AP – The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world’s dominant strain of influenza, and it’s putting a shockingly younger face on flu.
AP – When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?
AP – Doctors don’t know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.
AP – Ay, ay, ay, ay! Guadalajara finally boasts the world’s biggest mariachi band.
AP – The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world’s dominant strain of influenza, and it’s putting a shockingly younger face on flu.
AP – When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?
AP – Doctors don’t know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.
AP – Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say.
AP – An experimental drug reduces the stroke risk in patients with irregular heartbeats by more than three times, compared with the popular drug warfarin but possibly at a cost, according to new research released Sunday.
AP – A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared with the standard treatment, new research says.
Reuters – People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.
Reuters – A sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer is also to blame for half of all cases of cancer of the penis, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday.
Reuters – German drug maker Bayer said on Sunday it had completed enrolling patients into a final-stage clinical study, which will test its drug Xarelto against the established but difficult-to-use treatment warfarin in preventing strokes.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — For various reasons, your doctor may
recommend bed rest during pregnancy.
AP – A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to fading chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country’s “finances sicker without saving you money.”
AP – They say they beat it.
AP – Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man’s valuables returned to the home later and snatched what he couldn’t carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV.
AP – Authorities say they’ve taken more than 400 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks and even four endangered turtles, from a filthy central Florida home.
