- THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Older cancer survivors need
to listen to warnings about the potential risks of dietary supplements,
say Duke University Medical Center researchers and colleagues.

They noted that many older cancer patients who've survived five years
or more take vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements in an effort
to remain disease-free. However, this [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Two cases of face
transplantation demonstrate the procedure can be used for long-term
restoration of serious facial disfigurement.

The first case involves a 30-year-old Chinese man who had part of his
face torn off in a bear attack in October 2004. In April 2006, the man
underwent transplantation that included connection of [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — In 2007, about 3.4 million
Americans enrolled in the Medicare Part D drug plan reached a gap in their
prescription coverage known as the “doughnut hole,” leading some of them
to stop taking prescribed drugs, says a Kaiser Family Foundation study
released Thursday.

The analysis of data found that 26 percent [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement
therapy, even when it's started many years after menopause, can reduce
some of the quality-of-life problems caused by menopause, such as sleep
problems and hot flashes.

Australian researchers report that women who started hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause and took it for an average of
one year had significant [...]

A worker picks some New Zealand spinach growing in a greenhouse at an organic farm located on the outskirts of Beijing June 20, 2008. (David Gray/Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Health regulators have approved the
use of ionizing radiation for fresh spinach and lettuce, saying
the technique already approved for other foods can help control
harmful bacteria and other pathogens.

The [...]

WASHINGTON - Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday will issue a regulation allowing spinach and lettuce sellers to take that extra step, a long-awaited move [...]

ATLANTA - Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday.
Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded fears that vaccines may cause autism. The number of cases is still small, just [...]

An outbreak believed linked to contaminated deli meats in Canada has killed one person and made several others sick, health officials said Thursday.(Maple Leaf)

OTTAWA (AFP) -
An outbreak believed linked to contaminated deli meats in Canada has killed one person and made several others sick, health officials said Thursday.
“As of today, 38 cases of listeriosis have [...]

Afghan women clad in burqas walk along a road past destroyed houses in Kabul June 12, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Pregnant women who live through wars
are more likely to give birth to a child who develops
schizophrenia, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday in a study
linking prenatal stress with the mental illness.

Babies born to women who [...]

WASHINGTON - Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients’ risk of developing cancer.
However, the Food and Drug Administration said patients should not stop taking Vytorin because the evidence of a cancer link is unclear. While one recent clinical trial indicated higher rates of cancer for [...]