Articles filed under Health
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Call for study to settle if anesthesia poses risk to babiesFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Studies of baby animals have long suggested that going under anesthesia can have some harmful effects on a developing brain. Now some scientists want t...
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US new home sales fall slightly in JanuaryFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have yet to spur the real esta...
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HIV outbreak in 5 Indiana counties linked to needle-sharingFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than two dozen people have tested positive for HIV in five southern Indiana counties during the past two months, and state health officials said...
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Ebola doctor: Media, politicians fueled the public's fearFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed symptoms said the media and politicians could...
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UK 1st country to allow creation of embryos from 3 peopleFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a technique intended to help mothers...
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Traditional healer returns to first Ebola-affected villageFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) - Here at ground zero of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, a local traditional healer returned to complete the removal of a curse residents believe co...
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UN health agency urges Europe to step up measles vaccinationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization is urging Europe to step up measles vaccination efforts as countries report thousands of cases of the disease. WHO's regional...
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3 men 1st to get reconstructed bionic hands after amputationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their legs. T...
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Treasury issues reprieve for health law tax errorsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxpayers who've filed their 2014 returns only to learn that the government provided them with erroneous information on health care subsidies won't be ...
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Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, first death in outbreakFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - An 18-month-old boy has died of measles in Berlin, the first known death in an outbreak of the disease that has seen more than 570 cases in the German capi...