AP - One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine because the technicians were men.
AP - Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug"could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.
AP - The White House severely edited congressional testimony given Tuesday by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the impact of climate change on health, removing specific scientific references to potential health risks, according to two sources familiar with the documents.
AP - The government stands to waste $100 million a year if two federal agencies cannot agree to coordinate the use of a vaccine for the deadly anthrax bacterial disease.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at riskfor obesity show early signs of heart disease -- similar to that seen inobese adults, U.S. researchers say.
Reuters - The Dutch town of Breda has decided to rename a new street that was to have been called St. Fiacrius court after people started calling it Viagra court.
Reuters - The government launched a new Web database on Wednesday that will give the public easy-to-access, centralized information on recalls of food and children's products.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The quality of care received byvulnerable elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients is barely acceptable, ateam of U.S. researchers report.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct 23 (HealthDay News) -- Although it can cost morethan $1 million to give a lung cancer patient an added year of life,overall survival from the disease hasn't increased significantly, a newstudy finds.
