Elizabeth Edwards Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Nov 05 04
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry…
Cancer tests for Kerry’s wife
• Cancer: Breast • Nov 05 04
The wife of losing Democratic US Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards will undergo more tests to determine how far her breast cancer has advanced…
White physicians slower to prescribe HIV medications for African-Americans than for whites
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 05 04
A new UCLA study shows that African-American HIV patients treated by white doctors receive life-saving HIV medication less than those who have an African-American…
Heavy Passengers Weigh On Airlines’ Bottom Lines
• Obesity • Nov 05 04
America’s bulging waistlines are now weighing down the airline industry, as it takes more and more fuel to get planes in the air.
A…
Why giving girls the Pill raises teen pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Nov 05 04
Giving girls under 16 contraceptives has been shown to raise the number of underage pregnancies.
This is because the policy appears to encourage…
Scant progress seen on cutting medical errors
• Public Health • Nov 04 04
Five years after a major report describing an epidemic of medical errors in the U.S. health care system shocked patients, policy makers and physicians,…
U.S. moves to clarify rules for supplement makers
• Public Health • Nov 04 04
U.S. health officials announced steps on Thursday aimed at clarifying the way regulators police the safety and advertising claims of vitamins, herbs and other…
Researchers grow sperm stem cells from mice
• Fertility and pregnancy • Nov 04 04
U.S. researchers said on Thursday they had found sperm stem cells in mice, grown them in lab dishes and used them to father baby…
Gene linked to type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • Nov 04 04
Variants of a gene called PTPN1 are associated with differing responses to insulin and control of blood sugar levels, according to a report in…
Dietary fatty acids may help prevent asthma
• Asthma • Nov 04 04
Increased dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent allergies and asthma in children, researchers have shown. Avoiding exposure to dust mites…
Abortion foes hail gains in new US Congress
• Public Health • Nov 04 04
Opponents of abortion said Thursday they expect that, led by a re-elected President George Bush, the new Congress that will be sworn in next…
High blood pressure linked to severe brain lesions
• Brain • Nov 04 04
White matter lesions in the brain that are associated with stroke and dementia are commonly seen in people with unstable blood pressure, European investigators…
Obesity, inactivity raise uterine cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 04 04
Obesity and low physical activity are strong risk factors for endometrial cancer, a disease involving the lining of the uterus, according to a Dutch…
Drug for osteoporosis curtails knee arthritis
• Arthritis • Nov 04 04
Treatment with a drug used to combat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis appears to reduce the occurrence of osteoarthritis-related damage in the knee, according to…
Doctors urged to push flu vaccine for seniors
• Public Health • Nov 04 04
The number of seniors vaccinated for flu and pneumococcal infections rose in most of the United States last year, but remained below the government’s…
Pfizer says Celebrex safe following newspaper report
• Arthritis • Nov 04 04
Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe after a report in a Canadian newspaper linked it to 14 deaths.
The…
Better than Botox? New York women try acupuncture
• Alternative Medicine • Nov 04 04
Sticking needles in your ankles might not seem like an obvious way to rid your face of wrinkles, but for Barbara Leivent, it’s better…
Obesity surgery data on elderly scarce, panel says
• Obesity • Nov 04 04
Obesity surgery has helped many patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of experts told U.S. regulators on Thursday, but they…
Before You Have A Hysterectomy
• Gender: Female • Nov 04 04
Are you facing a hysterectomy? Learn the facts about hysterectomy and alternatives before you decide whether hysterectomy is the right choice for you. It…
Am I Pregnant? Pregnancy testing
• Pregnancy • Nov 04 04
This is a favorite question of everyone who is trying to get pregnant and a good question.
There are many signs and symptoms of…
Suppository reduces pain from childbirth damage
• Childbirth • Nov 04 04
After delivering a baby, pain from damaged tissues around the birth canal can be reduced by administering the painkiller diclofenac rectally, according to a…
Painkiller use in pregnancy tied to schizophrenia
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 04 04
Babies exposed to painkillers during the later stages of pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia in adulthood, according to the…
A jog in the pool may spare sore joints
• Trauma & Injuries • Nov 04 04
Runners looking to ease their aching limbs may want to move their act from dry land to the pool.
So-called deep-water running, exercise experts…
White bread, starch increases diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Nov 04 04
Fans of white bread, hear this: it increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the illness, new research shows.
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UK Christmas idea—plastic surgery gift vouchers
• Cosmetics • Nov 04 04
If larger breasts, fuller lips and fewer wrinkles are on the Christmas wish list, cosmetic surgery gift vouchers could be the answer.
The number…