Komentarze (0) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) — A newly discovered gene
could give researchers new insight into type 2 diabetes, potentially
leading to better treatment for the increasingly common disease.
Reuters - Two girls given antiviral drugs in an effort to protect children at a summer camp from the new pandemic swine flu developed resistant virus, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday.
Reuters - The health hazards associated with chronic periodontitis (gum disease) extend way beyond the mouth. For years people have been warned that persistent periodontitis can cause heart disease. Now a new study suggests that gum disease may also be a risk factor for cancers of the head and neck.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — In a study of global death
rates, researchers have found that 97 percent of deaths among children and
young adults aged 10 to 24 occur in poor and middle-income countries.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
AP - Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states nearly all the swine flu variety, government health officials said Friday.
AP - Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.
AP - A new flu medicine may be on the way. Researchers say the experimental drug peramivir (purr-AM-uh-veer) works as well as Tamiflu for clearing up flu symptoms.
AP - When Dr. Robert Flaherty launched a private practice in 2001, he soon found himself cramming in as many patients as possible to make ends meet, leaving little time to discuss with them the steps they could take to prevent future health troubles.
Reuters - The Congressional Budget Office said on Friday that a student loan reform plan backed by Sallie Mae and other lenders might save U.S. taxpayers $17 billion less than one backed by the Obama administration.
Reuters - Shares of FedEx Corp rose 4.5 percent to $75.90 in premarket trading on Friday, after the company said its first-quarter earnings would exceed guidance.
Reuters - Hundreds of millions of euros in German state aid planned for carmaker Opel is earmarked for operations in Russia, an Opel trustee with reservations about the project was quoted as saying in a newspaper interview.
