E Canada NowNew hope may lie in lab-created heartCNN International -1 hour agoBy Miriam Falco ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Creating a replacement heart for some of the sickest patients may be one step closer, if new research in rats pans out in humans.Creating Live Organs in Test TubesABC NewsTeam Creates Rat Heart Using Cells of Baby RatsNew York TimesVoice of America - DailyTech - Reuters - Bloombergall 503 news articles
Turkish PressSupreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug CaseWashington Post -1 hour agoBy Robert Barnes The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.US court rejects appeal seeking unapproved drugsReutersUS Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Experimental-Drug AccessBloombergCNNMoney.com - Los Angeles Times - ClinicalTrialsToday - dBTechnoall 218 news articles
eFluxMediaHigher wine prices boost drinking pleasure: studyReuters -52 minutes agoBy Clare Baldwin STANFORD, California (Reuters) - The more wine costs, the more people enjoy it, regardless of how it tastes, a study by California researchers has found.Study: $90 wine tastes better than the same wine at $10CNET News.comRaising prices enhances salesNewsweekBloomberg - BBC News - eFluxMedia - dBTechnoall 208 news articles
SFistDrug-resistant staph passed in gay sex -US studyReuters -1 hour agoBy Amanda Beck SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of US hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.Multi-Drug-Resistant MRSA Hitting Gay MenMedPage TodaySan Francisco's gay community hit by new form of staph infectionSan Francisco ChronicleCTV.ca - SFist - Metroall 16 news articles
dBTechnoIndonesian woman dies of bird flu - health officialReuters -14 hours agoJAKARTA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A Indonesian woman from an area just west of the capital Jakarta has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 95, a health ministry official said on Monday.Indonesian Woman Dies of Bird FluVoice of AmericaIndonesian Woman Dies Of Bird Flu, Total Is 95Medical News TodayCIDRAP - Food Consumer - eFluxMedia - dBTechnoall 45 news articles
Minor leg injuries can cause blood clots -studyReuters -2 hours agoCHICAGO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Ankle sprains, muscle pulls and other minor leg injuries may be a major but unrecognized cause of blood clots in the veins, researchers said on Monday.Minor Leg Injuries Also Pose Clot RiskMedPage TodayCommon Minor Leg Injuries Linked To Higher Blood Clot RiskMedical News TodayArchives of Internal Medicine - Science Daily (press release) - Medscape (subscription)all 17 news articles
France backs Merck's Gardasil over Glaxo rivalReuters -9 hours agoPARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - French health authorities on Monday backed the use of Merck & Co's (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil over GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK.France Backs Sanofi's HPV Vaccine Gardasil Over Glaxo'sCNNMoney.comHealth officials say parents should consider GardasilVermont Public RadioWCBD-TV - FDA news (subscription) - JMU The Breezeall 9 news articles
WTMJ-TVUS Food Safety: A Grocery List of Tainted ProductsU.S. News &World Report -10 hours agoBy Amanda Gardner MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- In a little less than a year and a half, the list of tainted foods has become as varied as it is long.Meat company recalls beef after 5 illnesses reported in WisconsinChicago TribuneRochester Meat Co. recalls beef over E. coli concernsPost-BulletindBTechno - United Press International - KTTC - KESQall 181 news articles
The Money TimesDrug Approved. Is Disease Real?New York Times -19 hours agoBy ALEX BERENSON Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors.Lyrica Approval to Treat Fibromyalgia Pain Questioned By ManyNewsinferno.comIs Fibromyalgia a Real Disease?eFluxMediaInjuryBoard.com - MediaPost Publications - United Press International - BloggingStocksall 21 news articles
Susan G. Komen Foundation EventsABC Macon.tv -5 hours agoBy Jami G. Most everyone knows about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. What you may not know is how many volunteers and advocates it takes to conquer an enemy as deadly as breast cancer.A New List for a New YearNewsweekNJ 211 and Komen Affiliate Renew Partnership that Makes Mammograms ...PR Web (press release)Earthtimes - PR Newswire (press release)all 21 news articles
China Internet Information Center|2007 Congress: Stem Cell Research FundingCQPolitics.com -2 hours agoBy Alex Wayne, CQ Staff Synopsis: For the second time in two years, Congress cleared legislation to lift restrictions on embryonic stem cell research imposed by the president.Unclear if New Stem Cells Eligible for Federal FundingMIT Technology ReviewComment by Rev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk Staff Ethicist, National Catholic Bioethics CenterNews-Leader.com - Lifesite - Business Wire (press release) - Worcester Telegramall 25 news articles
State fails to keep kids from tobacco, report saysAnnapolis Capital -5 hours agoBy SHANTEE WOODARDS, Staff Writer Maryland needs to triple its funding for tobacco-prevention efforts and find more ways to restrict youth access to cigarettes, according to a new report card from the American Lung Association.Alaska's tobacco laws get mostly top gradesAnchorage Daily News (subscription)State tobacco laws get mixed gradeKTUUOrlando Sentinel - Online Athens (subscription) - NewsNet5.com - Washington Business Journalall 15 news articles
HealthJockey.comSugar-Free Chewing Gum May Cause Gastrointestinal ProblemsToTheCenter.com -Jan 13, 2008A German study shows that consuming too much sorbitol, a sweetener used in some “sugar-free” chewing gums, can be the cause of serious gastrointestinal problems.Sugar substitute linked to health issuesUnited Press InternationalChewing too much gum linked to excessive weight lossNews-Medical.netFox 28 - AFP - Xinhua - Times of Indiaall 36 news articles
Judge's Hats-Off Order Angers Cancer PatientFOXNews -6 hours agoA Seattle-area judge was unapologetic Monday after he ordered a woman who had lost her hair while undergoing cancer treatment to remove her knitted hat or leave his courtroom.Cancer Patient Thrown Out Of Court Room For Wearing A HatAHNJudge demands cancer patient remove hatUnited Press InternationalSeattle Timesall 6 news articles
