Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:05:41 GMT
2012-02-05T08:05:41Z - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's troubled Olympus Corp said on Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 20, when it is expected to seek approval of a new management team. The maker of cameras and medical equipment is struggl...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:04:08 GMT
2012-02-05T21:04:08Z - SUNDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Although there is a stigma associated with having head lice, infestations with these small insects are common and nothing to be ashamed of, according to Dr. Hannah Chow-Johnson, a pediatrician at Loyola Universit...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:04:08 GMT
2012-02-05T21:04:08Z - SUNDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More than 60 percent of American teens have at least one profile on a social networking site, and many spend more than two hours a day on social networking sites, according to the American Academy of Child and Ad...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:51:37 GMT
2012-02-05T18:51:37Z - (Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa ...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:34 GMT
2012-02-05T17:18:34Z - A nine-year-old girl is making what doctors described as a remarkable recovery Sunday, days after surgeons transplanted six of her organs in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:52:05 GMT
2012-02-04T22:52:05Z - LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:17:28 GMT
2012-02-05T00:17:28Z - INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - There can only be one winner in Sunday's Super Bowl but for two opposing players, a bigger battle has already been won, victory over cancer. New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich and New England Patriots offensive l...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:37:10 GMT
2012-02-05T02:37:10Z - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:48:04 GMT
2012-02-05T04:48:04Z - SATURDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- All the food and beverages served at Super Bowl parties can make it a challenging day for people who made a New Year's resolution to lose weight.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:48:04 GMT
2012-02-05T04:48:04Z - SATURDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Winter weather can be challenging for some seniors, especially those with mobility or other health issues.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:48:34 GMT
2012-02-05T06:48:34Z - Germany, holding up better than its eurozone partners in the current debt crisis, is battling the increasingly widespread phenomenon of "burnout" which it says is costing its economy billions of euros (dollars) each year.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:52 GMT
2012-02-03T09:00:52Z - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest. Researchers said that past studies have found conflicting results wh...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:51:11 GMT
2012-02-03T10:51:11Z - (Reuters) - Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider acceptance in Asia, particularly China. The company on...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:29:24 GMT
2012-02-03T13:29:24Z - LONDON (Reuters) - In June 2000, when American medical regulators posted a warning letter on the Internet about problems at a breast-implant maker in southern France, French authorities didn't pay much attention. A U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:52:35 GMT
2012-02-03T13:52:35Z - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:04:10 GMT
2012-02-03T14:04:10Z - (HealthDay News) -- Toddler tantrums can challenge even the most patient parent, but being firm and consistent can help you discipline your toddler in an effective, loving way.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:13 GMT
2012-02-03T15:02:13Z - (Reuters) - Walgreen Co is being hit by its withdrawal from the Express Scripts Inc pharmacy network and by a much-weaker-than-expected flu season, leading it to temper its expectations for the number of prescriptions it will fill this year. Walgr...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:16:30 GMT
2012-02-03T15:16:30Z - Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults — long considered the least susceptible — a new study suggests.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:44 GMT
2012-02-03T16:28:44Z - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to give $250,000 of his own money to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America after breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure withdrew funding f...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:44 GMT
2012-02-03T16:28:44Z - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some two dozen Democrats in the Senate on Thursday called on breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure to reconsider its decision to cut off funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Senators Frank Lau...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:25 GMT
2012-02-03T16:43:25Z - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, after January's U.S. employment report sailed past expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-bas...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:53 GMT
2012-02-03T18:22:53Z - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:07:07 GMT
2012-02-03T19:07:07Z - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns by some that vaccines might cause a crippling nerve disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome, a new study finds that people who receive vaccines after previously having been diagnosed with the condition ...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:22 GMT
2012-02-03T18:21:22Z - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surge in hiring last month lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, with the Nasdaq index hitting an 11-year high, as the data boosted hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-based gains also sent the Dow J...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:57 GMT
2012-02-03T19:52:57Z - A major US breast cancer foundation Friday reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood after outcry over the move sparked a political and fundraising backlash by women's health advocates.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:51:59 GMT
2012-02-03T19:51:59Z - LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease. Past st...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:34 GMT
2012-02-03T20:00:34Z - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood Federation of America welcomed on Friday the decision by breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure to resume funding the organization, saying it looked forward to resuming work with a "trusted...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:04:09 GMT
2012-02-03T21:04:09Z - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:38:30 GMT
2012-02-03T20:38:30Z - The popularity of unpasteurized raw milk remains strong despite warnings from public health officials about its dangers and outbreaks of bacterial infections.
