AP - ap.online.headlines.health http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.health News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:56:56 -0500 House passes health care bill on close vote Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:43:37 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/05/US.Health.Care.Overhaul/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.Health.Care.Overhaul 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:5d67 In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:05:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/07/US.Swine.Flu.Alaska.Village/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.Swine.Flu.Alaska.Village 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-799d Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/06/EU.MED.Europe.Swine.Flu/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_EU.MED.Europe.Swine.Flu 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-4e37 In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. Poll: One-third able to get swine flu vaccine Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/06/US.MED.Swine.Flu/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.MED.Swine.Flu 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-594e Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday. FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:11 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/06/US.FDA.Flavored.Cigarettes/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.FDA.Flavored.Cigarettes 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-5106 The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/05/US.MED.Swine.Flu.Businesses/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.MED.Swine.Flu.Businesses 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:59fb Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged. New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:10 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/05/US.MED.Gene.Therapy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.MED.Gene.Therapy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:6d28 French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene. WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/05/EU.MED.WHO.Swine.Flu/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_EU.MED.WHO.Swine.Flu 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:4ee7 The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide. Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump' Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:58:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/07/US.MED.Heart.Bypass.Surprise/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_US.MED.Heart.Bypass.Surprise 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-4bf8 It seemed like a great idea — doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way. Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:11 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2009/11/05/AF.South.Africa.AIDS.Funding/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_health_AF.South.Africa.AIDS.Funding 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:48e5 The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.