This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Consumer Health News headlines.
Study shows Prozac may slow MS
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 30, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Another Eastern Health pathologist quits
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Source: CBC | Health - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Warming Antarctic waters begin to cool
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Source: news@nature.com - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Food crisis spurs research spending
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Source: news@nature.com - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Alzheimer's drug shows benefits in mild cases
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Source: CTV Health - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Consistencies Found In Synaesthesia: Letter 'A' Is Red For Many; 'V' Is Purple
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Life-Probing Instrument Preparing For Mission To Mars
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Researchers Discover Molecular Basis Of A Form Of Muscular Dystrophy
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
77 Percent Of New Moms Try Breast-Feeding
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - April 30, 2008 Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: info
CDC Says One-Fourth of Toddlers Behind on Vaccinations
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Source: Health Behavior News Service - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Looking At Neurons From All Sides
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Inexpensive Roof Vent Could Prevent Billions Of Dollars In Wind Damage
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Insolvent, Near Insolvency, Study Finds
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - April 30, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
Crash diets 'may reduce lifespan'
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 29, 2008 Tags: Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West Source Type: info
Newt Gingrich discusses need for more physicians to adopt electronic health record systems
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Washington Post examines Peace Corps' policy regarding HIV-positive volunteers
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Migraine With Aura Increases Suicide Risk in Adolescents
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 29, 2008 Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: info
Families of contaminated heparin victims tell stories of deaths
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory
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Source: CTV Health - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Heart Study Questions Notion Of Being Fit While Being Fat
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Source: Health Behavior News Digest - April 29, 2008 Tags: Associated Press Source Type: info
Democrats: politics in toxic chemical decisions
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Kids who get down and dirty with the dog have far fewer allergies
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
How E. Coli Attaches To Host: One Catalyst Protein Greatly Accelerates Activity
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Arizona Daily Star Examines Patient Advocacy Industry
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - April 29, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
Breaking the diet mentality is half the obesity battle
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Bill for free health care set to soar
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Concern at night care for elderly
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 28, 2008 Tags: Scotland Source Type: info
Ads aim to curb meth use in native communities
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Source: CTV Health - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Volunteers Needed For Chocolate Study
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
20 children dead, 1,200 sickened by infection in eastern China
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
More babies born to diabetic mothers: study
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Put a fun focus on child safety
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Source: Knoxville News Sentinel: Health and fitness - April 28, 2008 Tags: life/health-fitness Source Type: info
10 Minute Yoga
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Source: Telegraph Health - April 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Discovery of important markers of high risk of type 2 diabetes
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Prospective Randomized Comparison Of A Combined Ultrasonic And Pneumatic Lithotrite With Ultrasonic Lithotrite For Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Fibromyalgia Affects Women More Often Than Men
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Peanut allergy
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - April 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Neupro(R) Recommended For Approval In Europe For Restless Legs Syndrome
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Tired of Allergies? Try Yogurt
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Source: ABC News: Health - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Study Breaks Ground In Revealing How Neurons Generate Movement
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Allergic Teens Face Deadly Dating Scene
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Source: ABC News: Health - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Skating Beads Of Water: Chemists Reproduce The Rose's 'Petal Effect'
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Trump: Atlantic City casinos should sue over smoking ban
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Docs need better bedside manners
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Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
UN chief to announce plan to eliminate deaths from malaria
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Newspaper: FDA found concerns at Merck vaccine plant
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Source: AP Top Health News - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Ovarian Cancer
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2008 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info
Three Viruses Threaten Watermelon, Squash, Pumpkins, Cucumbers And Now Green Beans
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
More doubts about echinacea for preventing colds
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
St. Jude Medical To Present At Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Surgery benefits patients with well-controlled reflux disease
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Source: MedWire News - Consumer Health - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Preserving Biodiversity Within Food Crops: Saving Old Distinctive Varieties Of Carolina Collards
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Taiwan to require detailed labeling of veggie food
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Cuddling Cuts Preemie Pain
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Source: WebMD Health - April 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Nalgene sports bottle maker sued over toxic claims
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
White House issues formal veto threat against legislation that would delay Medicaid regulations
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
New insights into how the brain processes social, economic reward
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Industry groups back downer cow ban
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Leukemia at High Risk for Adverse Outcomes
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Expectant Mother's Diet May Influence Baby's Sex
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Source: ABC News: Health - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Risk of depression dims hopes for anti-addiction pills
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Source: washingtonpost.com - Health - April 23, 2008 Authors: MARILYNN MARCHIONE Tags: Risk of depression dims hopes for anti-addiction pills Source Type: info
Getting in and out of cars risky for seniors
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: healthNews Source Type: info
Families USA Report: North Carolina Will Lose 11,700 Jobs, 1.1 Billion Dollars In Business Activity Due To Bush Administration's Medicaid Cuts
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Children With ADHD Should Get Heart Tests Before Treatment With Stimulant Drugs
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Impact of environment and social gradient on Leptospira infection in urban slums
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton Wins Pennsylvania Primary, Favored on Health Care Issue
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Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - April 23, 2008 Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: info
Sub-Saharan African countries not on track to meet MDGs, U.N. Secretary General Ban says
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Jamaica to launch new female condom as part of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Life expectancy declines in some U.S. populations
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Toys 'R' Us to phase out bisphenol A baby bottles
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Source: CBC | Health - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
LEAN UP TO TV
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Source: NY Post: Health - April 22, 2008 Authors: By LISA KEYS Tags: Health Source Type: info
Contaminated blood thinner heparin called a worldwide problem
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Detox diets: Do they offer any health benefits?
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Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Call for Europe organ donor card
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 21, 2008 Tags: Health Source Type: info
'Outlook worse' for scalp cancer
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 21, 2008 Tags: Health Source Type: info