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| US fearful of rising radiation levels in food CBS News By John Blackstone The amount of radioactive iodine measured in milk on the West Coast was so small that it did not rise above the normal background level of radiation. Still, it's the first evidence that radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Artificial Dye Safe to Eat, Panel Says New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON — There is no proof that foods with artificial colorings cause hyperactivity in most children and there is no need for these foods to carry special warning labels, a government advisory panel voted Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cancer Incidence, Deaths Down, Report Shows MedPage Today By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Lung cancer mortality in women decreased for the first time in four decades, according to a report showing that overall cancer mortality and incidence have declined since 2003. From 2003 to 2007, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare to Cover Pricey Prostate Cancer Treatment ABC News By JOHN GEVER, MedPage Today Senior Editor Medicare plans to pay for Provenge -- an immunotherapy for prostate cancer -- following a determination that it is genuinely effective in metastatic hormone-refractory disease, according to the Centers for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hands-Free Faucets Not Germ-Free, Study Finds WebMD By Matt McMillen March 31, 2011 -- Electronic faucets may be touch-free, but they are far from germ-free. In a new study, researchers at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine report finding higher levels of disease-carrying bacteria on hands-free ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Warning to consumers: walking on water is dangerous Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Water walking" -- moving across water or other surfaces while inside a large inflated plastic ball -- poses risks of suffocation and drowning, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Avian Flu Investigation at Polk County Poultry Farm OzarksFirst.com (Polk County, MO) -- As KOLR/KSFX was the first in the Ozarks to report, Missouri agriculture officials are investigating a low-pathogenic case of avian influenza at a Polk County poultry farm. Mike Martin, a spokesperson for Cargill, says the farmer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| LGBT Health Research Falls Far Short WebMD By Daniel J. DeNoon March 31, 2011 -- Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered Americans are distinct populations with unique health health needs -- but what are those needs? "We do not know exactly what these experiences and needs are," concludes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Freeborn vs. Steele County Health Rankings KAALtv.com (ABC 6 NEWS) -- The Minnesota Department of Health released health rankings for each of the states 89 counties. The rankings, prepared by the University of Wisconsin were aimed at measuring how healthy people are and how long they live based on a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Investigators in Alabama outbreak find link to pharmacy CNN International By Tom Watkins, CNN (CNN) -- Alabama health officials seeking to find the source of bacteria suspected in the deaths of nine hospital patients and the sickening of 10 others announced Thursday they found the same bacteria in a pharmacy in Birmingham. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obese Ohio man fused to chair and covered with maggots and feces dies AHN | All Headline News An obese Ohio man who got stuck on a chair for two years died in a hospital Wednesday, four days after being rescued from his home. The man, who was only identified in reports as a 43-year-old resident of Washington Street in Bellaire, was rescued on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama administration proposes rules for healthcare partnerships Los Angeles Times The Obama administration is trying to encourage doctors and hospitals to collaborate more closely to improve patient care. Providers would be rewarded for delivering better results for Medicare patients. By Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau The Obama ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AIDS in Africa: The World Bank as 'Sugar Daddy' BusinessWeek By Simon Clark When Sandra Tembo walks to the Mbare vegetable market in Harare, Zimbabwe, she passes a billboard: "Your future is brighter without a sugar daddy," it says. Tembo, a 20-year-old dressmaking student, says she's sure her friends "realize ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama health idea could mean better care, savings BusinessWeek By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Obama administration has come out with a new approach to medical care that it says could mean higher quality care for patients, while also saving money for taxpayers and employers. The new idea involves something called ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arizona Proposes Medicaid Fat Fee Wall Street Journal By JANET ADAMY Arizona's governor on Thursday proposed levying a $50 fee on some enrollees in the state's cash-starved Medicaid program, including obese people who don't follow a doctor-supervised slimming regimen and smokers. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Fidelity: Couples Need $230000 for Retirement Health Costs U.S. News & World Report (blog) By Emily Brandon A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $230000 to pay for medical care throughout retirement, according to a Fidelity Investments estimate released today. Expected health care costs have declined 8 percent from last year's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ASU anthropologist comments on health messages about obesity Arizona State University A comment from an Arizona State University biological anthropologist is the "quotation of the day" in the Mar. 31 edition of the New York Times. "Of all the things we could be exporting to help people around the world, really negative body image and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Drug May Boost Hepatitis C Treatment BusinessWeek By Steven Reinberg WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the new drug boceprevir to the current two-drug treatment for hepatitis C appears significantly more effective than the standard therapy, according to two new studies. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health Highlights: March 30, 2011 BusinessWeek Thousands more bottles of Tylenol are being recalled due to customer complaints about a strange, musty odor, says Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Health division. The latest recall covers about 34000 150-count bottles of Tylenol 8 Hour Extended ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Most Americans Seem to Have Healthy Levels of Vitamin D BusinessWeek WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly two-thirds of US residents have sufficient levels of vitamin D levels, but about a fourth of the population is at risk for vitamin D inadequacy and 8 percent are at risk for vitamin D deficiency, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FDA to Allow Continued Use of Cheap Preterm Labor Drug DrugWatch.com The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it will continue allowing pharmacies to produce cheap versions of a popular drug that can reduce the risk of premature labor when taken during early pregnancy. The announcement was made ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stamford chimp victim eligible for face transplant Greenwich Time John Christoffersen, AP A Stamford woman, mauled and heavily disfigured by a chimpanzee two years ago, can't see, touch or smell and struggles to eat through a straw. She's eagerly awaiting a donor who would enable her to undergo face and hand ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Yale and Gilead Sciences Sign $40 Million Pact in Search for Cancer Drugs Wall Street Journal (blog) By Ron Winslow Gilead Sciences and the Yale School of Medicine are joining forces in the latest collaboration between industry and academia to hunt for new drugs. Gilead, known mostly for its line of medicines for HIV/AIDS, will pay $40 million for a ... See all stories on this topic » |
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