eFluxMediaNew Kind of Stem Cells Reverse Sickle Cell AnemiaForbes -3 hours agoTHURSDAY, Dec. 6 (healthday News) --Scientists have succeeded in using cells virtually identical to embryonic stem cells to "correct" sickle cell anemia in mice.Stem-Cell Study Treats Sickle-Cell Anemia in MiceWall Street JournalResearchers use new stem cell method to treat miceReutersCBS News - Los Angeles Times - Ars Technica - The Associated Pressall 116 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesOverweight Children Face Higher Heart Disease Risk in AdulthoodWashington Post -Dec 5, 2007By Rob Stein Being overweight as a child significantly increases the risk for heart disease in adulthood as early as age 25, according to a large new study that provides the most powerful evidence yet that the obesity epidemic is spawning a generation ...Overweight children face premature heart attacks, strokesUSA TodayScientists Link Childhood Obesity to Heart DiseaseVoice of AmericaWall Street Journal - Reuters - U.S. News &World Reportall 311 news articles

  Canada.comWIC Food Program Being OverhauledFOX News -1 hour agoBy FREDERIC J. FROMMER, AP Writer WASHINGTON - The Department of Agriculture Thursday added fruits, vegetables and whole grains to a nutrition program aimed at low-income women and their children, while also offering new alternatives such as soy ...USDA revises food program for women and childrenReutersIf you give the poor fresh vegetables, will they eat them?Huffington PostWCAX - KVIA - PR Newswire (press release) - USDA.gov (press release)all 203 news articles

  CBS Newsyoutube a New Medium for Immunization Foes' MessageMedPage Today -1 hour agoBy Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, medpage Today TORONTO, Dec. 6 -- Although only about a third of the videos about immunization posted on youtube are negative, they are viewed more often than positive ones and get better ratings, investigators here ...youtube Full Of One-Sided Anti-Vaccination VideosMedical News TodayStudy: Number of 'Misleading' Anti-Vaccination Videos on youtube ...FOX NewsCBS News - United Press International - DailyTech - Health Behavior News Serviceall 35 news articles

  Canada.comThat Spoonful of Honey May Beat Over-the-Counter RemediesABC News -Dec 4, 2007New research confirms an old idea -- honey may help calm children's coughs at night. (photodisc) By KATHARINE STOEL GAMMON There may be hope for parents looking for alternatives to drug-laden cough syrup to calm their children's coughs -- and help ...Honey Soothes the Coughing ChildMedPage TodayComment by Patricia Jackson Allen, RN, MS, PNP, FAAN Yale University, School of NursingU.S. News &World Report - Times Online - CBS News - Chicago Tribuneall 377 news articles

  Enews 2.0UN lowers estimate of people with Aids to 33mFinancial Times Deutschland -11 hours agoOne reason for the new estimates was fresh research showing that people infected with HIV who go untreated live longer than previously thought.Newly HIV-Infected Gay Men Select Other Infected PartnersU.S. News &World ReportEarly HIV Diagnosis Triggers Reduction in Infectious BehaviorMedPage TodayEDGE Boston - Bay Windows - United Press International - Chicago Defenderall 61 news articles

  dBTechnoWhich Democrat's Health Plan Really, Truly Covers More People?Wall Street Journal -Dec 4, 2007By LAURA MECKLER While the leading Democratic presidential candidates agree on most policy issues, a sharp dispute has emerged: Who would do more to provide health coverage for the uninsured?Clinton Attack on Obama Overlooks Some RealitiesNew York TimesDems More Similar Than Not On Health CareCBS NewsCNNMoney.com - Kaiser network.org - dBTechno - Atlantic Onlineall 41 news articles

  Kids' Respiratory Virus Season Off and RunningForbes -36 minutes agoTHURSDAY, Dec. 6 (healthday News) -- The season for outbreaks of respiratory syncytial virus -- the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age -- is under way, with early case reports coming in from ...Local Doctor Says RSV Infection Affects Most ChildrenWHIOtv.comOn the verge of a flu blitz? [35 mins ago]NewsOK.com (subscription)NBC5i.comall 10 news articles

  Cleveland LeaderState Warns Against Drinking Metromint Flavored Bottled WaterMedPage Today -1 hour agoBy Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, medpage Today SACRAMENTO, Dec. 6 -- The California Department of Public Health has warned against drinking Metromint, a flavored water bottled in California and sold on the Internet and in grocery stores nationwide, ...Soma Beverage Co. recalls Metromint flavored waterSan Francisco ChronicleState issues recall for bottled waterConnecticut PostWater Technology Online - Examiner.com - WTOC - YumSugar.comall 46 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesUW Hospital and Clinics names new CEOBizjournals.com -7 hours agoUniversity of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has named Donna Katen-Bahensky, the top executive at Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center, as its new president and chief executive officer.UI hospital CEO leaving for Wis.Hawk CentralHospital appoints new chief officerUW Badger HeraldAction 3 News - DesMoinesRegister.com - Wisconsin State Journal - KCRGall 28 news articles

  Enews 2.0FDA Warns of Seizure Risk With Drug Used for Bed-WettingWall Street Journal -Dec 4, 2007By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday of the risk of possibly fatal seizures linked to a drug used to control bed-wetting in children.US warns about bed-wetting drug after two deathsReutersFDA Warns of Bed-Wetting Drug RiskForbesWebMD - MedPage Today - Newsinferno.com - InjuryBoard.comall 24 news articles

  OverTheLimit.infoThe question at Austin pork plant: Why?MSNBC -Dec 4, 2007By Jon Tevlin, Josephine Marcotty and Matthew mckinney / startribune The wages and overtime Susan Kruse made working for 15 years for Quality Pork Processors helped her support her son, Travis, a ninth-grader.Austin plant workers contract mystery illnessBizjournals.comMinnesota Pork Plant Workers Afflicted With Mysterious IllnessOccupational HazardsCattleNetwork.com - dBTechno - Post-Bulletin - KIMTall 167 news articles

  Enews 2.0Glucose levels vary in pregnancyby diabetes typeReuters -Dec 5, 2007By Scott Baltic NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the first study to use continuous monitoring throughout pregnancy to examine changes in glucose levels, researchers found that levels of glycemic control differ significantly between women with type 1 ...Prevalence of diabetes higher in Chicago area than nationallyChicago TribuneKimberly Garrison | Someone you know - maybe you - has diabetesPhiladelphia Daily NewsThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com - American Chronicle - Palladium-Item - The Casper Star Tribuneall 21 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesSnowmachines join search for chopperAnchorage Daily News (subscription) -1 hour agoBy BETH BRAGG Snowmachines today joined aircraft and boats in the hunt for an air ambulance that vanished three days ago over Prince William Sound.Medical helicopter missingKTUUFormer Dover firefighter on missing medical copter in AlaskaPortsmouth Herald NewsSan Diego Union Tribune - eFluxMedia - United Press International - Kenai Peninsula Onlineall 520 news articles