March 11, 2010
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
March 11, 2010
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)
AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopp
March 10, 2010
India help for Sri Lanka amputees
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
March 10, 2010
Sex drive 'lasts longer in men', research suggests
Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.
March 11, 2010 Clinical Trials Update: March 10, 2010 (HealthDay)
March 11, 2010 Youth Baseball Injuries Becoming More Common (HealthDay)
March 10, 2010 CDC: U.S. Herpes Rates Remain High
March 10, 2010 Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women (Time.com)
March 10, 2010 Music class may benefit kids with cochlear implants (Reuters)
November 23, 2009 Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare (AP)
July 27, 2009 Most Not Worried by Delayed Prostate Cancer Therapy (HealthDay)
April 15, 2009 New imaging tool could improve cancer diagnosis (Reuters)
April 7, 2009 Prostate drug shows promise in early testing (AP)
October 10, 2008 WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica (AP)
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