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Merck didn't study Vioxx effect on heart
Jul 20 2005 9:56PM (CT)
ANGLETON, Texas (AP) - Merck & Co. didn't do any significant studies on whether Vioxx could cause heart attacks or other serious cardiovascular problems before the popular painkiller went on the market in 1999, the company's top epidemiologist testified Wednesday.
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Obesity surgery patients have complication
Jul 20 2005 7:54PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A least six patients who underwent the most popular type of obesity surgery have developed an apparent complication _ blood sugar so perilously low that it causes confusion, tunnel vision and blackouts, doctors say.
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Hospitals improving under new monitoring
Jul 20 2005 7:53PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Hospitals put under the microscope by new industry monitoring are doing a better job of treating three potentially deadly conditions, with the worst hospitals improving the most, researchers found.
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Tanzanian expands HIV/AIDS treatment
Jul 20 2005 1:28PM (CT)
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - Former President Clinton and Tanzania's President Benjamin Mkapa launched a program Wednesday to expand HIV/AIDS treatment in rural areas by training health workers.
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Bird flu found in frozen duck meat
Jul 20 2005 1:02PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The bird flu virus was found in processed frozen duck meat shipped for human consumption from China to Japan two years ago _ another reminder of how easily the disease can cross borders and how hard it is to kill, health officials said Wednesday.
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FDA issues warning about abortion pill
Jul 20 2005 9:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government warned doctors Tuesday to be on the lookout for rare but deadly infections in women using the abortion pill RU-486, citing two more deaths after its use.
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Pros tell you how to pack a healthy lunch
Jul 20 2005 9:23AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sherry Lassa-Claxton is a registered dietitian whose twin 7-year-olds are the yin and yang of kids' eating. Nick likes healthy food like fruits and vegetables. And Jack?
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Pros tell you how to pack a healthy lunch
Jul 20 2005 9:22AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sherry Lassa-Claxton is a registered dietitian whose twin 7-year-olds are the yin and yang of kids' eating. Nick likes healthy food like fruits and vegetables. And Jack?
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Gov. Huckabee begins health initiative
Jul 20 2005 9:20AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee became chairman of the National Governors Association on Monday, starting a health initiative with roots in his own weight problem.
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Study: Junk food ads spur kids' obesity
Jul 20 2005 9:07AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Heavy promotion of calorie-laden junk foods in advertisements near high schools may be contributing to New Zealand's growing obesity epidemic, a new study shows.
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American Indians prone to heart disease
Jul 20 2005 9:04AM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - American Indians face higher death rates from heart disease, and the death rate in South Dakota is worse than other states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Indian Health Service.
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Indonesia confirms three bird flu deaths
Jul 20 2005 6:25AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia confirmed its first human deaths from bird flu Wednesday after a man and his two daughters died, bringing Asia's toll from the disease to at least 57 people.
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Summer camp provides therapy to ADHD kids
Jul 20 2005 3:47AM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Camp counselor Annie Artiga stood in a gymnasium on a rainy morning, jotting down marks on a clipboard as she watched her 10 charges play kickball.
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WHO presses China over bird flu samples
Jul 20 2005 1:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China hasn't responded to urgent appeals by the World Health Organization to share data about wild birds killed by avian flu, an official said Wednesday, as fears mounted that other birds might spread the disease when they migrate to other countries.
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