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FDA warns adults about medicine for kids
Aug 15 2007 11:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is warning parents not to give cough and cold medicines to children under 2 without a doctor's order, part of an overall review of the products' safety and effectiveness for youngsters.
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Study: Dust with retardant may harm cats
Aug 15 2007 10:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyroids. That could be a warning sign for how young children could get exposed to the chemical, said Linda S. Birnbaum, director of experimental toxicology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and co-author of the study.
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N.M.: Won't oversee marijuana production
Aug 15 2007 10:22PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico will not grow medical marijuana for seriously ill patients for fear that the federal government could prosecute state workers, but will continue to certify which patients are eligible to possess the drug.
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Study: Abortion pills don't bring risks
Aug 15 2007 6:08PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Women who use abortion pills rather than the more common surgical method seem to face no greater risk of tubal pregnancy or miscarriage in later pregnancies, according to a new study.
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Study: Everest deadlier for old climbers
Aug 15 2007 5:26PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Climbers over age 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer, according to study results released Wednesday, as more older people try scaling the world's highest peak.
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Study: Everest deadlier for old climbers
Aug 15 2007 5:26PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Climbers over age 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer, according to study results released Wednesday, as more older people try scaling the world's highest peak.
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Review set for pregnancy weight advice
Aug 15 2007 5:13PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Before Jennifer Lepine became pregnant, she heard other soon-to-be moms say she should "eat for two." But that conflicted with what her doctor told her: Consume only 300 extra calories a day and gain no more than 35 pounds.
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Review set for pregnancy weight advice
Aug 15 2007 5:13PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Before Jennifer Lepine became pregnant, she heard other soon-to-be moms say she should "eat for two." But that conflicted with what her doctor told her: Consume only 300 extra calories a day and gain no more than 35 pounds.
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Diabetes drugs to include new warnings
Aug 15 2007 5:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will be labeled with severe warnings about a risk of heart failure to some patients, health officials said Tuesday.
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Program to share research on radiation
Aug 15 2007 3:19PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Nearly two decades of observations of thousands of people who lived near a Cold War uranium-refining plant will be shared by the University of Cincinnati with other researchers in an effort to further understand the health effects of low-level radiation.
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