HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss plays a major
role in improving diabetes after obese patients have stomach-reduction
surgery, say Duke University Medical Center researchers. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Federal health officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes, putting the outbreak's toll at 383 on Wednesday and counting.
AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator.
AP - Tim Russert was a good patient, taking medications for his heart disease and exercising, his doctor said. He had no chest pains and he passed an exercise stress test weeks ago. Yet at 58, he suffered a heart attack and died.
AP - Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities.
AP - An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:14:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive
procedure normally used to treat liver cancer also holds promise for lung
cancer patients, according to a new study. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:01:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - U.S. nursing homes are pushing
against an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses
in admissions contracts, a change that would make it easier for
residents to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:41:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - U.S. health officials
should approve wider use of Amgen Inc's drug Enbrel to treat
psoriasis in children, a Food and Drug Administration advisory
panel said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:18:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss plays a major
role in improving diabetes after obese patients have stomach-reduction
surgery, say Duke University Medical Center researchers. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:01:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:31:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has sent letters warning more than two dozen companies to
stop selling fraudulent products that claim to prevent or cure cancer. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:47:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of
antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:47:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Colic -- an attack of unexplained crying
that affects young infants -- can frustrate many new parents. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:47:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News