In HealthDay: Bottle Rockets Can Cause Serious Eye Injuries in Kids
Protective eyewear urged, even for bystanders, whenever these fireworks are used
In The Sacramento Bee: Health: Many factors key to Giffords' survival, docs say
It looks like Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is one of the lucky ones.![]()
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2011 file photo, emergency personnel and Daniel Hernandez, an intern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, second right, move Giffords after she was shot in the head outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. If all goes well, she may be "out of the woods" on Friday, said Dr. Peter Rhee, trauma chief at University Medical Center, who has treated soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.![]()
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Surgery doctor at University Medical Center, describes in more detail the gunshot wound Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,received on Saturday, during a news briefing at UMC in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. If all goes well, she may be "out of the woods" on Friday, said Rhee.
In CBS News: Health Watch: Video: House Call: Questions Answered
Dr. Jennifer Ashton answers viewer questions about everything from headphone dangers to breast cancer worries.
In CBS News: Health Watch: 10 Deadly Myths about Stroke
Think Strokes Only Strike Old People? Think Again
In BBC: Health: Over 60 more flu deaths reported
The flu outbreak may be beginning to "plateau", but flu is still circulating, experts say.
In CNN: Health: Don't die waiting in the ER
When you're sick, the sooner you get help, the better the outcome. Empowered Patient offers tips to help you get seen faster in the ER.
In MSNBC: Health: Video: Infidelity in marital bed: The ultimate betrayal?
Some spouses can forgive a cheating partner, but for many, the worst betrayal is when infidelity takes place in the marriage bed. Psychologist Judith Sills explains why the marital bed has special significance. (TODAY show)
In MSNBC: Health: Bullet to the head can be overcome, survivors say
Two years after Jory Aebly suffered a point-blank gunshot wound to the head, he offers advice to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: %u201CYou have to keep working, no matter how hard it is.%u201D
In CNN: Health: Giffords opens her eyes for the first time since the shooting
When President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time since being shot on Saturday, an overflow crowd of nearly 30,000 people at a memorial event erupted into cheers that the congresswoman may have heard in her hospital room.
In BBC: Health: 'My fight for a gastric bypass'
A Berkshire woman receives gastric bypass surgery after a three-year fight with her local NHS trust.
In ABC News: Health: Opposition questions hospital size
The State Opposition says the Government has misled the public about the size of the new $1.7 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital.
In BBC: Health: Charity challenges law on abortion pills
A family planning charity says women should be able to take some of their abortion pills at home.
In ABC News: Health: Private ambulance closure 'inevitable'
The owner of Tasmania's largest private ambulance company says closure of his business now appears inevitable.
In BBC: Health: Tai Chi prevents falls in elderly
Tai Chi lessons and reduced medication can prevent falls in the elderly, according to experts in the UK and the US.
In ABC News: Health: Cholera unlikely to hit Brisbane
Queensland Health says it is unlikely rare diseases like cholera will spread in floodwaters because they do not exist in the community.
In ABC News: Health: Flood coverage stress warning
Tasmanian parents have been advised to watch how their children are reacting to the blanket news coverage of the Queensland floods disaster.
In ABC News: Health: Hope for NT medical students
Charles Darwin University hopes Northern Territory students will make up the majority of its new medical education program when formal offers are made today.
Are we all secret geniuses waiting to happen?
In MSNBC: Health: Gene test finds disease risk in parents
A new test for genetic mutations in parents might help prevent conception of babies with deadly inherited diseases, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
In MSNBC: Health: Behind the million-mile stare of the mentally ill
Is there an actual term for that disturbing "paranoid headlights" stare we%u2019ve seen in the eyes of accused killers like Jared Loughner and Charles Manson? A medical condition that can cause it has been linked to psychosis.
In MSNBC: Health: School-lunch rules trade fries for veggies
School children would have to hold the fries %u2014 and pick up more whole grains, fruits and vegetables %u2014 on the lunch line under proposed new federal standards for school lunches.
In MSNBC: Health: Hospital workers fired for accessing records
Three employees at the University Medical Center in Arizona have been fired for accessing the confidential medical records of victims in the shooting rampage.
In BBC: Health: Charity to challenge abortion law
Women undergoing an early medical abortion should be allowed to take some of the prescribed pills at home, says a family planning charity.
In BBC: Health: 'Two drugs' call for hypertension
A combination of drugs is better than a single one in treating high blood pressure, a study suggests.
In MSNBC: Health: Not all 'good' cholesterol is healthy, research shows
New research shows heart disease risk may be better assessed by measuring HDL's ability to remove artery-clogging plaque, rather than the HDL levels themselves.
In BBC: Health: Inflation hits Chinese herbal medicine
Michael Bristow looks at the effects of inflation on one of China's oldest industries - traditional herbal medicine.
In WebMD Health: Asthma a Problem for Millions
Asthma takes a heavy toll on Americans, killing thousands and sending nearly 2 million to emergency rooms for treatment annually, a new report says.
In WebMD Health: Asthma a Problem for Millions
Asthma takes a heavy toll on Americans, killing thousands and sending nearly 2 million to emergency rooms for treatment annually, a new report says.
In The Sacramento Bee: Health: Ariz. hospital workers fired for accessing records
Three employees at the University Medical Center in Arizona have been fired for accessing the confidential medical records of victims in the shooting rampage.
In MSNBC: Health: Consumers not fazed by DNA test results, says study
Consumers who get their DNA tested for health risks take the results in stride, says the first major study of how people react to commercial genetic testing.
In HealthDay: Consumer Genetic Testing May Not Boost Users' Anxiety
But experts note validity, usefulness of direct-to-consumer tests still in question
In HealthDay: Aging Population Could Send Cancer Costs Soaring
U.S. report projects $158 billion spent annually on care by 2020
In HealthDay: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Can Move Arms, Breathe On Her Own
Wounded Congresswoman reported to be alert and responding to her doctors
In WebMD Health: Early Antibiotics Help Ear Infections in Young Children
Small children with ear infections recover better with early antibiotic treatment -- although diarrhea and diaper rash are common side effects.
In WebMD Health: Early Antibiotics Help Ear Infections in Young Children
Small children with ear infections recover better with early antibiotic treatment -- although diarrhea and diaper rash are common side effects.
In The Sacramento Bee: Health: New guidelines would make school lunches healthier
School children would have to hold the fries - and pick up more whole grains, fruits and vegetables - on the lunch line under proposed new federal standards for school lunches.
In CNN: Health: Can you control your dreams?
Life doesn't always go the way you want, but sometimes dreams do.
In The Sacramento Bee: Health: Study: Consumers not fazed by DNA health results
Consumers who get their DNA tested for health risks take the results in stride, says the first major study of how people react to commercial genetic testing.
In WebMD Health: Sitting for Too Long Is Bad for Your Health
We all know that too much sitting isn%u2019t good for you. Now a new study suggests it%u2019s not just the length of time we spend sitting down but the number of times we get up during that time that can influence our health.
In WebMD Health: Sitting for Too Long Is Bad for Your Health
We all know that too much sitting isn%u2019t good for you. Now a new study suggests it%u2019s not just the length of time we spend sitting down but the number of times we get up during that time that can influence our health.
In MSNBC: Health: Antibiotics effective against ear infection
BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Contrary to what some guidelines say, antibiotics may be a good treatment for middle ear infection if the diagnosis is certain, according to two new studies.
In MSNBC: Health: Epilepsy drugs linked to more broken bones
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults on certain epilepsy drugs have an increased risk of breaking their wrist, hip or spine, according to a new Canadian study.
In MSNBC: Health: Device treatment may silence ringing in the ears
A new treatment that retrains part of the brain that processes sound may help silence tinnitus %u2014 a ringing in the ears that afflicts 10 percent of senior citizens and more than 40 percent of military veterans, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
In HealthDay: Taking Short Breaks From Sitting May Help Waistline and Heart
Even a little more activity spread through the average workday boosts health, study suggests
In HealthDay: U.S. Recession Didn't Raise Rates of Child Neglect: Study
Intervention programs may have helped prevent abuse during economic downturn, expert says
In MSNBC: Health: Gene tests do not cause distress - US researchers
* People can handle results of consumer gene tests-study
In WebMD Health: Cancer Costs Expected to Rise
The number of cancer survivors is expected to rise more than 30% to 18.1 million people by 2020, dramatically increasing costs of treatment of the disease, new research indicates.
In WebMD Health: Cancer Costs Expected to Rise
The number of cancer survivors is expected to rise more than 30% to 18.1 million people by 2020, dramatically increasing costs of treatment of the disease, new research indicates.
In MSNBC: Health: Facebook, AMBER Alert, join forces to find missing children
Six weeks ago, Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent experienced firsthand how Facebook%u2019s viral communication can help lead to the return an abducted child safely home.
In MSNBC: Health: Loughner fell through mental health cracks
Jared Loughner had never been in major trouble with the law or overtly violent, but his behavior at his community college was so disturbing that campus police gave him and his parents an ultimatum: Get a mental health evaluation or don't come back.
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