Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/751 health Health News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:23:54 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/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_swine_flu ap/20090704/lt_swine_flu AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:23:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.b6b999bbce264e349383d3ab236d6259.mexico_swine_flu_summit_mxmt106.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ga6EaLGVKXaYuukWFRPY3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag speaks during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0" /></a>AP - As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.b6b999bbce264e349383d3ab236d6259.mexico_swine_flu_summit_mxmt106.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ga6EaLGVKXaYuukWFRPY3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag speaks during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_research ap/20090702/us_med_swine_flu_research AP health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_research"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.911dc8a160b04620868479cfeba3d71e.argentina_swine_flu_bai108.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=_LBWDcYtKsk_iK_7cbH2gw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="A physician holds samples of patients suspected of being infected with swine flu at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Health authorities have warned that while the swine flu peak has passed in Mexico, the Southern Hemisphere is at risk as it heads deeper into its winter flu season as the nation's swine flu death toll surged to 35. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Pontoriero)" border="0" /></a>AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_research"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.911dc8a160b04620868479cfeba3d71e.argentina_swine_flu_bai108.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=_LBWDcYtKsk_iK_7cbH2gw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="A physician holds samples of patients suspected of being infected with swine flu at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Health authorities have warned that while the swine flu peak has passed in Mexico, the Southern Hemisphere is at risk as it heads deeper into its winter flu season as the nation's swine flu death toll surged to 35. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Pontoriero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change ap/20090703/med_begging_for_change AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b2f018ddc94440518ac82a0d9b8fd7a9.begging_for_change_mepw101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=P4mTvjm288f9DEB63Yb6hQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Carpenter Greg Douglas sits with dozens of medical bills at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The community held a benefit for him and put out collection cans to help with medical expenses after he was injured when his truck rolled on black ice. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)" border="0" /></a>AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b2f018ddc94440518ac82a0d9b8fd7a9.begging_for_change_mepw101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=P4mTvjm288f9DEB63Yb6hQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carpenter Greg Douglas sits with dozens of medical bills at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The community held a benefit for him and put out collection cans to help with medical expenses after he was injured when his truck rolled on black ice. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_he_me/us_med_chelation_study ap/20090702/us_med_chelation_study AP health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:33:09 GMT AP - A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_he_me/us_surgery_tech_hepatitis ap/20090703/us_surgery_tech_hepatitis AP health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:35 GMT AP - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_swine_flu ap/20090702/lt_mexico_swine_flu AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:17 GMT AP - Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/hl_nm/us_bedwetting_apnea nm/20090703/us_bedwetting_apnea Reuters health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:10 GMT Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics afp/20090703/ugandahealthwomenpolitics AFP health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1224071924862-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=jjl621aDSycrjkrv228Tkw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1224071924862-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=jjl621aDSycrjkrv228Tkw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/healthtipcontrollingasthma hsn/20090703/healthtipcontrollingasthma HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:07 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/hl_nm/us_fertility_drug nm/20090703/us_fertility_drug Reuters health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:52 GMT Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090704/hl_hsn/newweaponsinfightagainsttb hsn/20090704/newweaponsinfightagainsttb HealthDay health Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:13 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/anothergeneticlinktotesticularcancerisfound hsn/20090703/anothergeneticlinktotesticularcancerisfound HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:05 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A second gene linked to inherited testicular germ-cell cancer has been identified by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/newdrugcouldworkagainstleukemia hsn/20090703/newdrugcouldworkagainstleukemia HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:01 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new targeted therapy shows promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a highly treatment-resistant blood cancer, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture afp/20090703/safricahealthinjuryculture AFP health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1238015463053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gu_BBocmenmkCWQ.RfPCcw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1238015463053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gu_BBocmenmkCWQ.RfPCcw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights afp/20090701/rwandaaidsrights AFP health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246470628386-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=CCMoS44drjsqz1WpTi5_0w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based rights group, urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.(HRW)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246470628386-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=CCMoS44drjsqz1WpTi5_0w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based rights group, urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.(HRW)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090704/hl_hsn/healthtipunderstandingprediabetes hsn/20090704/healthtipunderstandingprediabetes HealthDay health Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:15 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090627/hl_hsn/manyadultswithasthmaareskippingflushots hsn/20090627/manyadultswithasthmaareskippingflushots HealthDay health Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:41 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with asthma face a higher risk of complications if they catch the flu, yet many skip their annual shots, new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight hsn/20090703/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:53 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say.