Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Steps Are Set to Restructure Health Agency in Nassau

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 12:31 AM

	Nassau's health care agency could run out of money by the end of the year, county officials said Wednesday as they announced steps to pick a new president and make other major changes to save the institution. Read full article: 'Steps Are Set to Restructure Health Agency in Nassau'

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Articles: Promises of Prozac

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 12:07 AM

	The concept of using medications to treat depressed children has long been controversial. Each year, at least one million Americans under the age of 18 are prescribed antidepressants such as Prozac, but there has been no conclusive evidence that they are effective. Read full article: 'Promises of Prozac'

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Articles: Cancer patients surviving longer

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 12:04 AM

	Americans are living longer with cancer, says a report out today. About 64% of cancer patients now survive five years after being diagnosed, a rate that has been climbing since the 1970s, when half of patients lived that long, says the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2001 Read full article: 'Cancer patients surviving longer'

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Articles: Seniors with drug card to pay 50 percent more than veterans

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 12:02 AM

	Even with a Medicare discount card, seniors will typically pay 50 percent more than the Veterans Administration for their medications, according to an analysis released yesterday. Read full article: 'Seniors with drug card to pay 50 percent more than veterans'

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Articles: Halting Cancer's Spread

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 08:41 AM

	The ability to switch off a cellular enzyme involved in the progression of several forms of human cancers has been discovered by researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Read full article: 'Halting Cancer's Spread'

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Articles: Something in NYC's Water May Not Be Kosher

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 08:38 AM

	Despite the seemingly endless number of kosher restaurants and food stores in New York City, it may be difficult to keep strictly kosher there after all -- if you believe some resident ultra-Orthodox rabbis. Read full article: 'Something in NYC's Water May Not Be Kosher'

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Articles: U.S., Canada Adopt New Sun Radiation Risk Index

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 08:34 AM

	In a bid to reduce soaring skin cancer rates, the United States and Canada have joined other nations in adopting an international index that gauges the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation, according to the World Health Organization. Read full article: 'U.S., Canada Adopt New Sun Radiation Risk Index'

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Articles: Smoking Poses Same Cancer Risk to Women, Men

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 08:31 AM

	A Harvard University research team has found new evidence that women and men who have similar smoking histories share the same risk of developing lung cancer, HealthDay reports. Read full article: 'Smoking Poses Same Cancer Risk to Women, Men'

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Articles: 'I was awake during eye surgery'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 07:21 AM

	It is a date Carol Weihrer will never forget. On 24 January 1998, the 52-year-old underwent what should have been a relatively routine operation. Read full article: ''I was awake during eye surgery''

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Articles: Disaster dead 'no health threat'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 06:50 AM

	The bodies of people who have died in natural disasters do not pose a threat to health, according to a study. Read full article: 'Disaster dead 'no health threat''

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