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Study: Metabolic syndrome brings big costs
May 6 2005 8:33PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Americans with metabolic syndrome _ a condition marked by big waistlines, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol problems _ account for $4 of every $10 spent on prescription drugs for adults, according to a study.
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Doctor: Columbus likely had arthritis
May 6 2005 8:17PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Christopher Columbus, who was struck with a mysterious illness while returning from his first voyage to the New World, may have suffered from a severe form of arthritis that eventually crippled him, an expert said Friday.
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Study: Meanness in girls can start at 3
May 6 2005 7:33PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Meanness in girls can start when they still are toddlers, a Brigham Young University study found. It found that girls as young as 3 or 4 will use manipulation and peer pressure to get what they want.
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Utah study links obesity and bad knees
May 6 2005 7:24PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - As Americans continue to get bigger, you can add knee problems to the list of ailments they are likely to face after lugging around extra pounds.
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Trail running picking up speed
May 6 2005 4:24PM (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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Mich. firm to provide anthrax vaccine
May 6 2005 4:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Michigan company was selected Friday to manufacture 5 million doses of anthrax vaccine as part of a federal program to stockpile antidotes to biological and chemical weapons.
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South Africa defends AIDS progress
May 6 2005 4:21PM (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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FDA to implement gay sperm donor rules
May 6 2005 4:21PM (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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Study: Autism could be spotted earlier
May 6 2005 4:21PM (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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WHO waiting on Marburg virus results
May 6 2005 4:21PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. health agency said Friday it was waiting to see whether a doctor and a nurse exposed to the rare, deadly Marburg virus in Angola have been infected, adding the exposure underscored that the outbreak has yet to be brought under control.
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Doc says arthritis killed Columbus
May 6 2005 4:21PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Bad food or a sexually transmitted disease probably crippled Christopher Columbus, a researcher suggested Friday.
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Md. health program blocked over curriculum
May 6 2005 9:53AM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal judge has blocked a county school system from instituting a new health curriculum that includes discussions of homosexuality and religion and a demonstration on how to use condoms.
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