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Study: Slow walking may be best for obese
Jul 5 2005 9:25PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have good news for walkers: Strolling can help obese adults burn more calories per mile than brisk walking and might even lower the risk of arthritis and injuries to the joints than picking up the pace.
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Acupuncture may not help fibromyalgia
Jul 5 2005 5:11PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Acupuncture proved no more effective than sham treatments for treating pain from a common chronic condition, according to a new study.
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Studies show contrast on aspirin, cancer
Jul 5 2005 5:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Men who took aspirin over five years slightly lowered their risk for prostate cancer, but women who took low doses over 10 years didn't reduce their risk of cancer, two separate studies indicate.
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AP: Review finds AIDS agency 'troubled'
Jul 5 2005 1:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's AIDS research agency "is a troubled organization" and its managers have engaged in unnecessary feuding, sexually explicit language and other inappropriate conduct that hampers its global fight against the disease, an internal review found.
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Panel: BMI doesn't tell whole story
Jul 5 2005 1:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A respected medical panel is urging pediatricians not to focus only on height and weight in determining whether a child is too fat.
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AIDS patient's speech stirs Asia summit
Jul 5 2005 11:37AM (CT)
KOBE, Japan (AP) - After five days of hearing figures and seeing charts about the increasing spread of AIDS in the Asia-Pacific, Maura Elaripe Mea said Tuesday it's time for those living with the disease to rise up and demand what's needed to keep them alive.
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Halt to 'Dr. Death' inquiry sought
Jul 5 2005 10:12AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Two hospital administrators said Tuesday they will go to court to halt an inquiry that has heard testimony they failed to act on complaints about a foreign surgeon blamed for the deaths of at least eight patients in a rural hospital.
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U.N. agencies urge aid in bird flu fight
Jul 5 2005 10:01AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Asian countries struggling with bird flu need US$102 million (euro86 million) from international donors as soon as possible to bring the disease under control and stave off the threat of a human pandemic, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
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WHO reports more polio cases in Indonesia
Jul 5 2005 9:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The number of children stricken with polio in Indonesia climbed to 111 on Tuesday, as the U.N. health agency reported 45 new cases of the crippling disease.
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Cambodia suffering deadly flu outbreak
Jul 5 2005 9:41AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A 20-year-old man has become the latest fatality in a flu outbreak in Cambodia, where hospitals are crowded with children with respiratory infections and two infants have died in recent weeks, the health minister said Tuesday.
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Studies: Too much TV may inhibit learning
Jul 5 2005 6:16AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Too much TV-watching can harm children's ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, three new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on kids.
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Pediatricians decry abstinence-only ed
Jul 5 2005 5:55AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A leading group of pediatricians says teenagers need access to birth control and emergency contraception, not the abstinence-only approach to sex education favored by religious groups and President Bush.
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