AP - Health officials alerted doctors Tuesday to a unique type of swine flu diagnosed in two California children, but it's unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. The children were diagnosed last week. One was a 10-year-old boy in San Diego County, and the other a 9-year-old girl in neighboring Imperial County. Both recovered. -- read full article
AFP - Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen will get on his bike and join fellow cyclists on a six-day midsummer ride to Paris to raise money to fight childhood cancer.
Reuters - A new type of swine flu has infected at least two children in California and, while they have recovered, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were concerned. -- read full article
Reuters - Despite the fancy label, hospitals designated bariatric surgery "centers of excellence" have as many deaths and complications from the weight-loss procedure as others, U.S. researchers said on Monday. -- read full article
AP - The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.'s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information. -- read full article
AP - Roughly one in 50 Americans has some degree of paralysis, and five times more people than doctors thought are living with a spinal-cord injury — nearly 1.3 million — says a startling study released Tuesday.
AP - Health officials have diagnosed a unique type of swine flu in two California children, but it's unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. -- read full article
HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Someday, a simple urine test
might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, scientists report. -- read full article
HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with a variety of
advanced cancers who had been faring poorly on less finely tuned therapies
did better when they received treatments that were targeted to their
tumors' specific characteristics. -- read full article
