Albany Times UnionPakistan Has Eight Suspected Human Cases of Bird Flu (Update4)Bloomberg -20 hours agoBy Jason Gale Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Five members of a family in Pakistan are among eight people who may be the country's first human cases of bird flu, the World Health Organization said.Pakistan Confirms 1st Human Bird-Flu DeathVoice of AmericaBird Flu Flares Further In AsiaAHNThe Associated Press - United Press International - Scientific American - AFPall 648 news articles

  OverTheLimit.infoPost-Katrina cottages get a lukewarm welcomeLos Angeles Times -6 hours agoSHELTER FOR NOW: Stacey Loftin and son CJ share a hug outside their FEMA trailer in her mother’s Bay St. Louis, Miss., frontyard.US to do health tests on Katrina victims' trailersReutersComment by Reilly Morse Equal Justice Works Katrina Legal FellowUSA Today - The Associated Press - Facing South - CQPolitics.comall 103 news articles

  The Money TimesReservoirs Closed After Carcinogen Is FoundNew York Times -9 hours agoKevork Djansezian/AP The Silver Lake Reservoir, northwest of downtown, is one of two to be cleaned in Los Angeles. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two reservoirs that supply drinking water to parts of the city have been shut down and will be ...Los Angeles to Drain Two Reservoirs Due to Cancer RiskFOX NewsLA must dump water from two reservoirsLos Angeles TimesPhiladelphia Inquirer - eFluxMedia - Los Angeles Daily News - KNBC.comall 125 news articles

  ABC NewsNew Test Improves Breast Cancer DetectionABC News -6 hours agoBy AUDREY GRAYSON A new molecular assay test improves the accuracy of finding cancer in the lymph nodes during a sentinel lymph node biopsy, according to results presented by researchers Saturday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.Test may spare many women chemotherapyChicago TribuneTest Spots Women Who Can Skip ChemoWebMDThe Associated Press - AHN - KETV.com - WLNSall 299 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesFDA panel rejects Mevacor for over-the-counter useMarketWatch -Dec 14, 2007By Jennifer Corbett WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A US Food and Drug Administration panel Thursday rejected a bid by Merck & Co.Is this statin ready for a place over the counter?Los Angeles TimesCholesterol drugs likely to still need prescriptionChicago TribuneBloomberg - Kaiser network.org - Bizjournals.com - Motley Foolall 428 news articles

  eFluxMediaPoet, biographer, feminist Diane Middlebrook dies of cancer at 68San Francisco Chronicle -14 hours ago(12-15) 15:42 PST San Francisco -- Diane Middlebrook, the award-winning poet, biographer, teacher, feminist and salonnière, died of cancer Saturday in San Francisco, her family said.Biographer Middlebrook, 68, taught at StanfordSan Jose Mercury NewsStanford professor Diane Middlebrook diesPalo Alto OnlineFood Consumer - The Associated Press - KESQ - eFluxMediaall 121 news articles

  eFluxMediaCommon Children's Vaccine RecalledTIME -Dec 14, 2007(TRENTON, NJ) - The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat.Vaccine Recall Worries Parents, DoctorsHouston ChronicleDocs: Vaccine recall may delay, not halt, kid shotsNew York Daily NewsBoston Globe - eFluxMedia - Deseret News - Logan Herald Journalall 90 news articles

  The Money TimesDean Says Firing Came After Query on FinancesNew York Times -Dec 14, 2007By JONATHAN D. GLATER The dean of the highly ranked medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, was fired this week, and he suggested on Friday that the move came as a result of questions he had raised about the institution’s ...UC San Francisco Medical School Dean Leaves, Says He Was FiredWired NewsEx-FDA commissioner resigns as med school deanUSA TodayBloomberg - San Francisco Chronicle - Bizjournals.com - San Jose Mercury Newsall 55 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesPfizer slips on Chantix, Sutent safety concernsReuters -Dec 14, 2007NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell on Friday after European regulators and US researchers highlighted concerns about the safety of the company's new anti-smoking medicine and recently approved ...Today in Business Warning for DrugNew York TimesEU Panel Wants More Side Effects Warning For Pfizer's ChampixCNNMoney.comeFluxMedia - InjuryBoard.com - International Herald Tribune - CBS 11all 30 news articles

  eFluxMediaBreast Cancer Genes Also Raise Men's Risk for MalignancyForbes -Dec 14, 2007FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Men whose mothers, sisters or daughters test positive for a breast cancer-causing mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes may also have the mutation and be at increased risk for cancer, a new study finds.Under breast cancer radarChicago TribuneBreast Cancer Genes Affect Men, TooWebMDChicago Sun-Times - eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - WLOSall 389 news articles

  Washington PostMental health changes unveiledRoanoke Times -Dec 14, 2007By Michael Sluss RICHMOND -- Nearly eight months after the Virginia Tech shootings exposed weaknesses in the state's overburdened mental health system, Gov.Kaine to give details of budgetRichmond Times DispatchKaine wants $42 million more for care of mentally illThe Virginian-PilotThe Free Lance-Star - The Associated Press - Winston-Salem Journalall 80 news articles

  ABC NewsNJ mandates 4 annual shots for kidsCherry Hill Courier Post -Dec 15, 2007By MICHAEL RISPOLI Despite vocal protests from several statewide parents' organizations, New Jersey became the first state in the country Friday to require annual flu shots for preschoolers.Preschool tots in NJ must get flu shotsPress of Atlantic CityNew Jersey parents fret about flu vaccinesThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comNorthJersey.com - The Associated Press - Philadelphia Inquirer - AHNall 289 news articles

  Gulf TimesBush vetoes kids health insurance billJackson News-Tribune -Dec 13, 2007By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP Writer Thu Dec 13, 6:21 AM ET WASHINGTON - President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to ...PeachCare gets another week of fundingAtlanta Journal ConstitutionStalemate in Congress threatens Ala. ALL Kids coverageal.comNorth Platte Bulletin - WHSV - The Register-Guard - Port Huron Times Heraldall 30 news articles

  San Mateo Daily JournalMany striking Sutter nurses will be out until TuesdaySan Francisco Chronicle -Dec 14, 2007Registered nurses continued their strike Friday at 13 Bay Area hospitals operated by Sutter Health, including Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley and St.Nurses picket at Sutter hospitalSan Jose Mercury NewsSutter says many nurses didn't honor picket linesVallejo Times-HeraldContra Costa Times - The Argus - San Mateo County Times - Fog City Journalall 129 news articles