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24.10.2006 - A partnership intended to bring the advances of cardiac research quickly to patients' bedsides was celebrated yesterday with the official opening of the NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Betty Priscak has voted for veteran Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.) in every election he has been in, but now she thinks it is time for a change. Priscak, a 74-year-old in increasingly poor health, plans to vote for Ron Klein, Shaw's Democratic challenger, in November. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Federal food safety officials said fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak," even though investigators have not determined the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - LOS ANGELES -- Activists who fought hard to bring a hospital to south-central Los Angeles after the 1965 Watts riots are in mourning since the announcement that their beloved but deeply troubled hospital failed a crucial federal inspection and will lose more than half its funding. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas, became a political celebrity with her silver tongue and silver hair. But her legacy goes beyond the memorable partisan phrase. Richards, who died last month at age 73, was a pioneer in two social revolutions: the women's movement that redefined women's... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Scientists now say one-third of infant deaths are because of premature births -- a much larger percentage than previously thought. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Schizophrenia patients do as well, or perhaps even better, on older psychiatric drugs compared with newer and far costlier medications, according to a study published yesterday that overturns conventional wisdom about antipsychotic drugs, which cost the United States $10 billion a year. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Well, now there's a sight I never thought I'd see: my own butt, from underneath and behind, without a mirror! Which leads us to the million-rupee question: Just how effective is yoga as a form of fitness training? My neighbor ultimately opened her beautiful, intimate studio close to my home. I... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - For many people, the word "hospice" conjures up the mythical Hotel California in the hit song of the same name: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." Read more…
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24.10.2006 - At least half of the young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have not been doing so. Among children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease, about two-thirds are missing out on the vaccine. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Blood stains the walls of the cage where the deadly creatures are kept. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - She found it in the shower, in one of those interchangeable hotel bathrooms that are a staple of campaign life. It was October 2004, and Elizabeth Edwards was in Kenosha, Wis., stumping for her husband, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards. She felt the outline of a lump -- so large,... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Damu Smith looked handsome in his coffin. His face, with its high cheekbones and sharp jaw, seemed full again. His hair had a soft sheen, having been freshly oiled and woven into small, braidlike twists by his beautician at the funeral home the night before. His unblemished skin was the... On a... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - APEX, N.C., Oct. 6 -- A chemical fire and plume of toxic chlorine gas forced thousands of residents of this Raleigh suburb from their homes Thursday night, closed schools and downtown businesses on Friday, and defied firefighters' attempts to put the blaze under control. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - BOISE, Idaho -- A 2-year-old boy who died from kidney failure last month had been infected with the same strain of E. coli bacteria that prompted a nationwide consumer warning on fresh spinach, health officials said Thursday. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Several long-established heart transplant centers serving the Washington region are under scrutiny by federal officials because they have done too few operations in recent years, repeatedly performing less than half of the minimum considered necessary to maintain surgical skills and patient care. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Jose Moncada watched the World Trade Center towers tumble, and, like so many Americans, felt a patriotic urge to help rescue survivors and rebuild after Sept. 11. "It was my time to put my hand on my heart," he said. "It was my time to help somebody." Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Thousands of low-income children have been unable to enroll in Virginia's Medicaid program since July 1 because of new, tougher federal rules requiring proof of citizenship and identity, state officials said. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 -- Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration lifted its warning on fresh spinach grown in California's Salinas Valley, a popular brand of lettuce grown there has been recalled over concerns about E. coli contamination. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - At some point during the final debate tonight in the Virginia Senate race between Sen. George Allen (R) and James Webb (D), someone will probably bring up the "macaca" issue. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - In a ritual of fall, employees throughout the region head for the office nurse to line up for their annual flu shot. They do the same at Freddie Mac, with some big differences. The shots are free, and they are only a small part of the company's efforts to keep its employees well and health costs... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - When David E. Fisher smeared the cream onto the ears of the mice in his laboratory, he expected their skin might darken a bit, like someone getting a nice tan. But he was shocked to see how brown they got. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - For the past 30 years or so, doctors have routinely given pregnant women intravenous infusions of magnesium sulfate to halt contractions that can lead to premature labor. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Ask Sally about healthy eating at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Scientists have produced more evidence for the health benefits of eating a "Mediterranean diet": It apparently can help protect your brain. Read more…
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