September 7, 2008, 4:01 pm
MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an MRI
after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of
treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed
to breast-conserving surgery.
September 7, 2008, 4:01 pm
Health Highlights: Sept. 7 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
September 7, 2008, 4:01 pm
Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- With Tropical Storm Hanna
having bruised much of the U.S. East Coast, and the far more dangerous
Hurricane Ike hot on her heels, federal officials are offering checklists
of advice for people living in the paths of violent Atlantic storms.
September 7, 2008, 4:01 pm
Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new once-a-week formulation
of the injectable diabetes drug Byetta controls blood sugar even better
than the older twice-a-day formulation, researchers report.
September 7, 2008, 2:06 pm
Cholera epidemic spreads in Guinea-Bissau, stable in Guinea: WHO (AFP)
AFP - A cholera epidemic which has claimed 90 lives to-date in Guinea Bissau, with more than 3,900 people suffering from the disease, is spreading but no new cases have been reported from neighbouring Guinea, the WHO said Sunday.
September 7, 2008, 12:50 pm
Bulgaria's road carnage drains blood banks, boosts illegal blood trade (AFP)
AFP - The high number of injuries from car accidents on Bulgarian roads this summer has drained the blood banks, boosting an already existing illegal blood trade, according to doctors.
September 7, 2008, 12:36 pm
Cholera kills one, infects six in Iraq: official (Reuters)
Reuters - Seven cases of cholera have been
diagnosed in Iraq in the past two days, including one fatality,
a senior health official said on Sunday.
September 7, 2008, 11:56 am
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP)
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
September 6, 2008, 9:47 pm
Alarm as Indonesia thumbs nose at West over bird flu (AFP)
AFP - With nearly half the world's human bird flu deaths, concern is building over Indonesia's refusal to share virus samples and its health minister's increasingly strident denunciations of global "conspiracies".
September 6, 2008, 9:38 pm
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of
patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery,
angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical removal of the
obstruction) are similarly effective in preventing ipsilateral stroke at
two and four years after the procedure, according to two studies.
