AP – Republicans argued health legislation would hurt seniors and Democrats said it would do nothing of the sort as the Senate Finance Committee resumed debate Wednesday on a bill to remake the nation’s health care system.
AP – Some pharmacists are seeing a shortage of the children’s version of the flu drug Tamiflu.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Medications, personal
hygiene, mask-wearing and quarantines all help prevent the spread of viral
infections such as the flu, and researchers now suggest that the latter
three strategies should be given more attention in plans to deal with
pandemics.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — There’s no bad time of the day,
week or year to have elective coronary artery bypass surgery, say
researchers who analyzed how 18,597 people fared after having the
procedure.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Warts are caused by a virus. While generally
harmless, they can be unattractive and irritating. Some types of warts are
easily spread from one person to another.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — If you get a nosebleed, don’t panic. Many
nosebleeds look worse than they really are, says the American Academy of
Family Physicians.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — An experimental rabies
vaccine that may require only one injection produced promising results in
animals, U.S. researchers report.
HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests
that people who have successfully lost weight will activate certain parts
of their brains when confronted with images of food.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com: