KBAK - News - Health http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health RSS Feed for KBAK - News - Health en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:50 GMT Gates-linked vaccine group wants $4.3 billion http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/88447252.html A global vaccine initiative launched with the help of Bill Gates is seeking $4.3 billion in new funding to ramp up child immunization campaigns against deadly diseases such as hepatitis B, diarrhea and pneumonia in the developing world. WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/88446892.html The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis. Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87803462.html If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87803337.html Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients' DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital. Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87803242.html A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87738862.html New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87656612.html Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87656337.html Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects. Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87621562.html Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday. Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/87591307.html Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.