Calif. court rules lesbian egg donor lacks rights
• Public Health • May 27 04
A woman who donated her eggs to her lesbian partner has no parental rights over the twin girls they produced, a California appeal court…
House backs two bills on ‘Uninsured Week’
• Public Health • May 27 04
The House of Representatives approved two Republican-backed bills on Wednesday aimed at making health care more affordable, addressing what opinion polls have shown is…
Birth control shot linked to bone thinning
• Gender: Female • May 27 04
Depo-Provera (depot medroxyprogesterone), a popular birth control injection, seems to promote bone loss, and the effects increase over a 2-year period, new research…
U.S. health chief sees backing for tobacco accord
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 04
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Friday he was hopeful the United States would ratify a global treaty this year to…
Researchers: exercise lowers employers’ health costs
• Obesity • May 27 04
Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit, researchers reported on Friday.
They said obese…
Computers miss errors in drug prescribing: study
• Alternative Medicine • May 27 04
Computers have reduced medical errors by making prescriptions clearer and more legible but some do not warn doctors of potentially deadly problems, British researchers…
Lawmaker questions USDA mad cow efforts
• Infections • May 27 04
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s blunder in failing to test a condemned Texas cow for mad cow disease may reflect wider problems in the…
U.S. worried by high arthritis rates
• Arthritis • May 27 04
Approximately one quarter of American adults have been diagnosed with arthritis and another 17 percent may be suffering from the crippling disease, the…
Arthritis grips 25 percent of Americans
• Arthritis • May 27 04
Approximately one-quarter of American adults have been diagnosed with arthritis and another 17 percent may be suffering from the crippling disease, the Centers for…
Cholesterol drugs promising for multiple sclerosis
• Drug News • May 27 04
Cholesterol-lowering drugs, widely used to reduce the risk of heart attack, could also be effective in treating multiple sclerosis, according to new research published…
Set for ban, DDT lingers in battle against malaria
• Infections • May 27 04
Few poisons have ridden such a roller coaster through environmental history as DDT.
Once hailed as a miracle pesticide, DDT is outlawed as one…
Poor missing out on benefits of GM food: UN body
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
The world’s poor are missing out on big benefits from genetically modified (GM) food because the technology is concentrated on lucrative cash crops rather…
Mindset may be key in recovery from whiplash
• Gender: Male • May 27 04
The mind matters when it comes to recovering from the pain of a whiplash injury, the results of a small study suggest.
In fact,…
U.N. chemical blacklist may be too short
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
A “dirty dozen” of industrial chemicals blamed for causing deaths and birth defects will be outlawed beginning Monday by a U.N. pact, but many…
Gilead, Merck, Bristol-Myers to combine HIV drugs
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. on Sunday said they are in talks to develop a combination of three anti-HIV…
UK Nobel Laureate wants genetic bias ban
• Genetics • May 27 04
A Nobel Prize winning scientist has called on the British government to introduce legislation to prevent discrimination on the basis of people’s genetic make-up,…
At-risk elderly under-treated for osteoporosis
• Arthritis • May 27 04
Less than three percent of elderly patients who experience hip fractures go home with prescriptions for all of the medications needed to treat osteoporosis,…
Senate backs $5.6 billion Bioterror bill
• Emergencies / First Aid • May 27 04
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to encourage drug and vaccine makers to develop countermeasures against a potentially devastating bioterror attack.
The…
U.S. states struggling to provide AIDS drugs -report
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
U.S. states struggling to provide AIDS medicines to poor patients have had to create waiting lists and limit the drugs they provide in order…
Acrylamide damage to offspring unlikely, experts say
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
A chemical known as acrylamide that is found in fried and baked goods is unlikely to cause reproductive problems in humans who consume it…
U.S. says WTO biotech challenge against EU remains
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
The European Union’s decision to approve a genetically modified maize will not affect the United States’ challenge of EU biotech policy at the World…
U.S. House OKs changes in workplace safety laws
• Emergencies / First Aid • May 27 04
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a raft of legislation on Tuesday aimed at better protecting the rights of companies that tangle with federal…
EU lifts five-year biotech ban, approves new maize
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
The European Union ended its controversial ban on genetically modified foods on Wednesday as its executive body authorised imports of a biotech maize, the…
World’s first stem cell bank opens
• Diabetes • May 27 04
The world’s first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain on Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical…
Anti-Depressant Taken Off Market
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 27 04
Serzone, a controversial antidepressant, is being taken off the American market as by its manufacturer, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, reports CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.
The…