AFP – Robotics and medical experts in Japan on Wednesday unveiled the prototype of a new hi-tech electric wheelchair that resembles a scooter and promises greater mobility.
AFP – More than 100 people in a typhoon-hit village in Taiwan have fallen ill with an infectious disease, health authorities said Wednesday, ruling out concerns they were sick with swine flu.
AP – A judge on Wednesday denied an advocacy group’s bid to prevent the government from giving pregnant women flu vaccines with a preservative that contains mercury.
Reuters – New findings call into question the idea that being overweight or obese might protect people from developing brittle bones.
Reuters – Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the UK shows.
Reuters – Friends have a strong influence over whether teenagers move from experimenting with cigarettes to becoming full-fledged smokers — but so do parents, a new study finds.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — For every excess pound
piled on the body, the brain gets a little bit smaller.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Injecting a therapeutic
molecule into muscle appears to jump-start the production of a crucial
protein that’s missing in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy,
British researchers report.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
the last surviving brother in a unique American political dynasty and one
of the most influential senators in history, died late Tuesday night at
his summer home on Cape Cod after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He
was 77.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Labor is induced in about 20 percent of U.S.
pregnant women, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
says.