Haywire brain chemical linked to sudden baby death
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies - sudden infant death syndrome....
Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs
NEW YORK (AP) -- When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm....
Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra - but don't necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks going all night long....
Filipina with upside-down feet walks for 1st time
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink-and-white sneakers - the first shoes she's ever worn....
First floods, now pesky mosquitoes for Midwest
CHICAGO (AP) -- First came the floods - now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest....
New Conn. health plan accepting applications
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) -- Mariana Luari would like to provide her 12 employees at the Town Line Diner with health insurance, but she and her husband can't afford it....
HIV / AIDS News
NYC urges docs to do routine HIV testing on adults
NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS....
Senate reaches an agreement on global AIDS bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases....
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Lung Cancer Answers from City of Hope
Dr. Kemp Kernstine of City of Hope on new screening methods and the most effective treatments for lung cancer.
FDA panel urges more testing for diabetes drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diabetes drugs should face tougher safety standards that could cost manufacturers millions but protect patients from unforeseen heart risks, a government panel has recommended....
Even best efforts can't prevent all heart attacks
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tim Russert was a good patient, taking medications for his heart disease and exercising, his doctor said. He had no chest pains and he passed an exercise stress test weeks ago. Yet at 58, he suffered a heart attack and died....
Cancer News
US Cancer Deaths Rose by 5,400 in 2005
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday....
Some Cancer Patients Turn to 'Coaches'
The advice made her head spin: Have the lump removed. No, let them take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion....
Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk
LONDON (AP) -- Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study....
Obesity Growing to Be Top Cancer Cause
BOSTON (AP) -- Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science....
Delaying Prostate Care OK for Some Men
Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular....
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Flu News
Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes....
News.com Daily Podcast: Should YouTube users worry about privacy?
In the latest turn in Viacom's copyright infringement suit against YouTube and parent company Google, a federal judge ruled that Google must hand over YouTube users' IP addresses and user names, plus a history of videos they've viewed. The court...
Kerdoon Files 7.3.2008
KNX 1070's Randy Kerdoon on "Dueling Dementievas"; As A-Rod's marriage turns; and John Daly's newest beer tricks
Marriage and the Web
KNX 1070's Vicky Cox talks to marriage expert Dennis Stoica
