AP – Keep going. You don’t have to fix all of it now. Just please don’t let it stall. That’s the essence of the message that Senate Democratic leaders have for their Finance Committee senators, who plan to start voting Tuesday on a remake of the nation’s health care system.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — The new school year will
bring more focus on student athletics — and also more ankle injuries, an
association of orthopedists warns.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — Maintenance therapy with
the drug pemetrexed improves the survival of people with non-small-cell
lung cancer whose disease has not progressed after chemotherapy, a new
study has found.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — Taking a combination form
of hormone replacement therapy, which includes both estrogen and
progestin, increases a woman’s risk for dying from lung cancer, a new
study has found.
AFP – US President Barack Obama does not think racism is “the overriding issue” in the fierce debate on health care, but said in interviews to be aired Sunday that tempers were rising over the proper role of government.
AP – Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has found.
AFP – US President Barack Obama does not think racism is “the overriding issue” in the fierce debate on health care but said in interviews to be aired Sunday that tempers were rising over the proper role of government.
Reuters – The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-borne disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that swept into North America a decade ago, a U.S. expert said on Friday.
AFP – US President Barack Obama does not think racism is “the overriding issue” in the fierce debate on health care, but that tempers are rising over the proper role of government, according to interviews to be broadcast Sunday.