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WHO resumes combatting virus in Angola
Apr 10 2005 8:16PM (CT)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Health workers who left western Angola after they were attacked by residents fearful of a deadly Ebola-like virus have resumed efforts to contain the disease, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
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States grapple with growing teen meth use
Apr 10 2005 7:19PM (CT)
LAKE ELMO, Minn. (AP) - They sit at a cafeteria table, gossiping and snacking during a school field trip. "Have you seen him? Has he gained the weight back?" one girl asks. "Yeah, he looked so good," replies another from across the table. "His cheeks filled in." It's no casual lunchtime conversation. The teen they're talking about is a recovering methamphetamine addict _ and so are several of the teens at the table, all of them students who attend alternative high schools in the St. Paul area an
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Obese shoppers say clerks not helpful
Apr 10 2005 7:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Even though she's been a model, an author and small-business owner, Catherine Schuller said some sales clerks still only see her as an overweight woman who is out of place in their stores.
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Pfizer halts Bextra sales at FDA request
Apr 10 2005 2:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The blockbuster painkiller Bextra was yanked off the market Thursday, and the government ordered that 19 other popular prescription competitors _ from Celebrex to Mobic to high-dose naproxen _ carry tough new warnings that they, too, may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Food banks in Appalachia try diet fare
Apr 10 2005 2:56AM (CT)
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A surplus of diet food for the overweight has been a boon for the hungry in Appalachia. Once hot and trendy, low-carb Atkins diet foods that never got sold are being shipped to food banks.
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Puerto Ricans top survey on satisfaction
Apr 10 2005 2:56AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Ricans have ranked highest in the world in one survey of how satisfied people are with their lives, but the result is drawing head-shaking on the Caribbean island, where some say islanders have plenty of personal problems and psychologists estimate nearly one in three are at risk of mental illness.
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Woman says ME took her brother's brain
Apr 10 2005 2:55AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A North Carolina woman filed a $500,000 claim against King County on Friday, alleging that its medical examiner's office harvested her dead brother's brain for research without permission seven years ago.
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U.N.: Angola virus epidemic not controlled
Apr 10 2005 2:55AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Medical experts are having some success countering an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like virus in Angola, but it has yet to be brought fully under control, the U.N. health agency said Friday.
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Virginia's flu activity decreasing
Apr 10 2005 2:55AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Flu season isn't over yet in Virginia but it's waning, state health officials said. Virginia's influenza activity has dropped from "widespread" status, which started in February, according to statistics compiled for the week that ended April 2.
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Scientists to study berries, oral cancer
Apr 10 2005 2:55AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - University of Kentucky and Ohio State researchers are conducting a test to see if a common fruit is useful in slowing or preventing oral cancer. Scientists believe the black raspberry carries two acids that can inhibit tumor growth.
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