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Health Highlights: Dec. 8, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay : U.S. Spending on Health Care Doesn't Show in Life
12 15 2009 1:27AM (...more)

Atheists at Christmas: Eat, drink and be wary

MINNEAPOLIS – Angie O'Neill recently moved into a new apartment complex for seniors and she's trying to make new friends. But Christmas is a tough time of year for an atheist. "All the planned activities at this time of year
12 15 2009 2:22AM (...more)

Swine flu damage reaches deep into lungs: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Swine flu damages the entire airway, from the trachea to deep in the lungs, just as the viruses that caused the deadly 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics did, but unlike seasonal flu, a report said Tuesday. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health
12 15 2009 9:25PM (...more)

US study exposes big drinking of older alcoholics

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Older alcoholics knock back far more than younger ones, and for those over 60 that means an average of 42.5 drinks every week, a US study released Wednesday found. The research, led by Linda Ginzer of Ohio
12 15 2009 9:24PM (...more)

26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little

WASHINGTON – Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. "A whole new doorway of
12 15 2009 9:05PM (...more)

WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

LONDON – Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a new report
12 15 2009 2:09AM (...more)

New Additive Aids Blood Platelet Storage

THURSDAY, Dec. 10 ( HealthDay News ) -- An additive that allows for more efficient storage of blood platelets up to five days has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
12 15 2009 7:47PM (...more)

Record number of TB patients cured: WHO

GENEVA (AFP) – A record 2.3 million people were cured of tuberculosis in 2007, exceeding the global treatment target for the first time, the World Health Organization
12 15 2009 9:26PM (...more)

WHO warns of slow take up in public smoking bans

GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called for more protection for non-smokers, after new data showed that just five percent of the world's population benefited from 12 15 2009 9:24PM (...more)

Soldiers get mass swine flu shots before holidays

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – Thousands of Army recruits in training must line up at least once more before heading home for the holidays, this time for mass inoculations by the hundreds against swine
12 15 2009 9:21PM (...more)