Archive for June, 2009

NO Mayor Nagin Quarantined In China – 389th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife are quarantined in China after a fellow airline passenger shows symptoms of swine flu.
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Alternative Medicine Goes Mainstream – 388th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Alternative medicine is finding wider acceptance by doctors, insurers and hospitals.
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Japan Explores Using Cell Phones To Stop Pandemics – 387th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.
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Feds Launch Probe Into Abortion Doctor Killing – 386th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller to see whether the accused gunman had accomplices.
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New Mexico Boy Dies Of Plague – 385th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

The nation sees its first cases of bubonic plague this year.
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Medical Bills Part Of 60% Of Bankruptcies – 384th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Most people who get too deep in debt to continue to pay had a medical emergency trigger financial problems, a study says.
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Makers Want To Mash Up Cholesterol Pills – 383th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Crestor and TriLipix both try to lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol. Maybe they could even work together.
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New Swine Flu Deaths Reported In 6 States – 382th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Health officials in a half dozen states reported deaths from swine flu on Thursday, and said all six patients had been diagnosed with other health problems
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Triplet Gives Birth To Her Own Set Of 3 – 381th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

A Michigan woman who’s one-third of a set of triplets celebrates the birth of her own three babies.
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Hospital Reports Birth Every Hour – 380th Edition

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

One hospital in Ohio might have recorded a big chunk of a projected Hurricane Ike baby boom on Tuesday.
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