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Sperm donor passed rare disease to 5 kids
A sperm donor passed an extremely rare and
dangerous genetic ailment to five children born
to four couples, doctors reported Friday in a
case that exposes a gap in the screening
process.
Family sues salon over death after pedicure
 Texas
woman’s family sues salon over her death after
pedicure.
Saturated fats are worse than you think
Recent studies remind us that the goal of eating
less fat should focus on saturated fat. Too
much saturated fat may be problematic, even if
your cholesterol isn’t high.
Even ‘good’ dogs may bite; kids at
highest risk
More than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by
dogs each year, according to the American
Academy of Pediatrics. More than half of all dog
bite victims are younger than 14 years of age
and 150,000 of these bites are serious enough to
require a visit to the emergency department.
Controversial Crohn's drug OK'd for kids
Federal regulators approved Remicade as a
treatment for Crohn's disease in children on
Friday, just days after publication of a study
linking the Johnson & Johnson drug to an
increased risk of some cancers in rheumatoid
arthritis patients.
Panel urges U.S. to OK cervical cancer
vaccine
A vaccine that blocks infection by the two types
of viruses that cause most cases of cervical
cancer is safe and effective and should be
approved, a federal panel recommended.
Drug boosts sex drive, company says
A New Jersey drug company says an inhaler it’s
working on could be the long-sought female
version of Viagra.
Report: FDAÂ recommends antibiotic warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewers
have linked the antibiotic Ketek to 12 cases of
liver failure, including four deaths, and is now
recommending the company put a warning label on
the drug, a newspaper reports.
Testing for bird flu begins in Alaska
Federal scientists have started testing
migratory birds for signs of a dangerous bird
flu that could show up on this continent this
spring.
Body Odd podcast: Why do we have hair there?
Federal scientists have started testing
migratory birds for signs of a dangerous bird
flu that could show up on this continent this
spring.
Dating violence common among U.S. teens
Nearly 1 out of 11 U.S. high school students is
subjected to physical violence from their
boyfriend or girlfriend each year, the results
of a nationwide survey suggest.
Fitness sinful for women in Saudi Arabia?
 There
are no laws against women exercising outside
their homes in Saudi Arabia, but in this
conservative society many are influenced by
scholars and clerics who argue against it.
China bans popular breast-enlarging liquid
China has banned a breast-enlarging liquid that
was injected into more than 300,000 women and
caused such pain for some that they had their
breasts removed, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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