http://www.cbs8.com/ en-us http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html webmaster@kfmb.com Her injuries were ghastly: no nose, no palate, no way to eat or breathe normally, a face so hideous that children who saw her screamed and ran away. From the moment they met earlier this year, Dr. Maria Siemionow knew the severely disfigured woman would be the one _ the first person in the U.S. to receive a face transplant.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149226Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149226 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:18:14 -0700 The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks' lower screening rates and poor access to quality care.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148946Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148946 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:19 -0700 The push for paperless prescriptions is about to get a boost: Starting in January, doctors who e-prescribe can get bonus pay from Medicare.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148977Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148977 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:05 -0700 New drugs to treat an epidemic of diabetes will have to be screened more closely for heart risks, federal health officials said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration's policy change should offer a greater assurance of safety to doctors and patients. But it will make it more costly and time-consuming for companies to develop drugs that lower blood sugars. Well over 100 such medications are in some stage of development.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149193Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149193 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:47:03 -0700 The nation's first face transplant is a big risk not just for the severely disfigured woman who received it, but also for the surgeon who has made it the highlight of her career.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149194Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149194 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:47:59 -0700 New research adds fresh hope that a drug that strengthens bones might also fight breast cancer.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148674Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148674 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:45:44 -0700 Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the combination has been standard care since the 1990s. But in Europe, many doctors have avoided the combo treatment and used hormone drugs alone, thinking the pair would be too harsh for most patients.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149093Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149093 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:40:59 -0700 A new test to predict an ordinary woman's odds of getting breast cancer works better than a method doctors have relied on for decades, researchers reported Friday. The test is the first to combine dozens of genes and personal factors like age and childbearing to gauge risk in women who don't have a strong family history of the disease. They account for three-fourths of all cases.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148783Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148783 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:01:10 -0700 A woman so horribly disfigured she was willing to risk her life to do something about it has undergone the nation's first near-total face transplant, the Cleveland Clinic announced Tuesday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149090Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149090 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:36:55 -0700 Just like their parents, kids are taking herbal supplements from fish oil to ginseng, a sign of just how mainstream alternative medicine has become. More than one in nine children and teens try those remedies and other nontraditional options, the government said Wednesday in its first national study of young people's use of these mostly unproven treatments.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148574Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148574 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:11:35 -0700 Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that's been linked to an increased risk of obesity. A study of children found those with a common variation of the gene tend to overeat high-calorie foods. They ate 100 extra calories per meal, which over the long term can put on weight, said Colin Palmer, who led the study at the University of Dundee in Scotland.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148594Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148594 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:10:57 -0700 Government health advisers recommended restrictions Thursday on some long-acting asthma drugs, although not Advair, a top-selling medication.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148690Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148690 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:58:12 -0700 Federal health officials said Thursday they will add the sternest safety warnings available to prescription drugs used to cleanse the bowel before colonoscopies.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148691Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148691 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:58:48 -0700 Dozens of developing countries exaggerated figures on how many children were vaccinated against deadly diseases, which allowed them to get more money from U.N.-sponsored programs, a new study said Friday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148724Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148724 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:17:21 -0700 Deadlocked over the risks of long-acting asthma drugs, government health officials Wednesday asked outside advisers if four medications used by millions of patients should remain on the market.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148602Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148602 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:21:33 -0700 Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts reported Tuesday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148353Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148353 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:35:58 -0700 A vaccine that may become the world's first to prevent malaria shows promise in protecting African children, researchers said Monday, calling the results a "major milestone."]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148355Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148355 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:59:14 -0700 Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that's been linked to an increased risk of obesity.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148575Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148575 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:14:42 -0700 Half-dose flu shots are effective in adults, especially in women and those younger than 50, and offer a viable way to stretch supplies during vaccine shortages, a government study found.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148320Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148320 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:45:09 -0700 Here's a health tip in a nutshell: Eating a handful of nuts a day for a year _ along with a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish _ may help undo a collection of risk factors for heart disease.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148354Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148354 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:37:01 -0700 State laws meant to keep teens out of indoor tanning booths haven't made a dent, a new study has found, disappointing doctors hoping to reduce deadly skin cancers.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148303Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148303 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:38:51 -0700 Healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired older folks, several scientists contend in a provocative commentary.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148304Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148304 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:39:28 -0700 It took five mighty shocks to get Cynthia Crawford's heart to start beating again after she collapsed at Ochsner Clinic a few weeks ago. A dramatic rescue, to be sure, yet it was routine care she could have had at any hospital. What came next, though, was not. As she lay unconscious, barely clinging to life, doctors placed her in an inflatable cocoon-like pool that sprayed her naked body with hundreds of icy cold jets of water, plunging her into hypothermia.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148128Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148128 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:10:56 -0700 Cases of Guinea worm disease _ a horrifying infection that culminates in worms coming out of a victim's skin _ have reached an all-time low worldwide, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced Friday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148129Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148129 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:12:57 -0700 Measles deaths worldwide declined dramatically to about 200,000 a year, continuing a successful trend, global health authorities reported Thursday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147966Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147966 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:45:00 -0700 Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe, effective and ready for routine use, but published research doesn't support that "overoptimistic" picture, the study authors said.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147967Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147967 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:46:23 -0700 Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like dementia, but it's impossible to predict how high those risks are, researchers say.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148011Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148011 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:26:06 -0700 The blockbuster asthma drug Advair does not appear to have an increased risk of serious complications seen with similar new medicines, federal health officials said Friday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148095Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148095 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:07:52 -0700 When you're smiling, the whole world really does smile with you.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148096Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148096 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:08:06 -0700 Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147866Health http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147866 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:25:48 -0700