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(AP) The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't ...

Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks

11 hours, 51 minutes ago

Statin study could lead to test for gene variant

11 hours, 51 minutes ago

(AP) Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world.In rare cases, statins can cause muscle pain and weakness. Researchers have identified a genetic variation that seems to predict more than ...

Pitt's Cancer Institute warns of cell phone risks

11 hours, 51 minutes ago

ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

14 hours, 39 minutes ago

(AP) More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday.Some experts called the finding surprising, noting that most childhood diagnoses traditionally occur by age 11.The study didn't investigate why the increase in ...

A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source

14 hours, 39 minutes ago

(AP) It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak.Not my tomatoes, protested the manager. He'd switched his supply to government-cleared fresh tomatoes and even canned ones. But a ...

Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says

1 day, 4 hours ago

(AP) Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action.TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. Most drug-resistant TB cases also were ...

Polygamist sect leader Jeffs, 5 others indicted

1 day, 11 hours ago

(AP) A grand jury has indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and five of his followers. Jeffs, who was indicted Tuesday, is accused of sexual assault. The charges and identities of the others were being withheld until authorities can arrest them, said Schleicher County clerk Peggy Williams.One indictment is misdemeanor; the ...

Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says

1 day, 15 hours ago

Women on antidepressants may benefit from Viagra

1 day, 18 hours ago

(AP) Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills.The research involving 98 premenopausal women found Viagra helped with orgasm. But the benefits did not extend to other aspects of sex such as desire, researchers report ...

FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper

2 days, 3 hours ago

(AP) Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas _ and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos.But Monday's discovery, the equivalent of a fingerprint, doesn't solve the mystery: ...

Health officials tout computer prescribing

2 days, 13 hours ago

(AP) Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on paper and handing them to the patient.The widespread adoption of electronic prescribing is expected ...

FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper

2 days, 14 hours ago

(AP) Government inspectors have found the same salmonella strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning outbreak in a Mexican-grown jalapeno in a Texas plant, prompting a new warning for consumers to avoid eating fresh jalapenos.The Food and Drug Administration called Monday's announcement a "very important break in the case."But it doesn't mean ...

Mass. woman diagnosed with rare brain disease

2 days, 15 hours ago

(AP) An elderly woman has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, state health officials said Monday.There are about 300 U.S. cases each year of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fast-progressing illness that usually affects older people and leads to dementia, movement disorders and ultimately death.In very rare cases, a form of the ...

Quest: Repairing more hearts with implanted pumps

2 days, 15 hours ago

(AP) When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover instead.Only a lucky few are ever weaned off those implants, their rested hearts able to work on their ...