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AP - 2 hours , 31 minutes ago
With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.
 
  • Batch of swine flu vaccines studied in Canada
    AP - 6 hours , 11 minutes ago
    Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.
  • UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996
    AP - 8 hours , 19 minutes ago
    The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS -- about 33 million -- has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
  • Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu
    AP - 9 hours , 35 minutes ago
    A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.
  • GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada
    AP - 10 hours , 27 minutes ago
    Pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies.
  • Schumer says failure not an option on health care
    AP - 21 hours , 2 minutes ago
    Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.
  • Canada woman to fight insurance co. over Facebook
    AP - 1 day , 2 hours ago
    A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company's decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party.
  • Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?
    AP - 1 day , 2 hours ago
    Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.
  • Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare
    AP - 1 day , 11 hours ago
    Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.
  • Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill
    AP - 2 days , 2 hours ago
    Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.
  • Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline
    AP - 2 days , 8 hours ago
    The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.
  • GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
    AP - 3 days , 9 hours ago
    Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
  • Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
    AP - 4 days , 34 minutes ago
    Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
  • Pa. university students upset about fitness class
    AP - 4 days , 1 hour ago
    A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
  • White House at odds with bishops over abortion
    AP - 4 days , 2 hours ago
    The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
  • Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group
    AP - 4 days , 2 hours ago
    Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
  • Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
    AP - 4 days , 3 hours ago
    Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
  • Correction: Plavix story
    AP - 4 days , 8 hours ago
    In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid.
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