Archives - Posts tagged as 'Health News Review'
For 1st time, cancer cases fall
The U.S. has passed an important milestone in the fight against cancer, researchers reported Tuesday: For the first time, the ... Continue
November 26th / 0 comments
Health Foods ‘A Waste Of Money’
9:55am UK, Wednesday November 26, 2008 People are wasting billions of pounds on "quack" health foods that do not help weight ... Continue
November 26th / 0 comments
Care ‘failing the terminally ill’
Terminally ill people and their families are being let down by failings in end of life care, a watchdog says. Read ... Continue
November 26th / 0 comments
Doctors Are Slow to Start Writing Prescriptions Online
Samuel Benesh, an internist who practices in Owings Mills, Md., tossed his prescription pad nearly three years ago, and he ... Continue
November 25th / 0 comments
Some breast cancers may naturally regress: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers who tracked breast cancer rates in Norwegian women proposed the controversial notion on Monday that some ... Continue
November 25th / 0 comments
Home interventions benefit older cancer survivors (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A home-based diet and exercise program may improve physical functioning in elderly, long-term cancer survivors, ... Continue
November 24th / 0 comments
Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay)
(HealthDay News) -- Autism is a childhood developmental disorder that has no cure. Autistic children have problems with social interaction, ... Continue
November 24th / 0 comments
Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 21, 2008 (HealthDay)
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Read more Continue
November 24th / 0 comments
Pfizer drops bid to sell Viagra over the counter in Europe (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the ... Continue
November 23rd / 0 comments
Obese have right to 2 airline seats: Canada court (Reuters)
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, ... Continue
November 23rd / 0 comments
Humans and roos share same genes
THE kangaroo is far more closely related to humans than previously thought, Australian researchers say. Read more Continue
November 23rd / 0 comments
Phillies’ Utley to have hip surgery
Chase Utley tried fiercely to conceal the severity of his right-hip injury throughout the Phillies' championship season. It was not ... Continue
November 22nd / 0 comments
Children at risk in food roulette
American children with food allergies are suffering life-threatening--and completely avoidable--reactions because manufacturers mislabel their products and regulators fail to police ... Continue
November 22nd / 0 comments
EasyJet ‘Nearly Ruins Transplant’
6:16pm UK, Thursday November 20, 2008 The pioneering transplant operation involving a patient's windpipe stem cells was nearly grounded when a ... Continue
November 22nd / 0 comments
Hairspray linked to birth defect
Boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a ... Continue
November 21st / 0 comments
Study: Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP)
LONDON – Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad ... Continue
November 21st / 0 comments
Thomas Daschle to Be Nominated as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Thomas A. Daschle, a former Senate majority leader and a confidant of President-elect Barack Obama, will be nominated as secretary ... Continue
November 21st / 0 comments
Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by ... Continue
November 20th / 0 comments