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Pesticides may be sickening school kids
Jul 26 2005 7:20PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Pesticide use in or near U.S. schools sickened more than 2,500 children and school employees over a five-year period, and though most illnesses were mild, their numbers have increased, a nationwide report found.
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Study: Male circumcision lowers AIDS risk
Jul 26 2005 7:19PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Male circumcision significantly reduces the chances of female-to-male transmission of the AIDS virus, according to a new study French researchers announced Tuesday.
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Record high child vaccinations meet goal
Jul 26 2005 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost 81 percent of the nation's toddlers are getting vaccinated on time, a record level that comes five years ahead of government expectations, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
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Indonesians separate conjoined twins
Jul 26 2005 12:19PM (CT)
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian surgeons on Tuesday successfully separated 11-month-old girls who were conjoined at the chest and stomach.
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Ark. backs mandatory nutrition standard
Jul 26 2005 11:21AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - In an about-face on school nutrition policy, Gov. Mike Huckabee on Monday recommended that guidelines limiting students' access to campus vending machines and regulating the products offered be mandatory.
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Schwarzenegger urges anti-junk food bill
Jul 26 2005 11:13AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is promoting legislation that would encourage healthier food and drinks in schools, including a bill that would extend a statewide ban on soft drinks from lower grades to high schools.
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Trial to test stem cells for heart attacks
Jul 26 2005 7:34AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A clinical trial to test the safety of treating heart attack damage with stem cells is about to get under way, following a study that showed the therapy helped in pigs.
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Patients, researchers paired up in study
Jul 26 2005 7:33AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Peering through a microscope at brain cells from mice with Alzheimer's disease was about the closest scientist Sarah Cole had been to the mind-robbing illness _ until she met Jenny Knauss.
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Study: Exercise can't halt effects of age
Jul 26 2005 7:32AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Exercise can't hold off the effects of aging, but it can improve an elderly person's chances of hanging onto an independent lifestyle, researchers said, citing a new study that brought both good and bad news.
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Breast cancer survivors tackle Mt. Rainier
Jul 26 2005 7:19AM (CT)
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) - Sherry Miller took one last deep breath, fought back tears, hugged her partner and turned to begin a long trek up a towering mountain.
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N.Y. diabetes-tracking plan draws concern
Jul 26 2005 7:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At least half a million New Yorkers have diabetes, many of them at risk for blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart problems because they are doing a poor job of controlling their illness. The question is, how much privacy are they willing to give up for a chance at better health?
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Indonesia cleric: Polio vaccine safe
Jul 26 2005 4:29AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Muslims have nothing to fear from an upcoming nationwide polio immunization campaign, Indonesia's highest Islamic body said Tuesday, seeking to quell rumors that the vaccine is dangerous and violates Islamic law.
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Newborn Arizona twins in need new hearts
Jul 26 2005 3:27AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nicole Draper was 7 1/2 months pregnant when she learned the twin sons she was carrying would come into the world with heart muscles too weak to pump the blood they need to survive.
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Bird droppings linked to Indonesia deaths
Jul 26 2005 3:16AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Three family members who died of bird flu earlier this month were infected by chicken droppings that contained the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, Indonesia's agriculture ministry said Tuesday.
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