)
hip replacement surgery, according to a study by researchers at Geneva
University Hospitals in Switzerland. -- read full article
Sat, 24 May 2008 03:47:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men who keep their cholesterol
down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a
protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Asthma in children can have many different
physical and behavioral symptoms. Paying close attention to your child can
help you spot the early warning signs of asthma. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Foreign Secretary David
Miliband made a light-hearted jab at predecessor Jack Straw on
Thursday, calling him "unchivalrous" for taking Condoleezza
Rice's airplane bed while she slept on the floor. Travelling
aboard Rice's plane on a joint trip to California, Miliband
joked it was "pathetic" that Straw accepted an offer to sleep
in the U.S. secretary of state's bed while they were flying
together to Baghdad in April 2006. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 19:00:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- A hefty dose of
probiotics -- the "good" bacteria found in yogurts and supplements --
helps adult gastric-bypass patients lose even more weight, researchers are
reporting. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 03:46:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by millions of Medicare participants in an effort to identify potential safety problems. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 22:11:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Everyone with high blood pressure some 72 million Americans should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men who keep their cholesterol
down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a
protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Asthma in children can have many different
physical and behavioral symptoms. Paying close attention to your child can
help you spot the early warning signs of asthma. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - U.S. health officials on Thursday
announced plans for a new computer tracking system designed to
help officials identify dangers from prescription drugs and
medical devices after they reach the market. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - It sounds like every student's dream --
turning over an exam paper and finding the answers on the back.
But that was what happened to 12,000 lucky teenagers when they
sat their GCSE music exam last week. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News