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New cancer drugs fight tumors many ways
May 13 2005 10:01PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A new generation of experimental cancer drugs is poised to upstage current hotshots by attacking the multiple methods tumors use to grow and spread, instead of just one.
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Congo says seven dead, possibly of Ebola
May 13 2005 9:04PM (CT)
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) - Medical experts are investigating whether a disease that has killed several people in northern Republic of Congo could be an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
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Study: Breast-cancer drugs saving lives
May 13 2005 8:12PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The risk of dying from breast cancer has been falling rapidly for the past 15 years mainly because the drugs used to treat the disease have been effective at stopping the cancer from returning, according to a major new analysis.
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Probe of foster kids' drug trials begins
May 13 2005 8:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional panel has begun investigating whether the government has adequate safeguards to protect foster children used in federal research after an Associated Press story detailed the use of child wards in some AIDS drug experiments.
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Banned swimmer wins case over supplements
May 13 2005 8:11PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A swimmer who claimed a contaminated vitamin caused him to test positive for steroids, costing him a shot at the 2004 Olympics, has won $578,635 in a lawsuit against a maker of dietary supplements.
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Flu shots may soon be recommended for all
May 13 2005 8:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Perhaps within five years, the government is likely to recommend annual flu shots for every American _ not just young children, the elderly and other at-risk people, public health advocates predict.
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Romanian health system thrown into crisis
May 13 2005 10:27AM (CT)
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian pharmaceutical wholesalers announced Friday they were joining medical supplies sellers in a boycott of indebted hospitals, throwing the Romanian health system into its deepest crisis since the country shook off Communism in 1989.
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Video games may help stroke victims
May 13 2005 8:16AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - When stroke victims played virtual reality games in which they imagined they were diving with sharks or snowboarding down a narrow slope, their ability to walk eventually improved, researchers reported in a small study.
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Lawmakers seek ban on flavored cigarettes
May 13 2005 6:05AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Flavored cigarettes have names that sound like exotic drinks _ Winter Warm Toffee, Twista Chill and Kauai Kolada _ and are advertised on the pages of glossy magazines _ Rolling Stone, Glamour and Elle. Teens are lighting them up _ and, consequently, lawmakers are trying to ban them.
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