Health News
Cholera epidemic spreads in Guinea-Bissau, stable in Guinea: WHO (AFP)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:06:59 PDT
AFP - A cholera epidemic which has claimed 90 lives to-date in Guinea Bissau, with more than 3,900 people suffering from the disease, is spreading but no new cases have been reported from neighbouring Guinea, the WHO said Sunday.
MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome (HealthDay)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:01:18 PDT
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an MRI
after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of
treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed
to breast-conserving surgery.
Health Highlights: Sept. 7 2008 (HealthDay)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:01:17 PDT
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches (HealthDay)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:01:16 PDT
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- With Tropical Storm Hanna
having bruised much of the U.S. East Coast, and the far more dangerous
Hurricane Ike hot on her heels, federal officials are offering checklists
of advice for people living in the paths of violent Atlantic storms.
Bulgaria's road carnage drains blood banks, boosts illegal blood trade (AFP)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:50:50 PDT
AFP - The high number of injuries from car accidents on Bulgarian roads this summer has drained the blood banks, boosting an already existing illegal blood trade, according to doctors.
Cholera kills one, infects six in Iraq: official (Reuters)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:36:11 PDT
Reuters - Seven cases of cholera have been
diagnosed in Iraq in the past two days, including one fatality,
a senior health official said on Sunday.
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:56:21 PDT
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
Alarm as Indonesia thumbs nose at West over bird flu (AFP)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:47:42 PDT
AFP - With nearly half the world's human bird flu deaths, concern is building over Indonesia's refusal to share virus samples and its health minister's increasingly strident denunciations of global "conspiracies".
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (HealthDay)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:38:52 PDT
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of
patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery,
angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical removal of the
obstruction) are similarly effective in preventing ipsilateral stroke at
two and four years after the procedure, according to two studies.
Health Highlights: Sept. 6, 2008 (HealthDay)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:38:51 PDT
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST
CDC offers tips to ride out dangerous storms -- before and after they hit
Health Highlights: Sept. 7 2008
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST
Salmonella Cases Prompt Alfalfa Sprout Recall in Northwest
Good Protein Breakfast May Aid Weight Loss
Nicotine May Enhance Other Experiences: Study
Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST
But Byetta has also been linked recently to patient deaths
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST
Angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy successful in preventing ipsilateral stroke
MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST
Study finds getting one delays treatment, raises odds of mastectomy
