Doctors often cause needless radiation burns - UN
• Obesity • May 27 04
This common procedure and others like it require constant monitoring with x-rays, which results in radiation exposure that is around a thousand times more…
US scientist defends ‘morning-after’ pill decision
• Drug News • May 27 04
A top U.S. scientist said Friday he had overruled his staff in rejecting over-the-counter sales of a “morning-after” contraceptive, but said lobbying from political…
VA restructuring hospital operations
• Gender: Male • May 27 04
The Veterans Affairs Department will close three hospitals in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mississippi and build two new ones in Nevada and Florida as part…
WHO still searching china lab for SARS ‘smoking gun’
• Infections • May 27 04
The mystery of how China’s latest SARS outbreak leaked from a national laboratory remains unsolved and it is too soon to establish if the…
Lawsuits may be tool for fighting U.S. obesity
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 27 04
Lawsuits may be the only way to force U.S. foodmakers to produce healthier foods or curb ads that encourage over-eating, speakers at an obesity…
China’s cabinet orders urgent measures to curb AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
China warned Sunday that AIDS was spreading rapidly in the country and ordered urgent measures including school education and public awareness campaigns to help…
China releases patient, says SARS controlled in Anhui
• Infections • May 27 04
An outbreak of SARS is under control in China’s eastern province of Anhui, state media said Monday, but in Beijing, where six patients are…
High hormone levels linked to prostate risk
• Endocrinology • May 27 04
Men over 50 who have higher levels of testosterone have a higher risk of prostate cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
The findings may…
New generation of nurses ‘too posh to wash’
• Public Health • May 27 04
A new generation of nurses who are “too posh to wash” are threatening traditional nursing practices by refusing to perform basic tasks, the…
Teenagers not told of cancer treatment risks - study
• Children's Health • May 27 04
More than two-thirds of British teenagers with cancer are not being warned that treatments they receive could cause infertility, a cancer charity said on…
China releases two more SARS patients, four remain
• Infections • May 27 04
A Beijing hospital discharged two recovered SARS patients on Tuesday, the health ministry said, appearing to bring further under control a small outbreak of…
U.S. uninsured health care cost put at $125 billion
• Public Health • May 27 04
The cost of providing health care for U.S. citizens who have no insurance will total $125 billion this year, with taxpayers and private entities…
Survey: U.S. children not wearing bike helmets
• Children's Health • May 27 04
Fewer than half of all U.S. children wear helmets while biking, skating and riding scooters, a survey by safety researchers said on Tuesday.
Many…
Impotence drug could offer long-term help -study
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 27 04
Anti-impotence drugs could offer long-term help to some men who have had prostate surgery or who otherwise lose their sexual potency, researchers reported on…
AIDS-related skin cancer down sharply, study finds
• Cancer • May 27 04
The number of HIV patients with Kaposi sarcoma, a once-rare cancer that became a marker for AIDS in the early days of the epidemic,…
U.N.: AIDS poses ‘unique threat to human society’
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
The world is not ready for the full social and economic impact of AIDS, which has killed more than 20 million people in the…
Mexico rushes out measles vaccines to curb outbreak
• Infections • May 27 04
Mexico said on Monday it was rushing measles vaccinations to 16.5 million people across the country after an outbreak of the disease among adults…
Latina moms may see heavy kids as healthy kids
• Childbirth • May 27 04
When it comes to signs of a healthy child, low-income Hispanic-American mothers may put more stock in a bright smile than a slim…
Stroke survivors have a high risk of dementia
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 27 04
The results of a study published in the journal Stroke suggest that patients who have suffered a stroke have twice the risk of dementia…
Mass smallpox vaccination not needed: report
• Infections • May 27 04
Mass vaccination may not be necessary to contain smallpox in the event of a biowarfare attack, scientists said on Wednesday.
Instead, they suggested that…
Study: 6.7 percent of S. African children have HIV
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
Nearly 7 percent of South African children between 2 and 9 years old are infected with HIV, a survey said Wednesday, offering grim new…
Fast-food breakfast may inflame blood vessels
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
Downing a big fast-food breakfast may spur a temporary but large inflammatory response in the blood vessels, a small study suggests.
Researchers say that…
Take action now on childhood obesity, expert says
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Ten percent of children, or at least 155 million youngsters worldwide, are overweight or obese, a leading health expert said Wednesday, citing new evidence…
Eating fish during pregnancy may up fetal growth
• Pregnancy • May 27 04
Women who regularly eat fish during the late stages of pregnancy appear to be less likely have a low-birth weight infant, according to new…
Pneumonia’s racial disparity cut by vaccine
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
A childhood vaccine approved in 2000 for use in the United States has started to ease a racial disparity that saw blacks more…