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Hospital leaders leery of error reporting
Mar 15 2005 7:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Many hospital administrators are leery of the push toward mandatory reporting of medical errors, saying such practices will lead to more lawsuits and ultimately less openness without improving patient safety, a survey found.
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Test could be predictor of heart disease
Mar 15 2005 7:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A simple and inexpensive test for elevated white blood cell counts could be used to predict heart disease, a study of more than 66,000 women suggests.
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Experts recommend whooping cough boosters
Mar 15 2005 7:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hoping to halt the rising number of whooping cough cases in the United States, a federal advisory panel on Tuesday recommended approval of two new booster vaccines.
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Radiation therapy may be OK for heart
Mar 15 2005 7:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women receiving radiation for breast cancer may no longer face an increased risk of potentially deadly heart damage from the treatment. More than 40 percent of women with breast cancer undergo radiation following surgery.
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Large doses of vitamin E could be risky
Mar 15 2005 7:35PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Large doses of vitamin E _ widely touted as an elixir of youth _ do not protect against heart attacks and cancer and might actually raise the risk of heart failure in people with diabetes or clogged arteries, a study found.
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Obesity higher in some European countries
Mar 15 2005 7:13PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - At least seven European countries now challenge the United States in size _ at least around the waistline. In a group of nations from Greece to Germany, the proportion of overweight or obese men is higher than in the U.S., experts said Tuesday in a major analysis of expanding girth on the European continent.
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Stem-cell craze spreads in Russia
Mar 15 2005 2:28PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - While scientists worldwide are only studying stem cells, dozens of Russian clinics and beauty salons claim they are already using both adult and embryonic stem cells to treat everything from wrinkles to Parkinson's disease to impotence.
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Conn. needs $100M for stem cell research
Mar 15 2005 2:23PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut needs to commit $100 million for stem cell research if it wants to compete for the best researchers in the pioneering field, scientists from Yale and the University of Connecticut said.
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Experts say 30 minutes of exercise enough
Mar 15 2005 2:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sixty to 90 minutes of exercise? Every day? That's what the government now suggests. Even people working out at the gym say most folks won't consider that, and the experts behind the government's recommendation say 30 minutes a day is enough for most.
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Vietnam nurse tests negative for bird flu
Mar 15 2005 2:22PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese nurse earlier suspected of contracting bird flu after caring for an infected patient has tested negative for the virus, health officials said Tuesday.
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Study: Pacemakers can cause heart failure
Mar 15 2005 2:21PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - People with the most common pacemaker types are more likely than similar people without pacemakers to die from or be hospitalized for gradual heart failure, sometimes within six months, according to a large study confirming doctors' belief the life-saving devices actually harm some patients.
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FDA rejects petition to ban Crestor
Mar 15 2005 2:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has rejected a petition to remove the cholesterol drug Crestor from the market.
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Report: FDA needs to do more on feed ban
Mar 15 2005 2:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is not doing enough to enforce the ban on feed linked to the spread of mad cow disease, congressional auditors say.
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Drug side-effect complaints at new high
Mar 15 2005 2:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration received more than 422,500 reports of drug side effects last year, a record, the agency said Monday.
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