BBC NewsModest Results From Weight Loss DrugsWebMD -3 hours agoBy Salynn Boyles Nov. 15, 2007 -- Most dieters who take prescription weight loss medications lose only a fraction of the weight they want to lose, and many don't stick with the drugs, a review of the research shows.Trials assess anti-obesity drugsChannel 4 NewsAnti-Obesity Drugs Result In Modest Weight Loss -StudyCNNMoney.comCNN - Guardian Unlimited - The Associated Press - AFPall 110 news articles
eFluxMediaFDA toughens label warning on AvandiaChicago Tribune -17 hours agoWASHINGTON, DC - Avandia, a diabetes drug that could increase the risk of heart attacks in some patients, got a tougher warning label Wednesday, but the government decided against halting sales.US places commonly used diabetes drug in danger zoneHindustan TimesAvandia LabelsWJBF-TVAFP - InjuryBoard.com - ABC News - Medical News Todayall 550 news articles
Canada.comVirulent form of cold virus worries expertsReuters -4 hours agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new and virulent strain of adenovirus, which frequently causes the common cold, killed 10 people in parts of the United States earlier this year and put dozens into hospitals, US health officials said on Thursday ...New Form of Virus Has Caused 10 Deaths in 18 MonthsNew York TimesKiller Cold Virus Appears in USWebMDSeattle Post Intelligencer - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - ShortNews.com - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comall 319 news articles
UC Daily NewsUsing pdas to help smokers quitRadio Iowa -7 hours agoBy Matt Kelley Smokers who aim to quit as part of today's Great American Smokeout will be able to use more high tech methods. Some American Cancer Society chapters are using personal digital assistants, or pdas, that are pre-loaded with smoking ...Great American Smokeout is todayDaily CameraSmokers should finance anti-smoking tabRapid City Journalall 187 news articles
Canada.comBrain development slower in children with ADHD-studyReuters -Nov 13, 2007By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Children and teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have developmental delays of up to three years in some regions of the brain, US researchers said on Monday.Europe's health sector faces ADHD cost spikeReuters UKComment by Dr. Judith L. Rapoport Senior Investigator, National Institutes of HealthMedical News Today - eFluxMedia - My Fox Colorado.com - ABC Newsall 166 news articles
WNBC34-Month Delay in Telling Patients of Risk From Doctor’s Misuse of ...New York Times -1 hour agoBy PAUL VITELLO and SARAH KERSHAW State health officials notified 628 patients this week that they should be tested for two types of hepatitis and HIV infection because they were treated years ago by an anesthesiologist in Nassau County who used ...Patient speaks out after doctor infects him with Hepatitis7Online.comReuse Of Needles Puts Hundreds Of Patients At RiskKWTXInjuryBoard.com - Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - New York Daily News - Newsdayall 38 news articles
Health Care: Next President's Top Job?WebMD -3 hours agoBy Todd Zwillich Nov. 15, 2007 -- Health insurance for everyone should be the top health care priority for the next president, according to recommendations issued Thursday by a group of the nation's top health policy experts.Insurance deadlines – Nov. 20 and Dec. 31Boston GlobeCandidates’ Health Proposals Must Be Bolder, Panel SaysCQPolitics.comBizjournals.com - Reuters - The CEU Eagle Online - Government Health ITall 23 news articles
Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesStudy shows how some AIDS vaccines may harmReuters -6 hours agoBy Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some viruses being used in experimental AIDS vaccines may damage the immune system by exhausting key cells, researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that may further cloud the field ...Merck AIDS Failure Hurts Global HIV Vaccine Research (Update1)BloombergVolunteers to find out who got real AIDS vaccineCTV.caKaiser network.org - Seattle Times - CNNMoney.com - Seattle Post Intelligencerall 83 news articles
Canada.comRepeat Screenings for Soldiers Find More PTSDABC News -Nov 14, 2007Research suggests that many of the soldiers returning home from war may suffer from trauma-induced mental health conditions that are missed in initial screenings.The War's Mental Toll on ReservistsTIMEMental Health Problems of Iraq Veterans May Be DelayedMedPage TodayKaiser network.org - Voice of America - San Jose Mercury News - Military.comall 102 news articles
WBGA-TVReducing Nicotine Addiction Could Help Smokers QuitMedical News Today -Nov 14, 2007A new US study has shown it is possible to reduce smokers' dependence on nicotine by gradually reducing the nicotine content of their cigarettes and thereby making it easier to quit altogether.WA tobacco quit line receives 100000th call for helpSeattle Post IntelligencerComment by Tim McAfee, MD Chief Medical Officer, Free & Clear9NEWS.com - Times Daily (subscription) - Lex 18all 72 news articles
OverTheLimit.infoSTD Rates in Alabama Among Highest in USWKRG-TV -9 hours agoby Alabama Department of Public Health The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released its 2006 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance report showing Alabama among the highest states in the nation for rates of syphilis, ...EP, nation witness record level of chlamydiaEl Paso TimesPublic Health: Dangerous trendsSeattle Post IntelligencerAustin American-Statesman - Reuters - MedPage Today - USA Todayall 567 news articles
MSNBCSeized by Alzheimer’s, Then LoveNew York Times -Nov 14, 2007Institutionalized patients, including those with Alzheimer’s, sometimes find new romance. (Marko Georgiev/The New York Times) Sometimes Alzheimer’s disease means losing a loved one twice.A new page in O'Connors' love storyUSA TodayJustice O'Connor's story puts focus on Alzheimer'sNewsdayABC News - Arizona Republic - The Associated Press - Attleboro Sun Chronicleall 154 news articles
Ottawa CitizenHow the World Thinks About AIDSTIME -8 hours agoTwenty five years into the AIDS epidemic, how much have the public's attitudes toward the disease and toward HIV-positive patients changed?Many people don't think AIDS is fatal: surveyReuters UKChina moves to drop ban on foreigners with HIVCanada.comAHN - Associated Content - AllAfrica.com - Gay Wiredall 124 news articles
