Reuters – People with the germiest mouths are the most likely to have heart attacks, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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AFP – Sailing the Mediterranean, exploring the fjords of Norway or visiting fabled sites of ancient civilization — these are dream vacations that can shatter when kidney disease strikes.
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AFP – Couples hoping for a baby girl might be best advised to go and live in Africa, if a study published on Wednesday is correct.
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Reuters – Karrie Karahalios can show a child with Asperger's Syndrome when he's lost in a conversational riff or a taciturn spouse when he doesn't speak very much.
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AP – The city’s ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles. “It’s reinforcing to the Amish community to see us Jews living the way the Bible says Jews are supposed to live, and [...]
Reuters – Congress can fight the epidemic of childhood obesity by getting "junk" food out of school stores and snack machines, a parent-teacher group and the American Dietetic Association said on Tuesday.
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AP – It could take weeks before health officials know exactly which pistachio products may be tainted with salmonella, but they’ve already issued a sweeping warning to avoid eating the nuts or foods containing them.
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TERRA BELLA, Calif. (AP) — It could take weeks before health officials know exactly which pistachio products may be tainted with salmonella, but they’ve already issued a sweeping warning to avoid eating the nuts or foods containing them….
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Reuters – Annual screening with ultrasound and a blood test called CA 125 usually misses early cases of ovarian cancer, according to a report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition, ovarian cancer screening often leads to unnecessary biopsies and other surgical procedures.
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Reuters – People who suffer chronic sleep problems are more likely to think about suicide or actually try to kill themselves, researchers said on Wednesday.
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AP – Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.
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Reuters – Two studies on implanted cardiac rhythm devices presented at a major medical meeting showed mixed results for patients whose heart conditions are not normally treated with the products, researchers said.
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Reuters – A new technique using proteins to guide a drug targets superbugs such as MRSA much more accurately than previous methods, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Reuters – A program that gives shelter to homeless alcoholics but allows them to keep drinking and not be forced into treatment could save taxpayers millions in public costs, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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AP – A top children’s hospital wants to improve the survival rate of infants born with a birth defect that many families have never heard of until their child is diagnosed.
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AP – The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to quit distributing the drugs within 90 days — but insisted there are plenty of legal versions of the painkillers being sold for patients who need [...]
AP – The company at the center of a nationwide pistachio recall says the salmonella contamination could have come from raw nuts during processing but not a human or animal source in its plant.
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Reuters – A drug commonly used to treat alcohol and drug addiction may help curb the urge to steal among kleptomaniacs, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Reuters – Defibrillators implanted soon after a heart attack reduced patients' risk of sudden cardiac death due to an abnormal heart rhythm, but non-sudden deaths rose, a study sponsored by device maker Medtronic Inc found.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax….
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Reuters – Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm babies are likely to develop retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding condition that requires treatment, according to study findings in the journal Pediatrics.
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Reuters – Early data for Roche Holding AG's drug Avastin shows enough promise in treating patients with a certain brain cancer to be considered for quick approval, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday.
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Reuters – Millie Sauer did not even know she had suffered a stroke until she tried to read a book as she recovered from surgery and saw only a gray blur for part of the page.
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TERRA BELLA, Calif. (AP) — The company at the center of a nationwide pistachio recall says the salmonella contamination could have come from raw nuts during processing but not a human or animal source in its plant….
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Reuters – *Sebelius promises to improve FDA food safety oversight
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