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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:18pm
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:18pm
White House at odds with bishops over abortion
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
updated: Nov 20th - 4:29pm
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
updated: Nov 20th - 4:29pm
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
updated: Nov 20th - 4:24pm
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
updated: Nov 20th - 4:24pm
Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote
With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.
updated: Nov 20th - 3:47pm
With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.
updated: Nov 20th - 3:47pm
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:50pm
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:50pm
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:32pm
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:32pm
Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
First mammograms. Now _ in an apparent coincidence _ Pap smears.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:03pm
First mammograms. Now _ in an apparent coincidence _ Pap smears.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:03pm
Correction: Plavix story
In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.
updated: Nov 20th - 10:32am
In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.
updated: Nov 20th - 10:32am
Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved
Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
updated: Nov 20th - 10:23am
Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
updated: Nov 20th - 10:23am
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
updated: Nov 20th - 9:51am
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
updated: Nov 20th - 9:51am
China to punish those concealing swine flu info
China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:44am
China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:44am
US survey shows southern counties most obese
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
updated: Nov 19th - 9:31pm
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
updated: Nov 19th - 9:31pm
FDA panel backs safety, benefits of Spiriva
Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:45pm
Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:45pm
Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu _ most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms _ have failed to contain the disease.
updated: Nov 19th - 11:25am
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu _ most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms _ have failed to contain the disease.
updated: Nov 19th - 11:25am
Task force doctor stands by mammogram advice
A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
updated: Nov 19th - 8:52am
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A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
updated: Nov 19th - 8:52am
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