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More than 350 sickened by Salmonella outbreak
June 18, 2008 07:20 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. food safety officials on Wednesday
said more than 350 people have fallen ill in a Salmonella outbreak
linked to certain types of tomatoes.
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Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer patients: study
June 19, 2008 01:28 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vitamin D may extend the lives of people
with colon and rectal cancer, according to a study published
on Wednesday suggesting another health benefit from the so-called
sunshine vitamin.
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U.S. doctors making slow shift to digital records
June 19, 2008 01:01 AM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only a fraction of American doctors have
switched from conventional paper records to electronic health
records, with most citing cost as the biggest stumbling block,
a national survey showed on Wednesday.
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Medicare spells out rights of hospice patients
June 19, 2008 09:45 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries
have the right to decide how they receive end-of-life care,
according to new regulations from the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Sepracor epilepsy drug cuts seizures in studies
June 19, 2008 07:59 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sepracor Inc said on Thursday late-stage
studies of its experimental epilepsy treatment showed a significant
reduction in partial seizures when the product was given along
with other epilepsy drugs.
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Skipping anti-epilepsy drugs can have dire results
June 18, 2008 04:33 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with epilepsy who do not take
their anti-seizure medications as prescribed could face serious
or even fatal consequences, according to a new study.
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Archbishop Tutu urges Senate to pass AIDS bill
June 19, 2008 09:46 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa
on Wednesday urged the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would
more than triple spending to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
in Africa and other parts of the world.
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Health leaders aim to cut premature birth rate
June 18, 2008 02:04 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health leaders this week are crafting
a blueprint on how to reverse the worrisome steady increase
in babies being delivered prematurely, with one in every eight
U.S. infants now born pre-term.
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Bone drug works for breast cancer survivors
June 18, 2008 04:34 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Risedronate, better known by the
brand name Actonel, is effective for maintaining or improving
the bone strength of women who have had chemotherapy for breast
cancer, researchers report.
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Nursing homes fight effort to help patients sue
June 18, 2008 02:41 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nursing homes are pushing against
an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions
contracts, a change that would make it easier for residents
to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing.
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