Saturday, February 05, 2005

Brain Tumor Treatment Inconsistent in US and Canada Cancer CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients who develop the most common kind of primary malignant brain tumor are sometimes given drugs they may not need and deprived of others that might help, medical researchers said on Tuesday. Companies Write to Oppose Draft Asbestos Bill Cancer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of asbestos defendant companies and insurers has declared its opposition to a Senate proposal curbing asbestos claims, and warned that industry groups working on the plan do not necessarily represent them. Ho Chi Minh City Kills Ducks in Bird flu Fight Infectiousdiseases HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's biggest city, home to 10 million people, began slaughtering its ducks on Wednesday in an increasingly desperate fight to halt the spread of the deadly bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in the last month. Medical Bills Help Spur Half of U.S. Bankruptcies Healthcare NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medical expenses contributed to half of all personal bankruptcies in the U.S. in 2001, even though most of those debtors had health insurance when their medical problems began, according to a report published Wednesday. Music and Pets cam Soothe Dementia Patients Mentalhealth CHICAGO (Reuters) - Music, pets and aromatherapy should be used to calm agitated or delusional patients before using drugs, which often prove ineffective or have unhealthy side effects, researchers reported Tuesday.

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