Fox News Health Headlines: 5 January 2009
January 5th, 2009 • Fox News, Health
- Kawasaki Disease Affects Young Children, Rarely Fatal
Actress Kelly Preston has said her 16-year old son with husband John Travolta became very sick when he was 2 and was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, an illness that affects the blood vessels in young children - World’s Oldest Woman, 115, Dies in Ambulance
A woman who was widowed for nearly 60 years and who was the world’s oldest living person died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital in Portugal, officials said Friday. - Study: Low-Carb Diet May Improve Focus, Blur Memory
Low-carb diets may make people’s short-term memory a little foggy, but they could improve people’s ability to focus and pay attention, new research hints. - Study: Fathering Girls, Boys May Be in Men’s Genes
A UK researcher has a new explanation for how the human race manages to keep a fairly even balance of males and females, despite massive deaths of young males in war and selective abortion of female fetuses in certain parts of the world. - Magazine: More Sex, Less Depression in 2009
If were depressed in 2008, here’s some good news we’re all going to be having more sex in 2009, according to one magazine. - Hospital Fined for Burning Man During MRI, Other Violations
Connecticut regulators have disciplined Bristol Hospital after state inspections revealed various violations. In one case, a patient received 10 times the ordered dose of a medication. In another instance, a man was severely burned in an MRI machine. - Couple Gives Birth to ‘Miracle’ Black and White Twins, Again
Black and white twins Hayleigh and Lauren Durrant proudly hold their new sisters Leah and Miya who incredibly are also twins with different colored skin. - 5 States Mandate Slow-Burning, ‘Fire-Safe’ Cigarettes
Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year’s Day. The paper on these “fire-safe” cigarettes is thicker in two separate spots so they will go out if not puffed when they burn to these areas. - Girl Thrives After Doctors Remove Third of Heart
Kristy Collier was not expected to live a long life. At just 4-months-old, she had already suffered multiple heart attacks, and was on the brink of death until doctors made a radical decision to remove a third of her heart. - Grocer to Offer Free Antibiotics to Customers for 3 Mos.
Giant Food stores will offer free generic antibiotics to customers with a prescription for the next three months. The program covers 36 generic antibiotics including amoxicillin, penicillin and ciprofloxacin. - Execs Could Face Death Penalty in China Milk Scandal
The chairwoman of a Chinese diary company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill. - Two Docs Needed to Lift 14-Pound Baby Out of Womb
Richard Sault Jr. came into the world on Dec. 23 weighing a whopping 14.2 pounds.
