AP - Federal food officials are warning people not to eat any food containing pistachios because of possible contamination by salmonella, in another food scare sure to rattle consumers already upset by the contamination of peanuts with the same bacteria.
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've
spotted new gene variations that could boost the risk of sporadic breast
cancer. -- read full article
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:48:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness programs in
schools improve many aspects of children's health, but they don't appear
to combat obesity, a new study in the Canadian medical publication
CMAJ shows. -- read full article
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:47:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who gain weight
quickly during the first six months of life may be more prone to obesity
as toddlers, Harvard researchers report. -- read full article
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:48:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A potential blockbuster diabetes medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb appears free from heart-related side effects that have plagued similar treatments, federal health officials said Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:33:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Heart attack patients who are already taking the right medicines to prevent future problems get no added benefit from taking fish oil capsules, a large study in Germany finds.
AP - It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form.
AP - Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination.
AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate.
AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate.
Reuters - Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for becoming overweight in the years after surgery, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:20:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who gain weight
quickly during the first six months of life may be more prone to obesity
as toddlers, Harvard researchers report. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:03:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent both heart disease and stroke. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:20:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News