Articles filed under Health
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So you think you have a food allergy? Many really don'tMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The risk is people with real allergies won't be taken seriously, study says
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Blood test for early ovarian cancer may be recommended for allMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Dianne Klefstad's quilting group may have saved her life. Klefstad, 61, was rescued from deadly ovarian cancer by a $30 blood test after the group signed up for a study ...
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Brain tumor vaccine shows promise, study showsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Pfizer Inc. and Celldex Therapeutics Inc. said 70 percent of patients getting their experimental brain tumor vaccine were alive without their cancer worsening about eigh...
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Family, police eager for hammer victim's recoveryMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Since coming out of his coma, Rajesh Thakkar has barely been able to say a few words to his family, who have stood vigil at his hospital bedside for nearly two months. A...
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Convenient, yes, but pre-cut greens raise safety questionsMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - It's convenient and popular, a healthy option for harried shoppers. But bagged lettuce suspected of causing a multi-state outbreak of E. coli illness raises new question...
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Britain bans doctor who linked autism to vaccineMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- A doctor who persuaded millions of parents worldwide that a common vaccine could cause autism was barred from practicing medicine in his native Britain on Mond...
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The hero of the chicken nugget rebellionMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Nina Gonzalez will be remembered for many things when she graduates from high school in June: Her smile, her skill at golf, her work on the school newspaper and literary...
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Raynaud's: The big chill for fingers and toesMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Blood vessel spasms can make the cold a painful experience. In 1862, Maurice Raynaud wrote about 25 patients who developed "pale, cold fingers" in response to cold tempe...
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High-tech lung probe helps battle cancerMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Dr. Costanzo Di Perna, a thoracic surgeon at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, Calif., seeks to dispel the notion that lung cancer means certain death. The pr...
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Why run a plain old 5K when you could race a course mostly in mud?May 23, 2010 11:00 pm - There's no middle ground with the RunAmuck 5K. Either you're seized by the idea of getting so filthy that you have to throw out your running shoes and clothing, or you a...