Health Highlights: Nov. 12, 2004
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The US Food and Drug Administration says it plans to convene a panel of experts in February to discuss the safety of painkillers in the same class as the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx.
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Â· Lancet fast-tracks research sponsored by drug firm Â· Health advisers consider vaccinating older women
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FRIDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Vioxx. Medicare. Obesity.
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Sunday , December 12, 2004 Austrian doctors who have been examining Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko confirm that his debilitating illness and scarring stem from deliberate dioxin poisoning.
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MONDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that diabetes -- not obesity -- puts people at risk of developing critical illness and dying early.
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Feeling much better today. Health is beginning to return. I owe it all to patience, lots of sleeping, drinking fluids, and not trying to be healthy before I actually am. Today I'm going to take a 20 minute easy walk in the sun.  Watching General Petreus testify today. The Dems are very polite. Sorry I still think we should get the hell out of Iraq. I don't think any more Americans should die there.  Elizabeth Dole is speaking now.
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(Washington-AP, December 7, 2004, 9:42 am) The government plans to announce the purchase of more flu vaccine Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five million
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THURSDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are launching a major population-based study to examine the genetic and environmental factors that may cause many diseases, including asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease and reproductive problems, among others.
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HIV drug Viracept has been recalled because "human error" led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----      Contaminated Fish in Many U.S. Lakes and Rivers      Fish that may be contaminated with dioxin, mercury, PCBs and pesticides are swimming in more than one-third of the United States' lakes and nearly one-quarter of its rivers, according to a list of advisories released by the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----       Greek Athletes Who Missed Drug Test Quit Games      The two Greek athletes who missed a drug test on Aug. 12 have withdrawn from the Olympic Games...
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 12 : A new research presented at the American Heart Association&#39;s 58th Annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference showed that young women who consume more than 800 micrograms of folate per day can reduce their risk of
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Nov, 17, 2004 - A third of Americans say that they or a family member have experienced a preventable medical mistake and that many of those mistakes resulted in severe pain, disability, and sometimes death.
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By Sarah Vos, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 16--FRANKFORT -- Under a bill approved by the House Health and Welfare Committee yesterday, middle school girls would be required to be vaccinated for a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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A website goes the extra mile to make sure voters aren & rsquo;t confused this Tuesday.  Also: West Virginia organizes the first public supercomputer & hellip;.  FDA keeps its eye on a new pain relief drug & hellip;. and more.
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The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said yesterday.
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BOSTON -- On Friday&#39;s HealthBeat, Rhonda Mann reported on some good news about teen agers and tobacco use, what gives us gray hair as we age and a possible way to prevent the building up of plaque in arteries.