Reuters -
Posted by SA March 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older
patients with colon cancer are less likely to
receive chemotherapy after surgery than younger
people but have fewer serious side-effects when they
do get the treatment, US researchers said...
San
Francisco Chronicle -
Victoria Colliver -
March
17, 2010
The amount California workers
contributed to their employer-backed health coverage
increased 83 percent between 2000 and 2008 while
their income stayed the same, according to a report
released today.
The News Journal -
Charles C. Haynes -
March
17, 2010
Of course they should be exposed to legitimate
scientific questions and debates in science
classes. But are these bills really about academic
freedom - or ...
CNNMoney.com -
March
17, 2010
Stocks gained Wednesday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500
building on 18-month highs hit in the previous
session, as investors continued to welcome the
Federal Reserve's decision to ...
Seattle Times -
March
17, 2010
President Obama will tomorrow be interviewed by the
Fox News Channel, which has been the target of
criticism by his administration. By The Associated
Press and Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — President
Obama will be interviewed Wednesday by the Fox News
...
Wired News -
Alexis Madrigal -
March
17, 2010
The best thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
yet captured have revealed surprising weather and
temperature variation within the solar system's most
famous storm.
CBS News -
March 16, 2010
Dr. Jennifer Ashton Discusses
Most Common Cancer, Risk Factors, When to Go to the
Doctor Dr. Jennifer Ashton discussed a study that
found that non-melanoma skin cancer is increasing at
an alarming rate.
Los Angeles
Times -
Thomas H. Maugh II -
March 16, 2010
For the first time,
researchers have shown that erectile dysfunction is
a strong predictor of the likelihood that men will
die of heart disease.
The Associated Press -
March
16, 2010
HILTON HEAD, SC - A 38-year-old jogger from Georgia
is dead after a single-engine plane making an
emergency landing hit him as he ran on a South
Carolina beach listening to his iPod.
CNN -
Marnie Hunter -
March
16, 2010
(CNN) -- The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship is
returning to port a day early and delaying its next
sailing to address an outbreak of gastrointestinal
illness that sickened 350 passengers
AFP -
March 16, 2010
BEIJING -
The family of He Pingping, the world's shortest man,
said Tuesday they were shocked by his unexpected
death in Italy, saying he had shown no previous
signs of bad health.
AFP -
March
15, 2010
ATLANTA, Georgia - An
experimental blood thinner developed by Merck and
Portola Pharmaceuticals was found to be safe and
effective in a mid-stage study presented Monday,
with a lower incidence of serious bleeding than
current drugs.
The Daily Voice -
March 15, 2010obert
President Obama has received some heat for
admonishing the Supreme Court on one of their
rulings during his State of the Union address. I
thought he went out of bounds in his criticism, but
his actions pale in comparison to this. ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram -
Devlin Barrett -
March 15, 2010
AP WASHINGTON -- On the day of the Pentagon
shooting, March 4, the governor of Tennessee signed
legislation revising state law on confiscated guns.
Huffington Post (blog) -
March
15, 2010
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz Monday describes
Fox News a "a network divided" over its most recent
star, Glenn Beck. Kurtz reports there is a "deep
split within Fox" over Beck: one one side, led by
network chief Roger Ailes, are those supportive
...
The
Associated Press -
Marilynn Marchione -
March
14, 2010
ATLANTA - Many Americans with
leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them
fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed
that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was
safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors
reported Sunday.
New
York Times -
Donald G. McNeil Jr -
Mar 12, 2010
About 12000 Americans died
from swine flu between its emergence last April
until mid-February, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention estimated on Friday.
Discovery News -
Ray Villard -
Posted by SA March 14, 2010
A string of bullet-shaped streaks of light appear to
be shooting straight toward the sun. These are the
proverbial snowballs in Hell, plunging 300 miles per
second toward a fiery end in the sun's atmosphere
...
Voice of America -
March
14, 2010
Photo: AP
A top White House official says Israel's plan to
build more homes in disputed East Jerusalem appears
to be a calculated effort to undermine the Middle
East peace process.
Reuters -
John Poirier, Sinead
Carew - March
14, 2010
An
Afghan man uses the Internet at the Lincoln US
support library in Herat December 13, 2009.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US regulators will
announce a major Internet policy this week to
revolutionize how Americans communicate and
play, proposing a dramatic ...
WebMD - March 13, 2010
Read 24 delicious ways to fight
heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, and diabetes.
BusinessWeek -
Mark Lee -
March
13, 2010
By Chia-Peck Wong March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Google
Inc. has drawn up detailed plans to shut its search
engine in China and is “99.9 percent” certain of
going ahead with the closure, the Financial Times
reported today, citing a person it didn't name.
Press TV -
March
13, 2010
Israeli troops have attacked protesting Palestinian
women and youth in the occupied West Bank, injuring
six of the demonstrators, say reports. The attack
wounded four women and two youths among the crowd of
roughly-200-strong Palestinians who had ...
Reuters -
Adam Entous, Peter Cooney -
March
13, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's political standing is
"perilous" because of divisions within his coalition
over efforts to pursue peace with the Palestinians,
a senior US official said on Friday. ...
ABC News -
March
13, 2010
By AP AP President Barack
Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling
together a final version of a health care overhaul
bill and pushing for House votes as early as this
coming week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments
from the Congressional ...
Los Angeles
Times (blog) -
Posted
March 12, 2010
Dreading this Sunday's change
to daylight saving time, when we'll all lose an hour
of sleep? Fatigue isn't the only thing you've got to
worry about, according to scientists who have
studied multiple aspects of the annual “spring
forward” from 2 am to 3 ...
ABC News -
Lara Salahi -
March 12, 2010
Many who opt for angiograms,
tests designed to detect the presence of heart
disease, may be receiving the test unnecessarily,
according to researchers.
Thaindian.com -
Madhuri Dey -
March 12,
2010
Columbia, South Carolina, The
death of a noted former legislator, someone who was
considered as something of a trailblazer in her
field, has left the United States political scenario
shell shocked. ...
SeniorArk adds: Seniors, during cold snaps check
on your neighbor.
CNNMoney.com -
Blake Ellis -
March 12, 2010
Retail sales rose in February, the government said
Friday, surprising economists who expected a
decline. The Commerce Department said total retail
sales edged up 0.3% ...
msnbc.com -
March 12, 2010
EAST NORTHPORT, New York - A 91-year-old pharmacy
cashier was punched in the chest as she tried to
stop a robber, then calmly went back to work,
refusing medical attention.
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone -
Posted by SA March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON - Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth's
oceans, particularly off the United States' Pacific
Northwest coast, could be another sign of
fundamental changes linked to global climate change,
scientists say.
New York Times -
Sewell Chan -
March 11. 2010
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Banking
Committee, hoping to break a months-long logjam on
the biggest overhaul of financial regulations since
the Depression, will unveil his own proposal on
Monday, without yet having a single ...
New York Times -
Posted by SA March 11, 2010
In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the
Obama administration has been trying to keep
defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will
take a new approach: paying some of them to
leave.
USA Today -
March
11, 2010
The New York Post is reporting that Tiger Woods
will return in two weeks and play in the Arnold
Palmer Invitational starting March 25.
Men have shorter life spans
than women on average, but when it comes to sexual
life expectancy, the guys have the advantage. At age
55, men have an average of 15 years of sexual
activity ahead of them, while women average just 10,
according to a new ...
WebMD -
Daniel J. DeNoon -
March
10, 2010
March 9, 2010 - A virus that
destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells
unharmed works against prostate cancer, a human
study shows.
BusinessWeek -
Charlotte Porter -
March 10, 2010
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The 2010 Atlantic hurricane
season will be more active than last year's and
poses an “above- normal” threat to the US Gulf and
East coasts, AccuWeather Inc. forecasters said
today.
Reuters -
Rachelle Younglai, Padraic
Cassidy - March 10,
2010
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - A top Republican in
US Senate talks on financial regulation reform said
on Wednesday there are no special exemptions for
particular institutions in a proposed new government
financial watchdog agency.
Gaylord
Herald Times -
March 9, 2010
Dr. Heidi V. Huck, MD,
gastroenterologist at Great Lakes Digestive Health
Associates in Petoskey uses a diagram of the human
intestines to discuss questions about colorectal
cancer.
Reuters -
Anne Harding -
Posted
by SA March 9, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
New research suggests that the type of specialist a
prostate cancer patient sees -- rather than the
patient's own preference -- may determine the
treatment he receives.
MSNBC - March
9, 2010
Analysis: As Congress inches toward a new set of rules
to avert another global financial collapse, the score,
so far, looks like: Bankers 1, Consumers 0.
Full story
The Press Association -
March
9, 2010
Toyota owners in the United States have filed dozens
of group lawsuits claiming that massive safety
recalls have hammered the value of their cars in an
action which could cost the company more than £2
billion. The estimate does not include potential
...
Wall Street Journal -
Kristen McNamara -
March 9, 2010
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The number of wealthy US
households rose last year, rebounding from a sharp
decline in 2008; and these investors, concerned
about protecting their money, are taking a more
hands-on and
New York Times - March 9,
2010
WASHINGTON - Seeking to exploit the Internet's
potential for prying open closed societies, the
Obama administration will permit technology
companies to export online services like instant
messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, ...
Trading Markets (press release) -
March 8, 2010
Sarah Palin admitted over the weekend that she used
to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer
system, the Huffington Post reported Monday. ...
dBTechno -
March
8, 2010
When it comes to reducing risk
of infection a new study finds that vitamin D is a
must. Vitamin D has many attributes and is a vital
component to a healthy being, and has been proven to
be beneficial for bone strength, and now immunity.
CBS News -
Sharyl Attkisson -
Posted by SA -
March 8,
2010
Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, speaks with
various state insurance commissioners and insurance
industry executives in the Roosevelt Room of the
White House in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Entertainment Weekly -
John Young -
March 8, 2010
Image Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Winning an
Oscar has to be a flabbergasting experience. As the
heavy lights beam down and a worldwide television
audience awaits your every word, it must be near
impossible to succinctly say what ...
New York Times - Posted by
SA - March 8, 2010
The thing I love most about America is that there's
always somebody who doesn't get the word - somebody
who doesn't understand that in a Great Recession
you're supposed to hunker down, downsize and just
hold on for dear life.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune -
March 8, 2010
When Gov. Charlie Crist announced Florida's $1.75
billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a
major landowner, United States Sugar, he declared
that the deal would be remembered as a public
acquisition “as monumental as the creation of the
...
FOXBusiness - March 8,
2010
WASHINGTON--Congress should allow the Bush
Administration tax cuts to expire because extending
them would not be the “best outcome for the US
economy,” according to a survey of economists by the
National Association ...
The Free
Lance-Star -
March 7,
2010
Other studies suggest benefits
for preventing lung cancer and stomach cancer.
Cabbage eaters had a 50 percent lower risk of colon
cancer in an Indian study.
Christian Science Monitor -
Kristen Chick -
March 7, 2010
Pakistani officials said Saturday that Maulvi Faqir
Mohamed, a top Pakistan Taliban leader, was likely
killed in an airstrike Friday in northwestern
Pakistan along with other Taliban leaders.
Forbes -
Patrick Quinn, Maamoun
Youssef - March
7, 2010
CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's American-born (Adam Pearlman)
spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the
US armed forces to emulate the Army major charged
with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.
Washington
Post -
March 7, 2010
Remember how Republican Scott
P. Brown's victory in January's Senate race in
Massachusetts was supposed to represent a mortal
blow to health-care reform?
TopNews
United States -
Jason Ramsey
March 6,
2010
Breast cancer can be cured by
"freezing technique", according to a new study. Two
freezing techniques were tested on mice by the
researchers.
Los Angeles Times -
Ken Bensinger, Ralph
Vartabedian - 03-06-10
Some of the more than 60 drivers reporting incidents
say sudden unintended acceleration has happened to
them more than once since having modifications done
at dealers.
BusinessWeek - March 6,
2010
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. plans to
reinstate 661 dealers and may enter arbitration with
as many as 400 outlets as the biggest US automaker
attempts to stem declines in domestic market share.
CBS News -
Brian Montopoli -
March 6, 2010
Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick
Cheney and co-founder of the advocacy group Keep
America Safe, is being criticized on the right for
going too far in an ad deeming Justice Department
lawyers who represented Guantanamo Bay detainees
...
Earlier Health Articles with Lead
DrugWatch.com -
March
5, 2010
Results from a recent study
revealed that an experimental drug may increase the
life expectancy of certain patients with prostate
cancer by 30 percent. The study, led by Dr. Oliver
Sartor of the Tulane Cancer Center in New Orleans,
examined the ...
Avvo -
March
4, 2010
In a lawsuit filed in a San
Francisco court on Tuesday, an environmental group
alleged that 10 types of fish oil and shark oil
supplements contain a toxic substance that may cause
cancer.
HemOncToday -
March 4, 2010
The PCA3 urine test accurately
predicted whether a prostate biopsy would detect
cancer in a prospective subanalysis of patients in
the Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer
Events — or REDUCE — trial. Jack Groskopf, PhD,
director of research and ...
WebMD -
Charlene Laino -
March
4, 2010
March 3, 2010 -- A new
drug shows promise for extending the lives of
men with advanced prostate cancer who have run
out of treatment options.
WebMD -
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