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    Hospital error blamed for more infant overdoses (AP)

    Hector and Maggie Chapa, grandparents to twins Keith and Kaylynn Garcia who died this week at a  Corpus Christi, Texas hospital, talk about their grandchildren Friday, July 11, 2008 at their attorney's office in Corpus Christi. The hospital has acknowledged that an error in its pharmacy caused the overdose of 14 infants in the hospital. (AP Photo/Caller-Times, Todd Yates)AP - The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:56:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop (AP)

    High gas prices are posted at a Shell gas station in San Mateo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2008. The average roadside price for gasoline on Thursday stood at $4.104 a gallon — just a hair below the record $4.108 hit Monday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in a third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teen drivers.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:33:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99 (AP)

    Heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey of Houston addresses the press after returning from Egypt where he performed surgery on the deposed Shah of Iran. DeBakey said in this Thursday on April 3, 1980 file photo taken in Houston that the Shah was quite ill, but that the operation was a complete success. DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night July 11, 2008 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99. (AP Photo, FILE)AP - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A chemically modified form of interferon improves the chances that melanoma patients will survive and have no recurrence of the skin cancer, according to a new report. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New genetic mutation tied to Alzheimer's disease (Reuters)
    Reuters - Scientists have found evidence that a mutation in a gene called CALHM1 that results in abnormal calcium signaling influences the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects early 18 million people in the world. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:44:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Repeat TB test urged for kids adopted from overseas (Reuters)
    Reuters - Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:41:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: July 11, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:08:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable (Reuters)
    Reuters - A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:47:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New pharma ethics rules eliminate gifts and meals (AP)
    AP - Drug company sales representatives will have to stop doling out coffee mugs and pens that push their products when they visit doctor's offices. But they can still sneak in the occasional free lunch. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are increasing sharply among younger women in the United States, but not among younger men, a new study says. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Empathy comes naturally to children: study (Reuters)
    Reuters - When children see others in pain, their brains respond as if it were happening to them, U.S. researchers said on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:34:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    A Young Life Lost to Prescription Drug Abuse (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, when he was 17, Harrison Neal of Tulsa, Okla., died in his sleep after knowingly ingesting prescription drugs meant for someone else. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Hospital says its pharmacy error led to infant ODs (AP)
    AP - A hospital in Corpus Christi said Thursday that a mixing error that led to a blood thinner overdose in as many as 17 infants was caused by its pharmacy. Two of the babies involved have died. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:23:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AMA apologizes to black doctors for past racism (AP)
    AP - Transplant surgeon Clive Callender has hurtful memories of being the only black doctor at medical meetings in the 1970s, met with stark silence when he pleaded for better access to transplant organs for blacks. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    More suspects in frustrating salmonella probe (AP)

    Tomatoes are offered for sale at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. More than 1,000 people across the United States have been struck with salmonella in an outbreak that has US health authorities eyeing raw tomatoes, chili peppers and cilantro used in salsa, the Food and Drug Administration said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Think of your favorite recipe for salsa. Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at least a decade.


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    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:30:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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