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Indonesia's bird flu death toll at 72
Apr 3 2007 11:03PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 23-year-old woman has died of bird flu, raising the country's toll to 72, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.
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Hormone heart risks overstated for some
Apr 3 2007 9:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Maybe hormones aren't so bad for women's hearts after all _ if the women are still in their 50s. In a postscript to a landmark study five years ago that led millions of women to abandon hormones during menopause, a new review suggests the heart risks for this group of women were overstated.
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Agency: Cancer cases to double by 2030
Apr 3 2007 9:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The number of diagnosed cancer cases will more than double between 2000 and 2030, primarily in poorer countries, the director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer said Tuesday.
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Insurer to pay for boy's breast surgery
Apr 3 2007 6:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An insurer that refused to pay for a teenage boy's breast reduction surgery on the ground that it was cosmetic must reimburse his father for the operation, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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New study finds drug-resistant flu type
Apr 3 2007 6:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A less common strain of flu has shown hints of resistance to two flu drugs among patients in a small study in Japan, a country known for prescribing the drugs more frequently than anywhere else in the world.
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Researchers try to predict epilepsy
Apr 3 2007 6:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Survivors of traumatic brain injuries _ from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq _ face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of Washington.
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Researchers try to predict epilepsy
Apr 3 2007 6:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Survivors of traumatic brain injuries _ from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq _ face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of Washington.
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U.S. seeks to ease irradiated food label
Apr 3 2007 5:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called "pasteurized."
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Judge: Hospital privacy law not absolute
Apr 3 2007 10:56AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Federal health privacy law does not prohibit hospital personnel from giving police access to a patient who was a crime victim, a federal judge ruled.
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World needs 4 million healthcare workers
Apr 3 2007 3:43AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The world needs at least 4 million health care professionals, the director-general of the World Health Organization said Tuesday, urging member nations to train more workers.
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