| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47:55 GMT2010-07-30T08:47:55Z Chicken producers debate 'natural' label |
| A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:33 GMT2010-07-30T15:25:33Z Little harm seen from painkiller shots for pro athletes |
| When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not su... |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:04 GMT2010-07-30T18:29:04Z Editor changes industry-backed tanning pill study |
| A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:53 GMT2010-07-30T15:35:53Z Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer |
| 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. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:23:10 GMT2010-07-30T21:23:10Z For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat? |
| If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:27:03 GMT2010-07-30T15:27:03Z Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia |
| Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries -- Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda -- having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said Friday. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:22:13 GMT2010-07-30T21:22:13Z What prevents falls after strokes? Study: Not much |
| While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:31:43 GMT2010-07-30T21:31:43Z Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines |
| Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:21:07 GMT2010-07-30T21:21:07Z The pill equally effective in obese, thin women |
| Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:15:21 GMT2010-07-30T21:15:21Z Does CPR on a moving stretcher work? |
| Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found. |
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:49 GMT2010-07-30T19:01:49Z Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease |
| Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:04:52 GMT2010-07-29T23:04:52Z Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study |
| Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:22:02 GMT2010-07-29T21:22:02Z US Army failing troubled troops at home: general |
| The US Army on Thursday said leadership and discipline have deteriorated at bases in the United States, with officers missing warning signs of soldiers on the verge of suicide. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:21:13 GMT2010-07-29T11:21:13Z Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage |
| Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:20:59 GMT2010-07-29T07:20:59Z DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic |
| Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared." |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:25:02 GMT2010-07-29T11:25:02Z Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers |
| 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. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:20:52 GMT2010-07-29T20:20:52Z Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby |
| New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:26:46 GMT2010-07-29T10:26:46Z Hire scheme aims to get Londoners on bikes |
| A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city's mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a cycling revolution in the congested capital. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:54 GMT2010-07-29T20:18:54Z Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study |
| Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:41:48 GMT2010-07-29T22:41:48Z Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug |
| Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:18 GMT2010-07-29T17:38:18Z Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades? |
| Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:35 GMT2010-07-29T20:19:35Z New York to spend big to kill bloodsucking guests |
| In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict -- the bedbug. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:31:12 GMT2010-07-29T21:31:12Z EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more |
| San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:23 GMT2010-07-29T21:47:23Z FDA finds problems at Sanofi vaccine plant |
| Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper manufacturing procedures at a vaccine plant in France, U.S. regulators said in a letter released on Thursday. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:39:29 GMT2010-07-29T17:39:29Z Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies |
| Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:46 GMT2010-07-29T23:08:46Z Increased Risk of Violence Among Unsupervised Teen Groups |
| THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Even in so-called "good"
neighborhoods, there's a significantly increased risk of violence if teens
gather with nothing to do and no adult supervision, a new study
suggests. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:47 GMT2010-07-29T23:08:47Z Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study |
| THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:45 GMT2010-07-29T23:08:45Z Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation |
| THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:48 GMT2010-07-29T23:08:48Z Cuvposa Approved for Chronic Drooling in Children |
| THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate)
Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16. |
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:49 GMT2010-07-29T23:08:49Z Health Highlights: July 29, 2010 |
| Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay: |
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