Monday, February 23, 2009

2/23 Yahoo! News: Health News




Scientists May Have New Way to Fight the Flu (HealthDay)
February 22, 2009 at 11:47 pm

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A new scientific discovery could someday lead to medications to fight the flu as well as a vaccine that would not have to be changed every year because it could target a broad range of flu strains.

Mouse study sheds light on obesity gene (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Reuters - German scientists said on Sunday they had shown how a gene long associated with obesity might make people fat, a finding that could lead to new drugs to help control weight.