WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up ...
South Dakota decides not to appeal ruling in smoking ban case; question will go to public vote The state has decided not to appeal a judge's decision that allows South Dakota's new smoking ban law to be referred to a public vote ...
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. ...
CDC: 4 people in NC test positive for Tamiflu-resistant swine flu, first such US cluster Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases ...
US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control. "We are beginning to see some decline in influenza activity around the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands. Plant-based foods contain flavonoids, compounds thought ...
WHO investigating swine flu mutations from Norway deaths, says significance still unclear The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance ...
The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. "The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation ...
University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rules The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows. The eight-member ...
Pfizer's bipolar disorder drug Geodon receives expanded FDA approval Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults. The new approval covers use of Geodon as an ...
Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci S system receives regulatory approval in Japan Robotic surgical device maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. said Friday its da Vinci S system received regulatory approval in Japan. Da Vinci systems are used in heart surgeries, prostatectomies, hysterectomies and other ...
