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Iowa mumps epidemic continues to broaden
Apr 13 2006 9:35PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The mumps epidemic in Iowa continued to widen this week and reached 605 cases by Thursday, public health officials said. Although the highest concentration of cases remained in eastern Iowa, the virus that causes mumps has infected at least one person in half of the state's 99 counties.
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Doctors remove girl's extra donor heart
Apr 13 2006 7:31PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A girl who was given a second heart 10 years ago had the extra organ removed after her own heart grew strong enough to pump on its own, her doctor said Thursday.
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Injection to treat alcoholism OK'd
Apr 13 2006 7:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A once-a-month injection to treat alcoholism won federal approval Thursday, expanding availability of a drug previously sold only in daily pill form.
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U.S. scientists look north for bird flu
Apr 13 2006 6:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In about three weeks, waterfowl, shorebirds and songbirds will start arriving in the Alaska Peninsula, the Yukon Delta and the westernmost Aleutian Islands to begin mating. That's when and where government scientists expect the first case of bird flu to show up in the Unites States.
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Researcher: Premature babies feel pain
Apr 13 2006 6:31PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A researcher at Arkansas Children's Hospital has submitted findings of a study that suggests premature babies can consciously feel pain instead of reacting to it by reflex.
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Indian malaria outbreak kills at least 35
Apr 13 2006 6:27PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Medical teams have been sent to northeast India after an outbreak of malaria killed at least 35 people, officials said Thursday.
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Boy who fought tumor now healthy
Apr 13 2006 6:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An 11-year-old who nicknamed his brain tumor "Frank" has been given a clean bill of health by the surgeon who removed the cancerous mass a year ago.
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Key West chickens raise bird flu fears
Apr 13 2006 4:16PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Tourists photograph them, and artists paint them. They peck and cluck in parking lots, backyards and alleys. And, yes, they cross the road, any time they please.
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Canadian testing for mad cow disease
Apr 13 2006 11:57AM (CT)
OTTAWA (AP) - Federal officials said Thursday they were testing a 6-year-old dairy cow in British Columbia for mad cow disease.
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Nanotechnology raises health questions
Apr 13 2006 10:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators said Thursday they want to get a better handle on the burgeoning use of nanotechnology in everyday products, as their German counterparts struggle to understand why nearly 100 people suffered respiratory problems after using a novel cleaning product made with the submicroscopic particles.
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Swedish opticians pull lens solution
Apr 13 2006 9:25AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Some of the Nordic region's largest optician chains have halted sales of a lens solution made by U.S. company Bausch & Lomb Inc. while American health officials investigate whether it is responsible for a flurry of eye infections, company executives said Thursday.
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Ariz. hospitals test scorpion sting drug
Apr 13 2006 8:33AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Three hospitals in Arizona, all in metropolitan Phoenix, are testing a new antivenin designed to counter the effects of scorpion bites in children.
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Mass. governor OKs landmark health bill
Apr 13 2006 4:19AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - By next summer, Massachusetts may cross a threshold that has eluded presidents, governors and other political leaders for generations by becoming the first state to require universal health care coverage.
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