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HEALTH / NEWS Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the h.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Infectious diseases are emerging more quickly around the globe, spreading faster and becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. In its annual World Health Report, the United Nations agency warned there.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 4:15pm neoform

FOX News -- A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, w.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:29pm neoform

BBC News -- Just 28% of poor people with HIV have access to the antiretroviral drugs that could save their lives, a study shows. The report is published by the World Health Organization, UNAids and Unicef. It warned many obstacles remain to meeting the United N.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Jan 20, 2007 @ 9:37am neoform

Independent -- A global campaign to eliminate measles has cut deaths from the disease by 60 per cent in six years - saving more than seven million lives, doctors report today... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Teenagers who smoke are five times more likely to drink and 13 times more likely to use marijuana than those who are not smokers, according to a report issued on Tuesday. The report by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Ab.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

MSNBC -- A federal investigator has found sparse government scrutiny of the safety of drug trials involving millions of people, saying inspectors are few and their findings are rarely followed up, a newspaper reported Friday. A report due to be released Friday.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever before, the World Health Organization annual report says. With about 2.1 billion airline passengers flying each year, there is a high risk of another major epidemic such as Aids, Sars or Ebola fever... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 8:10am neoform

Washington Post -- Authorities' abilities to identify potentially dangerous mentally ill people are crippled across the nation by the same kinds of conflicts in privacy laws that prevented state officials from being able to intervene before Seung Hui Cho went on his rampage.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- A sharp drop in heart attack deaths in more than a dozen countries coincides with global efforts to make sure patients receive proven treatments, doctors report today. A study of 44,372 patients in the USA, Canada, Europe and South America from 1999 to.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 7:51pm neoform

CNN -- Children who suffer a head injury are quite likely to have a similar injury subsequently, researchers report. "We do not really understand the mechanism behind repetitive head injuries in children," Dr. Bonnie R. Swaine, of the University of Montreal,.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Apr 10, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

FOX News -- New study find the majority of weight loss diets do not work and could put dieters at risk for diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, according to a published report. Researchers at the University of California said an analysis of more than 30 studies sh.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 1:11am neoform

USA Today -- By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAYThe Department of Veterans Affairs' 1,400 clinics and hospitals suffer from hundreds of problems, including worn carpet, damaged floor tiles, leaking roofs and cockroach infestations, a department report released Wednesday shows... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 3:30pm mrmdc

CBS News -- An annual report released Tuesday put Minnesota at the top of its health rankings for the fourth straight year, while concluding that the nation's health improved slightly... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Nov 30, 2006 @ 2:20pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Private insurers in the Medicare insurance program were paid 12.4 percent more by the government than the health care provided would have cost under traditional Medicare, a report released on Thursday said... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 12:29pm neoform

Reuters -- Adults with diabetes are more than three times more likely to rate their overall health as fair or poor than are adults without diabetes, according to a report published Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for D.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Nov 11, 2006 @ 10:35am neoform

Forbes -- There's growing evidence of a potential link between military service and developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a new report contends... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:28pm neoform

CNN -- U.S. researchers said Monday that they had identified a genetic mutation that raises the risk of autism and could also explain some of the other symptoms seen in children with autism... Read More