HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex
with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and
often, a new study says. -- read full article
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.
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
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex
with their teen, and they will tackle this tough subject more readily and
often, a new study says. -- read full article
AP - Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other diseases in residents, according to a new study. -- read full article
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
