This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Consumer Health News headlines.
FDA: Don't Swallow Inhaler Capsules
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Source: AP Top Health News - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Man tried to make wife abort baby
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
News Roundup, Week of February 29, 2008
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Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - February 29, 2008 Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Source Type: info
Blocking Protein Kills Prostate Cancer Cells, Inhibits Tumor Growth, Jefferson Scientists Find
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Lawmakers to Probe Delay in CDC Report
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Source: AP Top Health News - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Blocking a signaling protein kills prostate cancer cells
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Google Announces Online PHR System, Says Web Site Will Not Include Advertisements
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - February 29, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
Tobacco poses threat to moms in developing world
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Kids Under 11 Can Now Take Nexium
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 28, 2008 Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: info
Malawi Drafts Law To Prevent Claims Of HIV/AIDS Cures
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Restricting Insulin Doses Increases Mortality Risk
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
UN Agencies Unite Against Female Genital Mutilation
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Structure Of Protein Collagen Seen At Unprecedented Level Of Detail
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Video: Bent-over row with resistance tubing
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Heart risk link to eye condition
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 27, 2008 Tags: Health Source Type: info
WHO Cites Urban Yellow Fever Threat
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Source: AP Top Health News - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Faster chemo technique increases survival in children with neuroblastoma
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
From Delicious To Death: Understanding Taste
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Diabetic mice 'cured' with drugs
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 27, 2008 Tags: Health Source Type: info
Congress asks companies to do more on food safety
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Woman Told She Couldn't Conceive Has 9; Twins on Way
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Source: FOXNews.com - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Multicenter Trial On Minimally Invasive Fibroid Treatment
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Agencies target female mutilation
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 26, 2008 Tags: Health Source Type: info
Mexico to ban smoking in eateries, public spaces
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Plane diverted for woman with meningococcal disease
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Persistence found to be key to treating depressed teens
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Social networks illustrate how disease can spread
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Drug-resistant TB seen at record levels globally
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
2 oxygenation events in ancient oceans sparked spread of complex life
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Early and intensive lowering of high blood pressure improves stroke outcomes
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
New gene discovered that determines hair texture and density in humans
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Heart attack patients who skip medication at high risk, study says
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Source: CBC | Health - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Should Alzheimer's Patients Get Antibiotics?
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Source: ABC News: Health - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Study doubts effectiveness of antidepressant drugs
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Don't feel great? Rethink flying, expert says
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Source: CNN.com - Health - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Air pollution linked to wheezing in young children
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Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Cut-off breast cancer patient awarded over $9M
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Source: CTV Health - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Masters Of Disguise: Secrets Of Nature's 'Great Pretenders' Revealed
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Public Data On Costs, Quality Needed To Contain Health Care Costs
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Indian Prime Minister Meets With Coalition For AIDS Treatment Access (CATA); Assures Action On HIV/AIDS Treatment
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Federal Jury Rules In Favor Of Covidien In Patent Litigation Trial
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
What Should U.S. Children Expect Under Their Pillows?
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
NASA MidSTAR-1 Successful Technologies May Be Revolutionary
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Woman dies of bird flu in southern China
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 25, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
New electron microscope identifies atoms
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 24, 2008 Source Type: info
ASCO GU 2008 - Androgen Receptor Reactivation After Androgen Deprivation Therapy - Highlight
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Kava Linked To Liver Damage, New Evidence Shows
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Sight man goes to No 10
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 22, 2008 Tags: Devon Source Type: info
Advertisers, Neuroscientists Trace Source Of Emotions In Brain
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Gene Therapy 'Trains' Immune System To Destroy Brain Cancer Cells And Reverses Behavioral Deficits
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Omega-3 Pills for Stroke: A Fish Story?
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Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Many Foreign Physicians Working In Ohio Under J-1 Visa Program Not Practicing In Underserved Areas
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Chicken Soup Helps Fight Flu Symptoms
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: info
BJOG Release: Further Risks Highlighted For Obese Pregnant Women, UK
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Most Detailed Global Study Of Genetic Variation Completed
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
New Strategy For Normalizing Tumor Blood Supply Identified
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Ocular melanoma - potential new treatment options
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
CMS Places Marketing, Enrollment Freeze on Health Net Prescription Drug Plans
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - February 21, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
New medical school for St Andrews
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 20, 2008 Tags: Edinburgh, East and Fife Source Type: info
Gene studies confirm "out of Africa" theories
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Quebec won't shelve Castonguay health report
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Source: CBC | Health - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
U.S. cancer deaths rose by 5,400 in 2005
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Source: CTV Health - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Former officer practiced medicine illegally: OPP
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Source: CTV Health - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Evolutionary History Of SARS Supports Bats As Virus Source
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
High BMI linked to death from stroke
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Whole grains may curb belly fat, inflammation
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
The end of the sickie could be in sight
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Botox: It's Not Just for Wrinkles Anymore
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Source: FOXNews.com - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Campbell's Lowering Sodium in Almost 50 Soups
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Source: Health Behavior News Digest - February 20, 2008 Tags: USA Today Source Type: info
Many Foreign Physicians Working in Ohio Under J-1 Visa Program Not Practicing in Underserved Areas
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - February 20, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
U.S. Cancer Deaths Up in 2005
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Source: WebMD Health - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Inmates 'at risk' in police cells
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2008 Tags: UK Source Type: info
Expert says obesity is as big a threat to the planet as climate change
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Inspired to help children abroad after cancer battle
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - February 18, 2008 Source Type: info
Marijuana causes emotional and memory problems in multiple sclerosis patients
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - February 18, 2008 Source Type: info
VLCC unveils plans for Middle East expansion