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Novartis issues breast cancer drug warning
Nov 29 2005 10:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The manufacturer of a breast cancer drug, letrozole, is warning fertility doctors that it has been associated with birth defects, a caution prompted by reports that the drug was being used to help a woman become pregnant.
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Stem cell setback won't hurt research
Nov 29 2005 8:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk's embarrassing ethical lapses have stalled his ambitious expansion plans in the United States and England, but leading scientists in both countries say stem cell research won't be seriously disrupted by the scandal.
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Study links teen health, early stress
Nov 29 2005 8:32PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Stress from abuse or neglect early in life may be linked to increased mental health problems during adolescence, according to a new study based on animal research.
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Medicine men help care for veterans
Nov 29 2005 8:25PM (CT)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - When Albert Laughter unpacks his medical supplies, preparing to treat the military veterans who are his patients, he finds no stethoscope or thermometer.
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Female athletes focus just on weight loss
Nov 29 2005 8:23PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - After collapsing at the end of two marathons and struggling to swim just a single length of the pool, Olympic hopeful Jacqueline Mariash knew she needed some help. She got it from an unexpected source: a registered dietitian.
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Heart assoc. offers new CPR guidelines
Nov 29 2005 8:21PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - "Push hard, push fast" next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice.
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Lunch box maker strikes deal with N.Y.
Nov 29 2005 8:21PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Families that bought tens of thousands of super hero lunch boxes that government tests have shown include traces of lead can get their money back under an agreement between the distributor and the state attorney general in New York.
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Overall flu vaccine supply in good shape
Nov 29 2005 4:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - This year's supply of flu vaccine will reach 80 million doses by the beginning of December _ a robust supply considering the United States has never administered more than 83 million doses in a single year.
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U.S. relaxes ban on poultry from Canada
Nov 29 2005 12:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has relaxed a ban on poultry imports from British Columbia initially sparked by the discovery of bird flu in a duck raised in the Canadian province.
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Research: Expectations can help healing
Nov 29 2005 9:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Your medicine really could work better if your doctor talks it up before handing over the prescription. Research is showing the power of expectations, that they have physical _ not just psychological _ effects on your health.
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