Reuters – Calls to poison control centers for U.S. teenagers who have overdosed on attention deficit drugs rose 76 percent over eight years, researchers reported on Monday.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Medics and doctors are used
to participating in a flurry of activity when trying to save a person
who’s had a cardiac arrest — inserting IVs, placing a breathing tube,
performing defibrillation to restart the heart.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are nervous
about the new school year can relax by practicing “mindfulness” during
anxious moments, researchers say.
AP – An independent senator counted on by Democrats in the health care debate showed signs of wavering Sunday when he urged President Barack Obama to postpone many of his initiatives because of the economic downturn.
Reuters – Warner Chilcott Ltd, a specialty drug maker, is acquiring Procter & Gamble Co’s prescription drug business for about $3 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Reuters – U.S. Democrats may sidestep Republican opposition to a sweeping healthcare overhaul by using Senate rules to pass some reform measures, a leading senator said on Sunday.
AFP – Governments bracing for a second, possibly more lethal, wave of swine flu are all grappling with the same unforgiving dilemma: with not enough vaccine to go around, who is going to get jabbed first?