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24.10.2006 - Two reports issued last week waded into whether seafood is safe to eat, addressing worries that our favorite fish might come laced with dangerous contaminants. They concluded that the health benefits of eating seafood outweigh any risks for both adults and children. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - More than 600,000 low-income elderly and disabled people who automatically received federal help to pay for their Medicare drug coverage this year will have to actively apply to get such assistance in 2007, Medicare officials said yesterday. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday that is was expanding a program offering $4 prescriptions for some generic drugs to 14 more states, two weeks after rolling out the low-cost program in Florida. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Dimensions Healthcare System, the financially strapped company that runs Prince George's Hospital Center, is seeking state approval to build a 100-bed hospital in Bowie. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Nerve cells grown from human embryonic stem cells and injected into the brains of rats with a syndrome mimicking Parkinson's disease significantly reduced the animals' symptoms, but the treatment also caused tumors in the rodents' brains, scientists reported yesterday. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Danielle Eichner of Rockville is a survivor. A decade ago, when she was 11, doctors diagnosed her with acute leukemia and warned that death was imminent. But chemotherapy kept her alive. She graduated from high school, is attending college and soon will launch a career as an art therapist. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - A new kind of health plan being offered by a growing number of employers appears to save on costs but may lead some patients to forgo needed care, a study by Rand Corp. economists has found. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The question is often asked by the answering service when a patient calls a doctor in the middle of the night: Is this an emergency? Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Chances are you've already bought clothes over the Internet and gone comparison shopping online when investing in a new computer, and you'd probably check out Web sites to guide your choice of new car. But what about online shopping for knee replacement surgery? Or for the treatment of your child's... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The Department of Homeland Security agreed to stop confiscating prescription drugs mailed from Canadian pharmacies, Senator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Investigators say computer security flaws could lead to the disclosure of medical information on people enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The Senate candidates in Missouri seem to find a stem cell research initiative on the ballot almost too hot to touch. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Lester M. Crawford was expected to plead guilty to charges of conflict of interest and lying about stock he owned in companies the agency regulated. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Researchers in two separate trials report no significant side effects on patients, which may boost gene therapy's tarnished reputation. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The health benefits of eating fish twice a week outweigh the risks, but children and women of childbearing age should not eat certain types... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Two years ago, Denmark declared war on artery-clogging oils, making it illegal for any food to have more than 2 percent trans fats. Offenders now face hefty... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Diabetics gained a new way of controlling their blood sugar levels Tuesday with federal approval of a novel pill for type 2 diabetes, which... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - According to an article published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, people don't really understand the nutritional... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Bad reactions to prescription drugs send 700,000 Americans to emergency rooms each year, according to a new federal study providing the... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The fountain of youth apparently does not yet come in a pill. Widely used DHEA supplements and testosterone patches failed to deliver their... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Ten people died after sludge was dumped in Ivory Coast, shedding light on the problem of Third World countries accepting toxic and electronic waste. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - The first long-term government study of preschoolers who take Ritalin, the popular attention deficit disorder drug, warns of side effects... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - A weekly list of classes, workshops and other health-related events. Read more…
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24.10.2006 - If you don't pay attention to calories when deciding how much of something to eat, you might want to know that the chefs serving it to you... Read more…
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24.10.2006 - Q: I had a gastric bypass 32 months ago. Last year, I started craving mint in everything ? coffee, ice cream, cake, cookies, even... Read more…
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