Friday, February 6, 2009

2/6 Telegraph Health




Jade Goody: admirable dignity and stoicism
February 5, 2009 at 12:10 pm

Jade Goody's behaviour in the face of her very serious illness is to be applauded.

Divorce and antidepressants 'can make you look older'
February 4, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Divorce and antidepressant use have a significant effect on facial ageing adding years to one's appearance a new report claims.


2/6 CNN.com - Health




Critics: Poor oversight led to salmonella outbreak
February 5, 2009 at 9:06 pm

The deadly outbreak of salmonella traced to a Georgia peanut plant was fueled by poor oversight by food safety regulators and a slow response by federal agencies, state health officials and outside experts say.

Cost is barrier to cancer treatment for many
February 5, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Cancer was once assumed to be a death sentence because the disease was often incurable, but a new survey suggests the crisis for many today is paying for available treatments.

Justice Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer
February 5, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman on the Supreme Court, underwent surgery Thursday for early stage pancreatic cancer, the court announced.

How can we make the streets safer for our kids?
February 5, 2009 at 12:54 pm

On February 2, 7-year-old Cameron Dunmore crossed a street to get to his elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia. This scenario takes place thousands of times uneventfully each school day in our country. But this time Cameron did not make it to school. A crossing guard was halting traffic at the time, but the busy intersection did not have a traffic light and one vehicle did not see the boy. Cameron was struck by an SUV and died that same day in the hospital.

Key discovery made in fight against bird flu
February 5, 2009 at 12:50 pm

Two teams of scientists say they have found a key area of the H5N1 bird flu virus which seems to be vital to the virus' ability to copy itself, and hope the discovery could lead to new drugs to fight the virus.

Senator 'outraged' by food-borne illness cases
February 5, 2009 at 12:49 pm

The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee is "outraged" at the growing number of food-borne illnesses nationwide, he said Thursday.

Law enforcement to review Tylenol murders
February 5, 2009 at 11:45 am

The FBI announced Wednesday that it is working with Illinois state and local police to review evidence related to the 1982 Tylenol murders.

Disaster food kits may contain tainted peanut butter
February 5, 2009 at 1:32 am

Food kits recently distributed as part of a disaster relief effort in Kentucky and Arkansas may contain peanut butter contaminated with salmonella linked to a nationwide outbreak, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday.

Study: HRT caused thousands of breast cancers
February 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm

U.S. breast cancer cases have dropped in women aged 50 to 69 in recent years because many women have stopped taking hormone therapy, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.