|
|
| A 'Smart Bomb' for Prostate Cancer? (HealthDay)
April 21, 2009 at 11:48 pm
|
| | HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers were able to shrink prostate cancer cells in mice using a new drug delivery method that combines imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent. |
| U.S. officials track new flu strain (Reuters)
April 21, 2009 at 10:04 pm
|
|  Reuters - A new type of swine flu has infected at least two children in California and while both have recovered, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were looking for more cases.
|
| Swine flu cases in Calif. worry health officials (AP)
April 21, 2009 at 9:06 pm
|
| | AP - Health officials alerted doctors Tuesday to a unique type of swine flu diagnosed in two California children, but it's unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. The children were diagnosed last week. One was a 10-year-old boy in San Diego County, and the other a 9-year-old girl in neighboring Imperial County. Both recovered. |
| U.S. officials track new flu strain (Reuters)
April 21, 2009 at 4:52 pm
|
| | Reuters - A new type of swine flu has infected at least two children in California and while both have recovered, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were looking for more cases. |
| Swine flu cases in Calif. worry health officials (AP)
April 21, 2009 at 3:57 pm
|
| | AP - Health officials alerted doctors Tuesday to a unique type of swine flu diagnosed in two California children, but it's unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. The children were diagnosed last week. One was a 10-year-old boy in San Diego County, and the other a 9-year-old girl in neighboring Imperial County. Both recovered. |
| More people live with paralysis than doctors knew (AP)
April 21, 2009 at 12:21 pm
|
|  AP - Roughly one in 50 Americans has some degree of paralysis, and five times more people than doctors thought are living with a spinal-cord injury — nearly 1.3 million — says a startling study released Tuesday.
|
| Mayo Clinic backs new personal health record site (AP)
April 21, 2009 at 7:38 am
|
| | AP - The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.'s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information. |
| Happiest European children in Netherlands (AFP)
April 21, 2009 at 6:46 am
|
|  AFP - The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday.
|
| Targeted Treatments Show Mettle Against Advanced Cancers (HealthDay)
April 20, 2009 at 11:50 pm
|
| | HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with a variety of advanced cancers who had been faring poorly on less finely tuned therapies did better when they received treatments that were targeted to their tumors' specific characteristics. |
| When unhealthy foods hijack overeaters' brains (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:08 pm
|
|  AP - Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cigarettes can't wander through part of San Francisco without craving a local shop's chocolate-covered pretzels. Stop at one cookie? Rarely.
| | |  |
|
It sounds like every dieter's dream – a pill that can speed up weight loss by half is available over-the-counter from today at a pharmacy near you. But is it the answer to your problems?
Chewing gum reduces snack cravings and may help with weight loss, scientists have revealed.
Those liquid calories are important to watch. Here's how to organise your fluid intake so that what you drink doesn't end up round your waist.
We look at how celebs manage to keep their figures - and how you can, too.
