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The Seattle Times: Health (30 unread)

• Public-health agency takes rare step of detaining TB patient

  Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 11:21am CDT

  For only the second time since 1986, Public Health — Seattle & King County has sought a court order to detain a patient who resisted treatment for tuberculosis.

• Abbott abandons plans to sell vaccines business

  Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:48am CDT

  Drug and medical device firm Abbott Laboratories said Friday it has abandoned plans to sell its vaccines unit, less than three months after exploring sales talks with rival companies.

• New study links bone drugs to esophageal cancer risk

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:39pm CDT

  People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study ...

• Early disconnect with mom may speed onset of puberty

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:18pm CDT

  Against the backdrop of growing evidence that American girls are beginning pubertal changes at an ever-earlier age, a controversial researcher has found evidence that babies who fail to make a powerful early connection to their first caregiver are more likely to enter puberty early.

• There are no silly health questions, but some are gross

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:16pm CDT

  5 health questions you may have been too shy to ask are answered by the author of "What the Yuck? The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body."

• Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:16pm CDT

  People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests.

• Workers bear larger share of health premium costs

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:46pm CDT

  Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.

• Summary Box: Workers pick up growing insurance tab

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:01pm CDT

  2010 COSTS: Total premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed only 3 percent for family coverage and 5 percent for single coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust report.

• Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:20pm CDT

  Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?

• Feds: no link between Dry Max diapers and rashes

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:02pm CDT

  Government safety officials have not found a connection between a new kind of Pampers diapers and the severe skin reactions reported by some parents' groups.

• Average worker pays $4K of family health insurance

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:16pm CDT

  Researchers say workers are paying a larger portion of health insurance costs as businesses, trying to ride out the economic downturn, shift more of the burden to their employees.

• Fish oil may not be much of a heart-saver for those who've already had a heart attack

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:46pm CDT

  But Dutch study shows supplement appears to help some.

• The best workout for the brain may be play

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:16pm CDT

  New research reveals that the connection between learning and exercise is not limited to children.

• How Stuff Works: Organic food prices

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:01pm CDT

  A paper entitled, "Organic potatoes: they can be grown, but can they be profitable?" is enlightening.

• New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:01pm CDT

  Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.

• New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:31pm CDT

  Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.

• Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:31pm CDT

  Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.

• JAMA's editor leaving, returning to Johns Hopkins

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:46pm CDT

  One of the country's leading medical journals is looking for a new editor.

• How to solve hiccups, nosebleeds, shivers

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:55am CDT

  When are annoying little problems the sign of something serious?

• Botox-maker pays $600M to resolve investigation

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:27am CDT

  Allergan says it will pay $600 million to settle a years-long federal investigation into how it marketed its top-selling drug Botox.

• Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:46am CDT

  Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.

• Groups approved for 'early retiree' health-care funds

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:02pm CDT

  Nearly 2,000 employers and unions have been approved to seek federal reimbursement for the health claims of their "early retirees," or retired workers 55 or older who are too young for Medicare, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.

• Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:01pm CDT

  Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

• FDA looks to curb abuse of cough medicine

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:46pm CDT

  Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.

• DNA booth: New fair favorite?

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:31pm CDT

  Opponents criticize the study for being vague about how DNA samples will be protected and used.

• JK Rowling donates $15.4 million for MS center

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:57am CDT

  Author J.K. Rowling has given $15.4 million to set up a center to research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother.

• Foursquare, MTV to reward STD checkups with badge

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:06am CDT

  You can "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases?

• Chain-smoking Greeks face tough ban

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:31am CDT

  Greece is set to impose a tough smoking ban starting Wednesday that will outlaw lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibit most tobacco advertising.

• JK Rowling donates $15.4 million for MS center

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:31am CDT

  Author J.K. Rowling has given $15.4 million to set up a clinic to treat and research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother.

• Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims

  Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:20pm CDT

  By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.