TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 40 percent of Americans
with major depression also have brief but recurring episodes of manic
behavior, a new study suggests. …
» More: Many Depressed People Have Mild, Brief Episodes of Mania

TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) — The organization known as
Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, performed nearly
20,000 procedures in countries with limited resources over an eight-year
period, and reported an extremely low… …
» More: Surgery Can Be Safe in Nations With Scarce Resources:
Report

People who tend to be confrontational, especially those who are competitive and aggressive, run a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study released Monday. …
» More: Heart attack, stroke risks higher for combative types: study

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday the drug midodrine, which is used to treat low blood pressure, should be withdrawn from the market because no follow-up studies have been done to show it has clinical benefits. …
» More: FDA calls for withdrawal of drug it approved on a fast track

Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is being put under the microscope like no other kind on the market, with fish, shrimp and other catches ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil — far more reassuring than that sniff test that made all the h… …
» More: Gulf seafood gets intense safety testing

Six million children are suffering from Pakistan's devastating floods: lost, orphaned or stricken with diarrhoea, they are the most vulnerable victims of the nation's worst-ever natural disaster. …
» More: Misery for 'doomed orphans' of Pakistan floods

China's health ministry said an investigation had found no evidence that milk powder produced by a Chinese company caused three infant girls to grow breasts, state media reported Sunday. …
» More: China says no evidence milk powder caused infant breasts

A senior U.S. aid official said on Saturday he was optimistic a serious cholera outbreak could be averted in flood-hit Pakistan after emergency steps taken by international and Pakistani relief groups. …
» More: U.S. hopeful Pakistan can avert big cholera outbreak

New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug. …
» More: Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby

In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict — the bedbug. …
» More: New York to spend big to kill bloodsucking guests