dBTechnoNew advice for treating childhood pneumonia urgedReuters -23 hours agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Treating severe pneumonia in children at home with oral antibiotics works just as well as treating them with intravenous drugs at a hospital as advised by the World Health Organization, scientists said on ...BU study touts home treatment for pneumoniaBoston GlobeTreating Childhood Pneumonia at Home Could Save Lives in ...Washington PostFinancial Times - eFluxMedia - dBTechno - MedPage Todayall 169 news articles

  NBC5.comLast in ring of rogue cops sentenced to prisonChicago Tribune -4 hours agoBy Jeff Coen | Tribune staff reporter 1:11 PM CST, January 4, 2008 The last officer in a ring of rogue cops that shook down drug dealers in the Englewood neighborhood was sentenced today to 9 ½ years in prison.Robbing dealers of cash, drugs gets cop 25 yearsChicago Sun-TimesJudge gives break to rogue officer who turned federal witnessBelleville News DemocratPeoria Journal Star - WQAD - New York Times - AHNall 212 news articles

  The Money TimesTuberculosis exposure feared on India-to-US flightReuters -41 minutes agoWASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - US health officials are trying to track down 44 people who sat near a woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis aboard an airliner from India to determine whether they have been infected, authorities said on ...Hunt on for those sitting near American Airlines TB travelerHouston ChronicleNational Briefing | Health and Science Passengers Flew With ...New York TimesKJCT8.com - The Age - Gridskipper - Denver Postall 53 news articles

  Canada.comIs Your Doctor Prescribing Placebos?TIME -6 hours agoOne of the most intriguing processes in medicine is the placebo effect: the healing power of a sham therapy, when it's offered to patients with the suggestion that it will help.Placebo use common, doctors say in US surveyReutersMany Physicians Prescribe Placebos to Patients, Study FindsKaiser network.orgMedical News Today - WebMD - MedPage Today - U.S. News &World Reportall 111 news articles

  dBTechnoFDA Reviews New Amgen, J&J DataWall Street Journal -18 hours agoBy JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said it is reviewing additional information submitted by Amgen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson involving risks associated with the antianemia drugs Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit and ...FDA reviewing risks of anemia drugsBusinessWeekFDA says more action possible on J&J, Amgen drugsReutersTheStreet.com - Kaiser network.org - U.S. News &World Report - Houston Chronicleall 108 news articles

  InjuryBoard.comUS Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid RollsNew York Times -20 hours agoBy ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is imposing restrictions on the ability of states to expand eligibility for Medicaid, in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes who, the administration argues, ...Beshear pledge on insurance hits major snagKentucky.com20000 Kansas poor children are without health insurance.Lawrence Journal WorldUnited Press International - Kaiser network.org - InjuryBoard.com - Charlotte Observerall 47 news articles

  The Money TimesWhy Hospitals Are Dangerous Places for Heart AttacksABC News -Jan 3, 2008In about a third of cardiac arrest cases in hospitals, staffs do not respond quickly enough, which increases the risk of brain damage and death.Hospitals Slow in Heart Cases, Research FindsNew York TimesHospitals delay response to cardiac arrestUSA TodayForbes - Reuters - Wall Street Journal - Bloombergall 355 news articles

  Protein Nasal Spray Revives Sleep-Deprived MonkeysWashington Post -1 hour agoFRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The naturally occurring brain protein called orexin-A may be key to undoing the negative mental effects of staying up all night, at least in monkeys.Study Spotlights a Natural Infection FighterU.S. News &World ReportBody uses peroxide to keep cells healthyWinston-Salem JournalUnited Press International - Science Daily (press release) - Greensboro News Recordall 30 news articles

  PhysOrg.comCancer vaccine a painful cureNorthwest Herald -16 hours agoATLANTA (AP) - The groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say.Girls reporting pain after GardasilABC7Chicago.comOuch! Cervical Cancer Shots PainfulThe Associated PressWLBT-TV - Sunday Times.auall 275 news articles

  Enews 2.0Putting smoking in cars to the testLos Angeles Times -15 hours agoBy Mary Engel, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Smoking a cigarette in a car makes the air inside 10 to 30 times more toxic than the air outdoors on one of Southern California's most polluted days.Law prohibits smoking in car with kidsabc7.comA look at the smoking ban in vehicles where minors are presentKSBYTahoe Daily Tribune - Mount Shasta Heraldall 8 news articles

  TopNewsColon cancer runs in early US familyLos Angeles Times -4 hours agoResearchers have traced a significant number of cases to either George Frye or his wife, who arrived in the 1630s with a gene mutation that raises the risk of the disease 17-fold.Did The Pilgrims Carry Colon Cancer?CBS NewsColon cancer risk traced to common ancestorReutersTimes Online - Medical News Today - Telegraph.co.uk - Deseret Newsall 59 news articles

  WGRZ-TVVirus Kills Crows Across the StateWXXA -1 hour agoWard Stone, a pathologist with the DEC, has been researching crows for years. Over the past couple of months, he's noticed something new...A virus that is killing the birds across the state by the thousands. "It attacks the lining of their intestine ...New York crow die-off linked to avian virusNewsdayHundreds of crows die from viral infectionAlbany Times UnionNew York Times - Newswatch 50 - Daily Green - WETM-TVall 22 news articles

  OverTheLimit.infoDrugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study FindsNew York Times -20 hours agoBy BENEDICT CAREY The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so, researchers report.J&J drugs don't work in treating aggression: studyReutersAntipsychotic Drugs Don't Cut Aggression in Mentally DisabledBloombergBBC News - eFluxMedia - Sydney Morning Herald - dBTechnoall 36 news articles

  Enews 2.0Living With ArthritisNewsweek -6 hours agoBy Ida Weibel | Newsweek Web Exclusive "You walk like a duck," my husband said as we walked across the Target parking lot.Arthritis a Looming US BurdenMedPage TodayAbout 21% of US Adults Have ArthritisWebMDEurekAlert (press release) - Austin American-Statesmanall 15 news articles