Jul 07 Watch Doctors Recommend Cholesterol Tests, Drugs for Kids The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Monday that children with risk factors such as obesity and a family history of cardiac disease be screened for high cholesterol -- and said some should be treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs. Continue watching
Jul 07 Aid to Africa Tops Agenda for G-8 Leaders By Admin, PBS News Hour World leaders entered the second day of their annual G-8 summit prepared to focus on whether Africa is receiving enough aid amid soaring food and oil prices and concerns over climate change. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch FDA Expands Search for Source of Salmonella Outbreak The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it still did not know the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 869 people and plans to expand its search beyond tomatoes, the first suspected culprit. A USA Today… Continue watching
Jul 01 Study: HIV Mortality Rates Continue to Drop as Treatments Improve By PBS News Hour More than a decade after antiretroviral treatments for HIV first debuted, HIV mortality rates have declined dramatically and they continue to drop in countries where patients have access to the drugs. Continue reading
Jun 25 Transparent Fish Give Cancer Research a Boost By PBS News Hour Richard White is an oncologist at Children's Hospital Boston and instructor at Harvard Medical School -- but lately, he's also gained fame as an animal breeder. Continue reading
Jun 13 Low Levels of Vitamin D Tied to Numerous Health Ailments, Studies Find By PBS News Hour Men with low vitamin D levels are more likely to suffer heart attacks than men with healthy levels of the vitamin, according to a study released this week. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch More Than 25 Million Americans Underinsured, Study Finds More than 25 million Americans with health insurance did not have sufficient coverage for their medical expenses in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Salmonella Concerns Prompt Widespread Tomato Recalls Concerns over salmonella contamination have led the FDA to issue nationwide health warnings for tomatoes. This in turn has led to many vendors recalling or prohibiting the use of tomatoes in their products. A food safety journalist discusses the tomato… Continue watching
Jun 10 Tomatoes Pulled From Shelves Over Salmonella By PBS News Hour Federal officials are trying to locate the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes while the list of supermarkets and restaurants pulling the affected tomato varieties from shelves and menus continues to grow. Continue reading
Jun 05 World Leaders Pledge to Ease Food Crisis After Political Squabbling By PBS News Hour World leaders at a United Nations food summit pledged Thursday to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat the food crisis that is spreading hunger and violent unrest across the globe. Continue reading