Medical News - November 20, 2006

Hopkins Celebrates Quintuple Transplant
Washington Post
By Susan Levine. The success and logistics of the first-ever quintuple kidney transplant were heralded yesterday by Johns Hopkins surgeons, while former strangers from as far as Florida and Maine talked of the joy of giving or getting a new chance at life.


Bird Flu Vaccines Lose Their Strength
Medical News Today
The initial doses of bird flu vaccines that were stockpiled by US authorities are less effective now - they lose their strength over time.


African health 'needs investment'
BBC News
A major report into health in Africa suggests that some of the continent's biggest problems are getting worse. Rates of death during childbirth and among young children are increasing, the World Health Organisation found.


Low Brain Oxygen Ups Alzheimer's Risk
FOX News
By Miranda Hitti. Low levels of brain oxygen may boost Alzheimer?s risk, a new study in mice shows. The study compared mice that were kept in cages with low-oxygen air with mice exposed to normal levels of ...


Salmonella strain turning up more in chicken
MSNBC
WASHINGTON - A type of salmonella found in eggs is turning up more often in chicken meat and needs to be reduced, according to the Agriculture Department.


Doctors say how we taste affects health (AP)
AP - Woe to those who have a cold on Thursday. If you can't smell the roasting turkey, it just won't taste as good. And if you think the brussels sprouts are bitter, well, blame how many taste buds you were born with, not the chef.