Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says
ATLANTA (AP) -- The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday....
Suspected cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday....
Prostate test advice for elderly won't stop debate
NEW YORK (AP) -- New advice that men over 75 should not be screened for prostate cancer won't quell the long-standing controversy over the usefulness of the blood test for the disease, cancer experts said Tuesday....
Lens implant offers chance at beating lazy eye
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin - a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye....
Immigrants kids even less active than U.S.-born
CHICAGO (AP) -- Many immigrant children get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. Plenty of earlier evidence shows that U.S. children are pretty inactive. The new study of nearly 70,000 children simply found even lower levels of activity among immigrants....
Study: Restaurant kids' meals loaded with calories
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group....
In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy
CHICAGO (AP) -- Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. psychiatrists....
HIV-positive migrants accuse US of neglect
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn't see a doctor or get the right medicine....
Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say....
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