Shaping good health as teens outgrow pediatrician
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ever watched a teen skulk in the corner of a toddler-packed pediatrician's waiting room, obviously wishing to be anywhere else?...
MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
CHICAGO (AP) -- Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg." The e-mail was sent by Dr. Megan Moreno, lead researcher of a study of lower-income kids that she says shows how parents and other adults can encourage safer Internet use....
Nursing industry desperate to find new hires
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes....
Cell phone soap operas deliver safe-sex message
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- "Hey baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits down next to him....
Danny's heart: College swimmer faces mortality
CHICAGO (AP) -- This time, when the lanky young man stepped into the pool, his chest was tight. His muscles ached. He pushed off to take his first strokes, and grimaced at the pain....
Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) -- When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr. Michael Mott he is working with not only his mentor, but the physician who helped save his life....
Recording studio in hospital about more than music
HOUSTON (AP) -- Just down the hall from the chemo infusion rooms at Texas Children's Hospital, Jalen Huckabay was about to slip into another world, away from the wearying regimen of pokes, prods and pinches she'd endured since being diagnosed with lymphoma in November....
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