http://www.mail.com/subjects/1486-diagnosis-treatment.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1486-diagnosis-treatment.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2108400-fda-warns-infections-tied-to-tennessee-pharmacy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a ... Fri, 24 May 2013 23:27:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2108400-fda-warns-infections-tied-to-tennessee-pharmacy.html 2013-05-24T23:27:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107700-zimbabwe-activist-prisoners-denied-aids-drugs.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He wa... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2107700-zimbabwe-activist-prisoners-denied-aids-drugs.html 2013-05-24T14:13:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105278-who-scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus.html GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to the U.N. agency's annual global assembly, port... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105278-who-scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus.html 2013-05-23T21:46:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2102504-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant. Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that us... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2102504-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html 2013-05-23T03:11:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry. The winning ballot measure on Tuesday caps the number of nonprofit dispensaries at about 135 from a high of nearly 1,000 a few years ago. It also imposes higher taxes, regulates hours of ope... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:37:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104158-vote-pot-shops-lingering-la-issue.html 2013-05-22T23:37:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103816-fda-panel-backs-experimental-merck-insomnia-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel of medical experts said that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co. Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving. A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted Wednesday that Merck's sleeping aid, suvorexant, he... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:47:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103816-fda-panel-backs-experimental-merck-insomnia-drug.html 2013-05-22T21:47:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Dexter and Fletcher Moon, juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, remained calm as acupuncturist Claire McManus gently tapped more than a dozen ne... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html 2013-05-21T12:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097592-actavis-buying-warner-chilcott-85b-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market. The announcement Monday comes after the companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible pairing of one of the world's largest generic drugmak... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097592-actavis-buying-warner-chilcott-85b-deal.html 2013-05-20T22:36:45Z 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/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/entertainment/music/2089470-tiny-preemies-boost-live-music-therapy.html CHICAGO (AP) — As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, and research suggests that music may help those born way too soon adapt to life outside the womb. Some tiny preemies are too small and fragile to be ... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:16:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089470-tiny-preemies-boost-live-music-therapy.html 2013-05-16T08:16:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday. Jolie, 37, revealed on Tuesday that she carries a defective BRC... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:37:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html 2013-05-16T00:37:38Z 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/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/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turn-around from hedon... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html 2013-05-15T14:58:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html NEW YORK (AP) — "I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer. But amid the accolades for the film star's courageous revelation, doctors and genetic counselors were careful to note that her medical situ... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:41:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html 2013-05-14T21:41:42Z 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/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times (http://nyti.ms/17o4A0f ) under the he... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html 2013-05-14T20:27:42Z 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/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 http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2077524-actavis-warner-chilcott-discussing-combination.html NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmakers Actavis Inc. and Warner Chilcott PLC said Friday that they in early talks about a possible combination of the two companies. Both say there is no agreement on a deal yet. Shares of both companies soared in Friday trading. Actavis was formed in October through a $5.6 billion combination of Watson Pharmaceuticals of New Jersey and... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:27:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2077524-actavis-warner-chilcott-discussing-combination.html 2013-05-10T22:27:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions like high cholesterol, according to... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html 2013-05-09T15:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072572-study-fish-oil-help-prevent-heart-attacks.html Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found. The work makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, the good oils found in fish such as salmon, tuna and sardine... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:31:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072572-study-fish-oil-help-prevent-heart-attacks.html 2013-05-08T21:31:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069648-christies-surgery-highlights-weight-loss-options.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people's waistlines, but their health. Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, severe sleep apnea to arthritic knees. Christie has revealed that after struggling with his weight for 20 years an... Wed, 08 May 2013 14:17:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069648-christies-surgery-highlights-weight-loss-options.html 2013-05-08T14:17:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The new test, which goes on sale Wednesday, joins another one that recently came on the market. Both analyze multiple genes in a biopsy sample and give a score for... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html 2013-05-08T13:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070518-guide-to-nj-gov-christies-weight-loss-surgery.html New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday that he underwent a procedure in February to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight. A look at the procedure, his decision, and what it might mean: THE SURGERY... Wed, 08 May 2013 06:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070518-guide-to-nj-gov-christies-weight-loss-surgery.html 2013-05-08T06:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2068128-bit-slimmer-christie-weight-loss-surgery.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie, who once famously called himself "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," disclosed Tuesday he had secretly undergone weight-loss surgery, a major new step by the potential Republican presidential contender to address both his health and a political vulnerability. The stakes are high for Christie, with medical pr... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:52:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2068128-bit-slimmer-christie-weight-loss-surgery.html 2013-05-07T22:52:06Z