KIDK - Health News http://www.kidk.com/news/health RSS Feed for KIDK - News - Health en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:22 GMT New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease http://www.kidk.com/news/health/69320042.html French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide http://www.kidk.com/news/health/69288632.html In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 percent of the flu viruses being sampled, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's top flu official. Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump' http://www.kidk.com/news/health/69288572.html It seemed like a great idea — doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way. FDA launches plan to curb accidental overdoses http://www.kidk.com/news/health/69288267.html The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems. Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat http://www.kidk.com/news/health/69126827.html The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Low cholesterol may prevent some prostate cancers http://www.kidk.com/news/health/68914002.html Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, new research suggests. New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle http://www.kidk.com/news/health/68866607.html A vaccine that appears to be able to prevent the disease in about 50 percent of children, is now undergoing the final stage of testing. Poor countries see troubling rise in breast cancer http://www.kidk.com/news/health/68867817.html International cancer specialists meet this week to plan an assault on a troubling increase of breast cancer in developing countries, where nearly two-thirds of women aren't diagnosed until it has spread through their bodies. Premature births worsen US infant death rate http://www.kidk.com/news/health/68864972.html Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday. RI hospital fined $150,000 in wrong-site surgery http://www.kidk.com/news/health/68795397.html Rhode Island's largest hospital was fined $150,000 and ordered to take the extraordinary step of installing video cameras in all its operating rooms after it had its fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007, state health officials said Monday.