Reuters – Patients who have flu-like symptoms and are having trouble breathing should get quick treatment with the antiviral drugs Tamiflu or Relenza, even before getting a flu test, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
AFP – US President Barack Obama Wednesday aims to clear up “confusion” and answer the “big questions” on his embattled healthcare reform plan in a crucial address to Congress, the White House said.
AP – Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama’s effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul.
AP – Most people who get swine flu don’t need prescription flu drugs, nor do the “worried well,” government doctors said Tuesday as they issued new guidelines for medicines in big demand. The drugs Tamiflu and Relenza should only be used to treat people who are sick and at high risk for complications, federal health officials said.
Reuters – Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are typical after deployment to a war zone, and may even represent a healthy reaction to stress, but can lead to problems with mental functioning if they persist, new research in Iraq vets suggests.
Reuters – Lots of lead in the bones may make for an unhealthy heart, new research suggests.
Reuters – Catching a cold or the flu could speed memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported Tuesday.
HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — For people with Alzheimer’s
disease, even a minor infection can double the rate of memory loss,
British researchers report.
HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) Substance abuse and delinquent
behavior among teens was significantly reduced in communities that tried a
university-designed prevention program, a new study found.
HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — Certain depressed patients who
suffer from heart disease have nearly double the risk of dying over a
seven-year period compared with other depressed patients, researchers say.