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Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law
Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he's spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation's toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.
Study: Bad test results often don't reach patients
No news isn't necessarily good news for patients waiting for the results of medical tests. The first study of its kind finds doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal cancer screenings and other test results 1 out of 14 times.
Hunting ways to protect babies when mom drinks
Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage.
New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South
A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.
Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil
Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements _ vitamin D and fish oil _ will be tested in a large, government-sponsored study to see whether either nutrient can lower a healthy person's risk of getting cancer, heart disease or having a stroke.
House Democrats to open hearings on health bill
House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.
Obama announces agreement with drug companies
President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the pharmaceutical industry's agreement to help close a gap in Medicare's drug coverage, calling the pact a step forward in the push for overhaul of the nation's health care system.
Newspapers: VA in Penn. botched cancer treatments
Ninety-two veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in a common surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer during a six-year period at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, according to newspaper reports Sunday.
Nestle recalls all refrigerated Toll House dough
Federal authorities are investigating a new national outbreak of a bacteria-triggered illness, this time related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart _ packaged raw cookie dough.
Calif regulators find pot smoke causes cancer
Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.
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Hunting ways to protect babies when mom drinks
WASHINGTON - Tuesday, 23 June 2009 00:04:57
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage.
Study: Bad test results often don't reach patients
CHICAGO - Monday, 22 June 2009 15:00:07
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
No news isn't necessarily good news for patients waiting for the results of medical tests. The first study of its kind finds doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal cancer screenings and other test results 1 out of 14 times.
New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South
ATLANTA - Monday, 22 June 2009 12:38:20
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.
Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - AP Medical Writer
Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements _ vitamin D and fish oil _ will be tested in a large, government-sponsored study to see whether either nutrient can lower a healthy person's risk of getting cancer, heart disease or having a stroke.
Big federal study will test vitamin D, fish oil
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - AP Medical Writer
The U.S. government will sponsor a big study of fish oil and vitamin D pills to see if either supplement can keep healthy people from developing cancer, heart disease or other problems.
New HIV map finds cases heavy in the South
ATLANTA - Monday, 22 June 2009 08:52:59
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
A new internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.
Newspapers: VA in Penn. botched cancer treatments
PHILADELPHIA - Monday, 22 June 2009 06:35:33
Ninety-two veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in a common surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer during a six-year period at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, according to newspaper reports Sunday.
Calif regulators find pot smoke causes cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - Friday, 19 June 2009 16:09:04
Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.
Health workers didn't take swine flu precautions
ATLANTA - Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:18:32
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus.
Doctors signal they'll work with Obama
CHICAGO - Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:11:43
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer
The nation's largest group of doctors began their annual meeting as a potential obstacle to President Obama's health care overhaul. After a big pep talk from Obama himself, they ended it Wednesday by signaling they won't close the door on one of his key proposals, a public health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
Man who lost sense of smell assumed Zicam safe
By JEFF DONN - AP National Writer
He was like millions of other consumers who sometimes take vitamins or echinacea, hoping to build up his immunity or ward off a cold. He figured alternative remedies were as safe as a spoonful of honey. But that notion washed away with one squirt of a homeopathic cold gel.