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Height loss tied to heart disease in men
Dec 11 2006 8:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A study of older British men finds that those who shrink in height by about an inch or more over 20 years are more likely to die earlier than other men. Those men also have a greater risk of heart disease.
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Americans found to manage blood pressure
Dec 11 2006 8:05PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Americans, especially those 60 and older, are doing a better job of keeping their blood pressure under control, a new analysis says, a sign that people are getting the message about high blood pressure's risks.
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Spider bite turns serious for Ore. woman
Dec 11 2006 8:00PM (CT)
HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) - A small spider bite turned out to be a big problem for Cindy Pettey. Pettey awoke when she was bitten on the stomach in the middle of the night a few weeks ago, but thought little else of it. Then she started running a fever, she felt achy and weak. The bite sore became larger.
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Child stem cell recipient heads home
Dec 11 2006 7:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Daniel Kerner's parents knew the experimental brain surgery was risky, but without it the 6-year-old surely would die. Last month in Portland, Ore., doctors for the first time transplanted stem cells from aborted fetuses into his head in a desperate bid to reverse, or at least slow, a rare genetic disorder called Batten disease. The so-far incurable condition normally results in blindness and paralysis before death.
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Little-known disease threatening legs
Dec 11 2006 7:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gangrene was eating away Frank D. Johnson's toes, the last stage of a little-known disease that slowly chokes off blood flow in millions of people's legs. Dr. Richard Neville made a last-ditch attempt to avoid amputating his leg, implanting a special woven tube to replace a key clogged artery. The artificial blood vessel, coated with a blood-thinning drug to work better, is the latest treatment aimed at saving legs riddled with peripheral artery disease, or PAD.
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Parents, docs: Wait out ear infections
Dec 11 2006 7:48PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - That familiar tug on his ear or restless night sleep is usually the sign that little Baedden Pollett has another ear infection. The 2 1/2-year-old has had more of them than his parents can count.
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Study shows what helped during 1918 flu
Dec 11 2006 6:06PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
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FDA proposes broadening access to drugs
Dec 11 2006 12:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Greater numbers of seriously ill patients could get experimental medicines under proposed federal guidelines released Monday that also would clarify when drug companies could charge for the medicines.
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Iowa illnesses tied to E. coli outbreak
Dec 11 2006 8:56AM (CT)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Nearly three dozen people fell ill, including 14 who were hospitalized, with symptoms consistent with infection by the E. coli bacteria after eating at a Taco John's restaurant, a local health department said. Test results were expected Monday.
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