HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People who work the third shift, drive great
distances each day, and those who don't get enough sleep or take sedating
medications are at greatest risk of drowsy driving. -- read full article
AP - Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
AP - It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak.
AP - More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday. -- read full article
AP - Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world. -- read full article
AP - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma produces high levels of
a protein called IMP-3, which is not over-expressed in harmless moles,
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report. -- read full article
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- A simple, minimally
invasive procedure can treat a common cause of male infertility and
improve a couple's chances of having a baby, a new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People who work the third shift, drive great
distances each day, and those who don't get enough sleep or take sedating
medications are at greatest risk of drowsy driving. -- read full article
AP - Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with stomach or
pancreatic cancer may have more lymph nodes examined for the spread of
cancer if they're treated at designated comprehensive cancer centers or at
hospitals that do a high number of cancer surgeries, says a U.S.
study. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- If an influenza pandemic
swept through the United States, nursing homes might not be prepared to
deal with patient overflow from hospitals, say researchers who looked at
more than 400 nursing homes in Michigan and Nebraska to come to this
conclusion. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The drug that turned around
the sex lives of many older men has proven in a small trial to also help
women on antidepressants who experience sexual dysfunction. -- read full article
