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Drowning in junk: Hoarding called a public health issue
CNN
Rescue workers drilled a hole in the roof of a suburban Chicago home to extract an 82-year-old woman's body this month.They couldn't get through the doorway because her home was filled almost to the ceiling with cardboard boxes,...
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Calcium pills 'increase' risk of heart attack
BBC
By Emma Wilkinson Health reporter, BBC NewsCalcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows. The study, in the British Medical Journal, said people who took supplements were 30%...
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Bedridden Man Eaten Alive By Maggots
FOX News
A paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots in his bed while his partner slept beside him.The 61-year-old stroke victim died in an ambulance on his way to hospital in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday.His back had been partly...
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Army's suicide rate tied to rise in risky behaviors
MSNBC
An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend reflects a rise in risky behavior including drunken driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan...
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Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
Reuters
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed...
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Cancer Vaccine: 4 Months of Life Worth $100K?
ABC News
Can you put a price tag on the life of a prostate cancer patient? With the advent of Provenge, the first-ever vaccine cancer treatment, that tag has been set at about $23,000 per month of life gained --...
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Scientists' dispersant concerns remain
CNN
Over 1.8 million gallons of dispersant chemicals have been added to the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil flowing from the Deepwater Horizon's ruptured well. And in the 100 days since the rig's explosion, little more has...
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Are Some Soaps Damaging Sex Organs?
FOX News
A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.The National Resources Defense Council alleges that two common ingredients,...
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