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Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
Jul 2 2009 3:03PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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Advocates are back with real health care stories
Jul 2 2009 6:12PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
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Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
Jul 2 2009 3:33PM CT
(AP) - A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.
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Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis
Jul 2 2009 10:40PM CT
DENVER (AP) - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
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World health officials tackle swine flu challenges
Jul 2 2009 2:44PM CT
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico.
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Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
Jul 1 2009 6:07PM CT
ATLANTA (AP) - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.
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Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead'
Jul 1 2009 4:23PM CT
(AP) - When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours.
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Few survive cardiac arrest, even with hospital CPR
Jul 1 2009 3:02PM CT
(AP) - You don't have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes.
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