| INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.
(USA TODAY) -- A company-sponsored study found that the weight-loss drug Meridia raised heart attack and stroke risk in patients with pre-existing heart disease, according to a report out today.
(Associated Press) -- Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older.
VIENNA (AP) -- Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug.
The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye that coaxes its own natural corneal cells to regrow and restore vision.
(USA TODAY) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added 40 illnesses to the estimated 1,300 that have occurred already in the salmonella enteritidis outbreak that forced the recall of half a billion eggs.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Roast beef and ham that was distributed to Walmart delicatessens nationwide and sold in sandwiches has been recalled because it might be tainted with potentially harmful bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
FORT HOOD, Texas (USA TODAY) -- Nine months after an Army psychiatrist was charged with fatally shooting 13 soldiers and wounding 30, the nation's largest Army post can measure the toll of war in the more than 10,000 mental health evaluations, referrals or therapy sessions held every month.
(The New York Times News Service) -- It has been known for some years that people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.
(Associated Press) -- Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is being put under the microscope like no other kind on the market, with fish, shrimp and other catches ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil -- far more reassuring than that sniff test that made all the headlines.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to a frozen tropical fruit product used to make smoothies, health officials reported Thursday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Cooking chicken on the grill this summer? Be careful. Poultry is still the leading culprit in food poisoning outbreaks, health officials said Thursday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Aggressive, drug-resistant staph infections caught in hospitals or from medical treatment are becoming scarcer, another sign of progress in a prevention effort that has become a national public health priority.
CHICAGO (AP) -- If your pants are feeling a bit tight around the waistline, take note: Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults, even those who aren't overweight or obese by other measures.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Medical filters that stop blood clots from reaching the lungs can move or break and cause life-threatening problems for patients, the government and a medical journal report said Monday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children, linked to pet food.
LONDON (AP) -- Women who suffer a miscarriage may have the best chance of having a baby if they get pregnant again within six months, new research says.
LONDON (AP) -- Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy have big babies, putting their children at risk of becoming heavy later on, a new study says.
SAN FRANCISCO (The New York Times News Service) -- Take note, kids. What you do to your body today really could hurt you a few decades from now.
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they'd lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest, days after police searched the home of the city's official oldest man -- only to find his long-dead, mummified body.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Are Americans becoming more honest about their weight?
ROME (AP) -- Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions -- especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six -- and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.
CHICAGO (AP) -- More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses are the leading culprit, the first detailed national estimate suggests.
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Nurse Jan Smith leaned in to adjust electrodes wired to Thomas McCarty's scalp.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most women who've had a C-section, and many who've had two, should be allowed to try labor with their next baby, say new guidelines -- a step toward reversing the "once a cesarean, always a cesarean" policies taking root in many hospitals.
VIENNA (AP) -- Rich countries must give more for the fight against AIDS or risk jeopardizing progress in battling the disease, participants at an international conference urged Thursday.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Prescription drugs have killed 1,200 people in Harris County since 2006 -- casualties in a deadly American drug war in which dealers are often doctors and pharmaceutical companies rather than narcotics cartels.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials are barring new patients from enrolling in a safety study of GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia, a week after a panel of experts ruled that the drug increases heart risks.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health advisers said unanimously Tuesday that a follow-up study of the Roche drug Avastin failed to show meaningful benefits for breast cancer patients.
MYRTLE GROVE, La. (AP) -- A boom from the speakers at church was all it took to send Paula Walker back to that moment of horror on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don't be offended if your doctor writes that you're SOB, or that an exam detected BS.
VIENNA (AP) -- World leaders lack the political will to ensure that everyone infected with HIV and AIDS gets treatment, the head of a meeting dedicated to the disease said Sunday.
VIENNA (AP) -- Two heavy hitters on the world health stage -- Bill Clinton and Bill Gates -- called Monday for a more efficient fight worldwide against the AIDS virus.
(Associated Press) -- For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms.
(Associated Press) -- Provocative new research shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect others.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health scientists said Friday that follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug show it failed to slow tumor growth or extend patient lives, opening the door for a potential withdrawal in that indication.
(The New York Times News Service) -- A national report revealed Thursday that more people than ever need treatment for addiction to pain pills. Admissions for therapy more than quadrupled in the last decade across the U.S., a trend mirrored in Florida.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. (AP) -- A panel of federal health experts dealt a surprising setback Thursday to a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill from Vivus Inc., saying the drug's side effects outweigh its ability to help patients lose weight.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- U.S. scientists are reporting they've made progress in the search for what's called the Holy Grail of influenza research -- a universal flu vaccine.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A majority of federal health experts voted Wednesday to keep the controversial diabetes pill Avandia on the market despite evidence that it increases the risk of heart attack.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama administration unveiled Wednesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- An experimental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical records, promising greater safety for patients and lower costs.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Your doctor could be drunk, addicted to drugs or outright incompetent, but other physicians may not blow the whistle.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to bring home some of the much-lauded strategies his predecessor used to fight AIDS around the world.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Alas, here's more proof that most people have habits that aren't very sanitary -- and sometimes can be plain disgusting.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A review by federal health scientists reinforces potential ties between the diabetes pill Avandia and heart attack and death, opening the door for government action, including a possible withdrawal of the once blockbuster drug.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Christopher Prior practiced medicine in Littleton, Colorado Springs and the army before deciding he wanted more freedom in providing care.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The health care overhaul passed earlier this year will help many uninsured get coverage starting in 2014. But until then, Americans who lose employer coverage may find buying insurance on their own unaffordable.
ATLANTA (AP) -- More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break as an older woman, a government task force said Monday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under the nation's new health law.
(Associated Press) -- The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, even though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was pulled and later allowed back on.
(USA TODAY) -- Half of breast cancer patients stop taking key medications ahead of schedule, a decision that can increase their risk of relapse and death, a new study shows.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Ninety percent of physicians surveyed said doctors overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits.
CHANDIPUR, Bangladesh (AP) -- Hanufa Bibi stoops in a worn sari and mismatched flip-flops to work the hand pump on her backyard well. Spurts of clear water wash grains of rice from her hands, but she can never get them clean.
LONDON (AP) -- Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say. In research to be presented on Monday at a European fertility conference in Rome, Iranian experts say their preliminary study could be a first step toward developing a tool to help women decide when they want to have children.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer survivors, better work up a sweat.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Two teams of researchers from New England have built living, breathing lung tissue in the laboratory -- feats of engineering that could speed up the development of new drugs and bring researchers a step closer to the tantalizing dream of growing replacement lungs for patients.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Patients will be told when they're being treated by rookie doctors, who would get shorter shifts and better supervision under proposed work changes for medical residents.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some recounted their days at a smoldering ground zero. Some fought back tears. Some complained that no amount of money would make them whole.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Most U.S. adults should eat less than a teaspoon of salt each day, but a new government report says just 1 in 18 meet that goal.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells - a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.
(Associated Press) -- From long-term cancer risks to radiation overdose mistakes, CT scans pose a growing danger to the American public and need more regulation to improve their safety, imaging experts write in a leading medical journal.
LONDON (AP) -- Children whose mothers lived close to a mobile phone tower while pregnant did not appear to be at any higher risk of cancer than children whose mothers lived farther away, a new study finds.
ATLANTA (AP) -- When an Associated Press reporter went scuba diving in the oil-streaked Gulf of Mexico this month, people commenting on websites worried about his health. But at the same time, the oil sure didn't bother some beachgoers in Alabama.
MUNICH (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Cardiologists are warning heart patients they face a higher risk of experiencing cardiac arrest during the soccer World Cup finals in South Africa. The German Society of Cardiologists in Private Practice says patients with a prior history of heart ailments should avoid getting too excited while watching matches.
WASHINGTON (Canadian Press) -- U.S. government health experts said Thursday a new type of morning-after contraceptive that works longer than existing drugs is safe and effective.
ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time, abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending as many people to the emergency room as the use of illegal drugs.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Thirty-five years after the Vietnam War, a $300 million price tag has been placed on the most contentious legacy still tainting U.S.-Vietnam relations: Agent Orange.
LONDON (AP) -- A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in recently injured accident patients could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a new study says.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a new study.
(Associated Press) -- We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It's true that we get too much radiation. But it's not from those sources -- it's from too many medical tests.
WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- The Pentagon has failed to comply with a congressional directive to give all troops tests before and after they serve in combat to measure their thinking abilities and uncover possible brain injuries, military records show.
YARGALMA, Nigeria (AP) -- Mound after tiny mound of red clay earth dots the cemetery on the outskirts of this impoverished Nigerian village where grieving parents come to pray.
DARETA, Nigeria (AP) -- As masked Nigerian environmental experts examined a communal well in a village where more than 60 children were killed by lead poisoning, barefoot kids streaked with dust sat on the contaminated ground, running their hands through the silt and sucking on their fingers.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an unusual step, a dozen competing drug companies have agreed to share data on thousands of Alzheimer's patients in hopes that the extra information will spark new ideas for treatments.
(Daily Mail) -- A simple test that would revolutionise the diagnosis of autism could be available within just three years.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: "Is it a cure?"
CHICAGO (AP) -- A new federal study finds many same-day surgery centers - where patients get such things as foot operations and pain injections - have serious problems with infection control.
(USA TODAY) -- College students today show less empathy toward others compared with college students in decades before, a study from the University of Michigan says.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Why did they cut you?" The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier -- it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Oil has now washed up on the beaches of three Gulf states. How dangerous is it?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the burger giant to recall 12 million of the cheap U.S.-made collectibles while dramatically expanding contamination concerns about the toxic metal beyond imported children's jewelry.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A new report shows one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn't get from a doctor.
(USA TODAY) -- An experimental vaccine prevented breast cancer in genetically engineered mice, according to a preliminary study in the June 10 issue of Nature Medicine. The vaccine has not been tested in humans.
LONDON (AP) -- Genes that make women more susceptible to breast cancer don't have any link to lifestyle factors that also raise their risk, a new study says.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. The unfair news for panting newbies: The more fit you are, the more benefits you just might be getting.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- A study involving 348 Colorado patients with hypertension could change the way doctors across the country monitor patients with high blood pressure, diabetes and perhaps a host of other diseases.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The pill is still the No. 1 contraceptive for American women, but it's even more popular in other countries, according to the first government report comparing nations.
LONDON (AP) -- Some heroin addicts who got the drug under medical supervision had a better chance of kicking the habit than those who got methadone, a new study says.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Everyone knows exercise can be good for body and mind. But even as doctors admonish young and old to get off the couch to stave off such diseases as diabetes and dementia, they cannot explain how exercise works.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico is looking to battle the bulging waistlines of its children by banning the sale of junk food in its schools, including many of the traditional treats generations of kids have grown up with.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Holy fish sticks! Scientists finally have some good news about fat in our foods.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators are investigating hundreds of consumer complaints involving children's medicines recalled by Johnson & Johnson last month, according to a congressional memo.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Half of the 70 million Americans with high blood pressure are keeping it under control by taking medication, meeting a government goal set a decade ago and reducing their risk of life-threatening health problems, a study suggests.
VIENNA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Children might have a higher risk of certain skin rashes if their parents have an advanced education, researchers at the Medical University of Vienna said Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- If an alcohol-monitoring bracelet can keep celebrities like Lindsay Lohan from drinking, some parents might wonder, Can I get one for my teen?
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- The effects of abuse, poverty and neglect that some kids carry with them to school can be like an extra backpack weighing heavily on weak shoulders.
(The New York Times News Service) -- With prescription drug abuse and deaths making headlines all over the state, the public outcry for action is louder than ever.
LONDON (AP) -- Child deaths worldwide seem to have fallen faster than officials thought, as a new study estimates far fewer children are dying every year than previously guessed by the United Nations.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Roughly 65 million doses of swine flu vaccine sit unused or expired in clinics, doctor's offices, and warehouses across the United States as the virus that once stoked fears of a devastating global epidemic has retreated. Most of the leftover shots and nasal spray, about 40 percent of what the federal government ordered, will be destroyed.
TAMPA (The New York Times News Service) -- Dr. Amanda Smith is a specialist in treating Alzheimer's disease, so she's accustomed to desperate families grasping at hope as they watch their loved ones disappear into dementia.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds.
(Associated Press) -- Researchers may finally be closing in on a way to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer -- a disease that rarely shows symptoms until it's too late to cure.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials knowingly used flawed data in a study that calmed public fears about lead in the District of Columbia's drinking water in 2004, according to a congressional investigation released Thursday.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Scientists announced Thursday that for the first time they have created a complete set of synthetic genes and implanted them into living bacteria that thrive -- an achievement that could ultimately lead to the creation of new synthetic biofuels and many other practical advances.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wal-Mart said Wednesday it is pulling an entire line of Miley Cyrus-brand necklaces and bracelets from its shelves after tests performed for The Associated Press found the jewelry contained high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.
BERLIN (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis has admitted to doping and said many of his top competitors, including seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, also used banned performance-enhancing drugs, according to media reports Thursday.
GENEVA (AP) -- For years, the world has been on the brink of wiping out polio, the deadly disease that can paralyze and kill children.
(USA TODAY) -- Pregnant women should limit their intake of canned foods and drinks, according to a report that finds 92% of food from metal cans is contaminated with an estrogen-like chemical called BPA, or bisphenol A.
(USA TODAY) -- Just as many new fathers as mothers develop postpartum depression, and about one in 10 parents have the condition, a new study says.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Try after try to make vaginal creams that could repel the AIDS virus have failed. Now researchers are testing if a drug used to treat HIV infection finally might give women a tool to prevent it - by infusing the medicine into vaginal gels and contraceptive-style rings.
(USA TODAY) -- After age 50, daily stress and worry take a dive and happiness increases, according to an analysis of more than 340,000 adults questioned about the emotions they experienced "yesterday."
GENEVA (AP) -- Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study found.
(The New York Times News Service) -- A proposal by Governor Deval Patrick's administration to ban baby bottles and toddler sippy cups containing a chemical suspected of hampering childhood development drew scrutiny yesterday from public health regulators, who expressed worries that the plastic ingredient might be replaced with something more dangerous.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The largest U.S. drugstore chain, Walgreen Co., said Wednesday it will hold off selling what was poised to be the first over-the-counter genetic test, after the Food and Drug Administration said the kit has not been proven effective.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- The vast and chilly room buzzes with the whirl of 10 cooling fans and 62 giant freezers, machines so high tech they can send text messages to warn of intruders or when their temperature drops much below minus-112 degrees.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- Some Georgians could soon be carrying a unique driver's license -- one that says they have post-traumatic stress disorder.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Children diagnosed with sickle cell disease once were expected to live barely into their 20s, but medical breakthroughs have more than doubled that lifespan, and now researchers are focused on a new dilemma -- decades of living with the condition may lead to poor brain function.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bone marrow transplants are undergoing a quiet revolution: No longer just for cancer, research is under way to ease the risks so they can target more people with diseases from sickle cell to deadly metabolic disorders.
TAIJI, Japan (AP) -- Residents of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in Oscar documentary "The Cove" have dangerously high mercury levels, likely because of their fondness for dolphin and whale meat, a government lab said Sunday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the main reason why, according to a surprising new study.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Plane tickets, check. Passport, check. Medical evacuation insurance? It's probably not something most people think about when packing for a vacation.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ---A 15-year-old boy has died of diphtheria in Haiti, but there is no evidence the bacterial disease is spreading in the earthquake-ravaged country, U.N. health officials said Sunday.
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Officials say radioactive water that leaked from the nation's oldest nuclear power plant has reached an aquifer that supplies drinking water to much of southern New Jersey.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal investigators are looking at a farm in Yuma, Ariz., as a possible source of a widespread E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce, according to the distributor.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn that U.S. officials announcing approval of the world's first oral contraceptive were uncomfortable.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Jeff Wilson saw a doctor recently about his high cholesterol -- and five other patients with the same problem came to his appointment.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- What can you learn from four babies in four different countries engaged in 89 minutes of dialogue-free interaction with the world? A lot, it turns out.
(Associated Press) -- Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world's fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nation's booming economy, researchers say.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- There's a sizable food trend simmering on the sidelines to declare diets free from meat one day a week called "Meatless Monday."
CHICAGO (AP) -- Scientists are puzzling over a surprising increase in stomach cancer in young white adults, while rates in all other American adults have declined. Chances for developing stomach cancer are still very low in young adults but the incidence among 25 to 39 year old whites nonetheless climbed by almost 70 percent in the past three decades, a study found.
(USA TODAY) -- Hospitals can slow the revolving door that shuttles heart failure patients back into bed within a month of going home by following up promptly to ensure patients get the right outpatient care, a study shows.
(Associated Press) -- The most valuable college graduation gift your child receives this spring might come from a health insurer.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As controversial as mammograms are for women in their 40s, some get them even younger -- and new research casts doubt on their usefulness.
CHICAGO (AP) -- What's the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It's a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing -- by a mile -- to meet federal goals for childhood obesity.
(Associated Press)-- More than 30 states allow parents to extend their health insurance coverage to dependents beyond the typical cut-off ages of 19 or 22. But these are not blanket extensions. Many come tailored for that state.
SAN FRANCISCO (The New York Times News Service) -- One April day after weeks of rain, Daniel Jiminez took a detour on his way to class: Dolores Park in San Francisco.
LONDON (AP) -- The next time Stephen Quake is prescribed a drug, he says he won't worry about having a bad reaction. The Stanford University professor will simply consult his genome to see if there are any warning signs in his DNA.
LONDON (AP) -- Men in Iceland and women in Cyprus have the lowest risk of dying worldwide, a new study says.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- People with a common, obesity-related liver disease that has no known treatment got a surprising benefit from vitamin E pills, researchers reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more intensive treatments like chemotherapy.
LOS ANGELES (Canadian Press) -- An already ailing Bret Michaels has been diagnosed with another medical malady.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sixteen food companies plan to cut the amount of salt in bacon, flavored rice and dozens of other products as part of a national effort to reduce American's sodium consumption by 20 percent.
(USA TODAY) -- After 40 intense minutes, C.R. Hooligan's and Shenanigans are tied 7-7, so the teams take the court for one more round.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Four common bad habits combined -- smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet -- can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.
ROME (AP) -- The Vatican will finance new research into the potential use of adult stem cells in the treatment of intestinal and possibly other diseases, officials announced Friday.
MADRID (AP) -- A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She'd already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it would help her do.
(USA TODAY) -- A year ago today, Lyn Finelli, chief of flu surveillance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gathered her team and advised them to prepare for the worst.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Quick treatment with flu medicine saved the lives of many pregnant women who were stricken by swine flu last year, according to the most complete analysis of deaths among expectant mothers.
(Associated Press) -- No more letting industry help pay for developing medical guidelines. Restrictions on consulting deals. And no more pens with drug company names or other swag at conferences.
(USA TODAY) -- Worried about your cholesterol? You may need to cut back on your sugar intake, a new study suggests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it will consider a new call Tuesday to force food makers to gradually cut the salt hidden inside their products -- but don't expect less salty soups, pizzas or pastas any time soon.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.
LONDON (AP) -- People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests.
(Associated Press) -- Sodium levels can be high in packaged foods, and even higher in some restaurant meals. Government guidelines set 2,300 milligrams of sodium as the maximum daily intake, but the Institute of Medicine says people need just 1,500 mg a day, even less if they're over age 50. Many companies have introduced "low sodium" brands in response to increased concern about salt.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says the ash cloud over Europe poses no health risk beyond areas close to the volcano in Iceland.
NEW YORK (Canadian Press) -- Screening smokers for cancer with lung scans can lead to a high rate of false alarms, unneeded tests and biopsies, a new study suggests.
(Associated Press) -- Older women at higher risk for breast cancer now have two good drug options for preventing the disease, but they will have to weigh the trade-offs, a major study shows.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Dr. Michael Wasylik hung his shingle in front of his Tampa orthopedic practice 30 years ago and patients streamed in.
GENEVA (AP) -- Europeans should try to stay indoors if ash from Iceland's volcano starts settling, the World Health Organization warned Friday as small amounts fell in Iceland, Scotland and Norway.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul hasn't ended, it's simply shifted to a wider arena.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attention is shifting to the world's five leading flu vaccine makers: How fast are they really producing swine flu vaccine, and just how do they plan to test that it works?
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