Cholera epidemic spreads in Guinea-Bissau, stable in Guinea: WHO

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an MRI after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed to breast-conserving surgery.

Health Highlights: Sept. 7 2008

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- With Tropical Storm Hanna having bruised much of the U.S. East Coast, and the far more dangerous Hurricane Ike hot on her heels, federal officials are offering checklists of advice for people living in the paths of violent Atlantic storms.

Bulgaria's road carnage drains blood banks, boosts illegal blood trade

Cholera kills one, infects six in Iraq: official

Reuters - Seven cases of cholera have been diagnosed in Iraq in the past two days, including one fatality, a senior health official said on Sunday.

AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents

Alarm as Indonesia thumbs nose at West over bird flu

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical removal of the obstruction) are similarly effective in preventing ipsilateral stroke at two and four years after the procedure, according to two studies.