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Surgeon uses dog in sales demonstration
Jan 11 2007 11:15PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A neurosurgeon used a dog with an induced brain aneurysm to demonstrate a medical device to salespeople, a hospital said Thursday.
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Clinic: Surgeon uses dog for sales demo
Jan 11 2007 10:01PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A neurosurgeon at the renowned Cleveland Clinic used a dog with an induced brain aneurysm to demonstrate a medical device to salespeople, the Clinic said Thursday.
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Cold medicine risky for babies, toddlers
Jan 11 2007 10:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - More than 1,500 toddlers and babies wound up in emergency rooms over a two-year period and three died because of bad reactions to cold or cough medicine, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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Ariz. valley fever cases soared in 2006
Jan 11 2007 6:41PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Cases of the fungal infection known as valley fever soared by 56 percent in 2006, with a record 5,493 cases diagnosed in Arizona, state health officials said.
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Arthritis costs U.S. $128M per year
Jan 11 2007 6:25PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation's costs for arthritis and related conditions rose to $128 billion in 2003, and the tab will continue to grow as the U.S. population gets older and heavier, the government said Thursday.
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Supermarkets to promote food pyramid
Jan 11 2007 6:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's new food pyramid is finally headed to supermarkets, after two years of being confined largely to the Internet.
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Activists protest girl's stunting
Jan 11 2007 6:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Activists are demanding an investigation into treatment performed on a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.
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Activists protest girl's stunting
Jan 11 2007 6:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Activists are demanding an investigation into treatment performed on a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.
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Activists protest girl's stunting
Jan 11 2007 6:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Activists are demanding an investigation into treatment performed on a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.
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Activists protest girl's stunting
Jan 11 2007 6:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Activists are demanding an investigation into treatment performed on a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.
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Scientists map gene of STD parasite
Jan 11 2007 6:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The tiny parasite undulates under the microscope like some creature from a sci-fi movie, but this one is all too real, latching onto the sexually unwary with tentacle-like probes. Now scientists have mapped the genes of the nasty little bug that causes one of the world's most common, and arguably least recognized, sexually transmitted infections, one with the tongue-twisting name of trichomoniasis.
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Government expands 'lean' label use
Jan 11 2007 5:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Food companies now can tout as "lean" any burritos, quiches, pizzas and other prepared dishes that fall below thresholds for fat and cholesterol for their portion size, health officials said Thursday.
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Britain seeks opinion on stem cell study
Jan 11 2007 9:23AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain said Thursday it will conduct a public consultation on the issue of whether scientists should be allowed to create human stem cells from animal eggs.
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Japan farm may have bird flu outbreak
Jan 11 2007 9:19AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Agriculture Ministry has received reports of a suspected outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in western Japan, a news report said late Thursday.
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