US top court rejects bid to reopen Roe v. Wade
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The Texas woman once known as “Jane Roe,” whose case led to the ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion, lost…
Top court to decide US appeal in Oregon suicide law
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether the Bush administration can stop Oregon doctors from helping terminally ill patients…
More evidence ties marijuana to stroke risk
• Neurology • Feb 22 05
The case of a young man who suffered a stroke more than once after smoking marijuana adds to evidence that the drug can, in…
Severed penis retrieved from toilet, reattached
• Surgery • Feb 22 05
A 44-year-old Anchorage man had his penis surgically reattached after it was cut off by an angry girlfriend and flushed down a toilet, local…
Picture phones may make a doctor’s house calls
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Next up for cell phones with built-in digital cameras: making house calls for doctors.
Researchers in Switzerland reported on Monday the devices could be…
Japan found bird flu in flies from 2004 outbreak
• Infections • Feb 22 05
Japanese researchers found flies infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in Japan last year, a Health Ministry official said…
Avian flu world’s No. 1 threat, CDC head says
• Flu • Feb 22 05
Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need…
U.S. belt tightening could hit AIDS efforts - official
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 22 05
A tighter 2006 budget for the National Institutes of Health could force the world’s No. 1 funder of medical research to pull the…
Low Number of Women Take Aspirin for Heart Attack Prevention
• Heart • Feb 22 05
Only about half the women with cardiovascular disease are taking an aspirin a day, according to a new study.
Low-dose aspirin therapy is widely…
The menace of bird flu
• Flu • Feb 22 05
Earth may be on the brink of a worldwide epidemic from a bird flu virus that may mutate to become as deadly and infectious…
Government ‘Ducking Bovine TB Issue’
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The Government has let farmers down badly by failing to launch its new report on controlling the spread of bovine tuberculosis, according to a…
Iranian quake kills 270, fills hospitals with hurt
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A powerful earthquake toppled mud-built homes and flattened villages in central Iran today, killing at least 270 people and injuring 950, officials said. A…
Environmental changes are spreading infectious diseases
• Infections • Feb 22 05
Dramatic environmental changes now sweeping the planet, such as the loss of forests and the spread of cities are promoting conditions for a rise…
New Clues to Lung Cancer Drug Resistance
• Cancer: Lung • Feb 22 05
Researchers have new insight into why some lung cancer patients stop responding to the drugs Tarceva (erlotinib) and Iressa (gefitinib).
These drugs stop the…
Michael Jackson Due Back in Court After Illness
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Michael Jackson was expected back in a California courtroom on Tuesday for the first time since suffering a “flu-like illness” that forced a one-week…
Pasquotank County selected for CDC health survey
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Pasquotank County will be one of 15 counties across the country to take part in this year’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to…
Patients positive about NHS
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
NHS hospital patients say they are waiting less time for emergency treatment and outpatient departments, two major national surveys have found.
More than three…
Britain must compensate Africa for subsidising its state health: charity
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A leading children’s charity demanded that the British government compensate African countries for providing trained staff for its state healthcare system.
The situation…
New Florida Law Requires Hospitals To Report Infection Rates
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A new law requires hospitals to publicly report their infection rates, but they aren’t complying yet. The state is giving them extra time to…
Mental health care for Ulster kids under fire
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 22 05
Young people in Northern Ireland are suffering because of insufficient mental health facilities, a conference in Belfast was told today.
Nigel Williams, Northern Ireland…
No medical malpractice caps for now
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Efforts to limit what jurors can award victims of medical malpractice are dead, at least for this year.
Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler, who chairs…
Injections with dirty or contaminated needles are not contributing to the spread of HIV in sub-Sahar
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 22 05
Injections with dirty or contaminated needles are not contributing to the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa say researchers from Imperial College London and…
Fear arises that virus will mutate
• Flu • Feb 22 05
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday that bird flu in Asia is highly likely to mutate into a…
Federal officials warns of epidemic from bird flu virus
• Infections • Feb 22 05
A Federal health official said that the Earth may be on the brink of a world-wide epidemic from a bird flu virus.
The…
Analysts See Medical Device Sector Slowing
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Hot new cardiology products and a steady stream of aging baby boomers with clogged arteries and creaky joints have helped medical device companies outperform…