|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HHS may use mail to deliver emergency meds
Aug 2 2005 10:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the event of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorism attack, drugs in the future could arrive via door-to-door postal carriers or from the fire station down the street, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Tuesday.
|
|
|
Study links malnourishment, schizophrenia
Aug 2 2005 10:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A study of a famine in China more than 40 years ago found that children born to severely malnourished women are more likely to develop schizophrenia.
|
|
|
Brain-dead woman in Va. gives birth
Aug 2 2005 10:07PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A brain-dead pregnant woman who has been kept on life support for nearly three months to give her fetus more time to develop gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, the woman's brother-in-law said.
|
|
|
More dieters ditch carb counts
Aug 2 2005 7:24PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More dieters are ditching carb counts and biting into baguettes with gusto these days. Some are eating like French women _ who never get fat, according to one best seller. Or they're taking their cues from celebrities like Suzanne Somers.
|
|
|
Bird flu spreads to another Russian region
Aug 2 2005 3:29PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian veterinary officials said Tuesday that an outbreak of an avian flu strain that can infect humans has spread to another region in Siberia, while authorities were struggling to contain the virus.
|
|
|
Salmonella sickens 600 in Spain
Aug 2 2005 2:42PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Salmonella contamination at a meat plant caused nearly 600 people across Spain to fall ill, the government said Tuesday.
|
|
|
Drug companies adopting new ad guidelines
Aug 2 2005 12:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New advertising guidelines being adopted by the pharmaceutical industry Tuesday will include a requirement that televised commercials clearly present drug risks and promote conversations with doctors. But the new rules are probably not restrictive enough to satisfy critics.
|
|
|
Study links tobacco smoke with belly fat
Aug 2 2005 8:06AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Exposure to cigarette smoke raises the risk among teens of metabolic syndrome, a disorder associated with excess belly fat that increases the chances of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to a study.
|
|
|
|
|
|