Turkish PressBayer Withdraws Heart Surgery DrugNew York Times -4 hours agoBy GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 - Pressured by drug regulators from around the world, Bayer announced today that it had agreed to withdraw its controversial heart surgery drug Trasylol after a Canadian study found that it may increase the risk of ...Bayer Withdraws Heart Surgery Drug on Safety Concerns (Update5)BloombergMarketing Suspended for Bayer's TrasylolInjuryBoard.comAssociated Content - Free Internet Press - MedPage Today - AXcess Newsall 590 news articles

  CNNMoney.comProblems With Pfizer Drug Are Unclear, Researchers SayWall Street Journal -1 hour agoBy JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN ORLANDO, Fla. -- Researchers involved in a study that prompted Pfizer Inc. to halt development of torcetrapib, a drug designed to boost "good" cholesterol levels, said Monday that they can't explain exactly how the drug ...UPDATE 1-Class effect not ruled out with Pfizer heart drugReutersDangerous Pfizer drug effective: researcherCNNMoney.comNew York Times - Forbes - Minyanville.com - Bloombergall 46 news articles

  KSNTTexans remain one of nation's unhealthiestBizjournals.com -2 hours agoAustin may be one of the healthiest cities in Texas, but the state as a whole is not faring well compared with the rest of the nation when it comes to health.Hoosier health lags behind rest of the nationWTHRLouisiana 49 in health rankingsShreveport TimesHonolulu Advertiser - WCAX - AHN - Dallas Morning Newsall 164 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesCORRECTED - UPDATE 2-Lilly clot drug works, but more bleeding seenReuters -1 hour agoBy Kim Dixon ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 4 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co's (LLY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) investigational anti-clotting drug was better able to prevent heart attacks than the standard treatment Plavix, but the drug led to excess bleeding, ...Street Takes Cautious View On Lilly's Prasugrel StudyCNNMoney.comLilly blood thinner effective but carries big riskIndianapolis StarReuters UK - Houston Chronicle - Bloomberg - Boston Globeall 459 news articles

  SeniorJournal.commds Balance Pros, Cons of 'Super X-Ray'The Associated Press -1 hour agoORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster and painless way to find out whether certain people with signs of heart disease actually have it and need treatment.High-tech heart scans work, but carry risks, costsReutersEmergency Care for Heart Attacks, Pneumonia Fails to Meet GoalsForbesU.S. News &World Report - Baltimore Sun - Johns Hopkins Gazette - Joplin Independentall 106 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesLack Of Sleep Linked To Being Overweight In 9 To 12 Year OldsMedical News Today -1 hour agoA new US study has found that lack of sleep in children aged 9 to 12 is linked to increased risk of being overweight. The study is published in the 5th November issue of Pediatrics and is the work of Dr Julie C Lumeng, assistant research scientist at ...Lack of Sleep Leads to Childhood ObesityeFluxMediaLack of Sleep Makes Children ObeseAssociated ContentU.S. News &World Report - Reuters - The Associated Press - CBS 4all 417 news articles

  MedHeadlinesPatient's vision: Treating cancer without chemoSeattle Times -14 hours agoBy Erika Hayasaki ERIE, Pa. - When doctors told John Kanzius he had nine months to live, he quietly thanked God for his blessings and prepared to die.How radio waves really can kill cancerZDNetCancer Cells Killed By Heating Embedded Nanotubes With Radio WavesMedical News TodayAHN - News-Medical.net - MedPage Today - MedHeadlinesall 22 news articles

  KLEWPort Townsend pre-school bleached clean of MRSASeattle Post Intelligencer -4 hours agoAP PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. -- Crews are cleaning a Port Townsend preschool classroom with a bleach solution today and tomorrow as a precaution against MRSA (MER'-suh), the drug resistant bacteria.2nd staph infection confirmed at Port Townsend schoolSeattle TimesMRSA found in Stroudsburg Intermediate ElementaryPocono RecordMLive.com - Peninsula Daily - KOMO - Tulsa Worldall 57 news articles

  The Money Times‘Best care in the world’The Register-Guard -Nov 4, 2007For reasons that make less sense with every new study, access to affordable health care continues to be a political rather than a medical decision in the United States.Many US Adults Rank Health Care as Important Issue in 2008 ...Kaiser network.orgSick manguiliani's flip-flop on health insurance for kids.SlateABC News - Boston Globe - ZNet - National Review Online Blogsall 92 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesFrozen pizza recalled over e-coli contaminationBoston Globe -Nov 4, 2007BURLINGTON, Vt. --Vermonters are being warned not to Totino's or Jeno's frozen pizzas topped with pepperoni because they may be contaminated with E. coli.414000 Pizza Cases With Possible E. Coli O157:H7Medical News TodayE. coli In Pepperoni Unheard Of — Almost, Expert SaysCattleNetwork.comThe Post Online - Athens Messenger - InjuryBoard.com - Rutland Heraldall 64 news articles

  Environment, Economy at Stake in $3 Billion Cancer Bond VoteEnvironment News Service -1 hour agoAUSTIN, Texas, November 5, 2007 (ENS) - Tomorrow, Texas voters will decide the fate of thousands of cancer patients and those who may be diagnosed in the future when they either approve or reject Proposition 15 - a $3 billion bond proposal to fund ...Cancer bonds, 15 other propositions on Tuesday's ballotDallas Morning NewsTexans, have your sayAustin American-StatesmanHouston Chronicle - Business Wire (press release) - Corpus Christi Caller Times - KCBD-TVall 63 news articles

  E Canada NowMerck Cancer Vaccine Effective in Women Up to 45 (Update1)Bloomberg -7 hours agoBy Shannon Pettypiece Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co.'s Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine for girls, also prevented signs of the disease in women older than 26 in a study that may broaden its use.Gardasil Protects Older Women Too Says MerckMedical News TodayVaccine Could Help More Women with Cervical Cancer13WHAM-TVMarketWatch - Reuters - Daily Mail - NJ Blogall 51 news articles

  Deadly virus finds new home in rural WestBoston Globe -15 hours agoWest Nile virus made its US debut eight years ago in the heart of the East Coast, coming ashore in New York City and forging a chain of transmission among mosquitoes, birds, and people from Florida to New England.3 new West Nile cases reportedJackson Clarion LedgerHuman case of West Nile is confirmedHagerstown Morning HeraldFort Wayne Journal Gazette - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Kitsap Sun (Subscription)all 8 news articles

  WFtv.com2 Year Old Lake County Girl Prompts DCF ChangesWFtv.com -17 hours agoEyewitness News obtained a study that criticized how the Department of Children and Families deals with missing children and foster care.Task Force Criticizes DCF In Clark CaseCentral Florida News 13|DCF Task force says finding missing children a top priorityBradenton HeraldNaples Daily News - Winknews.com - WBBH - The News-Pressall 14 news articles