http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/ Health - Science & Technology: Find breaking news, world news and pictures on Health en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/ http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098994-hospitals-treat-than-120-okla-tornado.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) says nine of 57 patients who are being treated at the Integris Southwest Medical Center were listed in critical condition after Monday afternoo... Tue, 21 May 2013 03:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098994-hospitals-treat-than-120-okla-tornado.html 2013-05-21T03:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098794-sports-with-heart-zapping-device.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. Lots of patients ignore that take-it-easy advice and stay in the game, and Monday's findings suggest vigorous exercise may be safe for many of them ... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098794-sports-with-heart-zapping-device.html 2013-05-20T23:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098172-military-sex-abuse-long-term-impact-vets.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits. The Department of Veterans Affairs' accounting, released in response to inquiries from The Associated Pres... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:31:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098172-military-sex-abuse-long-term-impact-vets.html 2013-05-20T16:31:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html 2013-05-20T14:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097864-court-woman-seek-lawyer-fees-vaccine-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely. The high court on Monday ruled for Melissa Cloer, who wanted lawyers' fees for her lawsuit over damage she says was caused by hepatitis B vaccines. Shortly after finishing the ... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097864-court-woman-seek-lawyer-fees-vaccine-case.html 2013-05-20T14:21:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell the island 100 miles east of New York Cit... Mon, 20 May 2013 06:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html 2013-05-20T06:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096946-consumer-group-flags-high-spf-ratings-sunscreen.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group. ... Mon, 20 May 2013 03:45:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096946-consumer-group-flags-high-spf-ratings-sunscreen.html 2013-05-20T03:45:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. While there is no evidence a... Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html 2013-05-20T02:57:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should handle its high with three competing measures that seek to either limit ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html 2013-05-19T20:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2094610-flesh-eating-disease-victim-prosthetic-hands.html ATLANTA (AP) — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of "bionic" hands with 24 programmable functions that will impro... Sat, 18 May 2013 02:12:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2094610-flesh-eating-disease-victim-prosthetic-hands.html 2013-05-18T02:12:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2093592-cancer-rape-fraud-case-bowls-mich-community.html LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape. "It was a little box, a very ornate box, to hold a prayer. She needed God to look over her," Con... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2093592-cancer-rape-fraud-case-bowls-mich-community.html 2013-05-17T20:56:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092928-cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-china.html BEIJING (AP) — China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population. Almost all donated organs in China used to come from executed prisoners. A growing proportion now come ... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092928-cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-china.html 2013-05-17T14:24:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092708-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. The Geneva-based body says only 12 ... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:10:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092708-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html 2013-05-17T09:10:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The only o... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html 2013-05-17T04:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the 20 deaths attributed to the virus. There have been no deaths reported in France and Qatar, only in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Britain. The story also said that th... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html 2013-05-16T19:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2089780-feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers.html Federal health officials proposed Thursday to overhaul 500,000 child care centers across the country, beefing up safety standards including background and fingerprint checks for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities. Roughly 1.6 million U.S. children attend child care centers on subsidies — paid in the form of vouchers to familie... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2089780-feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers.html 2013-05-16T18:10:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2090392-saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears to be centered in the kingdom. Thursday's Health Ministry announcement follows its report that two health care workers became ill this month after being exposed to patients with... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2090392-saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus.html 2013-05-16T14:33:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call that the health and sa... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html 2013-05-15T22:58:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088530-el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-abortion-case.html SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given no chance of surviving. The Central American country's laws prohibit all abortions, even when a woman's... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088530-el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-abortion-case.html 2013-05-15T21:09:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html CHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild neurocognitive disorder." Those changes are just some of the reasons prominent critics say the American Psychiatric Asso... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html 2013-05-15T18:37:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087940-obama-planning-june-3-mental-health-conference.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a mental health conference next month in response to gun violence. Presidential spokesman Jay Carney said Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to host the conference June 3 at the White House. Carney said attendees will include mental health advocates, health care providers, faith leaders, government... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:55:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087940-obama-planning-june-3-mental-health-conference.html 2013-05-15T17:55:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but noted that a different, simpler technique now under development may prove more useful. Stem cells can turn i... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html 2013-05-15T16:40:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2086610-st-louis-doctor-with-cerebral-palsy-offers-hope.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber. "We know it's not fair, but that's the way it is," Brunstrom-Hernandez tells 15-year-old patient Sam Ward. "Do you hear me? I know what I'm ta... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2086610-st-louis-doctor-with-cerebral-palsy-offers-hope.html 2013-05-15T07:28:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared up a mystery hanging over him since... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html 2013-05-14T21:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085430-parents-sue-sc-hospital-childs-sex-surgery.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of South Carolina for what they say was an unnecessary sexual assignment surgery performed on a toddler they later adopted. Lawyers for Pam and Mark Crawford said Tuesday they were suing the Department of Social Services for having irreversible surgery performed on a 16-month-old chi... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085430-parents-sue-sc-hospital-childs-sex-surgery.html 2013-05-14T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084776-study-questions-sharply-us-cut-salt.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle. Make no mistake: Most Americans eat way too much salt, not just from salt shakers but because of sodium hidden inside processed foods and restaurant meals. Tue... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:07:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084776-study-questions-sharply-us-cut-salt.html 2013-05-14T20:07:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083992-eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague.html GENEVA (AP) — An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suicide. The Strasbourg, France-based court said Switzerland must specify whether its laws are meant to include p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083992-eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague.html 2013-05-14T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful." Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she h... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:33:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T17:33:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084490-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated. Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. The 22-year-old became pregnant after doctors placed an embryo into her womb, using one of her own eggs.  A statement from Akden... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084490-turkish-womb-transplant-patient-loses-baby.html 2013-05-14T14:48:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. It has le... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T13:52:18Z