AP - The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Metabolic syndrome occurs when being
overweight or obese -- combined with other risk factors -- increase a
person's chances of developing heart disease and diabetes. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Japan's lower house on Thursday voted to scrap a ban on child organ donations, paving the way for patients aged under 15 to receive life-saving transplants here for the first time.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified
molecules that enable tumor cells to invade the nervous system of patients
with a blood-borne childhood cancer, a finding that may lead to the
development of drugs that block these molecules and prevent relapse. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:48:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure during pregnancy may
develop into a dangerous condition called preeclampsia -- putting both mom
and baby at risk. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - A Canadian federal court on Thursday upheld pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's patent for Viagra, dashing generic drug maker Novopharm's longing for sales of cheaper erection drugs.
AP - Initial congressional work on the historic health care overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama is going so slowly that Sen. Christopher Dodd told colleagues: "I never suggested this was going to be warp speed."
AP - The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:45:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you or a loved one has diabetes, you know
that insulin is a lifeline to better health. But not all types of insulin
are the same. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:49:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned governments Tuesday against using the economic crisis as an excuse to cut funding for fighting AIDS at a time when there are nearly five new HIV infections for every two people put on treatment. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:55:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - U.S. regulators have approved Novartis AG's Ilaris to treat children and adults with a rare but potentially fatal auto-inflammatory disease, the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:30:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Scientists reported Wednesday the first link ever found between cancer and a type of genetic defect, called copy number variation, characterised by missing or extra bits of DNA.
AFP - Japan's lower house voted to scrap a ban on child organ donations, paving the way for patients aged under 15 to receive life-saving transplants here for the first time.
