HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- As a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer's,
administering their medication -- and preventing missed pills or the wrong
dosages -- can be a daunting responsibility. -- read full article
Reuters - Paradoxically, obesity may
offer some protection against heart-related "events," like
heart attack, in people who have a stent placed to prop open a
clogged coronary artery, research shows. -- read full article
AP - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation's record salmonella outbreak — even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect.
AP - Danish health officials fear more than 4,000 people may be infected with salmonella and are checking everything from refrigerators to credit card receipts to find the source of what may be the worst outbreak in 15 years.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered
that they can use a kind of dimmer switch to stop a "cancer signal" from
contributing to the development of tumors. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new questionnaire may help
in both diagnosing older adults facing dementia and also in identifying
individuals who need help with daily living. -- read full article
Reuters - Just four factors can predict with 70
percent accuracy whether a woman will become pregnant through
"test-tube" baby technology known as in vitro fertilization,
U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
AP - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation's record salmonella outbreak — even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect.
Reuters - Good intentions don't always
translate into action when it comes to colorectal cancer
screening, researchers from the UK have found. -- read full article
Reuters - A red grape seed extract that
packs the punch of red wine -- without the alcohol -- could
help protect against memory loss due to Alzheimer's disease,
research in mice suggests. -- read full article
Reuters - More than 60 children fell ill after
drinking water that may have been deliberately poisoned at a
primary school in southern China, state media reported on
Tuesday. -- read full article
AP - Mariana Luari would like to provide her 12 employees at the Town Line Diner with health insurance, but she and her husband can't afford it. -- read full article
AP - In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project. -- read full article
