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Study: Autism treatment could be earlier
May 5 2005 10:02PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Infants who make little eye contact, have trouble smiling and aren't very active may be showing signs of autism, Canadian researchers report in a small study that suggests autism could be spotted earlier than it is.
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FDA to implement gay sperm donor rules
May 5 2005 7:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.
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South Africa defends AIDS progress
May 5 2005 7:52PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Stressing the benefits of olive oil, garlic and beet root, South Africa's health minister insisted Thursday that good nutrition was just as important as anti-retroviral medicines for people infected with the AIDS virus and said her government would not be pressured into meeting U.N. treatment targets.
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Trail running picks up speed
May 5 2005 7:51PM (CT)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Laura Clark hit the trail running years ago and never looked back. She runs the woodsy trails near her upstate New York home, up Adirondack mountains and on rollercoaster courses up and down through the Berkshires of Massachusetts.
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Merck interested in bringing back Vioxx
May 5 2005 2:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Merck & Co. is holding discussions with federal health officials about bringing its painkiller Vioxx back to the market, officials revealed Thursday, as lawmakers released new details of the extraordinary measures the company's salespeople took to divert doctors' attention away from safety questions.
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Myth about Japan blood types under attack
May 5 2005 1:05PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - To many Japanese, the key to their personality lies not in their stars but in their blood type. Type A's, they believe, are perfectionists and make good accountants; Type B's are sociable but selfish.
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AP: Feds tested AIDS drugs on foster kids
May 5 2005 11:00AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - To gain access to hundreds of HIV-infected foster children, federally funded researchers promised in writing to provide an independent advocate to safeguard the kids' well-being as they tested potent AIDS drugs. But most of the time, that special protection never materialized, an Associated Press review has found.
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People at risk urged to get 1st flu shots
May 5 2005 9:49AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The elderly and others most at risk from the flu should be the first vaccinated this fall because of lingering uncertainty about vaccine supply, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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CDC: Firm wasn't 'overtly wrong' with flu
May 5 2005 6:49AM (CT)
NEWTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Federal investigators have found nothing "overtly wrong" with the way a pharmaceutical firm handled samples of a potentially deadly flu virus that was inadvertently distributed worldwide.
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