Too many patients get invasive heart tests
10.03.2010, 22:31:16
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. |
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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
10.03.2010, 20:10:56
Investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. |
Women need chance to avoid 2nd C-section
10.03.2010, 21:30:32
A government panel says too many women who want to avoid a second Cesarean-section for child birth are being denied the chance. |
Sick ships: Cruises see rise in norovirus cases
10.03.2010, 13:38:36
More than 400 passengers were sickened by the norovirus on a Celebrity Cruise lines ship in mid-February. That outbreak of gastrointestinal illness is one of eight to hit cruise ships in 2010 with four in just one week, according to the CDC. |
Va. passes 1st bill banning health care mandate
10.03.2010, 20:18:15
Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage. |
Newsweek: D.C. aims to boost use of female condoms
11.03.2010, 00:11:04
The underutilized female condom is making a big comeback in Washington, D.C., thanks to a major grant. But is it enough to stop the spread of HIV? |
Day care workers charged with drugging tots
10.03.2010, 19:30:04
Two former Ohio day care workers have been charged with a misdemeanor for slipping an over-the-counter dietary supplement into candy and giving it to their charges to help them sleep at nap time, a prosecutor said Wednesday. |
Tainted ingredient sold after salmonella found
10.03.2010, 19:39:13
The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report. |
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