Archives - Posts tagged as 'Health News Review'
Ad linking hot dogs, kids’ cancer comes under fire
A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria and one little boy's haunting lament: "I ... Continue
August 28th / 0 comments
Approval For Sight-Saving Drug
9:06am UK, Wednesday August 27, 2008 Thousands of people with a devastating eye disease could have their sight saved by a ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Drug ‘may slow down Parkinson’s’
Early use of medication may be able to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, preliminary research suggests. Read more Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP)
In contrast, the new method holds the promise of going directly from one mature cell type to another. It's like ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Stunning Advance Allows for ‘Reprogramming’ of Adult Cells
Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Health Tip: Leaving Your Children Alone (HealthDay)
Copyright © 2008 HealthDay. All rights reserved. The information contained above is ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients (HealthDay)
On Aug. 18, the FDA said two deaths had resulted from six recent cases of pancreatitis among Byetta users. The agency ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Attorney: Obese Texas woman didn’t strike nephew (AP)
Jamie Rosales, the boy's 20-year-old mother, believes the death was possibly caused by the morbidly obese woman rolling onto the ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
When food labels confuse allergy issue
WASHINGTON - It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: that hodgepodge of warnings that ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Vaccinations face risky resistance
Parental suspicion is now so high that public health officials fear it could undermine one of the most important advances ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Email Picture Saves Tot’s Life
7:25am UK, Wednesday August 27, 2008 Tom Parmenter, North of England correspondent Doctors believe a mother in Britain helped diagnose an American baby’s ... Continue
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Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk
A robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down do what was previously considered impossible - stand, walk ... Continue
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New attack ad on TV, but this one targets hot dogs (AP)
The duration of daily consumption linked with that higher risk is uncertain. Colorectal cancer was diagnosed between three and 19 ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Making Practices Perfect
The waiting room of Ramona Seidel's family medicine practice is empty, and she works hard to keep it that way. Read ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
Number of uninsured Americans declines modestly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans went without health insurance last year for the first time since President George W. Bush ... Continue
August 27th / 0 comments
HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids (Reuters)
Reporting in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the research team examined the rate of asthma in children ... Continue
August 26th / 0 comments
Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 26, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Read more Continue
August 26th / 0 comments
Gastric bypass surgery reverses metabolic syndrome (Reuters)
During an average follow-up of 3.4 years, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome decreased from 87 percent to 29 percent ... Continue
August 26th / 0 comments