| Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span( 2008-11-27 16:44) | | THURSDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- During Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, female smokers should take advantage of available resources, pick a quit day, and start taking steps toward kicking the habit, urges The American College of Obstetrician... |
| Scientists track genetic changes in leukemia(By Will Dunham Will Dunham 2008-11-27 16:44) | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Distinctive genetic changes occur in the cancer cells that trigger relapse in patients with the most common type of childhood cancer, according to a study that may offer new hope for beating the disease. Writing in the journal... |
| Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S.(By ALICE PARK Alice Park 2008-11-27 14:12) | | For the first time since researchers began reporting national data on cancer, the statistics in a new report show that the rate of newly diagnosed cancers is declining in America; at the same time, the death rate for all cancers combined continues to fall... |
| How Depression Harms Your Heart(By ALICE PARK Alice Park 2008-11-27 14:12) | | There is little doubt that depression is bad for the heart. Much as fatty diets, cigarette smoking, inactivity and obesity are linked with an increased risk of heart disease, recent evidence suggests that mental health has a similarly powerful impact. The... |
| Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV( 2008-11-27 05:01) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) following diagnosis of HIV infection could reduce HIV cases in a severe generalized epidemic by 95 percent within 10 years... |
| Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids(By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter by Serena Gordonhealthday Reporter 2008-11-27 05:01) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Although head trauma is a common injury seen in young children, U.S. doctors report on two recent cases of skull fracture with a surprising cause -- hair beads. What's worse, because the beads were translucent, they... |
| Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit( 2008-11-27 05:01) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A muscle relaxant drug widely used to prevent premature birth when women go into early labor is no more effective than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy, after the initial spell of preterm labor is stopped. So say U... |
| Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 26, 2008( 2008-11-27 05:01) | | (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Influenza If you are at least 18, have had a fever or other symptoms of flu -- including cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, muscle aches, headache and fatigue -- and can... |
| Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity(By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter by Amanda Gardnerhealthday Reporter 2008-11-27 05:01) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- As you push your chair back from the Thanksgiving table this year, a molecule produced in the small intestine will be swarming through your bloodstream, ready to register on your brain the impact of the fat you've ju... |
| How Depression Harms Your Heart(By ALICE PARK Alice Park 2008-11-27 00:44) | | There is little doubt that depression is bad for the heart. Much as fatty diets, cigarette smoking, inactivity and obesity are linked with an increased risk of heart disease, recent evidence suggests that mental health has a similarly powerful impact. The... |
| Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV( 2008-11-27 00:44) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) following diagnosis of HIV infection could reduce HIV cases in a severe generalized epidemic by 95 percent within 10 years... |
| Boy George 'beat escort after sexual advances spurned': court( 2008-11-27 00:44) | | LONDON (AFP) – Pop star Boy George handcuffed an HIV positive Norwegian male escort to a wall and beat him with a chain after the escort refused to have sex with him, his trial in London heard Wednesday. The singer and disc jockey, 47, met Audun Car... |
| Texas firm recalls "gluten-free" chicken strips( 2008-11-27 00:44) | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas company John Soules Foods Inc recalled about 8,500 pounds of cooked chicken strips marketed as "gluten-free" because they may contain wheat, which could cause an allergic reaction, the U.S. Agriculture Departme... |
| People of 2008 Finalist: Pamela Adoyo(Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld US Jeffrey Allen, oneworld Us 2008-11-27 00:44) | | WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (OneWorld) - Pamela Adoyo stands calmly and resolutely at the epicenter of Kenya's AIDS epidemic. Her women's group is helping care for the sick, impede the disease's spread, and stitch back together a community torn apart by the epide... |
| More evidence ties media violence to teen violence( 2008-11-27 00:44) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who get heavy doses of media violence may be at greater risk of violent behavior as teenagers -- even when a range of other influences is considered, according to a new study. The findings, the authors say, add t... |
| Influenza vaccine effective in young children(By Megan Rauscher Megan Rauscher 2008-11-27 00:43) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in an influenza season where there is not an optimal match between circulating strains of influenza and the strains contained in the influenza vaccine, the vaccine is likely to significantly protect young children, a... |
| Dairy foods help kids build stronger bones( 2008-11-27 00:43) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eating plenty of dairy foods, meat, and other high-protein foods in childhood result in stronger and healthier bones in adolescence , a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics shows. Boys and girls who ate at least two ser... |
| Apnea therapy may help cognition in Alzheimer's(By Will Boggs, MD Will Boggs, Md 2008-11-27 00:43) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with Alzheimer's disease and obstructive sleep apnea, treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) seems to improve cognitive function, according to a report in the Journal of the American Geriat... |
| Author Terry Pratchett in UK Alzheimer's plea( 2008-11-27 00:43) | | LONDON (Reuters) – Top-selling author Terry Pratchett will deliver a petition to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday calling for an urgent increase in funding for dementia research. Pratchett, 60, creator of the "Discworld" se... |
| Scientists doubt utility of CT scan as heart test(By Gene Emery Gene Emery 2008-11-27 00:43) | | BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of... |
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