Stem Cells Might Reverse Heart Damage From Chemo (HealthDay)
December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) — Certain types of
chemotherapy can damage the heart while thwarting cancer, a dilemma that
has vexed scientists for years. But a new study in rats finds that
injecting the heart with stem cells can reverse the damage caused by a
potent anti-cancer drug.
Source:Stem Cells Might Reverse Heart Damage From Chemo
(HealthDay)
Caution Can Help Keep Elderly Safe During Winter (HealthDay)
December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) — Winter’s icy sidewalks and frigid
temperatures can be challenging for anyone, but they pose extra hazards
for elderly people, experts say.
Source:Caution Can Help Keep Elderly Safe During Winter
(HealthDay)
Studies spotlight problems in FDA device approvals (AP)
December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - Two new studies find shortfalls in the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for heart devices such as pacemakers and stents.
Source:Studies spotlight problems in FDA device approvals
(AP)
Did Americans get any healthier over past decade? (AP)
December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.
Source:Did Americans get any healthier over past decade?
(AP)
South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV (AP)
December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - It’s 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts — new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them.