http://www.mail.com/subjects/506-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/506-health.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763580-fda-review-tobacco-products-grinds-to-halt.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Talk about a smoke break. Tobacco companies have introduced almost no new cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months because the federal government has prevented them from doing so, an Associated Press review has found. It's an unprecedented pause for an industry that historically h... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763580-fda-review-tobacco-products-grinds-to-halt.html 2012-12-13T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html LONDON (AP) — Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence agency when he died after being mysteriously poisoned, a lawyer representing his widow told an official hearing Thursday. Another lawyer said the U.K. has evidence the Russian government was behind Litvinenko's death... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html 2012-12-13T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763438-dozens-sue-pharmacy-compensation-uncertain.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention. He estimates the disease has cost him and his wife thousands of dollars in ou... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763438-dozens-sue-pharmacy-compensation-uncertain.html 2012-12-13T17:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told Thursday. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide. Coroner's officer Lynda Martindill said nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a ward... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html 2012-12-13T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1764620-study-people-worldwide-living-longer-sicker.html LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far at life expectancy and the biggest health threats. The last comprehensive study was in 1990 and the top health ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1764620-study-people-worldwide-living-longer-sicker.html 2012-12-13T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764424-kansas-baby-who-swallowed-feather-hospital.html HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The father of a baby who apparently swallowed a feather from a pillow says she is home from the hospital in Kansas and doing well. The nearly 7-month-old girl, Mya Whittington, was hospitalized during the weekend while doctors tried to determine why her jaw swelled. Eventually, a doctor pulled a 2-inch feather out of her neck. The ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764424-kansas-baby-who-swallowed-feather-hospital.html 2012-12-13T15:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763184-aides-chavez-tough-fight-swearing-in.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery in Cuba, and one close ally is warning Venezuelans that their leader may not make it back for his swearing-in next month. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Wednesday night that Chavez was in "stable condition" and... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763184-aides-chavez-tough-fight-swearing-in.html 2012-12-13T06:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html LONDON (AP) — The result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed Thursday, London police said. Scotland Yard said on Wednesday the cause of Jacintha Saldanha's death will not be released until a Westminster Coroner's Court hearing. Saldanha answered the phone when... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html 2012-12-13T03:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761378-sick-girl-who-left-phoenix-hospital-appears-safe.html PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an 11-year-old leukemia patient whose mother unexpectedly took her from a Phoenix hospital last month has a history of removing the child from medical facilities against the advice of doctors, police said Wednesday as the parents claimed the girl was being treated in Mexico. The child, Emily Bracamontes, had been receiving che... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761378-sick-girl-who-left-phoenix-hospital-appears-safe.html 2012-12-13T02:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said Wednesday, calling the typically energetic 74-year-old chief executive's prognosis "excellent." Brown's office gave few details about his treatment or how Brown was found to be suff... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html 2012-12-13T01:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761144-census-whites-longer-majority-us-2043.html WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race. The official projection, released Wednesday by the Census Bureau, now places the t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761144-census-whites-longer-majority-us-2043.html 2012-12-12T21:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1760836-lilly-plans-study-alzheimers-drug.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and doctors will have to wait a few more years to learn whether regulators will allow the drugmaker to sell it. Lilly said Wednesday that it will launch another late-stage study of the drug, solanezumab, no later than ne... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1760836-lilly-plans-study-alzheimers-drug.html 2012-12-12T20:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1762014-autopsy-turkish-leader-inconclusive.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Authorities investigating former President Turgut Ozal's death in office in April 1993 found traces of toxic material in samples from his exhumed body but could not conclude he died of poisoning, Turkey's state-run news agency said Wednesday. Forensic experts exhumed Ozal's body in October and tested samples for possible poisoning af... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1762014-autopsy-turkish-leader-inconclusive.html 2012-12-12T18:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761904-nflpa-files-grievance-toradol-waivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance against the league's clubs and its management council asking that team doctors no longer try to make players to sign waivers before being prescribed the painkiller Toradol. The NFLPA said Wednesday that if a doctor believes a player would "be placed at an unacceptable medical risk by usin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761904-nflpa-files-grievance-toradol-waivers.html 2012-12-12T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761156-germany-approves-bill-to-protect-male-circumcision.html BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that explicitly permits male infant circumcision, ending months of legal uncertainty after a court ruling that the practice amounts to bodily harm led to an outcry from Jewish and Muslim groups. Germany's government moved swiftly to draft a law following the Cologne regional court decision in June. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761156-germany-approves-bill-to-protect-male-circumcision.html 2012-12-12T15:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760708-mandelas-fading-presence-worries-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa's governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country's moral compass. Nelson Mandela, who remains hospitalized with a lung infection, led the African National Congress political party to victory in the nation's first truly democratic election in 1994 throu... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760708-mandelas-fading-presence-worries-south-africa.html 2012-12-12T15:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758418-venezuela-vp-hugo-chavez-recovering-surgery.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering in Cuba on Tuesday after an operation targeting an aggressive cancer that has defied multiple treatments and has prompted the socialist leader to name a political successor. Vice President Nicolas Maduro spoke on Venezuelan television after the surgery, saying that "it's been a comp... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758418-venezuela-vp-hugo-chavez-recovering-surgery.html 2012-12-12T04:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1759856-sd-mother-1st-surviving-us-quintuplets-dies.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As the mother of five children in a small South Dakota town, the limelight was the furthest thing from Mary Ann Darling Fischer's mind. All that changed on Sept. 14, 1963, when Fischer gave birth to the first known surviving quintuplets in the United States. Thrust into the spotlight after giving birth to the four girls and one bo... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1759856-sd-mother-1st-surviving-us-quintuplets-dies.html 2012-12-11T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1758662-da-investigating-texas-troubled-3b-cancer-agency.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation and the state's chief public corruption prosecutor announced an investigation into the beleaguered agency. No specific criminal allegations are driving the latest probe into the Cancer Pr... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1758662-da-investigating-texas-troubled-3b-cancer-agency.html 2012-12-11T22:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — When Marquette coach Terri Mitchell picked up the phone to talk with Tyler Summitt about the opening on her staff, it figured to be little more than a courtesy call. Mitchell knew his pedigree — who didn't? The son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, who won eight national titles and more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball i... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759274-medical-helicopter-hit-bad-weather-crash.html CHICAGO (AP) — A medical helicopter pilot hit bad weather and was trying to return to the hospital hangar shortly before the aircraft crashed into a northern Illinois field, killing him and two nurses, authorities said Tuesday. Pilot Andy Olesen radioed to dispatchers at Rockford Memorial Hospital that he was turning around because he had "encountered som... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759274-medical-helicopter-hit-bad-weather-crash.html 2012-12-11T21:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the one that sickened people who ate a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butter this fall. The new tests could reach medical laboratories as early as next year, an exciting develop... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html 2012-12-11T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758948-winter-brings-troubles-displaced-syrians.html ATMEH, Syria (AP) — This tent camp sheltering Syrians uprooted by their country's brutal civil war has lost the race against winter: The ground under white tents is soaked in mud, fights erupt over scarce blankets and volunteer doctors routinely run out of medicine for coughing, runny-nosed children. The 21-month-old battle to bring down President Bashar ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758948-winter-brings-troubles-displaced-syrians.html 2012-12-11T18:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1758560-there-arose-clatter-pipe-free-santa.html NEW YORK (AP) — Santa has kicked the habit in time for Christmas. No, not the sugar plum habit, or his fur-wearing habit, or his penchant for romping recklessly around open flame. No, gentlepeople, this is the year the man in red gave up pipe tobacco, at least in a new book version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" that has received attention from some... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1758560-there-arose-clatter-pipe-free-santa.html 2012-12-11T16:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757660-mandela-battles-lung-infection-chronic-ailment.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Military doctors are treating South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection, an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader remains susceptible to because of his age and his 27 years in prison. Government officials acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that the illness forced soldiers to admit Mandel... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757660-mandela-battles-lung-infection-chronic-ailment.html 2012-12-11T15:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1757682-experts-stations-royal-hoax-call-illegal.html SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face criminal charges for airing the conversation, legal experts said Tuesday. Last week's prank was widely condemned days after it aired, after the still-unexplained death of a nurse who answered the p... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1757682-experts-stations-royal-hoax-call-illegal.html 2012-12-11T11:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757832-duchess-cambridge-cancels-premiere-visit.html LONDON (AP) — The former Kate Middleton has cancelled a planned appearance at the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit" due to acute morning sickness. Palace officials said Tuesday Prince William's wife, now known as the Duchess of Cambridge, will continue to rest rather than go to the show. William still plans to go to the premiere. Middleton has cancelled all p... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757832-duchess-cambridge-cancels-premiere-visit.html 2012-12-11T11:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. The 58-year-old Sotomayor says in an unusually personal book for a Supreme Court justice that she feels an occasional tug of regret at no... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html 2012-12-11T06:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757440-faa-3-killed-medical-helicopter-crash-ill.html ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northern Illinois, killing all three people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration reports the helicopter crashed Monday night while traveling from Rockford, near the Wisconsin border, to a hospital about 60 miles south in Mendota. The helicopter was registered to Rockford Me... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757440-faa-3-killed-medical-helicopter-crash-ill.html 2012-12-11T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1755560-hugo-chavezs-heir-tears-up-cancer-battle.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown the country's future into question, and his designated political heir has begun trying to fill the void. Underlining the gravity of the situation, Vice President Nicolas Maduro bro... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1755560-hugo-chavezs-heir-tears-up-cancer-battle.html 2012-12-10T23:04:00Z