More babies will be aborted if the controversial acne drug Roaccutane is made available through the family doctor, specialists warn.
Dermatologists says a move by health authorities to allow GPs to prescribe the heavy-duty medication will push up prescription rates and endanger patients.
And there was a risk that patients would not be informed of the dangers of birth abnormalities a...
Percent of infants who receive only breast milk while in the hospital:
Source: 2006 figures from UC Davis Human Lactation Center and the California WIC Association. Figures for 2007 are expected to be released soon.
New mothers at four Fresno County hospitals won't be going home with diaper bags filled with free baby formula any longer.
The hospitals are replacing formula gi...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school sports team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near the Kyrgyz capital, killing 65, government officials said.
The Boeing 737 was headed to Iran when it crashed near Bishkek's Manas International Airport, said government spokeswoman Roza Daudova. Twenty-two people, including two crew members, surv...
Monday afternoon's meeting at Chepstow has been abandoned due to waterlogging.
An early morning inspection was brought forward due to further overnight rain and clerk of the course Tim Long was disappointed to break the news.
"Unfortunately we've had to abandon, we've had more rain overnight," he said.
"There are some patches that are not so much waterlogged but they are fa...
Police spokesperson Inspector Lorraine van Emmerik said two men entered the premises pretending to be police officials on Friday.
"They came in looking for someone they were supposed to be investigating."
They were taken to a place where cash was held. They knocked on the door and, when they entered, held staff at gunpoint and tied them up.
"Tens of thousands of rands" were th...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ BISMARCK POLICE SAY THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A 76-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO FAILED TO RETURN HOME SATURDAY NIGHT FROM A TRIP TO VISIT RELATIVES.
A POLICE STATEMENT SAYS JOHN MILLER HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE DEMENTIA, AND NEEDS HIS MEDICATION.
POLICE SAY E...
TORONTO -- Canadiansare being told to dig through their fridges and freezers for any of the220 Maple Leaf Foods products recalled by the Toronto-based companyafter test results linked a plant in north Toronto to a nationwidelisteriosis outbreak.
The recall is one of the biggest in Canadian history, federal officials said yesterday.
MichaelMcCain, president and chief executive offic...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats among women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen their mental function, researchers from India report.
To investigate whether yoga would help women with physical and cognitive symptoms of menopause, they randomly assigned 120 menopausal women, 40 to 55 years old, to yoga practice or simple stretching ...
Health boards could lose £85 million because of rising inflation, Labour has warned.
The party made the claim on the assumption that inflation would outstrip the SNP government's budget increases at 4.4%.
All health boards and the Scottish Ambulance Service would suffer under the scenario....
Machines on cell surfaces, mechanical and lifeless as bed springs, protect blood vessels by responding to blood flow force, according to research published today in the Journal of Cell Biology. By sensing and reacting to force, such machines interfere with inflammatory pathways central to atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, the authors said.
The next set of stud...
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Local agencies feeding people in need are shining a light on their stock in the wake of a nation-wide meat scare.
Meat donated to a downtown soup kitchen and men’s shelter operated by Lighthouse Christian Ministries was...
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Twelve people have died of 26 confirmed cases of food poisoning linked to tainted deli meats produced at a plant owned by Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s largest meat processors, accor...
Nearly a year after federal epidemiologists first sounded the alarm over a cluster of rare blood cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania, their research has zeroed in on a hardscrabble region 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia that is home to several Superfund sites and a power plant fired by waste coal.
The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said Monday that it confirmed ...
Monday, August 25, 2008; Posted: 11:10 PM 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Tomorrow -- Free Newsletter (RTTNews) - In the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama offered a private view of her and presumptive nominee Barack Obama's marriage. She discussed her role in public service and professed her love for the United States. The speech perhaps most served to give in...