 | Australian research reveals AIDS, cancer link
(AFP) |
 AFP - AIDS sufferers and transplant patients are at a much higher risk than the general population of developing a range of cancers, Australian research released Friday has found.
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| Gore arrest highlights Rx drug abuse
(AP) |
 AP - Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore's son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America's youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.
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| Health Tip: Keeping Seniors on Their Feet
(HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- When an elderly person falls, it could cause
life-threatening injury. |
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| Clinical Trials Update: July 5, 2007
(HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch: |
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| Pet Turtles Pose Salmonella Danger to Kids
(HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Even though the sale of
small turtles has been banned in the United States since 1975, American
children are still contracting sometimes deadly Salmonella from
these pets, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) warn. |
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| Wash. to set medical marijuana limits
(AP) |
 AP - This fall, sober public servants will convene meetings across Washington state to answer a pressing question: How much marijuana constitutes a two-month supply?
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| French swans test positive for bird flu
(AP) |
| AP - Three swans found dead in a pond in eastern France have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry said Thursday. |
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| 94 die in Panama from tainted medicine
(AP) |
| AP - A top Panamanian prosecutor said tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol since July 2006 and that 293 more deaths are under investigation. |
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| Review finds nutrition education failing
(AP) |
| AP - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education — fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you eat well. |
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| Eye checks urged for signs of later heart disease
(Reuters) |
 Reuters - A study in Australia has shown that
changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese
children from as young as six, warning signs that might be
linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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| U.S. tracks serious form of syphilis in gay men
(Reuters) |
| Reuters - A particularly serious form of the
sexually transmitted bacterial disease syphilis has been
detected in gay and bisexual U.S. men infected with the AIDS
virus, federal health officials reported on Thursday. |
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