AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP)
AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.
The pill equally effective in obese, thin women (Reuters)
Reuters - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.
New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that thehuman papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexuallytransmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps preventgenital warts and low-grade cervical growths.
AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
Breast Cancer's DNA Yields More Secrets (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic makeup ofbreast cancer tumors may be a better predictor of how well a woman willfare than a tumor's size and appearance, which has been the traditionalway of looking at cancers, new research suggests.
Prostate Cancer 'Cell of Origin' Identified (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - For researchers, akey to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Nowscientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've foundjust that -- a specific type of cell that gives rise to prostate cancer.
AFP - The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.
