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Doctors try balloon fix on sinusitis
Apr 10 2006 9:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's like an angioplasty to clear out clogged sinuses. A new procedure lets doctors snake a balloon up the noses of chronic sinusitis sufferers, stretching their sinus passages to help them breathe easier with less pain than the standard sinus surgery that 350,000 Americans undergo each year.
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Group seeks ban on fat-blocking pill
Apr 10 2006 9:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A private group asked health officials Monday to ban the prescription version of the fat-blocking drug orlistat, citing a link to what some scientists believe are precancerous lesions in the large intestine.
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Study: Estrogen-only pills pose risk
Apr 10 2006 9:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Estrogen pills raise older women's risk of blood clots, but not as much as supplements that also contain progestin, according to new data from a landmark government study on more than 10,000 women.
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RU-486 ruled out in 1 of 2 recent deaths
Apr 10 2006 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health officials said Monday they have ruled out the abortion pill RU-486 in one of two recent deaths of women who had taken the drug. The second remains under investigation.
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Schools struggle with requiring PE
Apr 10 2006 6:38PM (CT)
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - At Moore Elementary School, fourth-grader Michael Turri looks forward to 30 minutes of jump-rope at the start of the day.
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Health officials target medical gas safety
Apr 10 2006 5:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Straightening out the labeling, color and designs of medical gas canisters could avoid the types of mix-ups that in the past decade have killed at least eight patients and injured 16 others, health officials said Monday.
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Officials probe eye infection outbreak
Apr 10 2006 5:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bausch & Lomb voluntarily suspended shipment of a contact lens solution after federal health officials linked it Monday to a fungal eye infection that can cause temporary blindness.
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Study: Few execs praise health care data
Apr 10 2006 4:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Only about one-quarter of executives believe they are doing a good job of providing employees with health care quality data that is easy to access, understand and implement, according to a study released Monday.
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Britain rolls out bird flu crisis plan
Apr 10 2006 2:36PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Wildlife officers were keeping watch on 3 million birds and a dozen dead swans were being tested for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus Friday, as the British government rolled out a crisis plan after the country's first confirmed case of the disease.
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Ill. hospital helps war veterans cope
Apr 10 2006 2:28PM (CT)
HINES, Ill. (AP) - Josh Dobbelstein drives as close to the middle of the road as he can. Over on the side, in a plastic bag or stuffed in the carcass of a dead dog, that's where he knows the enemy intent on killing him hides bombs.
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French region easing bird flu rules
Apr 10 2006 2:03PM (CT)
BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France (AP) - Poultry from some areas of France's bird-flu stricken Ain region can come out of confinement within two weeks, the region's top official announced Monday.
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More bird flu found in Czech Republic
Apr 10 2006 10:40AM (CT)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - Another two cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus have been confirmed in the Czech Republic, an official said Monday.
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