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| Doctors Told To Monitor Heart Device Patients
People with implanted heart devices need closer follow-up care, an international panel of heart specialists recommended Wednesday in the first guidelines for monitoring this rapidly growing group of patients. |
| New Website Helps Health Consumers Shop Smarter
Efforts to put the site in place were made Friday in Columbus by the Ohio Department of Health's Hospital Measures Advisory Council, who voted to gather new infection information from individual hospitals. |
| First Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery In Akron
For most people, having to undergo heart surgery to repair a leaky mitral valve means having a sternotomy to cut their chest open through an incision down the middle of their sternum. |
CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday....
Survival of quake victims depends on many factors
NEW YORK (AP) -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake....
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women....
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing....
More cancer patients having whole breast removed
A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting....
Study finds heart risks in young cancer survivors
Children who survive cancer face a much greater risk of heart problems later in life than their brothers and sisters who did not have cancer, new research shows....
People over 60 urged to get one-time shingles shot
ATLANTA (AP) -- People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There's a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you get. But shingles can be severe for some people, and the government believes it's worth the $160-per-dose cost....
Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B `morning-after' pill
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's national pharmacy regulation body is recommending that "morning-after" contraceptive pills be sold over the counter....
China child virus death toll up to 43
BEIJING (AP) -- The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday....
9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday....
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