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U.S. sets record in sexual disease cases
Nov 13 2007 8:27PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year _ the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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4 patients get HIV from organ donor
Nov 13 2007 6:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A troubling case in which a high-risk organ donor infected four patients with the AIDS virus and hepatitis has led medical ethicists to warn that patients need to know more about whose organs they're getting.
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Plastic surgery complications rare
Nov 13 2007 6:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Plastic surgery is generally safe, but like any operation, it does carry risk of complications. Grammy winner Kanye West's mother died Saturday after having plastic surgery, and an initial coroner's investigation said Donda West's death may have been due to surgical complications.
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Medical privacy rule may hurt research
Nov 13 2007 6:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records, the first national survey on the topic suggests.
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Iraq vets may suffer depression, stress
Nov 13 2007 6:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The euphoria of a soldier's homecoming from Iraq often gives way to depression, stress and trouble dealing with family members during the first months home, a new Pentagon study finds.
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Haitians plan to vaccinate every child
Nov 13 2007 2:55PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Health officials in Haiti are rolling out the largest mass vaccination campaign in the impoverished country's history, aimed to inoculate every child against rubella, polio and other diseases, a U.N. doctor said Tuesday.
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New Zealand quarantines 223 over bird flu
Nov 13 2007 2:53AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand health authorities briefly quarantined 223 people in a Korean Air plane at Auckland Airport on Tuesday after a South Korean passenger displayed bird flu symptoms, officials said.
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