October 7, 2009 / Medical Blog
AP - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine "safe and secure." See orig
October 7, 2009 / Cancer, Medical Blog
AP - Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.
October 6, 2009 / Cancer, Medical Blog
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic variant seems to predict resistance to the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, German researchers report. See more here: Gene Test Might Predi
October 6, 2009 / Medical Blog
AP - The initial swine flu vaccine doses this week will be the nasal spray version, and arm injections will begin next week to help meet demand, health officials said Tuesday. Read the original
October 6, 2009 / Medical Blog
Reuters - Instead of protecting against diabetes, antioxidants -- compounds in foods and supplements that prevent cell damage -- may actually increase the chances of getting diabetes, at least in the
October 6, 2009 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Colic is a broad term for conditions that result in excessive crying among young babies. It's perfectly normal, and usually goes away on its own. Read more from th
October 6, 2009 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- After a long day last year, Danette McKinney asked her husband, Shawn, to check on the roast she had in the oven. As he opened the door, Shawn didn't se
October 6, 2009 / Cancer, Medical Blog
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Exercising during adolescence may help guard against a deadly form of brain tumor in adulthood, new research suggests. The rest is here: Exercis
October 6, 2009 / Medical Blog
Reuters - People who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in more-recent decades may be less likely to suffer vision loss than their predecessors. Read the original: Vision loss in diabetics beco
October 5, 2009 / Medical Blog
AP - Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first successful rigorous study of this approach to treating illicit drug use. Orig
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