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  • Haywire brain chemical linked to sudden baby death (AP)
    03.07.2008, 21:09:43
    AP - Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies — sudden infant death syndrome.
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  • Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs (AP)
    03.07.2008, 21:09:02
    In this still photo taken from video provided by the New York Civil Liberties Union, Esmin Green lies face down on the floor in the psychiatric ward of the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, June 19, 2008. Green, 49, had been waiting in the emergency room for nearly 24 hours when she toppled from her chair at 5:32 a.m. and lay writhing, face down on the floor. Security guards and a member of the hospital's staff appeared to notice her prone body, but made no visible attempt to see if she needed help. Within an hour she was dead. (AP Photo/New York Civil Liberties Union) AP - When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.
  • Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects (AP)
    03.07.2008, 21:48:53
    A slice of watermelon is shown at the Gutierrez Produce stand at the Dallas Farmers Market, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Dallas. Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) AP - A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra — but don't necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks going all night long.
  • Filipina with upside-down feet walks for 1st time (AP)
    03.07.2008, 21:07:48
    Jingle Luis, a 15-year-old girl from the Philippines who was born with severely clubbed feet, steps in to an elevator at New York's Montefiore Medical Center under the watchful eye of Dr. Terry Amaral, Wednesday July 2, 2008. Doctors took off her post-surgical casts and replaced them with special support braces and her first pair of shoes that allowed her to take her first unaided steps. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) AP - A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink-and-white sneakers — the first shoes she's ever worn.
  • First floods, now pesky mosquitoes for Midwest (AP)
    02.07.2008, 21:52:06
    Dr. Anju Peters shows where a swarm of mosquitoes attacked her daughter Sonia, 7, last week leading to an outbreak of hives, swelling and a rash Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Chicago. Heavy rains and warm temperatures that have hit the Midwest are creating ideal conditions for these bugs. (AP Photo\Russel A. Daniels) AP - First came the floods — now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest.
  • Obesity may offer some protection after stenting (Reuters)
    02.07.2008, 18:51:27
    Reuters - Paradoxically, obesity may offer some protection against heart-related "events," like heart attack, in people who have a stent placed to prop open a clogged coronary artery, research shows.
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  • Lots of Sex May Prevent Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)
    03.07.2008, 21:02:15
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Frequent sexual intercourse may cut down on a man's chances of developing erectile dysfunction, Finnish researchers report.
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  • Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics (HealthDay)
    03.07.2008, 21:02:23
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Taking prescription medications can help reduce violent behavior in some schizophrenia patients, Duke researchers report.
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