AFP - HIV infections among heterosexual Africans could be slashed by more than a third if safe-sex counselling was directed at married or cohabiting couples, a new study says.
AP - The official toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes continues to rise: The government counted 756 confirmed illnesses Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:36:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:58:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:58:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic
breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational
vaccine lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response,
new research shows. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - The number of emergency
department visits by elderly individuals is increasing and is
probably going to continue to increase as the population ages,
according to a report published in the latest issue of the
Annals of Emergency Medicine. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:21:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A recent vaccine for
rotavirus -- a leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in infants and
children -- may account for this year's less severe season, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Fears of bird flu are slumping and so have sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:10:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:42:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've
discovered a gene that may make it easier for people to develop
Alzheimer's disease, and it could become a target for drug treatments. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:46:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
