HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of
cancer patients use complementary therapies such as prayer, relaxation,
meditation and massage, researchers from the American Cancer Society
report. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Immunotherapy shows promise in
treating children with high-risk sarcomas, according to a U.S. National
Institute of Health pilot study. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Erectile dysfunction may be a
feature of normal aging in men, while urinary or bowel function
doesn't necessarily decline with age, according to a Dutch
study. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:22:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Participation in a childcare
program appears to increase the likelihood that a child will be
obese when he or she shows up for the first day of
kindergarten, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:22:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:04:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Time.com - In a field of inquiry that has yielded much disappointment, scientists studying Alzheimer's disease announce some hopeful news -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured themselves the backlash would be brief. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:56:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Former President Clinton said Sunday that keeping HIV-infected children in the developing world well-fed amid the pressures of skyrocketing global food and fuel prices will be crucial to fending off the deadly virus.
AP - The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:44:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Time.com - In a field of inquiry that has yielded much disappointment, scientists studying Alzheimer's disease announce some hopeful news -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:35:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - The head of the UN's children fund has raised concerns over the spread of HIV in Mozambique, saying it was partly fueled by immigrants from Zimbabwe who were selling their bodies to make ends meet.
Reuters - Drug abusers benefit just as much
from HIV drugs as people who are infected sexually or some
other way, Canadian researchers reported on Sunday. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:05:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - A global AIDS conference that opens
in Mexico City on Sunday is meant for people infected with HIV,
but transsexual sex worker Elma Delea cannot get inside. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:38:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
