AP – A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday as the search continued for the Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy treatments.
Reuters – Forecasts of dramatic jumps in U.S. medical costs are pushing lawmakers to reach a deal on a major healthcare revamp that seeks to extend coverage to all Americans, a leading U.S. senator said on Thursday.
AP – The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years.
AFP – It was a toast a bit like no other when astronauts on the International Space Station drank to their health for the first time with water recycled from urine, NASA said.
AP – Stress over grades. Financial worries. Trouble sleeping. Feeling hopeless.
Reuters – The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally.
AP – Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Compared to naturally conceived
twins, those conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) are
more likely to be hospitalized and admitted to neonatal intensive care,
finds a new study.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Nosebleeds are common in many people, often
because of a respiratory illness or dry conditions.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Like adults, babies also develop dry, flaky
scalps. The condition is known as “cradle cap” in infants.