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China confirms first human bird-flu cases
Nov 16 2005 11:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China reported its first human cases of bird flu on the mainland Wednesday, including at least one fatality, as health workers armed with vaccine and disinfectant raced to inoculate billions of chickens and other poultry in a massive campaign to contain the virus.
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Papers: DuPont hid chemical risk studies
Nov 16 2005 10:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - DuPont Co. hid studies showing the risks of a Teflon-related chemical used to line candy wrappers, pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags and hundreds of other food containers, according to internal company documents and a former employee.
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Whooping cough outbreaks plague Kansas
Nov 16 2005 9:16PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Whooping cough cases have soared more than tenfold in Kansas so far this year compared to 2003, killing one young child and infecting people in 54 Kansas counties, health officials said Wednesday.
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Study: Diet pills need boost from exercise
Nov 16 2005 8:54PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - There's no free lunch with diet pills, new research concludes: They work much better accompanied by the hard work of dieting and exercise.
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Test may detect Alzheimer's earlier
Nov 16 2005 8:53PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An experimental test is allowing scientists to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease in people with early dementia and even a few who don't yet have memory problems, university researchers said.
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Study: Depressed youth getting more meds
Nov 16 2005 8:53PM (CT)
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Young people diagnosed with depression are being treated with more prescription drugs and less psychotherapy as the number of doctor visits for adolescent depression continues to rise, according to a Stanford University study.
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Mom donates nerves to son in transplant
Nov 16 2005 8:50PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A car accident took Nick Anderson's leg, and nearly his arm. "We had to fight with them not to take the arm off," his grandfather, Frank Anderson, said Wednesday, recounting the night of the December 2004 accident.
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Study questions health effects of decaf
Nov 16 2005 8:50PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Fresh questions are percolating about the health effects of coffee, this time the decaffeinated variety. One of the first substantial studies to test it like a drug instead of just asking people how much of it they consumed found higher blood levels of cholesterol-precursor fats in those drinking decaf vs. regular coffee or none at all.
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U.S. aims to lift mad cow restrictions
Nov 16 2005 12:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration intends to lift all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle in the next year, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday.
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EU extends ban on importing live birds
Nov 16 2005 10:56AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union on Wednesday extended its ban on importing live captive birds until Jan. 31, citing continued fears about the worldwide spread of bird flu.
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WHO says not enough done to fight obesity
Nov 16 2005 8:14AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Efforts so far by the food and drink industry to improve the nutritional value of their products to help fight childhood obesity are simply not good enough, the World Health Organization said.
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China has first human cases of bird flu
Nov 16 2005 7:29AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed the country's first three human cases of bird flu, the government announced. Two cases were confirmed in the province of Hunan in central China and one in Anhui in the east, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Roche, Gilead end dispute over Tamiflu
Nov 16 2005 6:05AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said Wednesday that it has ended a dispute with U.S.-based Gilead Sciences Inc. over the manufacture of Tamiflu, in what they said was a joint effort to build up stocks of the drug in the face of a threatened flu pandemic.
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C-sections in U.S. are at all-time high
Nov 16 2005 5:21AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The rate of Caesarean sections in the U.S. has climbed to an all-time high, despite efforts by public health authorities to bring down the number of such deliveries, the government said Tuesday.
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Blood vessels grown from patient's skin
Nov 16 2005 3:51AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Medical experts hope they have found a technique that will someday offer a new source of blood vessels for diabetics with poor circulation and patients needing dialysis.
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San Francisco adopts rules for pot clubs
Nov 16 2005 12:01AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Medical marijuana clubs will need a permit and will have to follow new zoning under regulations passed Tuesday by San Francisco supervisors.
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