Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:04 GMT
2010-07-30T18:29:04Z - A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:33 GMT
2010-07-30T15:25:33Z - When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not su...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:53 GMT
2010-07-30T15:35:53Z - Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:27:03 GMT
2010-07-30T15:27:03Z - Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries -- Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda -- having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said Friday.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47:55 GMT
2010-07-30T08:47:55Z - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:49 GMT
2010-07-30T19:01:49Z - Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:04:52 GMT
2010-07-29T23:04:52Z - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:22:02 GMT
2010-07-29T21:22:02Z - The US Army on Thursday said leadership and discipline have deteriorated at bases in the United States, with officers missing warning signs of soldiers on the verge of suicide.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:21:13 GMT
2010-07-29T11:21:13Z - Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:20:59 GMT
2010-07-29T07:20:59Z - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:25:02 GMT
2010-07-29T11:25:02Z - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:20:52 GMT
2010-07-29T20:20:52Z - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:26:46 GMT
2010-07-29T10:26:46Z - A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city's mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a cycling revolution in the congested capital.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:54 GMT
2010-07-29T20:18:54Z - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:41:48 GMT
2010-07-29T22:41:48Z - Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:18 GMT
2010-07-29T17:38:18Z - Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:35 GMT
2010-07-29T20:19:35Z - In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict -- the bedbug.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:31:12 GMT
2010-07-29T21:31:12Z - San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:23 GMT
2010-07-29T21:47:23Z - Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper manufacturing procedures at a vaccine plant in France, U.S. regulators said in a letter released on Thursday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:39:29 GMT
2010-07-29T17:39:29Z - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:46 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:46Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Even in so-called "good"
neighborhoods, there's a significantly increased risk of violence if teens
gather with nothing to do and no adult supervision, a new study
suggests.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:47 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:47Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:45 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:45Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:48 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:48Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate)
Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:49 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:49Z - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:50 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:50Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children adopted by gay or
lesbian parents develop as well as those adopted by heterosexual couples,
a new study has found.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:52 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:52Z - (HealthDay News) -- Hyperglycemia, the medical term for high
blood sugar, is a prime cause of complications among people with
diabetes.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:53 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:53Z - (HealthDay News) -- It's common for young children to have a
tough time when mom or dad leaves them with someone else.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:51 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:51Z - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Will the new health-reform
legislation mean higher taxes for the middle class? Will panels decide
what care very sick, older people should receive?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:54 GMT
2010-07-29T23:08:54Z - WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time,
scientists have been able to grow an entire joint from stem cells, albeit
in rabbits not humans. And the joints worked.
