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Afghan baby who had surgery here goes home
Apr 11 2005 10:47PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A frail 16-month-old boy diagnosed with severe cardiac problems at a refugee camp near Kabul began his return trip home Monday _ surgically repaired and chubby-cheeked.
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Women speak at FDA breast-implant hearing
Apr 11 2005 9:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thirteen years after most use of silicone-gel breast implants was banned, the government reopened emotional debate Monday on whether to lift the restrictions _ despite lingering questions about how often the devices can break inside women's bodies and how bad those breaks really are.
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Study: Cloned meat, milk nearly the same
Apr 11 2005 7:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Meat and milk from cloned animals is essentially identical to that from animals that reproduced normally, a new study says.
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History of polio traced in D.C. exhibit
Apr 11 2005 7:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Devastating outbreaks of "infantile paralysis," the disease that crippled 39-year-old Franklin Roosevelt, panicked many American parents of the mid-1900s until Jonas Salk announced a successful vaccine in 1955. Most victims were small children.
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Preschoolers' lowfat diets lack vitamins
Apr 11 2005 2:19PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Lowfat diets might be fine for adults, but at least one small study suggests grown-ups using that approach for their families could be depriving young children of vitamins they need.
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Virginia's flu activity decreasing
Apr 11 2005 12:42PM (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 11 2005 12:41PM (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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WHO resumes combatting virus in Angola
Apr 11 2005 9:11AM (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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Obese shoppers say clerks not helpful
Apr 11 2005 7:11AM (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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