
Updated : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:11 GMT
Reuters - People who make it to the age of 100 may indeed have some "good genes" that they pass on their children, according to a new study. Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:11 GMT
AP - D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart."
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:06 GMT
Reuters - Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:38:19 GMT
AP - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage. Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:30:52 GMT
AFP - Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the US pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:10:47 GMT
AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy. Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:55 GMT
Reuters - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:59:38 GMT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:02:28 GMT
AP - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann Arbor of complications from heart failure, said his wife, Jean Kantrowitz.
Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:08:58 GMT
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