HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Newer antipsychotic
medications are no better at relieving symptoms of schizophrenia in
children and adolescents than older antipsychotic medications are, a new
study finds. -- read full article
AP - China's Health Ministry warned Tuesday of a possible rise in the number of babies sickened by contaminated milk powder, which has already been linked to the deaths of two infants and illnesses in more than 1,200 others.
AP - Does a test that promises to find ovarian cancer sooner really do so? Could other tests nearing the market prolong survival by getting patients the right care faster? A race is on for blood tests to better detect this intractable killer, but the Food and Drug Administration is probing whether to crack down on the first one to sell. -- read full article
AP - Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time. -- read full article
AP - Cancer patients will soon be able to use a medication patch to ease the debilitating nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy. -- read full article
Reuters - People who carry a certain genetic
variation are much more likely to develop the most dangerous
form of skin cancer, Portuguese researchers said on Monday.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Newer antipsychotic
medications are no better at relieving symptoms of schizophrenia in
children and adolescents than older antipsychotic medications are, a new
study finds. -- read full article
AP - Chinese police arrested two brothers suspected of adding a dangerous chemical to milk they sold to a company that produced infant formula that killed two babies and sickened more than 1,200 others, officials and state media reported Monday.
AP - Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time. -- read full article
Reuters - Researchers who designed one
experimental breast cancer vaccine say they have fine-tuned the
process and come up with another that they hope will be more
effective.
AFP - A total of 1,253 Chinese children have been sickened by contaminated milk powder and 53 of them are in serious condition, the health ministry said Monday, vastly increasing previous estimates.
