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Hong Kong reports positive bird flue test
Jan 19 2006 10:13PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong officials said Thursday that a dead robin had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus _ the first such case in a year.
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Half surveyed doubt cancer preventable
Jan 19 2006 7:58PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Nearly half of U.S. adults believe they have little or no control in reducing their risk of cancer, according to an American Cancer Society-commissioned survey.
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Medicaid spending overtakes education
Jan 19 2006 7:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States now spend more on health care for the poor than they do on elementary and secondary education, a policy group said Thursday in its annual review of efforts to deal with the growing problem of the uninsured.
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Walkers stay fit with ski poles
Jan 19 2006 7:10PM (CT)
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - Markku Mustonen typically gets the same response when he walks with ski poles up the grassy hills leading to the top of Stone Mountain: "Hey buddy, looking for snow?"
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Nearly 38 percent of Ark. kids overweight
Jan 19 2006 7:08PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Thirty-eight percent of Arkansas' public school children are overweight or at risk of being overweight, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said in a report issued Thursday.
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WHO calls for halt on malaria treatment
Jan 19 2006 7:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The best treatment for malaria may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.
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Dems, Republicans spar over Medicare fixes
Jan 19 2006 6:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It is unacceptable that some of the poorest and sickest older people are having the most trouble getting prescription drugs through the new Medicare benefit, a leading Republican senator said Thursday.
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U.N. expects fewer Turkish bird-flu cases
Jan 19 2006 5:16PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The World Health Organization said Thursday it expected Turkey to see fewer human cases of bird flu as the government destroys poultry and warns people to avoid contact with sick fowl.
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NIH halts international AIDS study
Jan 19 2006 9:38AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A major international study of a drug-conserving AIDS therapy has been halted because patients trying the on-again, off-again strategy got sicker than those who never took a break from the high-powered drugs, U.S. researchers announced Wednesday.
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