Associated Press: Health
- Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 07:13 PMHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 10:35 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Reading, writing, `rithmetic - and PE?...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:20 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Life-saving face transplant performed in Poland
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 07:19 AMWARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Portland, Ore., voting on water fluoridation
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 10:24 PMPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oral health and politics collided Tuesday as Portlanders - proudly nonconformist and environmentally minded - decided whether their city remains the largest in the U.S. without public fluoridation....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:10 AMYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:41 AMCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 03:55 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn't going over well with everyone in Congress....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AP Exclusive: Health reforms penalize some Indians
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 12:42 PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jolie admired for bravery in mastectomy revelation
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 05:41 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- "I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer....
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- UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 10:21 AMGENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says there are now 22 deaths worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases of the new coronavirus....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:56 AMDENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More doctors, hospitals using electronic records
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 10:45 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 02:37 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The American Cancer Society - one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups - is 100 years old this week....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 03:09 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:14 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors tell people with a heart-zapping device in their chests to give up intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. But lots of patients ignore that advice - and now new research is challenging it....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 05:08 AMGENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 03:15 AMCHICAGO (AP) -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - St. Louis doctor with cerebral palsy offers hope
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 03:27 AMST. LOUIS (AP) -- Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women have more options for breast cancer surgery
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 01:31 PMCHICAGO (AP) -- One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring - removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do.
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- Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:42 PMALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered nine months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter again....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teen birth rates decline in most US states
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:21 AMThe U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 05:06 PMIn a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:23 PMBANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 06:23 AMTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected by the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:10 AMLONDON (AP) -- More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 10:12 PMATLANTA (AP) -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 05:28 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 12:17 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 12:08 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- A surprising new report questions how sharply Americans should cut back on salt....
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