Yahoo! News: Health NewsHealth NewsStudy links some antibiotic use to cerebral palsy (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - A once-used practice of giving antibiotics to some women at risk of premature birth may have increased the odds their children will develop cerebral palsy and other problems, British researchers said on Thursday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/hl_nm/bir... US researchers call off controversial autism study (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - A government agency has dropped plans for a study of a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_he_... Colon X-ray seen as effective at spotting cancer (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_he_... Both real and virtual colonoscopies work: report (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - Doctors who perform colonoscopies should not be worried that they may lose business to so-called virtual colonoscopies, despite reports that both approaches work equally well at detecting colon cancer, a gastroenterology expert said on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/hl_nm/can... Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion's Share of Insurers' Ad Dollars (HealthDay)- September 17, 2008 HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Insurers last year placed three times more ads and spent twice as much money to promote more comprehensive Medicare Advantage plans than they did for stand-alone Medicare drug plans, according to a new study.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080917/hl_hsn/m... Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 17, 2008 (HealthDay)- September 17, 2008 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080917/hl_hsn/c... Medical device ads criticized on Capitol Hill (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - Medical experts told lawmakers Wednesday that new television advertisements for medical devices pose even greater risks to patients than ads for drugs, which have been scrutinized for years.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_he_... Bad vaccines risk encephalitis epidemic in India (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that has killed more than 200 children since June, officials said Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_he_... FDA defends plastic linked with health risks (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - With scientists at odds about the risks of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, the government on Tuesday gave consumers some tips on how to reduce their exposure to BPA even as it said the substance is safe.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_he_... Gastric Bypass Surgery Less Helpful for Diabetics (Time.com)- September 16, 2008 Time.com - A new study suggests that the common weight-loss surgery leads to less weight loss in patients with diabeteshttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080917/hl_time... |