Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 10 May 2009

Medical News Today provides hourly health news sourced and written by our own dedicated team.

Health News Headlines

Sunday 10 May 2009

Washington State Man Died Of Swine Flu, Third Confirmed US Death

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A man in his thirties, from Snohomish County, Washington state, died last week from swine flu complications, authorities announced yesterday. The man had an underlying heart condition...
[read article]

4,379 Swine Flu Cases Worldwide, And 46 Deaths, Says World Health Organization

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to an update issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) today, Sunday 10th May, there have been 4,379 confirmed cases of human infection with swine flu (H1N1), and 46 deaths...
[read article]

What Is Cellulite? What Causes Cellulite?

Written by Peter Crosta M.A.

Cellulite is a term used to describe the dimpled appearance of skin caused by fat deposits that are just below the surface of the skin. It generally appears on skin in the abdomen, lower limbs, and pelvic region, and it usually occurs after puberty...
[read article]

Other Medical and Health News for 10 May*

Bladder Outlet Obstruction In Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

PCPT: Evidence That Finasteride Reduces Risk Of Most Frequently Detected Intermediate- And High-Grade (Gleason Score 6 And 7) Cancer

Pediatric Stone Disease

First Step Towards Swine Flu Vaccine Prototype Achieved

Rapid Response Swine Flu Test Developed By HudsonAlpha Investigator

Nurses Object To Sutter's Plan For Closing San Leandro Hospital And Downsizing Eden

Epilepsy Therapy Project Launches Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies; Innovative Online Journal Featured On Epilepsy.com

A Set Of Firsts: Roche NimbleGen CGH Microarrays Enable The First Maps Of Genome-Wide DNA Copy Number Variation (CNV) In Dogs

New Diet And Exercise Guidelines For Prostate Health Published By Prostate Cancer Foundation

Jones Dairy Farm Introduces Gluten-Free Gift Items To Online Store In Support Of Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations Of Summit Corporation

Child Poverty Figures Deeply Disappointing

Making Out-Of-Hours Care Safer: Overseas Clinicians' Registration And Quality Data Need Attention

Alzheimer's Society Comment On New Research Into HDAC2 And Memory, To Be Published In Nature

Laws Relating To Contraceptive Sales In Nt Raise Concerns

Testosterone Gel Safety Concerns Prompt FDA To Require Label Changes, Medication Guide

FDA: More Than $1.5 Million Of Adulterated Food, Food Ingredients Seized

President's FY 2010 Budget For FDA Invests Substantially In Food And Medical Product Safety

FDA Approves Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Product For Marketing In United States

Health Protection Agency Leads Work On Gaining Greater Understanding Of Swine Flu Virus

Supporting Future Leaders In Diabetes Research

Schoolchildren With Health Conditions Go To Downing Street For Better Support, UK

Africa Action Responds To The Obama Administration's FY10 Detailed Budget Release Preliminary Analysis Shows U.S. Under-Funding AIDS Programs

* Updated hourly, headlines marked as POPULAR are based upon the number of times they are viewed. Those marked as TOP RATED are based upon visitor ratings. Finally, those shown as NEW were published in the last hour.

< -- View news for 9 May 2009

View news for 11 May 2009 -- >

View other days' news for:
May: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

View news for any date:

Add Our Health News Headlines to your news reader:

Contact Our News Editors

For any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form.

Please send any medical news or health news press releases to:

Back to front page

List of All Medical Articles

Terms and Conditions


News Archive [link] Web Wikipedia Medical Dictionary [link]

Swine Flu Updates