AP – The World Health Organization has approved a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries worldwide.
AP – House Democrats at work on health legislation are narrowing in on an income tax surcharge on the highest-paid wage earners to help pay the cost of subsidizing insurance for the 50 million who lack it.
AP – Roughly a fourth of American women getting early abortions last year did so with drugs rather than surgery, statistics show, as a new study reported improved safety in using the so-called “abortion pill.”
AP – British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells for the first time, an accomplishment they say may someday help infertile men father children.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Little else feels better than a good foot
massage or stretch.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Your body image describes your appearance
and the way you see yourself.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — Not all vegetarian burgers and
hot dogs are alike. It seems that some, in fact, may not offer much at all
in the way of vegetables.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — A mutation in a single gene
causes catastrophic epilepsy, U.S. scientists say. And that finding, they
say, could lead to treatments or a cure for the disorder.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they have
discovered that one of the most common amino acids in vegetable protein
seems to lower blood pressure.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay: