CBS NewsScientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell TechniqueWashington Post -Dec 6, 2007By Rick Weiss Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.Researchers use new stem cell method to treat miceReutersArtificially Created Stem Cells Cure Sickle Cell in MiceDailyTechBloomberg - Houston Chronicle - Medical News Today - International Herald Tribuneall 220 news articles
Voice of AmericaFather of Chinese Bird Flu Victim Also InfectedVoice of America -Dec 8, 2007By VOA News A Chinese man whose son died from bird flu also has the virus, raising concerns of possible human to human transmission.China says father of bird flu victim also infectedReutersHuman Source of Bird Flu Infection Can't Be Ruled Out, WHO SaysBloombergForbes - Medical News Today - BBC News - Reuters South Africaall 224 news articles
Enews 2.0Still No Survivors Found In the Alaska Helicopter CrasheFluxMedia -8 hours agoBy Charlie Brett The medical helicopter reported missing since Monday has been found by a rescue team on Saturday on the north shore of Passage Canal near Whittier.Missing Alaskan med copter wreckage foundUnited Press InternationalHelicopter debris, one body are foundAnchorage Daily News (subscription)KTUU - Aero-News Network - The Associated Pressall 165 news articles
FACTBOX - What is Ebola?Reuters -Dec 8, 2007Dec 6 (Reuters) - A new strain of the deadly Ebola virus is thought to have infected 93 people and killed at least 22 in Uganda, including a doctor and three other medical staff looking after patients, a health official said on Thursday.Doctor Loses Life to Ebola in OutbreakABC NewsUganda: Nation On Ebola AlertAllAfrica.comBloomberg - Medical News Today - eFluxMedia - AFPall 245 news articles
eFluxMediaA Proposal to Require Flu Vaccines for PreschoolNew York Times -20 hours agoBy JILL P. CAPUZZO The New Jersey Public Health Council is expected to vote tomorrow on a rule that would require flu vaccines for any child entering day care or preschool.New Jersey Parents Object First-in-Nation Vaccine MandateseFluxMediaParents object to new shots for kidsCherry Hill Courier PostMedical News Today - The Associated Press - Newsday - WFMZ-TV Onlineall 114 news articles
KVALStudy: Lifelong Effect of Childhood ObesityTIME -Dec 6, 2007Doctor, firefighter, astronaut. These are the things kids want to be when they grow up. Obese 35-year-old with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease?Obesity during childhood tied to heart disease laterHouston ChronicleObese Children Suffer As AdultsdBTechnoTampa Bay's 10 - Xenia Gazette - WBKO - WISall 52 news articles
UC Daily NewsUS teen births tilt up, unmarried rate hits recordReuters -Dec 6, 2007By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The birth rate for teenagers increased in 2006 in the United States for the first time since 1991, while childbearing among unmarried women surged to the highest level on record, health officials said on ...American teen pregnancies rise for the first time in 15 yearsGuardian UnlimitedA bad bump in birthsThe Register-GuardSan Jose Mercury News - WCAV - GulfNews - Xinhuaall 29 news articles
Enews 2.0DiabetesIncreases Colorectal Cancer Risk for WomenABC News -Dec 7, 2007By KATHARINE STOEL GAMMON Women with diabetes already have to manage a complex diagnosis and treatment protocol. Now they may have another disconcerting diagnosis: colorectal cancer.Obesity, Diabetes Linked to CancersU.S. News &World ReportWeight Gain After Breast Cancer DeadlyWebMDDaily Mail - eFluxMedia - NewsChannel5.com - The Associated Pressall 300 news articles
dBTechnoUSDA revises food program for women and childrenReuters -Dec 6, 2007By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A popular program that provides food assistance to low-income women and their children received its first overhaul in more than 30 years Thursday with the addition of fruits, vegetables and whole ...Health Highlights: Dec. 7, 2007Washington PostRevisions to WIC Reflect IOM RecommendationsScience in the HeadlineseFluxMedia - dBTechno - Wisconsin Ag Connection - Central Illinois Proudall 105 news articles
KCBY.com 11UPDATE 2-Analysts cut Roche targets, but hopeful on AvastinReuters -Dec 6, 2007By Sam Cage ZURICH, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Analysts cut forecasts for Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday after a US Food and Drug Administration panel rejected its key drug Avastin, but remained hopeful it would eventually be ...Roche Shares Fall Most in a Year on FDA Rejection (Update4)BloombergMovers: Companies in the newsInternational Herald TribunePharmaceutical Business Review - Washington Business Journal - KVAL - Seeking Alphaall 33 news articles
Open Season for Drug-Insurance SwindlersWall Street Journal -16 hours agoBy TOM LAURICELLA Holiday season coincides with the open enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug coverage, and regulators are warning that an increasing number of unscrupulous insurance agents also view it as open season for preying on older ...AMA Opposes Cost Shift for Reversal of Medicare Physician Fee CutKaiser network.orgCongress and the White House at Odds Over Fixing the Medicare Pay CutMedPage TodayWashington Times - eMaxHealth.comall 7 news articles
PhysOrg.comEvidence of TB Found in 500000-Year-Old FossilForbes -Dec 7, 2007FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (healthday News) -- The oldest evidence of tuberculosis has been discovered in a 500000-year-old human fossil from Turkey, a finding that contradicts the widely held belief that the disease emerged only several thousand years ago, ...Oldest Human TB Case Found in 500000-Year-Old FossilNational GeographicOld bone supplies new clues about TBHouston ChronicleeFluxMedia - BBC News - Science Daily (press release) - iTWireall 29 news articles
Choose with caution: Drug plans more expensive next yearUrbana/Champaign News-Gazette -5 hours agoBy Debra Pressey It was already hard for Shirley Stewart to make ends meet on her fixed income. Then her Medicare Part D prescription drug plan dealt a surprise blow to her budget this year: big cost-sharing increases for all six of her diabetes ...More seniors may land in Medicare drug gapAshland City TimesSeniors in search of drug guidanceHonolulu Star-BulletinTherapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Honolulu Advertiserall 8 news articles
