http://www.kboi2.com/news/health RSS Feed for KBOI - News - Health en-us Thu, 16 May 2013 15:18:24 GMT http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Tiny-preemies-get-a-boost-from-live-music-therapy-207715531.html As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Saudi-health-workers-sickened-by-SARS-like-virus-207715001.html A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Doctor-Jan-Brunstrom-Hernandez-with-cerebral-palsy-offers-hope-207538021.html Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Women-have-new-options-for-breast-cancer-surgery-207370851.html Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Study-questions-if-bed-rest-prevents-premature-birth-207370581.html New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Huge-drug-cost-disparities-seen-in-health-overhaul-207193761.html Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Government-stops-study-seeking-to-prevent-type-of-stroke-207139361.html The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Boise-Idaho-Meridian-Heart-Walk-Mia-Englund-heterotaxy-syndrome-206964211.html Two year old Mia Englund was born with lots of health problems, but thanks to pacemaker research funded by things like the Heart Walk, she lives a normal life now http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Nations-agree-to-new-chemical-ban-export-controls-206940481.html Officials in charge of three key international treaties said delegates agreed by consensus to a gradual phase out of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, which is used in building insulation, furniture, vehicles and electronics. http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/Obama-to-promote-benefits-of-health-care-law-206944121.html Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul