AP - When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover instead.
AP - Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas — and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos.
Reuters - The Vytorin cholesterol fighter sold
by Merck & Co and Schering-Plough has not been linked to cancer
or cancer deaths in two large ongoing studies of the medicine,
an epidemiologist said on Monday during a medical meeting in
London. -- read full article
Reuters - Seventy-five percent of
children with cow's milk allergy will be able to tolerate it if
it is heated extensively, according to a report in the Journal
of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. -- read full article
AP - Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday. -- read full article
HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping genetic analysis
suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to
predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and
which do not. -- read full article
Reuters - Alzheimer's patients given a popular
rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic
improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that
the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and
their families.
AP - The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so. -- read full article
AP - The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping genetic analysis
suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to
predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and
which do not. -- read full article
Reuters - Every year, Chicago-based cardiologist
Ziyad Hijazi accompanies two or three children and their
families to his native Jordan for heart operations using
medical devices that are not approved in the United States. -- read full article
HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading cause
of serious injury and death among elderly people in the United States, and
most of those falls occur in the home, says the American Geriatric Society
(AGS). -- read full article
AP - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda.
AP - The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.
