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Healthcare reform to help 30 million women
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NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. non-profit group that analyzed the Affordable Care Act says 30 million women will benefit from healthcare reform.
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Sleep may not help surgeon performance
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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- Requiring 5 hours of rest for surgical residents after a 16-hour day is unlikely to improve outcomes for two common operations, U.S. researchers say.
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MJ's doctors cleared in his death
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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- The California state attorney general's office said seven doctors and a nurse investigated will not be charged in the death of pop music icon Michael Jackson.
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Pet poisoning traumatic for pet and owner
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BREA, Calif., July 29 (UPI) -- Pets may often treat anything that falls on the floor as theirs but a U.S. pet health insurer warns pet poisonings are costly physically and financially.
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Sleep disorder may be sign of dementia
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 29 (UPI) -- A sleep disorder may signal dementia or Parkinson's disease up to 50 years before diagnosis, U.S. researchers said.
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Report: U.S. Army showing stress
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WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army appears to be under increased stress from repeated deployments of soldiers and inadequate support when they return home, an Army report concluded.
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Progress to control malaria, more needed
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KAMPALA, Uganda, July 29 (UPI) -- Insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor spraying reached 60 million in 2008, but 25 percent of child deaths in Africa are from malaria, a U.N. officials says.
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FDA calls for warning on label of Cubicin
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WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The antibiotic daptomycin, or Cubicin, should have a drug label warning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
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Many children medicated for insomnia
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. psychiatrists report medicating one-third of their school-age and teenage patients for insomnia.
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Chris Klein prolongs rehab stay
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Chris Klein's publicist says the "American Pie" star has decided to stay in rehab longer than the 30 days for which he initially signed up.
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Low-risk prostate gets aggressive therapy
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- Most men treated for prostate cancer, even if their prostate-specific antigen level and cancer risk are low, receive aggressive treatment, U.S. researchers say.
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Stigma keeps many from mental health help
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- About 20 percent of residents of California report a need for mental health services, while one in 25 report serious psychological distress, researchers found.
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NYC to use low-sulfur oil, improves health
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NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- The New York City Council is expected to agree to cut sulfur levels in half by requiring buildings to burn low-sulfur oil to improve health, officials said.
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Physicians often misjudge patient beliefs
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HERSHEY, Pa., July 28 (UPI) -- Doctors often guess wrong about their patients' health beliefs, U.S. researchers found.
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CPR without mouth-to-mouth advised
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BALTIMORE, July 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. expert on cardiopulmonary resuscitation says an American and a European study both suggest dropping mouth-to-mouth from CPR and using "hands only."
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