Colon cancer patients not getting follow-up care
NEW YORK (AP) -- Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows....
Iraq confirms cholera outbreak south of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Cholera has broken out in a province south of Baghdad and at least 20 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed there, a Health Ministry official said Monday....
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
TRENTON, N.J. (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....
FDA posts list of potential problem drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients....
Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday....
Study: Workers to pay more for health care
NEW YORK (AP) -- Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket spending limits....
HIV / AIDS News
Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV....
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Lung Cancer Answers from City of Hope
Dr. Kemp Kernstine of City of Hope on new screening methods and the most effective treatments for lung cancer.
Fish oil appears to help against heart failure
MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research released Sunday....
FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ....
Cancer News
US Cancer Deaths Rose by 5,400 in 2005
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday....
Some Cancer Patients Turn to 'Coaches'
The advice made her head spin: Have the lump removed. No, let them take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion....
Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk
LONDON (AP) -- Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study....
Obesity Growing to Be Top Cancer Cause
BOSTON (AP) -- Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science....
Delaying Prostate Care OK for Some Men
Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular....
