Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/751 health Health News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/751 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_vaccine ap/20091125/us_med_swine_flu_vaccine AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:32:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_vaccine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3357347234.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9pAtGoNBba4sP3RAw63SVQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>AP - There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_vaccine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3357347234.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9pAtGoNBba4sP3RAw63SVQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/as_china_aids ap/20091125/as_china_aids AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:32 GMT AP - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery ap/20091125/eu_belgium_coma_recovery AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:29:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel ap/20091125/us_med_swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:52:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.ee2f99d4e60e428daa1aaee8cf0afac0.swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel_maea106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YiGWLne5ZWcUezAUbnpKdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A traveler wheels luggage past one of many hand sanitizer dispensers hung on walls at Logan International Airport in Boston Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Thanksgiving is typically followed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /></a>AP - Let us give thanks &mdash; and pass the Purell.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.ee2f99d4e60e428daa1aaee8cf0afac0.swine_flu_thanksgiving_travel_maea106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YiGWLne5ZWcUezAUbnpKdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A traveler wheels luggage past one of many hand sanitizer dispensers hung on walls at Logan International Airport in Boston Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Thanksgiving is typically followed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_conjoined_twins ap/20091125/as_australia_conjoined_twins AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:08:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_conjoined_twins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259024278162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=ABjwkfWpdnBMbnYw6KOYgg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="These photos taken in August show the Bangladeshi set of twins Trishna (L) and Krishna. Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna are out of intensive care and seeing each other for the first time as they make an "amazing" recovery from surgery to separate their conjoined heads, doctors said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/Royal Childrens Hospital)" border="0" /></a>AP - Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favorite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_conjoined_twins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259024278162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=ABjwkfWpdnBMbnYw6KOYgg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="These photos taken in August show the Bangladeshi set of twins Trishna (L) and Krishna. Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna are out of intensive care and seeing each other for the first time as they make an "amazing" recovery from surgery to separate their conjoined heads, doctors said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/Royal Childrens Hospital)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report ap/20091124/eu_med_hiv_report AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:14:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3107008482.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=WopIc6BzspBF_UGGYPfuyQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS &mdash; about 33 million &mdash; has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3107008482.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=WopIc6BzspBF_UGGYPfuyQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/appalachiasoutheasthithardestbyobesityanddiabetes hsn/20091123/appalachiasoutheasthithardestbyobesityanddiabetes HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:38:54 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sex_trafficking ap/20091126/us_sex_trafficking AP health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:21:45 GMT AP - A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in Brooklyn, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatenov252009 hsn/20091126/clinicaltrialsupdatenov252009 HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:17 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma hsn/20091126/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:14 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A mother's depression can worsen her child's asthma, U.S. researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/ervisitsforelderlyriseduringthanksgiving hsn/20091126/ervisitsforelderlyriseduringthanksgiving HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:24 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Thanksgiving is a time of eating turkey, gathering with family -- and sometimes taking your elderly loved one to the emergency room. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise hsn/20091126/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:16 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo hsn/20091126/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:13 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Neurological side effects are among the potential problems faced by long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/childbirthmayslowprogressionofmultiplesclerosis hsn/20091125/childbirthmayslowprogressionofmultiplesclerosis HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:35 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Having children may slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality nm/20091124/us_zimbabwe_mortality Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/onestepclosertonewdiabetestreatment hsn/20091126/onestepclosertonewdiabetestreatment HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:21 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Mitochondrial damage causes people with type 2 diabetes to lose insulin-producing cells, a finding that could lead to new treatments, U.S. researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada afp/20091124/healthfluvaccinecanada AFP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:41:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/hl_nm/us_obesity_adolescence nm/20091120/us_obesity_adolescence Reuters health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:23 GMT Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.