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Certain Cancer Drugs May Have Fatal Side Effects: Analysis (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with three relatively new cancer drugs may be linked to a slightly increased risk of death, a new analysis suggests.




Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines (Reuters) Reuters - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey.


Antidepressants May Not Raise Suicide Risk in Youth: Study (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressant drugs such as Prozac do not raise suicide risk in young people, a new study says.


Does Abortion in First Trimester Raise Risk of Mental Ills' Return? (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of mental illness do not seem to be at increased risk of readmission to a psychiatric hospital after having an abortion in their first trimester, a new study suggests.


AP Enterprise: War experience aids hostage rescues (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken from insurgents video released on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2005, a man who identifies himself as American Roy Hallums pleads for Arab rulers to intercede to spare his life. Hallums was kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq in 2004 and held for 311 days before U.S. Army Delta Force operators rescued him from a small, underground room. U.S. special forces units are compiling a string of successful hostage rescues, thanks to improved technology and a decade of wartime experience. But despite technological advances like thermal imaging and surveillance drones, the raids remain high-risk. (AP Photo/Insurgents video via APTN, File) TV OUTAP - Roy Hallums was enduring his 311th day of captivity, blindfolded, his hands and feet bound, stuffed into a hole under the floor of a farm building outside Baghdad. He heard a commotion upstairs and managed to get the blindfold off. Delta Force troops broke open the hatch. An American soldier jumped down.





HIV-positive man who sued Atlanta gets new hearing (AP) AP - A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV.


Study: Breastfeeding Strengthens Children's Lungs (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - A study published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reverses some earlier thinking that breastfeeding by mothers with asthma might increase the child's risk for the disease. The study found breastfeeding strengthens children's lungs, even if the mother has asthma. Here are details about breastfee......


Asthmatic Moms Who Breast-feed May Help Their Children's Lungs (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding is associated with improved lung function in school-age children, particularly those with asthmatic mothers, a new study says.


Traffic-related asthma costs two cities big money (Reuters) Reuters - Traffic pollution may cost two California cities millions each year in managing children's asthma, a new study suggests.


Breastfeeding tied to stronger lungs, less asthma (Reuters) Reuters - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest.


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