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Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance....
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New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Maxed out on the medications," is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day....
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AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability
America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate. Government officials say that 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. Officials tell The Associated Press that...
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German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis....
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Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled....
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Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
DALLAS (AP) -- Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them....
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Report: State tobacco prevention funding lacking
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they've received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to fund tobacco prevention programs....
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Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection wont cause pain and suffering for the ...
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Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash - sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist - and then asking the government for replacement cards. The Agriculture Department wants to curb t...
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A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?...
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Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father....
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Health officials testing 35 babies for TB exposure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Health officials are testing 35 babies for tuberculosis after a person with an active case of the life-threatening disease visited neonatal-intensive care units at two Northern California hospitals....
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UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term
GENEVA (AP) -- Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general....
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UN says most Fukushima radiation doses below norms
GENEVA (AP) -- A year after Japan's nuclear accident at Fukushima, the World Health Organization says several areas near the plant had radiation above cancer-causing levels but most of the nation did not....
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Google completes Motorola deal, heralding new era
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile computing....
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Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood
LONDON (AP) -- A Channel Islands online auction house has angered Ronald Reagan's foundation by claiming to offer a vial that once contained his blood....
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UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's health advisory agency says the government should extend free fertility treatment to women up to age 42 and same-sex couples, according to draft guidelines....
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Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod....
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Fake malaria drugs litter Southeast Asia, Africa
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality....
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Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good....
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says....
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Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
CHICAGO (AP) -- New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers....
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials want all baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C....
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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
LONDON (AP) -- In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or emotional problems....
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Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is asking a presidential panel to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being stockpiled in case of a bioterror attack be tested in children?...
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