A Colorado man who was admitted to the hospital for a kidney stone received surprising news when the nurse came back with test results revealing he was actually a woman. Denver photographer Steve Crecelius said he’s felt a little different all his life. “When I... More »Man Admitted to Hospital for Kidney Stone, Discovers He's a Woman
An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that stretched the muscular walls... More »Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart
ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital said the operation was carried out last month and made public this week. The baby, whose identity has not been disclosed, was kept alive for 13 days before the transplant and is now doing well. The baby was suffering from dilated myocardiopathy, a heart muscle disease which normally causes stretched or enlarged fibers of the heart. ... More »Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears that can wreck the lives of those that suffer from it, can be significantly eased by a new combination of therapies, The Lancet reported on Friday. More »New therapy helps tinnitus sufferers
The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled. More »Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
Parents Worry, Turn to Natural Products to Protect Kids Against Super Lice More »Head Lice, Getting Drug-Resistant, Shut Down Idaho School
TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Body-building and weight-loss products are the types of dietary supplements most likely to cause liver injury, according to a small new study. More »Body Building, Diet Supplements Linked to Liver Damage: Study
Georgia Woman Who Lost Limbs to Infection Can Now Breathe on Her Own More »Georgia Woman Who Lost Limbs to Flesh-Eating Disease Can Now Sit Up, Breathe on Her Own
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Many older Americans take calcium supplements to prevent bone loss, but they may be significantly increasing their risk for a heart attack, a new study suggests. More »Calcium Supplements May Be Bad for Your Heart: Study
Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father. More »Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 24 - McDonald's Corp investors soundly rejected a shareholder proposal that would have required the world's biggest fast-food chain to assess its impact on childhood obesity. The subject was a major topic of discussion at Thursday's annual shareholder meeting, which also served as a send-off for retiring Chief Executive Jim Skinner - whose nearly eight years at the helm will be remembered as a time when the price of McDonald's stock tripled. ... More »Anti-obesity proposal fails again at McDonald's
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition. The researchers, based in Haifa, Israel, said there were still many years of testing and refining ahead. But the results meant they might eventually be able to reprogram patients' cells to repair their own damaged hearts. ... More »Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle
Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis. More »German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes
The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday. More »P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them. More »Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- It's long been known that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can reduce epileptic seizures that resist drug therapy, and now researchers studying mice say they think they know why. More »Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers. Airwaves in the most populous U.S. state are filling up with advertising for and against Proposition 29, a June 5 ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes, taking the tax to $1.87, mainly to fund medical research on tobacco usage and programs to prevent and control it. ... More »California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke
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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born by Caesarean section are twice as likely to be obese by age 3 as infants delivered vaginally, a new study suggests. More »C-Section May Hike Risk for Toddlers' Obesity, Study Suggests
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The FBI says it is investigating "intentional" fires that erupted this week at two Atlanta-area women's clinics, one of which performs abortions. "FBI-Atlanta is seeking information regarding intentional fires," the agency said in a statement. It said the first of the blazes occurred on Sunday morning after someone broke out the front window of a gynecological office and set a fire inside the building. "An incendiary substance was present," the FBI said in its statement. "Laboratory results are pending. ... More »FBI probes fires at women's clinics in Georgia
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