Health Highlights: Nov. 7, 2004
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While it says that it has received reports of 20 people dying while taking Pfizer Inc.s painkiller Celebrex, Canada&#39;s health regulatory body says it can&#39;t conclude that there&#39;s a cause-and-effect link.
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MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of childrens lives could be saved by a coordinated global effort to improve nutrition and provide clean water, better sanitation and cleaner household fuels in underdeveloped countries, a new study finds.
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The little purple pill may leave some people at a greater risk of pneumonia. And, it&#39;s not just the little purple pill. These new findings apply to a number of widely used heart burn and ulcer drugs.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While there's more recognition of the obesity epidemic plaguing American children and many new programs to fight it, the effectiveness of these efforts is not clear, a new federal report warns.
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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      Greek Athletes Who Missed Drug Test Quit Games      The two Greek athletes who missed a drug test on Aug. 12 have withdrawn from the Olympic Games...
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans aren't getting vaccinated for the flu, including those most at risk -- seniors, children and health-care workers -- U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.
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Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history - generations of it - to help identify breast, heart and other problems early enough to prevent them.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. used to get a lot of colds when his children were little and, later, when his grandchildren came to visit; catching a cold is almost inevitable with little germ factories running around the house.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Federal health officials estimate that 94.9 million U.S. adults and children are at high risk for influenza and should be vaccinated.
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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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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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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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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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(CBS 5 NEWS) - New information was released that once again calls into question the health risks of birth control pills. This past October, two major studies concluded that oral contraceptives lower the risk
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NEW YORK, December 24  - The Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it planned to examine the various studies that link the usage of several painkillers with heightened cardiovascular risks, while recommending that
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Elson So, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues report their findings in the Nov. 9 issue of the journal Neurology.
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WASHINGTON - Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history - generations of it â-o help identify breast, heart and other problems early enough to prevent them.