 DeSoto Times Today |
Life-saving golf tournament
DeSoto Times Today - By CYNTHIA BULLION The “Lucky 7 Tournament” in honor of 21-year-old Sean O’Hara, who died last year from sudden cardiac arrest, raised more than 000 for the purchase and location of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public places such as … Columnist Melinda Beck answers readers' questions Push is on to get more AEDs in public spots |
 USA Today |
Baby's Smile Has Addictive Drug-Like Qualities for Moms
FOXNews - A baby’s smile gives a new mother a drug-like high and is equally addictive, a study of the female brain shows. Neural scans on women help explain the extremely strong bond between mother and baby by showing how images of the infant affect the brain. Baby's Smile Lights Up Mom's Brain Seeing baby's smile gives mom a high |
 KYMA |
Hot weather brings smog, fire warnings
San Francisco Chronicle - (07-07) 19:55 PDT San Francisco — The Bay Area headed into a heat wave today, prompting authorities to warn of extreme fire danger and poor air quality that could linger for several days. Spare the Air advisory and fire watch warning issued for Monday Smoggy, sweltering week ahead |
 USA Today |
6 die as medical helicopters collide in Ariz.
USA Today - By Joe Ferguson, Arizona Daily Sun via AP FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Accidents of medical aircraft are at a "disturbing" level, a federal safety official said Monday as he arrived at the scene where two helicopters collided, killing six people. Lone Survivor of Medical Chopper Crash Dies Memorial service set for victims of chopper crash |
 Boston Globe |
Pressed wood released formaldehyde in trailers: CDC
Reuters - By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressed wood products such as particle board are the main source of irritating formaldehyde fumes in trailers used to house disaster victims, according to a US government report to be … CDC finds source of FEMA trailer health problems Study: Wood Released Formaldehyde in FEMA Trailers |
 eYugoslavia.com |
Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers
Washington Post - By Amanda Gardner WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — A new technique for finding and analyzing stray cancer cells in the blood of lung cancer patients may make it possible for doctors to one day not only determine the genetic "signature" of … New test may help doctors track tumors in 'real time' Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample |
 San Diego CityBEAT |
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts. Congress Fails To Pass Health Bill Protecting Senior Citizens Bush: Housing deal possible with less politics |
 eFluxMedia |
Promising Alzheimer's drug approved for late-stage trials
USA Today - By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY An experimental drug for Alzheimer's disease patients showed promise in Phase II clinical trials and is moving into final-stage trials, Wyeth and Elan, the makers of bapineuzumab, announced Tuesday. Wyeth, Elan Rise After Alzheimer's Drug Improves With Gene Test Elan climbs to 6-year high on study results |
 E Canada Now |
How modern science and old-fashioned detective work cracked the …
USA Today - By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY The contamination of tomatoes with a rare strain of salmonella has led to the largest outbreak of food-borne illnesses since E. coli in spinach killed five and sickened hundreds almost two years ago. How to keep your family safe from salmonella More New Mexicans report illnesses suspected from tomatoes |
 MedPage Today |
FDA: Watch Out for Phony Cancer Cures
WebMD - By Miranda Hitti June 17, 2008 — The FDA today warned 25 companies to quit claiming their products cure cancer and urged consumers not to fall for fake cancer cures. FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures Unapproved Cancer Treatments Prompt US Warnings (Update3) |