HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics can make a big
difference in the healing of vaginal tissues damaged during childbirth, a
new study finds. -- read full article
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:47:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak — or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- The key to a healthy mind in old
age may lie in an active social life, a new study suggests. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Authorities increased security Friday at a tuberculosis hospital where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage to protest prison-like conditions. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:37:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:47:41 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
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:47:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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.
