Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health health Health News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:10:29 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery ap/20100209/us_med_murtha_surgery AP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age ap/20100208/us_med_autism_mother_s_age AP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647466334-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=K9mVhsielYp1b4gii_JOKw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647466334-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=K9mVhsielYp1b4gii_JOKw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/med_africa_malaria_drugs ap/20100208/med_africa_malaria_drugs AP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:31 GMT AP - High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality &mdash; including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal &mdash; raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills ap/20100207/us_pharmawater_landfills AP health Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.149d66ccc93b43cbbd6409f00ea72f96.pharmawater_landfills_merb104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vvPY8yD8LjYcFkNt5VuhrQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man dumps a bag of trash at the town landfill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Bath, Maine. The Kennebec River can be seen n the background. Discarded drugs have been found in water at this land fill and two others in Mane, confirming suspicions that medications thrown into household trash are ending up in water that drains through waste, according to the state's environmental agency. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.149d66ccc93b43cbbd6409f00ea72f96.pharmawater_landfills_merb104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vvPY8yD8LjYcFkNt5VuhrQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man dumps a bag of trash at the town landfill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Bath, Maine. The Kennebec River can be seen n the background. Discarded drugs have been found in water at this land fill and two others in Mane, confirming suspicions that medications thrown into household trash are ending up in water that drains through waste, according to the state's environmental agency. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk ap/20100208/as_china_tainted_milk AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.b42900bac6c34bae9260201a25e6866d.china_tainted_milk_xaw802.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KWvM13ARfp82JvAda2d0AA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.b42900bac6c34bae9260201a25e6866d.china_tainted_milk_xaw802.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KWvM13ARfp82JvAda2d0AA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu ap/20100205/us_med_swine_flu AP health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:55:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.c128e019742d4202a751a5644a1b9ec7.swine_flu_decline_gfx996.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=omjr9eqjhniVCWEEaekbCw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Graphic shows reported weekly swine flu cases since Sept. 5," border="0" /></a>AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.c128e019742d4202a751a5644a1b9ec7.swine_flu_decline_gfx996.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=omjr9eqjhniVCWEEaekbCw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Graphic shows reported weekly swine flu cases since Sept. 5," border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/gastricbandingmosteffectiveforobeseteens hsn/20100210/gastricbandingmosteffectiveforobeseteens HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:11 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese teens who received gastric banding surgery lost significantly more weight than those who made lifestyle changes such as dieting and exercise, Australian researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_pa_corruption_scandal ap/20100210/us_pa_corruption_scandal AP health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:10:29 GMT AP - The intimate details of the sex life of a former state legislative aide became fodder for the jury in a public corruption trial Tuesday as he explained that his affair with an aide ended prematurely because he struggled to perform sexually. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb92010 hsn/20100210/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb92010 HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:18 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/20100210/hl_hsn/healthtipprotectyourchildatdaycare hsn/20100210/healthtipprotectyourchildatdaycare HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:23 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Children who attend day care are at increased risk of getting sick or acquiring an infection. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/medicarecostsavingmovescanbackfire hsn/20100210/medicarecostsavingmovescanbackfire HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:20 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After Medicare sweetened payments for simple office-based endoscopic procedures, doctors in one New York City practice performed many more in-office bladder biopsies, but the volume of hospital procedures stayed roughly the same, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers hsn/20100210/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:10 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists have discovered there are genetic profiles that play a part in prognosis with non-small cell lung cancers, and those profiles differ depending on the age and gender of the patient. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco nm/20100209/us_cancer_tobacco Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2943550170.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Yr7HM4k1MXpOz6gtYFOZVQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2943550170.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Yr7HM4k1MXpOz6gtYFOZVQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/drinkingmilkwhilepregnantmaylowerkidsmsrisk hsn/20100210/drinkingmilkwhilepregnantmaylowerkidsmsrisk HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:09 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to mothers who drink lots of milk and have a high dietary intake of vitamin D during pregnancy have a much lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/hl_nm/us_aids_focus nm/20100205/us_aids_focus Reuters health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:22 GMT Reuters - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/artificialpancreashelpstype1diabeticsduringsleep hsn/20100206/artificialpancreashelpstype1diabeticsduringsleep HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that young children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes could benefit by using an artificial pancreas device to lower the risk of dangerously low blood sugar levels during sleep and help them control their disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/hl_nm/us_asthma_pregnancy nm/20100202/us_asthma_pregnancy Reuters health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:50:20 GMT Reuters - U.S. researchers have linked mothers' infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_obesity_surgery nm/20100209/us_obesity_surgery Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:45:03 GMT Reuters - Severely obese teens who had surgery to limit what they could eat lost more weight and enjoyed more health benefits than those who did an intensive lifestyle program, researchers said on Tuesday.