Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/751 Health News en-us Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:06:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/751 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_he_me/un_darfur ap/20070901/un_darfur Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:06:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_he_me/un_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Malnutrition is increasing in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region along with lawlessness and the number of people fleeing their homes, a senior U.N. official said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_he_me/un_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/schools_medicaid ap/20070831/schools_medicaid Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:05:30 GMT AP - The Bush administration issued proposed rules Friday to trim Medicaid payments to schools. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/fda_review_merck_hiv ap/20070831/fda_review_merck_hiv Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:42:25 GMT AP - A new HIV-fighting drug from Merck &amp; Co. appears superior to options for patients who have stopped responding to available drugs, federal regulators said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/anemia_drugs_cancer_doctors ap/20070831/anemia_drugs_cancer_doctors Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:46:46 GMT AP - Cancer doctors seek to loosen federal restrictions on anemia drugs that carry potentially deadly side effects, saying the tight payment guidelines for treatments made by Amgen and Johnson and Johnson are ultimately bad for patients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/lung_cancer ap/20070831/lung_cancer Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:31:57 GMT AP - Thousands more lung cancer patients each year could be offered surgery or other aggressive therapy under a new system that classifies many tumors as more treatable than in the past. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/new_zealand_obesity ap/20070831/new_zealand_obesity Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:45:22 GMT AP - The government should impose "traffic light" labeling to warn consumers about obesity-causing food and drink products if New Zealand companies won't do it voluntarily, a parliamentary committee said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070827/hl_nm/cancer_warts_dc nm/20070827/cancer_warts_dc Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:00:02 GMT Reuters - Men should be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted wart virus to protect them against a type of mouth and throat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070901/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdateaug312007 hsn/20070901/clinicaltrialsupdateaug312007 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:46:15 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070901/hl_hsn/computerrelatedeyestrainnotjustforadults hsn/20070901/computerrelatedeyestrainnotjustforadults Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:46:17 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Parents have two more items to add to their back-to-school checklist: an eye check for their children and a review of their computer workstation for possible causes of eye strain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070901/hl_hsn/seniorsneedasafetyplaninfaceofdisasters hsn/20070901/seniorsneedasafetyplaninfaceofdisasters Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:46:09 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Hurricane season is here, and the American Geriatrics Society offers advice to seniors to help them prepare for any potential natural disaster. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/hl_nm/veggies_cancer_dc nm/20070831/veggies_cancer_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:59:40 GMT Reuters - Men may be able to halve their risk of aggressive prostate cancer by adding large amounts of broccoli and cauliflower to their menu. However, the overall risk of prostate cancer was not changed.