Canadian Online Health News http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2009. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:31 EST 25 Medbroadcast RSS 163 23 http://www.medbroadcast.com http://www.medbroadcast.com/images/PoweredByMRI_Logo.jpg 4 in North Carolina have Tamiflu-resistant flu, first such U.S. cluster: CDC http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19987&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Mike Stobbe, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ATLANTA - U.S. health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. It's the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S....More 4 people in a hospital test positive for Tamiflu-resistant swine flu, first such US cluster http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19988&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2055&rot=3 Mike Stobbe, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ATLANTA - Four patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday....More As price of child vaccines drop, millions of lives saved from preventable diseases http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19982&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT HANOI, Vietnam - Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. Starting next year an extra 6....More Diarrhea and pneumonia are biggest child killers, but world is focused on AIDS and malaria http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19980&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2041&rot=3 Margie Mason, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3....More Former smoker, 61, to speak out after winning $300 million US verdict against Philip Morris http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19984&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2022&rot=3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A former smoker in Fort Lauderdale is speaking out about her $300 million verdict against Philip Morris....More Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stress http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19978&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1022&rot=3 Alicia Chang, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Two days before shipping off to war, marine Pte. 1st Class Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier....More New guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19983&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2037&rot=3 Lauran Neergaard, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer....More US guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer - every 2 years for under-30 http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19986&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2037&rot=3 Lauran Neergaard, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer....More