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| Moderate exercise healthy for heart-failure patients
April 10, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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| Moderate exercise can help patients with failing hearts feel better -- and it's safe, according to the largest-ever study of exercise in people with chronic heart failure. |
| "Brown fat" discovery may help against obesity
April 10, 2009 at 1:37 pm
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| What if you had a special kind of fat in your body that burned calories instead of storing them -- and it could be activated simply by spending time in the cold? |
| Commentary: Getting healthy on the job
April 10, 2009 at 7:09 am
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| At the World Economic Forum earlier this year, a group of corporate executives engaged in a thought-provoking discussion on a variety of health care topics, including workplace wellness programs. |
| FDA: 'Unapproved' morphine to stay on market
April 10, 2009 at 3:21 am
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| A form of liquid morphine used by terminally ill patients will remain on the market even though it is an "unapproved drug," according to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration. | | | 
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| Extra Pounds in Mid-Life Affect Later Mobility (HealthDay)
April 9, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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| | HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who were overweight or obese earlier in life are at increased risk for physical disabilities, even if they've shed the excess weight they had when they were younger, says a new U.S. study. |
| Clinical Trials Update: April 9, 2009 (HealthDay)
April 9, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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| | HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: |
| FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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|  AP - A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration had announced last week that it was ordering manufacturers to stop making 14 medications including the liquid morphine. All were developed so long ago they had never received FDA approval.
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| AP Newsbreak: FDA switch OKs hospice painkiller (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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| | AP - A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests about their decision to remove it. |
| Facing hard times, Shriners may close 6 hospitals (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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|  AP - Shriners Hospitals for Children, which has provided free care since before the Great Depression, is considering closing a quarter of its facilities as donations stagnate, costs increase and the charity's endowment shrivels.
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| Extra Pounds in Mid-Life Affect Later Mobility (HealthDay)
April 9, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who were overweight or obese earlier in life are at increased risk for physical disabilities, even if they've shed the excess weight they had when they were younger, says a new U.S. study. |
| Clinical Trials Update: April 9, 2009 (HealthDay)
April 9, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: |
| Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| | AP - An extensive investigation has failed to determine how E. coli bacteria was introduced into a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant linked to hundreds of illnesses and one death, the state health board said in a report released Thursday. |
| CDC: US food poisoning cases held steady in 2008 (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 3:50 pm
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| | AP - Americans didn't suffer more food poisoning last year despite high-profile outbreaks involving peppers, peanut butter and other foods, according to a government report released Thursday. Rates of food-borne illnesses have been holding steady for five years. They had been declining from the mid-1990s until the beginning of this decade, due mainly to improvements in the meat and poultry industry, some experts say. |
| Shares tumble as Bioxell lead drug fails in trial (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 7:24 am
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| | Reuters - Italian biotech Bioxell SpA said its Elocalcitol drug to treat overactive bladder (OAB) failed to reach its main target in a mid-stage clinical trial, and that it would cut costs, sending its stock to an all-time low. | | | 
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