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Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fearsFebruary 8, 2010, 9:28 am by Associated Press HealthwireHigh rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday....
More from Associated Press Healthwire Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given Associated Press Healthwire: March 10, 2010, 6:24 am NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section Associated Press Healthwire: March 10, 2010, 5:14 am WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella Associated Press Healthwire: March 10, 2010, 2:11 am CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive Associated Press Healthwire: March 9, 2010, 11:59 am ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years Associated Press Healthwire: March 9, 2010, 7:34 am BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure
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