Obesity spurs a tide of cancer in EuropeSeptember 26th, 2009 LONDON - Obesity caused at least 124,000 new cancers last year in Europe, according to a new study. The proportion of cases of new cancers were highest among women and in central European countries such as the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
71-year-old dies while participating in brisk walk competitionSeptember 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 71-year-old man died in a hospital here after collapsing while participating in a brisk walk competition organised by Chandigarh police here Thursday, police said. Bishen Singh took part in the four-km walk under the veteran category.
US bans its doctors from travelling to CubaSeptember 23rd, 2009 HAVANA - The US government has banned its doctors from participating in the 20th International Congress on Orthopaedics and Traumatology, which started Tuesday in the northeastern Cuban city of Bayamo. "This decision is a new example of the validity of the US blockade against Cuba, that has been in force for almost 50 years," Cuban orthopaedist and Congress President Rodrigo lvarez Cambras said.
Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy 'at increased heart disease risk'September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy might be at an increased risk of developing heart problems, according to a new study. Hormone therapy is a mainstay of treatment when the cancer is locally advanced and when it has spread to more distant parts of the body, but is increasingly being used in earlier stages of the disease.
US approves swine flu vaccineSeptember 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved a vaccine designed to protect against the swine flu and hopes to make it available within a month. The regulator approved the vaccine manufactured by four different drug companies and said the first batches of shots should be available in the US within the next four weeks.
Obama tries to boost momentum on health care, will not accept 'the status quo as a solution"September 12th, 2009 Obama says status quo no solution on health careMINNEAPOLIS — President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive to get Congress to approve his chief domestic priority. "I will not accept the status quo as a solution.
President seeks common ground on health care, warns critics that status quo is unacceptableSeptember 9th, 2009 Obama still hunts bipartisanship on health careWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will tell Congress tonight he will continue to seek common ground on health care in the coming weeks, leaving his door open for those with serious proposals. But the president will also warn his critics that he will not allow special interests to keep the health care coverage as it is.
Obama challenges Congress: Health care at 'breaking point'September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has challenged US lawmakers to end a vicious dispute over health care and approve an overhaul of the system before it is too late. Looking to regain momentum on his top domestic issue after a tumultuous summer, Obama warned in a major speech to a joint session of Congress late Wednesday that the world's costliest health care system had reached a "breaking point" and must be reformed by the end of the year.
Ted Kennedy speaks from the grave with letter to ObamaSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Edward Kennedy, who for decades championed health care reform in the US Senate until his death last month, has spoken out one last time on the issue that was closest to his heart. In a speech Wednesday to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama revealed that Kennedy wrote him a final letter in May - after being informed that his brain cancer was terminal - and instructed it to be delivered only after his death.
US health care system at breaking point, says ObamaSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama warned that health care in the US has reached a "breaking point" and called for a serious effort to overhaul the system in the coming months, according to excerpts of a speech he is to deliver to Congress. Obama is looking to regain some momentum as Congress returns from a month-long summer recess, during which many legislators were shouted down by angry opponents at townhall meetings on the issue in their home states.
White House: Obama health care speech will answer many 'big questions,' provide new detailsSeptember 8th, 2009 White House says Obama will answer 'big questions'WASHINGTON — A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama will answer "many of the big questions" about how the nation should move forward on health care in his speech to Congress Wednesday night. But White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to provide any details.
Balwant Kapoor, Overseas Congress president, dies in LondonSeptember 7th, 2009 LONDON - Balwant Kapoor, President of the Indian Overseas Congress in Britain, died here Monday following a heart attack. He was 81. A veteran freedom fighter and journalist, Kapoor confronted Khalistanis in the west London suburb of Southall during the height of the separatist movement.
Food, drug testing labs for Rajkot, BhujSeptember 5th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat will set up state-of-the-art food and drug testing laboratories in Rajkot and Bhuj in the state's Saurashtra-Kutch region, Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said Saturday. "The state already has a modern food and drug testing laboratory at Vadodara.
Kuldeep Bishnoi quarantined for suspected H1N1August 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi has been quarantined at his farm house in Haryana Monday with suspected swine flu symptoms, a party official said. Bishnoi is the son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal.
Veteran House Republican Sensenbrenner has prostate cancerAugust 31st, 2009 Rep. Sensenbrenner says he has prostate cancerWASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner announced Monday that he is in the early stage of prostate cancer.
