| CDC turns to social sites to get flu message out
August 27, 2009 at 10:13 pm
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| ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are turning to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in a bid to prepare people to be vaccinated against the pandemic H1N1 virus. |
| Hopelessness raises stroke risks for women: study
August 27, 2009 at 6:15 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - For women, feelings of hopelessness are not just unfortunate, they are a stroke risk, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. |
| New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too
August 27, 2009 at 5:44 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too. |
| CDC turns to social sites to get flu message out
August 27, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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| ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are turning to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in a bid to prepare people to be vaccinated against the pandemic H1N1 virus. |
| In Chicago, swine flu hit children hardest
August 27, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Swine flu infected 14 times as many children as adults over 60 in Chicago, city health department officials reported on Thursday in one of the first detailed looks at the new pandemic virus. |
| Prostate cancer diagnosed earlier, race gap narrows
August 27, 2009 at 4:22 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with prostate cancer are being diagnosed at a younger age and earlier stage today than in years past, and the racial disparity in stage at diagnosis has decreased significantly, researchers report today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
| Depression no bar to Medicare drug plan enrollment
August 27, 2009 at 4:20 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicare's new prescription drug program is known for its complexity, which can be confusing even for perfectly healthy people not distracted by medical or mental health issues. However, a new study shows that people with depression or impaired thinking had no more difficulty signing up for the program than individuals without depression or other mental difficulties. |
| Democrats try to keep health edge post-Kennedy
August 27, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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| HYANNIS PORT, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats scrambled on Thursday to find a way to fill quickly the seat of Senator Edward Kennedy to shore up the drive to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, a top priority shared by President Barack Obama and Kennedy. |
| Many health workers won't take swine flu vaccine
August 27, 2009 at 2:53 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even though testing has so far raised no "red flags" regarding safety of potential swine flu vaccines, surveys and focus groups show that healthcare workers and members of the public may be leery of being getting shots when supplies become available this fall. |
| Kids of deployed soldiers show psychological effects
August 27, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recent studies have shown that U.S. veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming back with high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems. Now research suggests that deployment may be taking a toll on their kids, too: Children of U.S. service members deployed overseas may have an elevated risk of anxiety and other emotional difficulties. |
| Care no better when insurance added to gov't plan
August 27, 2009 at 2:12 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As the U.S. grapples with health care reform, a study out of South Korea suggests that private health insurance meant to bolster that country's universal healthcare system seems to have little effect on cancer patients' quality of care. However, such insurance did offer financial benefits. |
| Younger Americans overexposed to radiation risk
August 27, 2009 at 2:08 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Younger Americans are being exposed to worrisome amounts of radiation from medical scans that increase their risk of cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. |
| U.S. healthcare debate loses champion in Kennedy
August 27, 2009 at 10:58 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Edward Kennedy called providing health insurance for all Americans "the cause of my life." His death deprives the issue of its chief champion just as the political battle reaches a fever pitch. |
| No flu vaccines before mid-October, CDC predicts
August 26, 2009 at 10:14 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientific advisers to President Barack Obama may have asked the government to speed up the availability of swine flu vaccines, but they are unlikely to be ready before October, the new head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. | | | 
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