WASHINGTON – Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, “Come check out my table. Don’t be scared.” She asks: “Have you heard of the female condom?”...
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The New York City health department begins letter-grading restaurant inspections, designating an A, B or C to rate the cleanliness of more than 24,000 restaurants in the five boroughs, it is also activating a new Web site that will “offer much more information and be more user-friendly,” said Daniel Kass, a deputy commissioner. “There...
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If hefty price tags, long lines and marginal quality hadn’t convinced you to avoid eating concessions at professional sporting events, an ESPN report might do the job. The network recently compiled a list of 2009 health-inspection reports from every major professional sports venue (MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA) in North America and the results...
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A recall that parents need to hear about. Nap Nanny baby recliners are recalled because of a suffocation hazard. An infant in Michigan died when she got caught between the Nap Nanny and her crib bumper. The makers of the recliner say the Nap Nanny should always be used on the floor away from...
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MADRID – A Spanish man who underwent the world’s first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor. Identified only as Oscar, the 31-year-old spoke with considerable difficulty at a news conference at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron hospital, where...
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — One of the first people in Central Florida to contract the mosquito-borne dengue fever describes the pain she’s endured because of the illness in an interview with FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6. Sylvia Borden was bitten by mosquitoes while on vacation last week in Key West. “That Sunday morning...
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For the first time ever, the writers of “(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE” and “HUNGRY EYES” are releasing THE ORIGINAL DEMOS of the songs that rocketed the DIRTY DANCING soundtrack to No. 1 on the Billboard charts for 18 straight weeks. And, today, at 48 million copies sold worldwide, it still stands...
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WASHINGTON – The American Cancer Society and three federal agencies named 19 chemicals and shift work on Thursday as potential causes of cancer that deserve more investigation. The group published a report with the backing of international experts who said the 20 potential causes they identified had fairly good evidence that they may be...
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For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won’t use...
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WASHINGTON – Federal health scientists said Friday that follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug show it failed to slow tumor growth or extend patient lives, opening the door for a potential withdrawal in that indication. The Food and Drug Administration approved Roche’s blockbuster Avastin in 2008 based on early-stage trials showing it...
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