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Mom's Smoking During Pregnancy Ups Preemie's SIDS Risk (HealthDay) - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born prematurely to women who smoked during their pregnancy may be at higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than premature infants born to nonsmoking moms, new research suggests.
Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 29, 2008 (HealthDay) - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly (HealthDay) - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia.
Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk (HealthDay) - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid cancer, new research indicates.
New Katrina death tally: Half of victims 75 and up (AP) -

Pallbearers carry a coffin symbolizing storm victims during a memorial ceremony on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana August 29, 2008. (Lee Celano/Reuters)AP - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers.


CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over (AP) -

Graphic shows number of confirmed U.S. Salmonella cases; 2c x 3 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 82.6 mmAP - The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system.


Tracking Alzheimer's-linked protein in live brains (AP) - AP - Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease.
Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol (AP) - AP - Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.