- Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks (AP)
- Wallace and Gromit help to fight obesity (AFP)
- Danny's heart: College swimmer faces mortality (AP)
- Cell phone soap operas deliver safe-sex message (AP)
- Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit (AP)
- Recording studio in hospital about more than music (AP)
- Shaping good health as teens outgrow pediatrician (AP)
- Nursing industry desperate to find new hires (AP)
- Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)
- Viagra May Shield Heart From Blood Pressure Damage (HealthDay)
- Nation's health spending rises, but not so much (AP)
- Death of Travolta's son raises medical questions (AP)
- Brain pacemaker helps Parkinson's, but with risks (AP)
- Study raises hope for obesity treatment (Reuters)
- Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)
- CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (AP)
- C-sections best for baby when close to due date (AP)
- Drug made from genetically engineered goats may become scientific first (AP)
- Salmonella outbreak spreads to 42 states, CDC says (AP)
- Drug made from genetically engineered goats may become scientific first (AP)
- Major lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing (AP)
- Salmonella outbreak spreads to 42 states, CDC says (AP)
- Mosquitoes match wing beats before mating (AP)
- Health secretary pick seeks health care overhaul (AP)
- Alzheimer's drugs double death risk in elderly (AP)
- FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption' (AP)
- FDA backs Vytorin after finishing study review (AP)
- Mass. wants calorie counts at fast-food outlets (AP)
- Will Americans put on recession pounds? (Reuters)
- Illinois, 41 other states in salmonella outbreak (AP)
- US doctors pay to hear Ore. town's vaccine views (AP)
- Consumer group says FDA melamine guidelines unsafe (AP)
- Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight (Reuters)
- US doctors pay to hear Ore. town's vaccine views (AP)
- Salmonella in 42 states; Minn. eyes peanut butter (AP)
- CDC director is out, government e-mail says (AP)
- Texas to reconsider $6M steriod testing in schools (AP)
- Stimulant exemptions in baseball on the rise (AP)
- Pentagon: Purple Heart won't be awarded for PTSD (AP)
- First US count finds 1 in 200 kids are vegetarian (AP)
- Nutrient diligence needed for vegetarian kids (AP)
- Salmonella prompts peanut butter recall (AP)
- CDC director is leaving with a mixed legacy (AP)
- Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits (AP)
- Keeping home life-support up when power goes out (AP)
- CDC: Tainted peanut butter, 3 deaths may be linked (AP)
- Preventing colds may be as easy as vitamin ZZZ (AP)
- Govt pushes electronic family tree for good health (AP)
- Health insurer settles with NY over bill database (AP)
- Largest study of US child health begins (AP)
- With economy sour, consumers sweet on herbal meds (AP)
- Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited (AP)
- FDA probe finds no link with asthma drugs, suicide (AP)
- Obesity may raise risk of ovarian cancer (Reuters)
- U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High (HealthDay)
- House begins debate on children's health care bill (AP)
- Veterans exposed to incorrect drug doses (AP)
- Va. company recalls peanut butter nationwide (AP)
- Study: Basic checklist cut surgical deaths in half (AP)
- Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment (AP)
- Study finds heart risk in anti-psychotic drugs (AP)
- Doctors call for halt to Gaza assault (AP)
- Kellogg pulls crackers after recall by supplier (AP)
- Lilly settles Zyprexa suit for $1.42 billion (AP)
- In Hawaii, the doctor is always in ? online (AP)
- UNICEF: Teen pregnancies put moms' health at risk (AP)
- DVD teaches autistic kids what a smile means (AP)
- Lawmaker to investigate software glitches at VA (AP)
- High risk medical devices escaped close review (AP)
- FDA pledges openness on gene-altered products (AP)
- Test: Some peanut butter at Ga. plant contaminated (AP)
- Kellogg recalls 16 products due to salmonella risk (AP)
- New 'Joy of Sex' Slim on Science (LiveScience.com)
- FDA urges people to avoid peanut butter products (AP)
- Girl in China critically ill with bird flu (AP)
- Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo (AP)
- Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo (AP)
- Testing when eyes become vulnerable to cataracts (AP)
- Meijer voluntarily recalls crackers, ice cream (AP)
- Study: Women less able to suppress hunger than men (AP)
- MRSA rising in kids' ear, nose, throat infections (AP)
- More recalls of peanut butter products announced (AP)
- Texas girl gets new heart; sis awaiting transplant (AP)
- CDC: Salmonella outbreak numbers increase slightly (AP)
- Study: Cleaner air adds 5 months to US life span (AP)
- Studies: Steroids do not help wheezing kids (AP)
- $630 million for new push to eradicate polio (AP)
- U.S. obesity epidemic shows perils to health reform (Reuters)
- New cream disables herpes virus: study (Reuters)
- Study: Cleaner air adds 5 months to US life span (AP)
- CDC study: Kentucky has highest smoking death rate (AP)
- Judge orders Illinois TB patient into isolation (AP)
- European Union wants to double cancer screenings (AP)
- FDA: 31M lbs of peanut products recalled (AP)
- Audit: More bad accounting in veterans health care (AP)
- Western NY launches patient record exchange (AP)
- US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury (AP)
- Minn. illnesses worry CDC officials (AP)
- Merck: New pill may work for MS (AP)
- Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep (HealthDay)
- High-tech sensors help seniors live independently (AP)
- Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep (HealthDay)
- China reports 4th bird flu death in 2009 (AP)
- Female Companionship Extends Sex Lives of Male Mice (LiveScience.com)
- World's highest drug levels entering India stream (AP)
- Study adds to evidence of vaccine safety (AP)
- China reports 5th bird flu death this year (AP)
- Obesity is caught like the common cold, studies show (LiveScience.com)
- How to help when smoking, alcohol complicate PTSD (AP)
- FDA reviews benefits of Plavix in certain patients (AP)
- Woman gives birth to octuplets in SoCal hospital (AP)
- Doctors say newborn octuplets appear healthy (AP)
- Medicare expands coverage for cancer drugs (AP)
- Source: Investigators find 4 kinds of salmonella (AP)
- Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan (AP)
- 8 is plenty: Mother gives birth to octuplets (AP)
- In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella to sneak by (AP)
- Confirmed births of octuplets (AP)
- 5 of California's octuplets start bottle feeding (AP)
- GOP fails to limit children's health program (AP)
- Officials call for criminal probe in peanut recall (AP)
- Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant (AP)
- Study: Kidney donors do fine, no long-term issues (AP)
- Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease' (AP)
- Hospital: Calif. octuplets doing 'amazingly well' (AP)
- Home-birth advocates press pro-midwife campaign (AP)
- Democrats near win on child health bill (AP)
- Lab confirmed salmonella for Ga. peanut plant (AP)
- Congress to hold hearing on peanut butter recall (AP)
- Whiners or satirists? Blog charts woes of dating Wall St bankers (Reuters)
- Zimbabwe opposition will join unity government (AP)
- Family: Octuplets' mother has 6 other children (AP)
- Air Force to train combat docs to use acupuncture (AP)
- FDA holds safety hearing on 50-year-old painkiller (AP)
- Mom's obesity tied to higher infant mortality (Reuters)
- NYC blog that charts woes of dating bankers sparks backlash (Reuters)
- Make that 14: Octuplet mom already had 6 kids (AP)
- Gov't launches criminal probe in peanut recall (AP)
- America abortion debate reaches into African slums (AP)
- Feds rarely file charges in tainted food cases (AP)
- Farmer in central China sick with bird flu (AP)
- In Japan, you are what your blood type is (AP)
- Inspection reports from peanut plant varied widely (AP)
- Feds may make health insurance easier after layoff (AP)
- Flu off to slow start but don't get complacent yet (AP)
- Study questions usefulness of animal-human embryos (AP)
- Calif. octuplets become longest-living set in US (AP)
- Erectile dysfunction predicts heart disease, study finds (LiveScience.com)
- Md. surgeons remove donated kidney through vagina (AP)
- Dope-smoking among teens down in many countries (AP)
- Study finds one-third of US kids take vitamins (AP)
- Mental illness alone is no trigger for violence (AP)
- Doctors test latest attempt at artificial liver (AP)
- Obesity may increase risk of diverticulitis (Reuters)
- Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant (AP)
- Group opposes NYC health official for CDC job (AP)
- Obesity can complicate teen pregnancy (Reuters)
- House extends health insurance to 4 million children (AP)
- Women's low sex drive tied to poor quality of life (Reuters)
- In colon cancer drug study, more wasn't better (AP)
- Lawmakers push for food safety reforms (AP)
- Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later (AP)
- Obama views children's health bill as step one (AP)
- Home of man linked to 1982 Tylenol deaths searched (AP)
- Few get surgery for grim pancreatic cancer (AP)
- Campaign warns against reusing plastic syringes (AP)
- First US face transplant patient leaves hospital (AP)
- FDA OKs 1st drug from genetically altered animals (AP)
- Atlanta hospital checking Legionnaire's cases (AP)
- Possibly tainted peanut butter sent to schools (AP)
- Octuplets' mom says she had 6 embryos implanted (AP)
- FDA: Ga. plant knowingly shipped tainted products (AP)
- California Medical Board probes octuplet birth (AP)
- 1st US case of Marburg fever confirmed in Colo. (AP)
- Official: Sebelius near top for health post (AP)
- Study says pregnancy doesn't worsen breast cancer (AP)
- Early study shows AIDS-fighting gel promising (AP)
- FDA seeks plans to reduce misuse of painkillers (AP)
- Octuplets' grandmother criticizes daughter (AP)
- Huge study boosts disappointment on multivitamins (AP)
- How to help patients make wiser health choices (AP)
- Parents Blamed for Childhood Obesity (LiveScience.com)
- Huge study boosts disappointment on multivitamins (AP)
- Grandma's moistening kettle may have held off flu (AP)
- One in six Swedish children overweight: study (AFP)
- Mich. zoo offers peek into animals' sex lives (AP)
- Sobering results for cost-cutting Medicare project (AP)
- Medical society probes octuplet fertility doctor (AP)
- Mother's Obesity Raises Risk of Birth Defects (Time.com)
- Study: Paying smokers to quit boosts success rate (AP)
- The science of romance: Brains have a love circuit (AP)
- Dangerous low blood sugar linked to sex drugs (Reuters)
- Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism (AP)
- When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow (AP)
- Nothing to sneeze at ? decoding the common cold (AP)
- Marlboro top choice of regular teen smokers (AP)
- Atlanta hospital finds Legionnaire's bacteria (AP)
- Obesity may raise migraine risk, U.S. study finds (Reuters)
- When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow (AP)
- Atlanta hospital finds Legionnaire's bacteria (AP)
- Nothing to sneeze at ? decoding the common cold (AP)
- Survey: Peanut recall known but misunderstood (AP)
- Moms offer sober reality check on multiple births (AP)
- VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)
- VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)
- China launches campaign to break sex taboos (Reuters)
- Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)
- Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)
- Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor's genes (AP)
- Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say (AP)
- No joy in this cooking ? recipes can make you fat (AP)
- Appeals court upholds NYC's calories-on-menus rule (AP)
- Report: Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy (AP)
- ICUs see big drop in dangerous staph superbugs (AP)
- Appeals court upholds NYC's calories-on-menus rule (AP)
- Susan Hibbert, witness to German surrender, dies (AP)
- AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease (AP)
- Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs (AP)
- Gene test helps set accurate blood thinner dose (AP)
- FDA advisers set vaccine for 2009-2010 flu season (AP)
- Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year (AP)
- Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans (HealthDay)
- Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year (AP)
- Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans (HealthDay)
- Growing HIV rates among gay, bisexual men in Asia (AP)
- Cherry-flavored malaria drug launched for kids (AP)
- Bill Clinton, Health Groups to Tackle Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
- Study: Most fertility clinics break rules on embryo implantation (AP)
- Bill Clinton, Health Groups to Tackle Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
- Study: Most fertility clinics break rules on embryo implantation (AP)
- Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
- North Dakota nurse to lead health centers agency (AP)
- Peanut product recalls (AP)
- How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat (AP)
- Calcium tied to lower cancer risk in older people (AP)
- Study: Taking B vitamins can prevent vision loss (AP)
- Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care (AP)
- Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
- How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat (AP)
- Octomom fell fast from Miracle Mom to punch line (AP)
- More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women (AP)
- Doctors back wider consideration of prostate drug (AP)
- More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women (AP)
- Just being overweight can shorten lifespan: study (AFP)
- Tests confirm salmonella at Texas peanut plant (AP)
- Dentists wary of salon teeth-whitening treatments (AP)
- Panel: Adopting from abroad? Get hepatitis A shot (AP)
- Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking (HealthDay)
- Low-carb? Low-fat? Study finds calories count more (AP)
- Study: Some prenatal vitamins lack enough iodine (AP)