AP – In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor’s offices aren’t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don’t really need it.
AP – Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes.
AFP – Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
HealthDay – THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — Babies who are deprived of
oxygen at birth often go on to have lifetime disabilities, but research
has shown that cooling infants can help prevent problems.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A number of adverse effects can result if you
don’t take a medication as directed.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Bursitis of the hip is a painful condition
that occurs when the bursa — a small, cushiony sac overlying the hip —
becomes inflamed.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — Early morning colonoscopies detect
more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the
number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new
study has found.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — It may sound hard to believe, but
just one sneeze is enough to increase your fear not just of contracting
flu, but also of dying from a heart attack at an early age, dying from an
accident or being the victim of a fatal crime, new research shows.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that
living near a volcano puts people at higher risk of getting a type of
thyroid cancer.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com: