AP - Many immigrant children get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. Plenty of earlier evidence shows that U.S. children are pretty inactive. The new study of nearly 70,000 children simply found even lower levels of activity among immigrants. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:35:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin — a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye.
AP - Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:39:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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
