EDITOR'S NOTE: An occasional look at how Washington works — or doesn't. By SHARON THEIMER and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON ...
Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death opened up a Senate seat. Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When people think about pesticides and health, cancer and birth defects probably come to mind. But new research shows pesticide exposure may contribute to a much more common affliction: itchy, runny, stuffy noses. "Pesticides have more potential ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan scorekeeper of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who suffer from major depression are at greater risk of developing urinary incontinence than women of the same age who are not depressed, new research shows. Since urinary incontinence and depression often occur together in ...
More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published on Thursday. A total of 28 percent exercise in an attempt to burn off ...
WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu, despite isolated British, American cases The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease. It says Tamiflu ...
MEREDITH BAXTER Pediatric AIDS Picnic in Los Angeles 06-07-1998 K12564LR Photo by Lisa Rose-Globe Photos, inc. Copyright 1998 Globe Photos
Former governor offers ÔanalysisÕ on what constitutes health care coverage Following Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidÕs procedural victory over the weekend that will enable the historic debate on health care reform legislation to go forward, national Republicans trotted out Bob List to ...
Senate majority leader, in advancing health care reform, shows his influence In the Democratic-run Senate, there are enough votes to pass meaningful health care reform legislation largely along the lines offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada — if it ...
MANILA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) promised on Thursday to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines, and assured the country the vaccines were safe. At least 1.2 million of the vaccine shots will be made available by ...
FDA grants full approval to HIV drug Intelence based on follow-up data from J&J A division of Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that federal regulators granted full approval to an HIV drug designed to treat patients who have stopped responding to other ...
