http://www.kidk.com/news/health RSS Feed for KIDK - News - Health en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:35:37 GMT http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25817724.html 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. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25817604.html Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25778659.html 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. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25778534.html 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. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25778414.html 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. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25726784.html In the latest disappointment for cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of the disease or lower the need for valve surgery, sending its makers' stock plunging. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25670409.html Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. There have only been three cases of the human form of mad cow disease reported in the United States in the last several years. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25668844.html U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches caused by the escalating cost of transportation, forcing some to borrow cash from co-workers in between paychecks and others to consider leaving the industry altogether. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25636454.html AMERICAN FALLS - West Nile season is here and the first case of the region has been found in Power County. http://www.kidk.com/news/health/25620784.html Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would buy, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll has found.