Sunday, February 15, 2009

2/15 Yahoo! News: Health News




Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too (HealthDay)
February 14, 2009 at 7:02 pm

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- It wasn't all that long ago that any suggestion that a man had a "biological clock" like a woman, and should father children sooner rather than later, would have been given short scientific shrift.

Drug giant pledges cheap medicine for the poor: report (AFP)
February 14, 2009 at 12:22 pm

The head of British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has said in a British newspaper he would cut prices for medication in developing countries and share knowledge of patented treatments.(GLAXOSMITHKLINE)AFP - The head of British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said in a British newspaper Saturday he would cut prices for medication in developing countries and share knowledge of patented treatments.


Men Must Contend With a Biological Clock, Too (HealthDay)
February 14, 2009 at 12:02 pm

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- It wasn't all that long ago that any suggestion that a man had a "biological clock" like a woman, and should father children sooner rather than later, would have been given short scientific shrift.

VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure (AP)
February 13, 2009 at 9:20 pm

AP - Thousands of patients at a Veterans Administration clinic in Tennessee may have been exposed to the infectious body fluids of other patients when they had colonoscopies in recent years, and now VA medical facilities all over the U.S. are reviewing their own procedures.


2/15 Telegraph Health




Children's clothes sizes to be changed to cope with obesity epidemic
February 14, 2009 at 7:23 pm

Children's clothes sizes are to be changed to cope with a generation of bulging waistlines.

Testing breast milk for alcohol could damage babies' health
February 14, 2009 at 7:21 pm

A new product that tests for alcohol in breast milk could damage the health of babies doctors have warned.

Scientists warn of first ever case of human mad cow disease from blood plasma
February 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm

The first case of a person being infected with the human form of mad cow disease after receiving contaminated blood plasma has been identified by scientists.

Why the world loves 'Sailor Sam'
February 14, 2009 at 1:02 pm

By taking a podium place in the gruelling Vendee Globe roundtheworld race Sam Davies is on course to becoming a household name.

New fathers to stay overnight in maternity wards
February 13, 2009 at 7:11 pm

Fathers will be encouraged to stay overnight in hospital maternity wards after the birth of their children.