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Lab tissue used to rebuild 7 bladders
Apr 3 2006 10:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - For the first time, scientists have rebuilt a complex human organ, the bladder, in seven young patients using live tissue grown in the lab _ a breakthrough that could hold exciting promise for someday regenerating ailing hearts and other organs.
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Study: Vaccine best to counter bird flu
Apr 3 2006 9:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The most effective way to combat an outbreak of bird flu in people would require a rapid and aggressive vaccination campaign as soon as the outbreak began, even if the vaccine wasn't a perfect match, a study concludes.
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Black-oriented TV has more fast-food ads
Apr 3 2006 6:35PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - There are far more ads for fast food and snacks on black-oriented TV than on channels with more general programming, researchers report in a provocative study that suggests a link to high obesity rates in black children.
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Fungal eye infections rising
Apr 3 2006 6:33PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Alison Bregman-Rodriguez felt like lightning struck her right eye _ or like someone pulled skin out of it. For almost a month she couldn't work, drive or watch television. "I'd never felt so much pain," the 30-year-old Plantation social worker said.
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NIDA chief studies the brain of addicts
Apr 3 2006 6:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the science of peer pressure. When teenagers fail to just say no to drugs, Dr. Nora Volkow blames their brains, not their willpower _ they lack links between some crucial brain regions that won't fully form until they're adults.
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Obesity epidemic hits child safety seats
Apr 3 2006 6:30PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Many young children are too heavy for standard car-safety seats, and manufacturers are starting to make heftier models to accommodate them, according to research on the obesity epidemic's widening impact.
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Experts boost low-cost health care
Apr 3 2006 6:30PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Can good health come cheap? That's the question some of the world's leading health experts are answering with new research aimed at helping poor countries get the most bang for their buck by using inexpensive, simple interventions like taking aspirin to cut down on heart disease and stroke _ the biggest single killer in developing nations.
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Nicotine patch, gum may undermine chemo
Apr 3 2006 6:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lung-cancer patients who use nicotine supplements such as patch or gum to help them quit smoking may undermine their chemotherapy.
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FDA warns on home-use syringes
Apr 3 2006 6:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cracks in the tips of pre-filled plastic syringes used to administer a seizure-control medication may prevent epileptics from getting the full dose they need, health officials warned Monday.
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Studies: Celebrex may stop colon cancer
Apr 3 2006 6:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A popular arthritis drug that seems to raise the risk of heart problems also seems to lower the risk of growths that lead to colon cancer, two large studies reveal.
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