Wednesday, February 11, 2009

2/11 CNN.com - Health




Brain scan may reveal risk for Alzheimer's disease
February 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Key structural changes have been identified in the brain images of some patients with mild cognitive impairment which could help determine who's at greatest risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.

2nd peanut plant closed
February 10, 2009 at 3:13 pm

A subsidiary of a company that is under investigation for a deadly salmonella outbreak has suspended operation of its processing facility in Plainview, Texas, while authorities investigate their plant's procedures, the company said Tuesday.

Study: Multivitamins don't cut women's cancer risk
February 10, 2009 at 1:37 pm

Judy LaCour has been taking a multivitamin supplement for the past 30 years: "As often as I can remember, which isn't always, but on and off since I was in my 40s." She buys them in bulk from her local wholesale warehouse.

Author: 'I make HIV real to them'
February 10, 2009 at 10:20 am

Even though African-Americans make up only about 13 percent of the United States' population, they account for almost half of the people who contract HIV and are diagnosed with AIDS.

Comatose woman in euthanasia debate dies
February 10, 2009 at 7:49 am

An Italian woman who had been in a coma for 17 years and whose right-to-die case was being debated in the Italian Senate has died, according to her father.


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