| • | Dyslexia May Make It Tough to Tune Out School Noise |
| • | Income Inequality Affects Quality of Life for All |
| • | Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death |
| • | Health Tip: Signs That You Have Cataracts |
| • | BPA Tied to Impotence in Men |
| • | For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better |
| • | Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer’s |
| • | The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization |
| • | Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk in Seniors |
| • | Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue in the Lab |
| • | Retirement Brings Most a Big Health Boost |
| • | Cataract Surgery Doesn’t Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study |
| • | Pay Less for Prescription Drugs |
| • | New Smells ’Etched’ in Brain: Study |
| • | Gene Therapy for Fatal Brain Disorder ’Just the Beginning’ |
| • | Without Job Stress, Retirees Sleep Better |
| • | Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals |
| • | Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms |
| • | CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality |
| • | High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimer’s Offspring |
| • | Virulent Strain of MRSA Resists Treatment |
| • | At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu |
| • | Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia |
| • | Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors |
| • | Patients More Likely to Die While in ICU in U.S. Than in England |
| • | 17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance |
| • | After Age 55, Workplace Stress Seems to Decline |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn’t Promote Cancer |
| • | Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors |
| • | Better Drug Emerges for Steroid-Induced Bone Loss |
| • | New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients |
| • | Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Other Ills |
| • | All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death |
| • | Does Diabetes Slow Alzheimer’s? |
| • | Fitness Fades Fast After 45 |
| • | Health Tip: Dietary Needs of Aging Women |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Causing Urinary Incontinence? |
| • | Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked |
| • | Bladder Problems May Often Be Related to Mental Health |
| • | Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs |
| • | Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites |
| • | Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later |
| • | With Microdermabrasion, Rough Seems to Work Better |
| • | Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery |
| • | Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test |
| • | The Brain Comes Alive With the Sounds of Music |
| • | Swine Flu Still Strikes Younger People Hardest |
| • | Scientists Find New Key to Lupus |
| • | Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana |
| • | Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain |
| • | Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks |
| • | For a Healthier Retirement, Work a Little |
| • | Green Spaces Boost the Body and the Mind |
| • | Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs: Study |
| • | Dialysis’ Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients |
| • | Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson’s |
| • | Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal |
| • | Impaired Vision May Shorten Life Span |
| • | Many Americans Still Leery of Swine Flu Vaccine |
| • | Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods |
| • | Drop in Certain Visual Skills May Precede Alzheimer’s |
| • | A Gene Tweak Could Keep Heart Young |
| • | Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten |
| • | American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives |
| • | 76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Exercise Extends Life of Kidney Patients |
| • | Health Care Varies From State to State |
| • | Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study |
| • | As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret |
| • | Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off |
| • | Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance |
| • | Pain Robs Years From Folks at Mid-Life |
| • | Noise Hurts Men’s Hearing More, Study Shows |
| • | Half of U.S. Babies Living Today May Reach 100 |
| • | Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures? |
| • | Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients’ Brain Function |
| • | Hairstylists Often Privy to Older Clients’ Health Issues |
| • | Fresh Blood Boosts Survival in Trauma Patients |
| • | Daily Dose of Vitamin D Helps Prevent Falls in Seniors |
| • | Uncertainty Surrounds Testing for Alzheimer’s |
| • | Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality |
| • | 28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Health Tip: Preventing Varicose Veins |
| • | Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually |
| • | Surgical Deaths Linked to Handling of Complications |
| • | Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players |
| • | CDC Links Infections With Swine Flu Deaths |
| • | Sexual Satisfaction May Lead to Greater Well-Being in Women |
| • | Health Tip: Talking to a Person With a Brain Disorder |
| • | Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health? |
| • | Those Stilettos Can Hurt You Years From Now |
| • | No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin |
| • | Heart Patients Benefit From At-Home Care, Study Finds |
| • | New Treatments Hold Hope for Failing Eyes |
| • | Alcohol Might Lower Death Rates in Brain Injury Patients |
| • | Spider Venom -- The Next Way to Treat Impotence? |
| • | Sleep Deprivation Might Lead to Alzheimer’s |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing a Nursing Home |
| • | Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia |
| • | Infant Head-Flattening Linked to Ear Infections |
| • | After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems |
| • | Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery |
| • | Glaucoma Tied to Gene Variants in Blacks |
| • | Sex With New Partners Raises Widowers’ Disease Risk |
| • | Older Brains May Not Be So Small After All |
| • | Alzheimer’s Soars, Global Focus Needed: Study |
| • | Mishandling Money May Foreshadow Alzheimer’s |
| • | Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely |
| • | Topical Cream for Erectile Dysfunction Shows Promise |
| • | Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45,000 Deaths: Study |
| • | More Whole Grains May Mean Less Fat |
| • | Trouble With Daily Activities Could Point to Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | More Chest Compressions During CPR Improves Survival Odds |
| • | Exercise Benefits Even the Oldest Old |
| • | Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest |
| • | Kidney Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis |
| • | For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don’t Align |
| • | Report Cards for Hospitals May Be Misleading |
| • | Young People at High Risk of Death Worldwide |
| • | Cancer Drug Shrinks Benign Tumors That Steal Hearing |
| • | Computers Might Make Learning Lip Reading Easier |
| • | Alzheimer’s Gene Affects Brains of Young Adults |
| • | U.S. Health Costs Will Continue to Cause Financial Pain |
| • | MRSA May Succumb to Honey |
| • | Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths |
| • | Even Mild Infections Hasten Decline With Alzheimer’s |
| • | Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success |
| • | Cancer Drug May Fight Alzheimer’s |
| • | Trio of Gene Variants Discovered That May Raise Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Young Animals May Be Able to Erase Bad Memories |
| • | Health Tip: When Dementia Is Treatable |
| • | Thin Thighs Might Be Harbinger of Heart Disease |
| • | Keep Your Flu Shots Straight This Fall |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Seniors Safe at Home |
| • | Health Tip: Tame Arthritis Symptoms |
| • | Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients |
| • | Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women |
| • | As Waistlines Widen, Brains Shrink |
| • | Health Tip: Who’s at Greater Risk of Hip Fracture? |
| • | End-of-Life Advice Not Always Welcome |
| • | Marital Separation May Hurt Cancer Survival |
| • | Chronic Media Multi-Tasking Makes It Harder to Focus |
| • | Hypertension Linked to Thinking Problems in Middle Age |
| • | MRI Might Find Early Alzheimer’s |
| • | Single Kidney Transplant From Young, Deceased Donors Works Well |
| • | Dopamine Lets Bad Experiences Linger |
| • | Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis |
| • | Life Expectancy in U.S. Hits a New High |
| • | Stenting a Good Option for Left Main Heart Artery |
| • | Herb Shows Potential for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers |
| • | Video Gamers Older Than You Think |
| • | Hospitals Reduce Heart Attack Deaths |
| • | Strep Throat May Have Led to Mozart’s Death |
| • | Special Stem Cells Build ’Biological Bypass’ |
| • | Survey Finds Binge Drinking Among Older People, Too |
| • | Rich, Poor See Similar Declines in Old Age |
| • | Sex Hormone Levels Linked to Fractures in Men |
| • | Kidney Donor’s Sex Could Affect Women’s Outcomes |
| • | Treat Mind, Body in RA Patients: Study |
| • | U.S. Women Delaying Motherhood, Report Shows |
| • | Experts Urge Cognitive Testing of Kids With Epilepsy |
| • | Suicide Risk With Antidepressants Falls With Age |
| • | Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise Lowers Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Delivery-Related Infant Deaths Decline in Scotland |
| • | Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players |
| • | Radiation for Brain Tumors May Affect Cognition |
| • | Mental Activity Seems to Keep the Brain Vital |
| • | In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy |
| • | Expanding Health Coverage May Not Improve Access |
| • | Sunlight May Cause Rash in Autoimmune Disease |
| • | Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets |
| • | TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies |
| • | Certain Arthritis, Crohn’s Drugs May Raise Kids’ Cancer Risk: FDA |
| • | Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia |
| • | Key Factors Define ’Prolonged Grief’ |
| • | Special Eye Drops May Reverse Glaucoma Damage |
| • | With a Broken Hip Comes Higher Risk for Dying |
| • | Elder Abuse, Neglect Make Early Death Far More Likely |
| • | Plastic Surgeons Stay Busy in Recession |
| • | ER Visits Mostly by Medicare, Medicaid Recipients |
| • | Gene Found for Age-Related Cataract |
| • | Colcrys Approved for Acute Gout, Mediterranean Fever |
| • | Muscle Density Linked to Disability |
| • | Euthanasia, Palliative Care Work in Unison in Belgium |
| • | Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis |
| • | Protein Clumps May Appear Years Before Memory Problems |
| • | Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble |
| • | Gloomy Days Dim Cognitive Powers of the Depressed |
| • | Save Swine Flu Drugs for Younger Patients, Study Urges |
| • | Famous Names Get Single Neurons Fired Up |
| • | Marriage Ends, Health Declines |
| • | Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab |
| • | Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer |
| • | HIV Plus Alcohol Hampers Short-Term Memory |
| • | Stem Cells Used for ’Biological Pacemaker’ |
| • | People Still Pumping Up the Volume |
| • | Medicare Drug Plan Still Needs Work |
| • | Cellular Protein Yields Clues to Diabetes, Alzheimer’s |
| • | New Alzheimer’s Treatment Could Be on the Horizon |
| • | Elder Boom Will Be Felt Worldwide |
| • | Congress Braces for Showdown Over Health-Care Reform |
| • | Dietary Oils May Help Some Fight Fat |
| • | U.S. Face Transplant Patient Is Reportedly Doing Fine |
| • | Vein Removal Method Linked to Bypass Results |
| • | Healthy Diet, Exercise Keeps Mind Sharp As You Age |
| • | Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis |
| • | Doctors’ Attitudes Play Part in Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis |
| • | Dementia Increasing Among the ’Oldest Old’ |
| • | Omega-3 Fatty Acid Falls Short in Alzheimer’s Trials |
| • | Study Asserts Need for New Treatments for Delirium |
| • | Questions to Pharmacists Rise After Michael Jackson’s Death |
| • | Arthritis Drug Raises Risk of Tuberculosis |
| • | Drug Shows Promise in Nervous-System Tumor Treatment |
| • | ’Easter Island’ Drug Adds Years to Mice |
| • | Screen All Newborns for Hip Dysplasia, Study Urges |
| • | FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills |
| • | Health Tip: Diagnosing Joint Pain |
| • | Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss |
| • | Too Much Texting Can Spell Neck, Arm Pain |
| • | Autism May Be Linked to Mom’s Autoimmune Disease |
| • | More Evidence That Caffeine Can Jolt Memory |
| • | Living Healthily on Less |
| • | Exercise Tips to Keep Boomers on Their Feet |
| • | Health Tip: Wax Buildup May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | On Memory, Older Americans Outsmart the English |
| • | Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia |
| • | Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | With Medicare Plan, Drug Spending May Be Up |
| • | Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men |
| • | FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet |
| • | Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely |
| • | Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer’s |
| • | Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk |
| • | Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End |
| • | 47,000 Elderly Hurt in Walker, Cane Mishaps Each Year |
| • | New Drug Promising Against Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | 15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They’ll Die Young |
| • | Constipation May Lead to Other Problems |
| • | New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis |
| • | Messages Heard Better in the Right Ear |
| • | Sleep May Be Essential for Long-Term Memory |
| • | Bone Therapy May Not Always Need Monitoring |
| • | Stay Upbeat, Active to Keep the Mind Young |
| • | Migraine With Aura May Lead to Brain Lesions |
| • | Eat Well, Live Longer |
| • | Schizophrenia Linked to Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer |
| • | Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value |
| • | Social Activity Keeps Elders Young, Agile |
| • | Subway Noise May Threaten Riders’ Hearing |
| • | Artificial Ankle Takes Giant Step Forward |
| • | Newest Coated Stent Does Well in Real-World Trial |
| • | Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness |
| • | Slightly Underactive Thyroid May Be a Plus |
| • | Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices |
| • | Interactive Video Games Offer Exercise Benefits |
| • | Sedatives Increase Suicide Risk Among Elderly |
| • | Herb May Offer Hope for Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Shortchange Patients |
| • | Pausing Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Cut Mammogram Recalls |
| • | Pig Stem Cells Created |
| • | Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise |
| • | Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu |
| • | Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls |
| • | Memory Takes a Hit During Menopause |
| • | Vitamin D May Help Keep Aging at Bay |
| • | Study Reiterates Eye Risks Linked to Flomax |
| • | Worries About Weight Are Tied to Teen Suicide Tries |
| • | Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years |
| • | Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs |
| • | Multivitamins Might Prolong Life |
| • | Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age |
| • | An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment |
| • | Cimzia Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip |
| • | Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children’s Hospitals |
| • | Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History |
| • | Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves |
| • | Health Tip: Triggers for Foot Arthritis |
| • | Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar |
| • | Seniors Cope With Sleep Loss Better Than Young Adults |
| • | First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal |
| • | Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis |
| • | U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out |
| • | Hearing Loss Tops Parents’ Concern for Kids |
| • | Nighttime Urination Linked to Higher Death Rate Among Elderly |
| • | Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients |
| • | Smoking, Hypertension Each Account for 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths |
| • | 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths Attributed to Smoking, High BP |
| • | Combat Duty Harms Long-Term Health of Vets |
| • | Abnormal Heartbeat After Bypass a Bad Sign |
| • | Medicare Change May Impact Black Kidney Patients |
| • | Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions |
| • | More Americans Experiencing Gaps in Health Coverage |
| • | HRT May Protect Women From Colon Cancer |
| • | Compound in Berries May Lessen Sun Damage |
| • | Bariatric Surgery Centers Don’t Deliver Better Outcomes |
| • | Radiation Exposure Linked to Aggressive Thyroid Cancers |
| • | Estrogen May Combat Marijuana’s Effect on Cognition |
| • | Death Certificates Incomplete for Suicide Victims |
| • | Mild Flu Season Coming to a Close |
| • | Survey Shows Many Want to Donate Organs, But Few Do |
| • | Family Ties May Help Prevent Teen Suicide |
| • | Newer Antipsychotics May Boost Weight in Alzheimer’s Patients |
| • | Impotence Drugs Don’t Harm Vision: Study |
| • | Once-a-Year Drug Helps Counter Steroid-Linked Bone Loss |
| • | How Old Is Too Old to Work? |
| • | Extra Pounds in Mid-Life Affect Later Mobility |
| • | New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis |
| • | Soybean Chemicals May Reduce Effects of Menopause |
| • | Flu Strikes a Milder Blow This Season |
| • | Tough Legislation on Underage Drinking Seems to Save Lives |
| • | Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes |
| • | Colon Screenings Don’t Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests |
| • | Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss |
| • | Kidneys From Donors Older Than 70 Still Viable |
| • | Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk |
| • | Super Bowl Loss Can ’Kill’ Some Fans |
| • | Action-Filled Video Games Boost Adult Vision |
| • | Most Fatalities in Teen Crashes Are Not the Drivers |
| • | Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant |
| • | Study Links Sugar Production in Yeast Cells to Longevity |
| • | Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain |
| • | Gulf War Syndrome May Stem From Chemical Exposure |
| • | Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug |
| • | With Alzheimer’s, Health-Care Costs Could Triple |
| • | Osteoporosis May Raise Risk for Vertigo |
| • | Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span |
| • | Family History Plays Key Role in Blood Clot Risk |
| • | Study IDs Gene Variants Tied to Sudden Cardiac Death |
| • | Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass |
| • | Yale Lab Discovers New Gene-Based Syndrome |
| • | Health Tip: Managing Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End |
| • | Alzheimer’s Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims |
| • | Health Tip: Have Your Child’s Hearing Checked |
| • | Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis |
| • | Musicians’ Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound |
| • | Unconscious Learning: In the Eye of the Beholder? |
| • | Eye Care Checkups Tied to Insurance Status |
| • | Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance |
| • | Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants |
| • | Slight Cut in Salt Intake Would Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths |
| • | Fear of Pain Drives Requests for Assisted Death |
| • | Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End |
| • | Blacks, Hispanics Less Apt to Get Best Heart Failure Care |
| • | Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo |
| • | Older Adults Get Drunk Faster Than Younger Drinkers |
| • | Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack |
| • | In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks |
| • | Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients |
| • | Car-Crash Death Rates Depend on Where You Live in U.S. |
| • | Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls |
| • | Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S. |
| • | Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking |
| • | Control Your Anger, Help Your Heart |
| • | Any Old Cane Won’t Do |
| • | Early Menopause Doubles Stroke Risk |
| • | Out-of-Control Blood Sugar May Affect Memory |
| • | A Pill to Prevent Hearing Loss? |
| • | Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting? |
| • | Aging Brain May Contribute to Some Hearing Loss |
| • | Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence |
| • | Eye Problems, Hearing Loss May Be Linked |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk |
| • | Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories |
| • | Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids |
| • | Exercise Boosts Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women |
| • | Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions |
| • | Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study |
| • | Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Prescription Chondroitin May Help Knee Osteoarthritis |
| • | What Moms Learned May Be Passed to Offspring |
| • | Cataract Surgery Doesn’t Worsen AMD |
| • | Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion |
| • | Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery |
| • | Cancer Survivors Say Costs Keep Them From Care |
| • | Plan Hopes to ID Early Halt in Reproductive Function |
| • | Medicare Drug Plan ’Doughnut Hole’ Could Impact Seniors’ Health |
| • | Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer’s |
| • | When Gauging Age, the Eyes Have It |
| • | A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery |
| • | The Truth About ’Bio-identical’ Hormone Therapy |
| • | Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health |
| • | Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet |
| • | Weight Loss Helps Incontinence |
| • | Skyrocketing Health-Care Costs Could Double Premiums for Many Americans |
| • | More Accidental Infant Deaths Blamed on Suffocation in Bed |
| • | Oh-So-Cold Temperatures Plague Older People |
| • | What to Do If You Have Unsightly Veins |
| • | Acne Cream Not Linked to Raised Death Risk |
| • | Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Protect Against Disabilities |
| • | How the Ear Protects Your Hearing |
| • | Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder |
| • | Walking Is Good for Blocked Leg Arteries |
| • | U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card |
| • | Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis |
| • | HRT Shrinks the Brain |
| • | Glaucoma Associated With Reading Impairments in Elderly |
| • | Health Tip: Losing Your Hair? |
| • | Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade |
| • | Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson’s |
| • | Surgeons Often Are Blamed When Hip Replacements Fail |
| • | A Better Method of Kidney Storage |
| • | Health Tip: Why You May Have Erectile Dysfunction |
| • | Health Tip: Considering an Advanced Care Directive? |
| • | Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis |
| • | Circumcision Rates Too Low |
| • | Drug Combinations Putting Seniors at Risk |
| • | Rules Change Could Increase Hospice Use |
| • | Scientists Discover Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors’ Strength |
| • | Caregiving May Lengthen Life |
| • | Newborn Hospital Deaths Highest for Those Without Insurance |
| • | Nature’s Fury Makes South Most Dangerous Area in U.S. |
| • | Stress Triggers Heart-Damaging Behavior |
| • | Fruits and Veggies May Strengthen Bones |
| • | Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications |
| • | Diabetic Eye Disease Rates Soaring |
| • | Painkillers Linked to Increase in Overdose Deaths |
| • | Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer |
| • | CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis |
| • | Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids |
| • | Young Gymnasts Facing Broad Range of New Injuries |
| • | Older Adults Who Exercise Boost Blood Flow in Brain |
| • | Uninsured Likely Organ Donors, But Not Recipients |
| • | Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span |
| • | Religion May Help Extend Your Life |
| • | U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time |
| • | Exercise Keeps the Brain Young |
| • | When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient |
| • | China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread |
| • | Ginkgo No Shield Against Alzheimer’s |
| • | Robots May Come to Aging Boomers’ Rescue |
| • | Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness |
| • | Younger Men Fare Best After Hip Joint Resurfacing |
| • | New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment |
| • | U.S. Gets a ’D’ for Preterm Birth Rates |
| • | Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots |
| • | Use of Imaging Technology Skyrockets |
| • | Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers |
| • | MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices |
| • | Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Dry Dog Food Continues |
| • | Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women |
| • | New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease |
| • | Mutant Mouse Gene Offers Clues to Hearing Loss |
| • | Sexual Trauma Haunts Many Female Vets |
| • | Medical Debt Sending Many Over Financial Brink |
| • | Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension |
| • | Biologics Don’t Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| • | Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks |
| • | Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22 |
| • | Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA |
| • | Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients |
| • | Memory Lapses Come When 2 Parts of Brain Compete |
| • | One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues |
| • | Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin |
| • | ALS, Alzheimer’s Insights Could Improve Treatment |
| • | Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health |
| • | Thyroid Problems Boost Glaucoma Risk |
| • | Aerobics Can Reverse Mental Decline in Older Adults |
| • | Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement |
| • | Health Tip: Have a Hearing Loss? |
| • | Vioxx’s Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended |
| • | Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder |
| • | New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered |
| • | Circadian Rhythm Plays Role in Memory |
| • | It’s a Whole New Outlook for Cataract Patients |
| • | Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement |
| • | Could Chinese Herb Be a Natural Viagra? |
| • | Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability |
| • | National Scorecard Ranks Palliative Care Across Country |
| • | Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients |
| • | Report Compares Health-Care Platforms of Presidential Candidates |
| • | Three Genes Raise Gout Risk |
| • | Occupational Therapy Plus Exercise Benefits Osteoarthritis |
| • | Popular Supplements Don’t Work Against Arthritis: Study |
| • | Pain More a Cause of Arthritis Than a Symptom |
| • | Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors |
| • | Scientists ID Compounds That Prevent Brain Nerve Damage |
| • | Voice Problems in Seniors Undertreated |
| • | Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing a Knee Brace |
| • | Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It’s Too Late |
| • | Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients |
| • | Health Tip: Massage Arthritis Pain |
| • | Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion’s Share of Insurers’ Ad Dollars |
| • | Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Women’s Longevity |
| • | MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids’ Hearing |
| • | Female Incontinence a Prevalent Problem |
| • | Estrogen Cream No Match for Sun-Damaged Skin |
| • | Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged |
| • | Prosthetic Ears Boost Hearing After Injury |
| • | Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier |
| • | Palliative Care Programs Could Boost Hospitals’ Bottom Line |
| • | Imaging Shows Why Injured Brains ’Work Harder’ |
| • | Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases |
| • | Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds |
| • | Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85 |
| • | FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs |
| • | Sleep Therapy Restores Brain Function in Insomniacs |
| • | New Drug Helps Relieve Gout |
| • | Health Tip: Adjusting to a Hearing Aid |
| • | Children of Older Fathers at Risk for Bipolar Disorder |
| • | Cataracts World’s Leading Cause of Vision Loss |
| • | Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease |
| • | End-of-Life Choices a Complicated Affair |
| • | Scientists Track Hourly Changes in Alzheimer’s Protein |
| • | Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients |
| • | HRT After Menopause Reduces Symptoms |
| • | Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used |
| • | Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis |
| • | Medicare Web Site Confounds Many Seniors |
| • | Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk |
| • | Statins Help Obese People After Bypass Surgery |
| • | Healthy Sex Life Can Extend Into 80s |
| • | Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses |
| • | More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat |
| • | Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children |
| • | B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006 |
| • | New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75 |
| • | Health Tip: Pain Reliever Side Effects |
| • | Advances Made Against Alzheimer’s Disease |
| • | Mouse Study Finds Molecule That Tells Hair to Grow |
| • | Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis |
| • | Thyroid Hormone May Boost Women’s Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Hearing Loss May Be More Widespread Than Thought |
| • | Researchers Map America’s Deadliest Roads |
| • | Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer’s |
| • | Mouse Model to Aid Sinusitis Research |
| • | Donor’s Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants |
| • | Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some |
| • | All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says |
| • | Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis |
| • | Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes |
| • | Eating Less May Slow Aging Process |
| • | Alcohol’s Impact on Heart, Stroke Risk Differs by Gender |
| • | Health Tip: Protect Your Hearing |
| • | New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster |
| • | Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness |
| • | New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus |
| • | Extreme Heat a Deadly Risk for Older Adults |
| • | Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn’s Disease |
| • | Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated |
| • | Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement |
| • | FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients |
| • | Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea |
| • | Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls |
| • | Countdown to Hair Loss |
| • | Omega-3 Foods May Lower Eye Disease Risk |
| • | Pursuit of Females Dates Way, Way Back |
| • | Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles |
| • | Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS |
| • | Better Sleepers Are ’Successful Agers’ |
| • | New Imaging Tool Can Spot Glaucoma Risk |
| • | Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting |
| • | FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs |
| • | Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients |
| • | Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors |
| • | Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments |
| • | Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker |
| • | Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement |
| • | Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery |
| • | Vulnerability to Shingles May Hinge on Family |
| • | Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery |
| • | New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices |
| • | Heart Device Recipients Often Not Aware of Recalls |
| • | CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60 |
| • | Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed |
| • | Viagra May Protect Hearts of Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients |
| • | Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development |
| • | Group B Strep Down Among Newborns, Up Among Adults |
| • | Secret to Treating Tinnitus in Vets May Be Unlocked in Zebrafish |
| • | Health Tip: Good Shoes Can Prevent Falls |
| • | Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet |
| • | Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly |
| • | Government Picks Up Health Tab of Uninsured Workers |
| • | Diabetes Seems to Heighten Glaucoma Risk |
| • | Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications |
| • | Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocket |
| • | Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women’s Heart Risk |
| • | Medicare Costs Soar for Cancer Care |
| • | FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery |
| • | Treating PTSD Helps Kids Deal With Loss |
| • | Most Early-Onset Dementia Not Alzheimer’s |
| • | While Hospice Care Is Growing, Not All Have Access |
| • | Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis |
| • | Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates |
| • | Painkillers Boost Muscle Mass Among Weight-Training Elderly |
| • | Age-Related Eye Disease on the Increase |
| • | Yoga Program May Help Prevent Falls in Elderly |
| • | Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery |
| • | Anniversary of Parent’s Passing Can Trigger Death |
| • | Health Tip: How a Pacemaker Helps the Heart |
| • | Poor Sense of Smell May Be Early Sign of Parkinson’s |
| • | IPods Don’t Interfere With Pacemakers, Study Shows |
| • | Older Women Have Harder Time Preserving Muscle Than Men |
| • | High Costs Force Third of Americans to Skip Needed Health Care |
| • | Therapeutic Cloning Works in Mice With Parkinson’s |
| • | Pacemakers Change Biology of the Heart |
| • | Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag |
| • | New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins |
| • | Survey Finds Many Americans Clueless About Eye Disease |
| • | Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks |
| • | Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure |
| • | Yoga Eases Menopause Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Shingles |
| • | IPods Don’t Interfere With Heart Pacemakers |
| • | Surgery Better Than Stents for Multiple Blockages |
| • | Health Tip: Coping With Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Key Risk Factors for Suicide Consistent Across Globe |
| • | Short Birth Length Boosts Men’s Suicide Risk |
| • | Cultural Beliefs May Keep Blacks From Hospice Care |
| • | Toll-Free Hotline to Help Seniors Avoid Falls |
| • | 46 Million Americans Suffer From Arthritis |
| • | Seasonal Safety Tips for Older Adults |
| • | Study Finds Cholesterol Fine-Tunes Hearing |
| • | Hospice: An Overlooked Option |
| • | Maintaining Routine Can Chase Holiday Blues Away |
| • | Men Who Smoke Prone to Impotence |
| • | Partial Face Transplant Patient Doing Well |
| • | Breaking Down Barriers to End-of-Life Care for Children |
| • | Cancer Patients Hold Fast to Belief That Opioids Mean Death |
| • | Gene Tweak Reverses Aging in Mouse Skin Cells |
| • | Health Tip: Emotional Reasons for Erectile Dysfunction |
| • | Defibrillators Not Dangerous While Driving |
| • | Older Adults No More Distractible Than Younger Set |
| • | Total Knee Replacement Safe for Most Patients |
| • | Spirituality Helps Older Black Women Beat Hypertension |
| • | Vioxx Settlement Puts Painkillers Back in the Spotlight |
| • | Vioxx Ban Tied to Rise in Serious GI Trouble |
| • | Arthritis Takes Major Toll on Workplace |
| • | ACL Tears Worth Fixing in Seniors |
| • | Ginkgo Biloba Might Not Preserve Memory in Octogenarians |
| • | Heart Disease Deaths Over-Reported in New York City |
| • | Don’t Lose Sight of Vision Care, Group Urges |
| • | Tango Classes Put Parkinson’s Patients a Step Ahead |
| • | ’Fluorescent’ Retinal Cells Warn of Eye Disease |
| • | Disability Stronger Predictor of Longevity Than Disease Is |
| • | FDA Warns of Children’s Deaths Linked to Botox |
| • | Harnessing Human Energy for Medical Good |
| • | Experts Propose Rules to Rate Hospitals’ Safety |
| • | New Heart Pump Helps Women Awaiting Transplants |
| • | Little Evidence Silicone Breast Implants Harm Health |
| • | Combigan Drops Approved for Glaucoma |
| • | High Dose Radiation for Prostate Cancer Won’t Raise Sexual Dysfunction |
| • | Most Americans Have Poor ’Eye-Q’ |
| • | Almost 2 Million U.S. Vets Lack Health Insurance |
| • | Defib Wire Warning Shouldn’t Worry Most Users: Experts |
| • | Many Patients Don’t Report Use of OTC Pain Drugs |
| • | Erectile Dysfunction: A Harbinger of Heart Trouble |
| • | Cataract Surgery: A Bargain, Despite the Price |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Glaucoma |
| • | Genes Boost Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus |
| • | Drug, Pacemaker Fight Irregular Heartbeat |
| • | Health Tip: Caring For Your Hearing Aid |
| • | Flaxseed May Relieve Hot Flashes |
| • | Seniors Need a Safety Plan in Face of Disasters |
| • | Health Tip: Risk Factors for Varicose Veins |
| • | Advanced Age No Bar to Liver Transplant |
| • | Stabilizing Eye Pressure Key to Glaucoma Care |
| • | Newborn Hearing Test Might Point to SIDS Risk |
| • | End-of-Life Hospice Care Underused |
| • | Gene Linked to Restless Leg Syndrome Found |
| • | Baby Boom Women Confronting Pelvic Health Conditions |
| • | Lung Illness Linked to Heart, Bone Problems |
| • | Vitamin A Compound Could Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Blood Clot Screening Program Is Expanded |
| • | Health Tip: Women Have Pattern Baldness, Too |
| • | Gene Therapy Reverses Erectile Dysfunction in Rats |
| • | Rheumatoid Illness, Smoking Can Harm Heart’s Aorta |
| • | Nursing Homes Need Better Diabetes Care |
| • | Large Jolts of Java Can Keep Gout at Bay |
| • | Botox Could Treat Enlarged Prostate |
| • | Could Viagra Put the Brakes on Jet Lag? |
| • | Hair Follicles May Regrow After Head Wounds |
| • | Enzyme Puts Brakes on Racing Heartbeat: Study |
| • | FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Vioxx Successor |
| • | Smell Test Device May Sniff Out Health Problems |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Male Pattern Baldness |
| • | Implantable Defibrillators Offer Heart Patients a Better Quality of Life: Study |
| • | T’ai Chi Boosts Immune System Against Shingles in Older Adults |
| • | Cutting-Edge Devices Assist Cardio Treatments |
| • | Intimate Partner Abuse Affects Broad Spectrum of Ages |
| • | Disaster Victims Need Help Taking Pills as Prescribed |
| • | Health Tip: Symptoms of a Cataract |
| • | Hip-Surgery Complications More Common in Obese Women: Study |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Cancer Death Risk: Study |
| • | Heart Experts Issue Guidelines on Use of Celebrex |
| • | Outside Forces ’Medicalizing’ Everyday Problems, Experts Say |
| • | Blood Test Spots Severe Enlarged Prostate |
| • | Younger Children May Benefit From Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids |
| • | Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Safe, Effective for Diabetic Men |
| • | Acupressure May Help Dementia Patients |
| • | Heart Rhythm Gene Linked to Sudden Infant Deaths |
| • | Neurological Disorders Strike Millions |
| • | Lifestyle, Genes Join to Boost Risk for Blindness in Elderly |
| • | Hospitals Embrace the Hospice Model |
| • | Balance Training Better Than Tai-Chi for Older Adults |
| • | Iraq Vets Falling Through Health-Care Cracks |
| • | Black Cohosh Fails to Relieve Menopausal Symptoms |
| • | Retirees’ Share of Health Tab Creeps Higher |
| • | Massage Eases Pain of Knee Arthritis |
| • | Vision Problems Among Those Over 40 Costly |
| • | Hair-Loss Drug Skews Prostate Cancer Test |
| • | Health Tip: Symptoms of Shingles |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Alopecia |
| • | Baldness Gene Identified in Russian Families |
| • | Pay-for-Performance Plans Now Common Among HMOs |
| • | Acupuncture, Turmeric May Help Ease Arthritis |
| • | Blood Pressure Is Focus of New Web Site |
| • | Health Tip: What Causes Bursitis? |
| • | ’Blackberry Thumb’ Proves a Sour Fruit of Modern Labor |
| • | Staring Down Father Time |
| • | Age-Linked Vision Loss May Depend on Genes |
| • | Many Polio Survivors Faring Well |
| • | Sleep Apnea in Children Linked to Lower IQ Scores, Learning Impairment |
| • | Prostate Drug Use May Mean Cataract Surgery Change |
| • | Health Tip: Seniors Tend to Bruise Easily |
| • | Cataract Treatment a Luxury Many Can Now Afford |
| • | Heart Failure Patients Fare Better With Follow-Up Nursing Care |
| • | Health Tip: Having Hip Replacement Surgery? |
| • | ’SmileLine’ Call-In to Field Oral Health Questions |
| • | New Clues to Neurological Diseases Discovered |
| • | Breast-Feeding May Protect Against Bed-Wetting |
| • | Health Tip: Explaining Tinnitus |
| • | Statins Linked to Lower Risk of Cataracts |
| • | Zostavax Helps Prevent Shingles in Seniors |
| • | Quick Questionnaire Can Diagnose Incontinence |
| • | Health Tip: Why am I Losing my Hair? |
| • | New Remedy Avoids Need for Total Hip Replacement |
| • | Cancer Gene Also Involved in Hair Loss |
| • | Moderate Drinking Not Safe for All |
| • | Health Tip: Will I Go Bald? |
| • | Cochlear Implants Can Benefit the Elderly |
| • | Retina Cell Implants Help Those With Parkinson’s |
| • | Cataract Surgery Rates Tied to Physician Reimbursement |
| • | How Cochlear Implants Help Restore Hearing |
| • | Health Tip: The Cause Of Bell’s Palsy Is Unknown |
| • | Chronic Cough More Than an Annoyance |
| • | Health Tip: Hair Loss in Women With Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Why is My Mouth Dry? |
| • | Health Tip: Caring for Your Skin |
| • | Many Elderly Not Aware of Hospice Value |
| • | Bone Marrow Cells Transformed Into Muscle Cells |
| • | Older Americans Fret About Health Insurance |
| • | Talking Together Brings Comfort to Terminally Ill |
| • | Daily Painkiller May Slow Spinal Arthritis |
| • | Shingles Vaccine Has Successful Trial |
| • | Tourist Guide Helps Those Who’ve Really Got to Go |
| • | Health Tip: Coping with Hair Loss |
| • | Meditation Study Shows Life Gains |
| • | Health Tip: Playing Golf with Arthritis |
| • | Chest X-Rays May Catch Osteoporosis |
| • | Prescription Drug Prices Soaring Above Inflation |
| • | Doctors Take Issue With Bextra Withdrawal |
| • | Health Tip: Ringing in the Ears |
| • | Call for Volunteers for Rheumatic Disease Research |
| • | Health Tip: Steady as She Goes |
| • | How Lifesaving Transplants Turned Deadly |
| • | New Drug Helps Parkinson’s Patients |
| • | Health Tip: Hair Loss in Women |
| • | Oily Fish Fosters Healthy Blood Fat |
| • | Common Procedures Do Help Injured Knees |
| • | Ankle Sprains Can Lead to Arthritis |
| • | Simple Steps to Fall-Free Homes |
| • | Short-Term Celebrex Safe Against Cirrhosis |
| • | HRT May Worsen Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Tying Exercise to Culture Boosts Participation |
| • | Health Tip: Preventing Cataracts in Children |
| • | Health Tip: Avoid Varicose Veins |
| • | For Bunions, Footwear Fit Is a Shoe-In |
| • | Viagra Protects Against Pulmonary Problems |
| • | New Clues to Restless Legs Syndrome in Kids |
| • | Senior Service Offers Rx Advice |
| • | Study Finds VA Health Care Improving |
| • | Health Tip: Skin Disease Causes Baldness |
| • | U.S. Halts Use of Celebrex in Cancer Trial |
| • | Motorcycle Noise Poses Hearing Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Hair Apparent |
| • | Elderly Better Off With Underactive Thyroid |
| • | Stem Cells Offer Hope for Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Help Older Adults Enjoy the Holidays |
| • | Older Americans Can Expect Longer, Healthier Lives |
| • | Hospitalization Among Elderly Often Leads to Disability |
| • | Weekend Treatment OK for ’Lazy Eye’ |
| • | Genes Determine Severity of Osteoporosis |
| • | Restless Leg Syndrome Explained |
| • | New Hope for Leaky Bladders |
| • | Health Tip: A Shingles Source of Chickenpox |
| • | Report: 1.7 Million Veterans Lack Health Insurance |
| • | Family History a Factor in Women’s Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Brisk Walks Speed Stroke Recovery |
| • | Sports Injury Can Lead to Later Trouble |
| • | Doctors Can Be Sentinels for Elder Abuse |
| • | Pregnancy Ups Risk of Restless Leg Syndrome |
| • | Impotence: A Red Flag for Heart Disease |
| • | Childhood Sexual Abuse Damage Lasts a Lifetime |
| • | Impotence Common After Radiation, Surgery on Prostate |
| • | New Clue to Autoimmune Diseases Found |
| • | Health Tip: When Good Veins Go Bad |
| • | Latinos Prone to Eye Disease |
| • | Osteoarthritis Runs in Families |
| • | Recreational Use of Viagra on the Increase |
| • | Pitch Is Key in Finding Source of Sounds |
| • | Easing the Pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Vision Loss a Growing Threat for Many Americans |
| • | Genetic Role Seen in Chief Cause of Blindness |
| • | Early Blindness Sharpens Sense of Sound |
| • | Being Double-Jointed May Protect Your Joints |
| • | Organ Donor’s Rabies Kills 3 Recipients |
| • | Rabies Kills 3 Organ Recipients From Same Donor |
| • | HRT Won’t Halt Dementia in Older Women |
| • | New Clues to Learning Disabilities Found |
| • | Eye Drops Can Delay Glaucoma in Blacks |
| • | Fruit Helps Eyes Stay Healthy |
| • | New Clue to Sexual Dysfunction in Older Men |
| • | New Medicare Drug Card Puzzles Seniors |
| • | Health Tip: Hair Transplant Caution |
| • | Celecoxib Beats Other NSAIDs in Heart Failure Risk |
| • | Value of Living Wills Under Fire |
| • | Health Tip: Why Older People Bruise Easily |
| • | Botox Treats Bladder Problems |
| • | Polio Symptoms Recur for Some Survivors |
| • | Terrorism’s Toll Lingers |
| • | Soy Could Help Men, Too |
| • | To Avoid Gout, Avoid Stout |
| • | Squatting Can Cripple Knees |
| • | Tai Chi Tames Chronic Health Conditions |
| • | Studies Find Hysterectomy Viable Yet Avoidable |
| • | Dry Mouth |
| • | Gout Risk Tied to Eating Red Meat, Fish |
| • | Hospice May Not Be Cheaper Alternative |
| • | Ovarian Failure Linked to Dry Eye |
| • | ’Natural’ Viagra Alternative Is the Real Thing |
| • | When It Comes to Hearing, Timing Isn’t Everything |
| • | Rising Disability in the Young Tied to Obesity |
| • | End-of-Life Care in U.S. Found Lacking |
| • | Winter Chills Bring Risks to Elderly |
| • | Shield Your Eyes While on the Slopes |
| • | States, Cities Defy U.S. in Importing Drugs |
| • | New Method for Detecting Alzheimer’s |
| • | Older Americans Are on the Cuspid of Dental History |
| • | Pool Therapy May Ease Arthritis |
| • | ’Le Weekend’ Pill Newest Option for ED |
| • | Vioxx Has No Effect on Arteries |
| • | Cold Weather Stiffens Joints |
| • | Long-Term Care Insurance: Buyer Beware |
| • | Simple Movement May Block Shingles |
| • | Gulf War Link to Lou Gehrig’s Disease Bolstered |
| • | First Year of Widowhood the Toughest |
| • | New Aspirin May be Stomach-Friendly |
| • | Gardening With Arthritis |
| • | Inflammation May Be Culprit in Osteoarthritis |
| • | London’s Cold Days Can Be Killers |
| • | Thieves of Sight Await Even Those With Perfect Vision |
| • | Varicose Veins a Common Disorder |
| • | Viagra May Be More Than Impotence Drug |
| • | The Bald Truth |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Birth Weight |
| • | Arthritis on Verge of Becoming an Epidemic |
| • | Oxygen Damage May Trigger Age-Related Blindness |
| • | Disability Sharply Raises Risk of Obesity |
| • | Study Supports Early Glaucoma Treatment |
| • | Meningitis Cases Tied to Cochlear Implants |
| • | Smooth Out Those Varicose Veins |
| • | Vein Vanity |
| • | An Unattractive Web |
| • | Newborn Killings Happen More Than Imagined |
| • | Eye Drops Can Save Sight |
| • | Treat Deaf Children Early |
| • | Mediterranean Diet Soothes Aching Joints |
| • | Nancy Lopez Fights Back Against Osteoarthritis |
| • | Genetic Secrets of Baldness Slowly Receding |
| • | Stress Hormone Tied to Acne, Baldness |
| • | Gene Therapy Helps Poor Circulation in Legs |
| • | Natural Carbohydrates Contribute to Arthritis |
| • | Lasers Pinpoint Joint Damage |
| • | Bone Disease Diagnosis From Where You’d Least Expect It |
| • | Vaccine Protects Transplant Patients from Shingles |
| • | Arthritis More Widespread Than Thought |
| • | Hearing Loss Often Undiagnosed in Elderly |
| • | Obesity Gene Also Directs Skin, Hair Growth |
| • | Medicare Adds New Plan |
| • | VA Health Care Improving, Study Says |
| • | It’s All Downstream for Sperm |
| • | Seniors Should Stay Healthy While on the Road |
| • | Scuba Diving Knows No Age |
| • | When Your Spouse Falls Ill |
| • | Young Widowers at High Suicide Risk |
| • | Antidepressants Curb Hot Flashes |
| • | Herb May Help Heal Herpes |
| • | Sperm May Play Role in Transmission of HIV |
| • | CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys |
| • | Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit |
| • | Giving Gardasil to Boys Not Worth the Cost |
| • | Truckers Trailed By Risky Behaviors: Study |
| • | HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer |
| • | Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients |
| • | Experimental AIDS Vaccine Delivers Good News |
| • | Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts |
| • | Young People at High Risk of Death Worldwide |
| • | Discoveries Brighten Search for AIDS Vaccine |
| • | Dementia More Likely With One Subtype of HIV |
| • | Synthetic Protein Thwarts HIV Infection in Lab |
| • | Scientists Decode HIV Genome |
| • | Scientists ID First Human With Gorilla Strain of HIV |
| • | Immune Systems of AIDS Patients More Prone to HPV Cancers |
| • | HIV Plus Alcohol Hampers Short-Term Memory |
| • | HIV Drugs Provide Breast-Fed Babies With Some Protection |
| • | AIDS-like Illness Found in African Chimps |
| • | Circumcision Doesn’t Lessen HIV Transmission |
| • | Pregnancy, STDs on the Rise Again Among U.S. Teens |
| • | Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women |
| • | HIV Testing Day Set for Saturday in U.S. |
| • | New Compound May Fight HIV |
| • | Circumcision Can Reduce AIDS Risk, Study Shows |
| • | Gum Disease May Reactivate AIDS Virus |
| • | Circumcision Guards Against STDs |
| • | In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission |
| • | Circumcision Rates Too Low |
| • | HIV Can Penetrate a Woman’s Healthy Genital Skin |
| • | Fewer HIV-Infected Americans Passing the Virus On |
| • | Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older |
| • | Most Single Adults Not Using Condoms |
| • | Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail |
| • | Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Fight Viral Infections |
| • | 3M Injected Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV-Positive |
| • | Girls From Poorer Areas More Likely to Have Sex Earlier |
| • | Commonly Used HIV Infectivity Rate Misses Risks |
| • | Deportation Tied to Higher HIV Risk for Men Injecting Drugs |
| • | U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden |
| • | Herpes Suppression May Not Prevent HIV Infection |
| • | New Compound Slows HIV Replication |
| • | Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates |
| • | U.S. Syphilis Rate Grows for 7th Year in Row |
| • | U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High |
| • | Anti-Malaria Drugs Help Africa’s Women, Babies |
| • | Chlamydia Screening Programs Don’t Work: Expert |
| • | Emotions Play Major Role in Teen Condom Use |
| • | Outside Forces ’Medicalizing’ Everyday Problems, Experts Say |
| • | Scientists Decipher Genome for ’Nasty’ STD |
| • | Circumcision Reduces HIV Rates, U.S. Studies Confirm |
| • | Teens Neglect Condom Use in ’Serious’ Relationships |
| • | Global AIDS Panel Updates Treatment Strategies |
| • | Circumcision May Protect Against HIV |
| • | Teens With HIV Taking More Chances |
| • | Syphilis Rates Not Result of Unsafe Sex |
| • | AIDS Conspiracy Theory Belief Linked to Less Condom Use |
| • | Gay Men Using Viagra Recreationally |
| • | Unsafe Sex Common Among Those With HIV |
| • | One-on-One Counseling Stems Spread of AIDS |
| • | AIDS Drugs May Damage Skin |
| • | HIV Prevention Programs Help Black Teen Girls |
| • | Another Study Debunks AIDS-Polio Vaccine Theory |
| • | Circumcision Cuts HIV Risk |
| • | ’Crystal Meth’ Use Boosts STD Rates Among Gay Men |
| • | New Film Stirs Controversy Among Gays |
| • | U.S. Reports Rise in HIV Cases |
| • | Better AIDS Treatment Boosts Risky Sex |
| • | Global Action Urged to Cut Child Deaths |
| • | Syphilis Rate Up for First Time Since 1990 |
| • | AIDS-Related Eye Disease on Wane |
| • | Risky Business |
| • | Hormone Help for HIV |
| • | Dyslexia May Make It Tough to Tune Out School Noise |
| • | Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Found in Canadian Father |
| • | Sharing Prescriptions Can Bring Harm, Not Healing |
| • | Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier |
| • | Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point |
| • | Health Tip: Check Your Blood Glucose |
| • | Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries |
| • | Income Inequality Affects Quality of Life for All |
| • | BPA Tied to Impotence in Men |
| • | Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 11, 2009 |
| • | For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better |
| • | Main Ingredients in Household Dust Come From Outdoors |
| • | Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 11, 2009 |
| • | New Polyp Detection Method Could Be Cost-Saver |
| • | Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death |
| • | Health Tip: Signs That You Have Cataracts |
| • | Modern Wars, Modern Ills |
| • | Boys’ Team Sports May Encourage Bad Behavior |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 10, 2009 |
| • | Common Infections May Contribute to Strokes |
| • | Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers |
| • | Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier |
| • | Ventilation Positions Comparable in Lung Syndrome Patients |
| • | The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization |
| • | Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk in Seniors |
| • | Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer’s |
| • | Statins May Stave Off Gallstones |
| • | Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots |
| • | Acceptance of Chronic Illness Helps People Move On |
| • | Health Tip: Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| • | Laser Eye Surgery Safe Long-Term: Study |
| • | Health Tip: Sources of Childhood Stress |
| • | Teen Obesity Ups MS Risk in Women |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 10, 2009 |
| • | Stroke Puts Stress on Spousal Relationship |
| • | Obesity Seems to Alter Heart Structure |
| • | Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression |
| • | Handwriting Skills May Lag in Kids With Autism |
| • | Sinus Rinses May Do More Harm Than Good |
| • | Retirement Brings Most a Big Health Boost |
| • | Doctors Spending More Time Now With Patients |
| • | Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too |
| • | Health Tip: Recording Your Child’s Medical History |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 9, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Your Lungs Healthy |
| • | No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug |
| • | To Feel Better, Low-Fat Diet May Be Best |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 9, 2009 |
| • | Hot-Tub Injuries on the Rise |
| • | Depressed and Pregnant? Flu Shot May Be Needed |
| • | Cataract Surgery Doesn’t Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study |
| • | Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue in the Lab |
| • | Dense Breasts Raise Risk of Cancer Recurrence |
| • | Rx for Fall Foot Injuries |
| • | Good Posture May Inspire Confidence |
| • | Bad-Behaving Teens May Be Living Up to Expectations |
| • | Binge Drinking Puts the Brain, and Life Itself, at Risk |
| • | Poor Restroom Cleaning Causes Cruise-Ship Sickness |
| • | Health Fears Are Nothing to Sneeze At |
| • | Pay Less for Prescription Drugs |
| • | Istodax Approved for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma |
| • | Good Sleepers More Likely to Eat Right |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 6, 2009 |
| • | Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas |
| • | Health Tip: Follow Directions When Taking Medication |
| • | Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving |
| • | Trauma Deadlier for Kids Without Insurance |
| • | Wood Fires Can Harm the Youngest Lungs |
| • | Early Relapse of MS May Mean Fewer Issues Later |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 6, 2009 |
| • | Breast-Feeding Benefits Moms and Babies: Report |
| • | Singing in Pregnancy May Be Harder Work |
| • | Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can’t Get It |
| • | Stem Cells May Offer Alternative to Lung Transplants |
| • | Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns |
| • | New Smells ’Etched’ in Brain: Study |
| • | Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Behind Hip Bursitis? |
| • | Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick? |
| • | Germs Mingle Most on Palms, Feet, Forearms |
| • | Complete Horse Genome Sequence Revealed |
| • | Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating |
| • | Swine Flu Virus Dominant Strain Worldwide: WHO |
| • | Rest Easy. When It Comes to Swine Flu, Your Pet Is Safe |
| • | Firm Says Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Is Possible |
| • | Living With Less TV, More Sweat Boosts Weight Loss |
| • | Genes Linked to ’Pot’ Belly |
| • | Doctors Point Out Gaps in U.S. Health Care |
| • | Phosphorus Levels May Predict Heart Disease |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 5, 2009 |
| • | Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer |
| • | Gene Therapy for Fatal Brain Disorder ’Just the Beginning’ |
| • | School Violence Drops With Federal Program |
| • | Without Job Stress, Retirees Sleep Better |
| • | Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 5, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Create Baby’s Bedtime Routine |
| • | Stem Cells Repair Acute Lung Injury in Mice |
| • | Health Tip: Getting Ready for Birth |
| • | New HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks |
| • | FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses |
| • | PSA Reading Could Predict Post-Radiation Survival |
| • | Sleepy Drivers a Menace on the Road |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 4, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Keep a Health Journal |
| • | Fast Eating Limits Gut Hormones That Induce Fullness |
| • | Waiting, Wondering About Radiology Results Irks Patients |
| • | Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer |
| • | How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs? |
| • | Will New Anemia Drug Top Current Treatments? |
| • | Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers |
| • | Gene Discovery Gives Clues to Crohn’s Disease, Colitis |
| • | Americans Gaining Awareness of COPD: Survey |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 4, 2009 |
| • | Poorer Outcomes After ’Off-Pump’ Bypass Surgery |
| • | Married With Children Paves Way to Happiness |
| • | Switch to ’Light’ Cigarettes Makes Quitting Tougher |
| • | Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms |
| • | Folate Levels in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD in Offspring |
| • | Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Cancer |
| • | Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike |
| • | Health Tip: Have a Food Allergy? |
| • | Statins May Worsen Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients |
| • | FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug |
| • | World Trade Center Workers Twice as Likely to Have Asthma |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 3, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Nails Can Reveal Your Health |
| • | Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors |
| • | Depression May Blur Memory of Aches and Pains |
| • | CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality |
| • | CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 3, 2009 |
| • | CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects |
| • | Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer |
| • | Doctors Overprescribing the Pap Test |
| • | Health Tip: Getting a Pap Test |
| • | Health Tip: Possible Triggers for Pica |
| • | Health Highlights: Nov. 2, 2009 |
| • | Diet Soda, Sodium Tied to Kidney Trouble: Studies |
| • | Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes |
| • | Restless Legs May Vary by Race and Gender |
| • | Americans Get Failing Grade on Diabetes Awareness |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 2, 2009 |
| • | Household Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol Levels |
| • | TV May Increase Aggression in Toddlers |
| • | One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women |
| • | Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems |
| • | Virulent Strain of MRSA Resists Treatment |
| • | Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients |
| • | High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimer’s Offspring |
| • | Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals |
| • | Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Best for Quitting Smoking |
| • | Radiation After Surgery Lowers Chances of Melanoma Recurrence |
| • | Hormone Therapy Can Help Some With Prostate Cancer |
| • | For People on Dialysis, Too Thin Can Be Risky |
| • | Negative Words Register Faster |
| • | Undocumented Hispanics Face Health Care Roadblocks in U.S. |
| • | Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child’s Diabetes Risk |
| • | Traveling While on Dialysis Could Be Risky |
| • | Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors |
| • | Pumpkin May Fight Yeast Infections |
| • | Flu Shot in Pregnancy Protects Baby |
| • | Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat |
| • | Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure |
| • | Lying Still Raises Artificial Insemination Success |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 30, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Angry? |
| • | Health Tip: Managing Your Emotions |
| • | When Clocks Change, Body May Need Time to Adjust |
| • | Scientist Throws Curve Into Breaking-Ball Debate |
| • | Patients More Likely to Die While in ICU in U.S. Than in England |
| • | Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia |
| • | Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors |
| • | Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth |
| • | Whooping Cough Immunity Lasts 30 Years or More |
| • | At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu |
| • | Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Passed Person-to-Person in U.S. |
| • | Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths |
| • | Millions of Americans Don’t Get Enough Sleep |
| • | Stroke Centers May Offer Best Shot at Recovery |
| • | Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study |
| • | Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors |
| • | Is There a ’Bad Driver’ Gene? |
| • | Almost 6 Million U.S. Cases of Swine Flu in First Few Months |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 29, 2009 |
| • | Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary |
| • | Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids |
| • | Better Drug Emerges for Steroid-Induced Bone Loss |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn’t Promote Cancer |
| • | After Age 55, Workplace Stress Seems to Decline |
| • | Health Tip: Screening for Cancer |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 29, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: At Risk for Another Heart Attack? |
| • | 17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance |
| • | Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Behind My Asthma and Allergy Symptoms? |
| • | One Embryo as Good as Two in Second IVF Attempt |
| • | Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study |
| • | Meditation May Reduce Stress in Breast Cancer Patients |
| • | 1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand |
| • | Health Tip: Exercise During Pregnancy |
| • | Stem Cells Coaxed to Make Precursors to Egg, Sperm |
| • | Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Other Ills |
| • | Even Light Smoking Affects Young Adults’ Arteries |
| • | Adding Chemo Helps Head, Neck Cancer Patients |
| • | Gene Variants Behind Vulnerability to Yeast Infections |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 28, 2009 |
| • | Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 28, 2009 |
| • | Violence Between Couples May Not Be Spontaneous |
| • | Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk |
| • | Preventive Antibiotics Help Some Kids Fend Off Urinary Infections |
| • | Takes a Pro to Make Offices Pain-Free |
| • | New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients |
| • | Short-Term, High-Dose Vitamin D2 May Ease Deficiency |
| • | Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth |
| • | For Tourette Syndrome, Implanted Device May Help |
| • | Access to U.S. Burn Centers Varies by Region |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 27, 2009 |
| • | All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death |
| • | Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise |
| • | More Swine Flu Vaccine Coming Soon |
| • | Herbicides, Fibrate Drugs May Block Taste Receptors |
| • | Health Tip: Foot Care for People With Diabetes |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 27, 2009 |
| • | Sleep Apnea Episodes May Trigger Irregular Heartbeat |
| • | Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring |
| • | Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds |
| • | Arzerra Approved for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| • | Mapping the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer |
| • | Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids |
| • | Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms |
| • | Does Diabetes Slow Alzheimer’s? |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 26, 2009 |
| • | Fitness Fades Fast After 45 |
| • | Cell Phone May Reduce Bone Density in Hips |
| • | Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween |
| • | 6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D |
| • | Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows |
| • | Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation |
| • | Where You Put on Pounds May Influence Clot Risk |
| • | Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 26, 2009 |
| • | Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later |
| • | Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women |
| • | World Trade Center Workers Have More Cases of Acid Reflux |
| • | Blacks at Greater Risk for Colorectal Cancer |
| • | Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk |
| • | Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks |
| • | Sperm May Play Role in Transmission of HIV |
| • | Health Tip: Dietary Needs of Aging Women |
| • | Health Tip: Leave Jet Lag Behind |
| • | Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency |
| • | Is Smoking Tougher on Women? |
| • | Brisk Walk Can Help Leave Common Cold Behind |
| • | Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease |
| • | Helmets Can Save Lives in Winter Sports |
| • | Health Tip: Warning Signs of Scoliosis |
| • | Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy |
| • | Bladder Problems May Often Be Related to Mental Health |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Causing Urinary Incontinence? |
| • | Scientists Zero in on Brain’s ’Stopwatch’ |
| • | Scientists Discover Gene Key to Human Speech |
| • | Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart |
| • | Coffee May Slow Liver Disease |
| • | Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine |
| • | Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 23, 2009 |
| • | Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked |
| • | Constant Light Linked to Symptoms of Depression |
| • | Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients |
| • | Heavy Patients Get Little Respect From Doctors |
| • | Adding Drug Doesn’t Help Control Blood Pressure |
| • | Chimps Show Signs of Culture |
| • | Cocaine Use in Pregnancy Linked to Impulsivity in Sons |
| • | After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study |
| • | Babies Spot Human Speech at 5 Months |
| • | HPV Vaccine No More Painful Than Other Shots |
| • | Light Touch Helps Grip of MS Patients |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 23, 2009 |
| • | Rotavirus Vaccine Cutting Infection Rates Among Kids |
| • | Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma |
| • | Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites |
| • | Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later |
| • | Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child |
| • | Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism |
| • | Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs |
| • | Swine Flu Parties? Send Your Regrets, Experts Say |
| • | Health Tip: Soothe the Pain of Breast-Feeding |
| • | Some Parts of Human Genome Get Lost |
| • | Red-Grape Compound May Improve Diabetes |
| • | Long-Acting Insulin Works Best for Many Diabetics |
| • | Money Woes Keeping Many Couples From Fertility Treatments |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 22, 2009 |
| • | CT Scans Surpass X-Rays for Swine Flu: Study |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 22, 2009 |
| • | Psychiatric Meds for Infants Linked to Later Behavior Problems |
| • | Assessing Embryo Metabolism May Aid IVF Success |
| • | Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes |
| • | Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson’s |
| • | Intensive Dialysis Doesn’t Save Lives of the Sickest |
| • | For Obese, Weight Gained in Pregnancy May Not Leave |
| • | Alternative Treatments May Boost IVF Success |
| • | CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys |
| • | American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines |
| • | Sex With a Partner Makes Evolutionary Sense: Study |
| • | Worldwide Vaccine Availability Reaches All-Time High: Report |
| • | Health Tip: You Need Vitamin B-12 |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 21, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Signs You May Have Sinusitis |
| • | Prolonged Use of Pacifier Linked to Speech Problems |
| • | Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 21, 2009 |
| • | Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery |
| • | Radiation Treatments Made Safer for Cancer Patients |
| • | With Microdermabrasion, Rough Seems to Work Better |
| • | Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time |
| • | Brain Protein Tied to Retardation |
| • | Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma |
| • | Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson’s |
| • | The Brain Comes Alive With the Sounds of Music |
| • | Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars |
| • | Leg Clots May Not Travel to Lungs |
| • | New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births |
| • | Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease |
| • | Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved for Children |
| • | Votrient Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer |
| • | Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 20, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Preparing for a Mammogram |
| • | Health Tip: Detecting Head Lice |
| • | School Meals Need to Get Healthier: Report |
| • | Heart Failure Treatment Underused |
| • | Fish Oil Supplements Don’t Help Depressed Heart Patients |
| • | Existing Drug May Lead to ALS Treatment |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 20, 2009 |
| • | Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit |
| • | Swine Flu Still Strikes Younger People Hardest |
| • | Study Forecasts More Young Doctors in Future |
| • | Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones |
| • | Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk |
| • | Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain |
| • | Health Tip: Putting Baby to Bed |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 19, 2009 |
| • | Scientists Find New Key to Lupus |
| • | Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Hospital Workers May Trigger Dangerous Outbreaks |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 19, 2009 |
| • | Micardis Given Wider Approval |
| • | Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males |
| • | Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu |
| • | Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter |
| • | Health Tip: The Importance of Folic Acid |
| • | Video Games Can Play Havoc With Kids’ Joints |
| • | Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea? |
| • | Mercury Levels Not Abnormal in Autistic Children |
| • | More Doctors Need to Learn to Spot Skin Cancers |
| • | Hangovers May Be Tougher for Migraine Sufferers |
| • | U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana |
| • | Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain |
| • | Childhood ADHD Linked to Criminal Behavior in Adults |
| • | PSA ’Nanotest’ May Spot Prostate Cancer’s Return After Surgery |
| • | Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not |
| • | Take the Sting Out of Your Child’s Flu Shots |
| • | 11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 17, 2009 |
| • | Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women |
| • | Docs May Be Overdoing Some Invasive Procedures |
| • | Soda Taxes Not Making a Dent in U.S. Waistlines |
| • | For a Healthier Retirement, Work a Little |
| • | Tylenol May Weaken Effectiveness of Kids’ Vaccines |
| • | Smoking Keeps Its Grip on Urban Poor |
| • | Taming Bad Breath |
| • | Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 16, 2009 |
| • | Cervarix Approved to Help Prevent Cervical Cancer |
| • | Scientists Provide First Map of Complete Human Epigenome |
| • | Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Diagnosis at Younger Age |
| • | Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER |
| • | New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 16, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Stroke |
| • | Strides Made in Tonsil Cancer Repair |
| • | Smoking Bans Good for Non-Smokers’ Hearts: Study |
| • | Stem Cells Grow Heart Tissue in Lab |
| • | Smog Tougher on the Obese |
| • | Suicidal Thoughts May Vary by Antidepressant |
| • | Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Low Back Pain |
| • | Bad Reaction No Good Reason to Avoid Future Shots |
| • | A Drug to Cure Spinal Cord Injuries? |
| • | Fewer Genital Warts Thanks to HPV Vaccine Program |
| • | Liver Cells Made to Order |
| • | Want Sun Protection? Wear Red or Blue |
| • | Health Highlights: Oct. 15, 2009 |
| • | Green Spaces Boost the Body and the Mind |
| • | Health Tip: When to Call the Pediatrician |
| • | Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks: Study |
| • | Shared Bed May Raise SIDS Risk |
| • | Dialysis’ Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients |
| • | Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson’s |
| • | More MRI Machines May Mean More Back Surgeries |
| • | Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal |
| • | If You Want Help From a Chimp, You’ll Have to Ask |
| • | Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs: Study |
| • | Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch |
| • | Dyslexia More Complicated for Chinese |
| • | As More Cyclists Hit the Road, Serious Injuries Rise |
| • | Are Commercial Genetic Tests Worth Taking? |
| • | Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation |
| • | Health Tip: Help Control IBS Symptoms |
| • | Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds |
| • | Health Tip: Manage Pain Without Drugs |
| • | Supervised Exercise May Relieve Fatigue During Chemotherapy |
| • | Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods |
| • | Impaired Vision May Shorten Life Span |
| • | Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research |
| • | Health Tip: Use Cosmetics Safely |
| • | Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients |
| • | Many Hospitalized With Swine Flu Had Been Healthy |
| • | Study Suggests Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors |
| • | Health Tip: Bringing Baby Home |
| • | Baby Names Prone to Boom-and-Bust Cycles |
| • | Many Americans Still Leery of Swine Flu Vaccine |
| • | Eye Problems Increasing in Preemies |
| • | Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues |
| • | Soothing Imagery May Help Rid Some Kids of Stomach Pain |
| • | Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery |
| • | Phone Counseling Helps Teens Quit Smoking |
| • | Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors |
| • | Swine Flu Can Move Quickly to Severe Illness |
| • | Gene Mutation May Speed Learning |
| • | Battered Women’s Ills Go Beyond Bruises |
| • | A Little Cash Buys a Lot of Calories at the Corner Store |
| • | Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten |
| • | A Gene Tweak Could Keep Heart Young |
| • | Drop in Certain Visual Skills May Precede Alzheimer’s |
| • | Stop-Smoking Vaccine in the Works |
| • | Mother’s Cancer Can Pass to Fetus |
| • | With Hormone Therapy, Tender Breasts May Signal Cancer Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Why Don’t You Exercise? |
| • | Healthier Neighborhoods Help Keep Diabetes at Bay |
| • | Berinert Approved for Rare Genetic Disease |
| • | Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts |
| • | Health Tip: Cut Back Slowly on Caffeine |
| • | Miscarriage Treatment Won’t Harm Future Fertility: Study |
| • | Face Masks for Patients May Leak, Spread Germs |
| • | Stretching Test May Reveal Arterial Stiffness |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Listeriosis During Pregnancy |
| • | Giving Gardasil to Boys Not Worth the Cost |
| • | American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives |
| • | ’No Flu Shots for My Kids’ |
| • | Ex-NFL Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise |
| • | HPV Tied to Rare Head-and-Neck Cancer |
| • | Body Clock, Blood Sugar Control Seem Linked |
| • | Truckers Trailed By Risky Behaviors: Study |
| • | 76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients |
| • | As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret |
| • | Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Never Marry |
| • | Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine |
| • | HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer |
| • | Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study |
| • | Exercise Boosts Bone Density in Breast-Feeding Moms |
| • | Half of U.S. Kids Assaulted Each Year: Study |
| • | Exercise Extends Life of Kidney Patients |
| • | Health Care Varies From State to State |
| • | Recession Adds to Ranks of Americans With Depression |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Gestational Diabetes |
| • | New Way to Make Stem Cells? |
| • | New Technology Shows Human Genome in 3-D |
| • | Retrovirus May Be at Root of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| • | Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off |
| • | Many Doctors Still Don’t Disclose Consulting Fees |
| • | Trial Shows Heart Attack Education Makes Little Difference |
| • | 2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients |
| • | Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID |
| • | Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Lessen Swine Flu Impact |
| • | Long-Term Back Pain Not Inevitable, Study Finds |
| • | Troubled Minds Can Mean Wider Waistlines |
| • | Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk |
| • | Potential Pieces of Autism Puzzle Revealed |
| • | Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study |
| • | Study Upends Comfort-Food Theory |
| • | Nutrition Still Not ’A’ Grade in U.S. Schools: Studies |
| • | ’Lab on a Chip’ Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring |
| • | Health Tip: Why Do I Get Muscle Cramps? |
| • | Gene Test Might Predict Tamoxifen’s Effectiveness |
| • | Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer |
| • | Teens With ADHD, Depression Risk Internet Addiction |
| • | Exercise in Adolescence May Cut Risk of Deadly Brain Tumor |
| • | Health Tip: Soothing a Colicky Baby |
| • | Burn Rate in Kids Has Dropped, But Still Causes Concern |
| • | Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies |
| • | Pain Robs Years From Folks at Mid-Life |
| • | Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance |
| • | Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List |
| • | Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors |
| • | Plastics Chemical Tied to Aggression in Young Girls |
| • | Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection |
| • | Tiny Batteries Can Cause Big Problems for Young Children |
| • | Noise Hurts Men’s Hearing More, Study Shows |
| • | Cocaine Addiction Vaccine Shows Some Success |
| • | Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy |
| • | New Test Assesses Individual Breast Cancer Risk |
| • | Mercury in Fish Linked to High Blood Pressure |
| • | Mediterranean Diet May Help Prevent Depression |
| • | 1 Million ’Preemie’ Babies Die Each Year: Report |
| • | Schools Provide Less Junk Food Today: CDC |
| • | Early H1N1 Vaccination Saves Lives, Cuts Costs: Study |
| • | Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients’ Brain Function |
| • | Antidepressants May Be Linked to Birth Problems |
| • | Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures? |
| • | Autism May Be More Common Than Thought |
| • | Sinus Infections Push Millions to U.S. Doctors Each Year |
| • | Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study |
| • | Half of U.S. Babies Living Today May Reach 100 |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Causing My Laryngitis? |
| • | As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns |
| • | Hairstylists Often Privy to Older Clients’ Health Issues |
| • | Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery |
| • | Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men |
| • | Simple Test Might Detect ’Silent’ Heart Disease |
| • | Daily Dose of Vitamin D Helps Prevent Falls in Seniors |
| • | Daily Candy in Childhood Linked to Violence in Adulthood |
| • | Fresh Blood Boosts Survival in Trauma Patients |
| • | Uncertainty Surrounds Testing for Alzheimer’s |
| • | Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk |
| • | Consciousness Helps the Mind and Body Work Together |
| • | Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes |
| • | New Classification Proposed for Stomach Cancers |
| • | Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug |
| • | Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Childhood Migraines |
| • | U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula |
| • | 28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality |
| • | Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies’ Heart Problems |
| • | More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy |
| • | Pre-Birth Exposure to 1918 Flu Raised Heart Risks, Study Finds |
| • | Alcohol May Help Protect Trauma Patients |
| • | Children Need Seasonal Flu Vaccine, Experts Say |
| • | Oldest Skeleton in Human Family Tree Surprises Scientists |
| • | Health Tip: Preventing Varicose Veins |
| • | Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Psychotic Symptoms in Kids |
| • | Older Women May Sleep Better Than Men |
| • | Health Tip: Reduce the Risk of Preterm Labor |
| • | Children’s Belly Aches Don’t Disappear With Antidepressant |
| • | Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure |
| • | Clot-Busting Therapy Under Review |
| • | Study Debunks Link Between Strep and Brain Disorders |
| • | Cooling Helps Oxygen-Deprived Newborns |
| • | Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes |
| • | CDC Links Infections With Swine Flu Deaths |
| • | Surgical Deaths Linked to Handling of Complications |
| • | Doctor Visits Are Getting Short Shrift in Tight Economy |
| • | Study Finds Fish Won’t Prevent Heart Failure |
| • | Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain |
| • | Health Tip: Treating an Ingrown Toenail |
| • | Workplace Wellness Seems to Really Work |
| • | Sexual Satisfaction May Lead to Greater Well-Being in Women |
| • | Obese Middle-Aged Women Face Unhealthy Future |
| • | Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients |
| • | Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players |
| • | Doctors May Be Able to Predict Domestic Abuse |
| • | Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually |
| • | Health Tip: Talking to a Person With a Brain Disorder |
| • | Those Stilettos Can Hurt You Years From Now |
| • | Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect |
| • | No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin |
| • | Health Tip: Evaluating Signs of Kidney Stones |
| • | 1918 Flu Closings May Provide Lessons for Today |
| • | Exercise 30 Minutes a Day? Who Knew! |
| • | More Retinal Detachment Seen With Higher Income Status |
| • | Type 2 Diabetes Drug May Increase Fracture Risk |
| • | Social Status as a Teen Predicts Health as an Adult |
| • | Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health? |
| • | Social Isolation Adversely Affects Breast Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Get Enough Sleep |
| • | Younger Women With Colon Cancer Outlive Men |
| • | Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC |
| • | Scientists Discover How Chemo Can Make Women Infertile |
| • | Irregular Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes |
| • | Men Not Being Told Enough About PSA Tests |
| • | More Women Having Other Breast Removed |
| • | Blood Thinner May Cause Skin Lesions |
| • | When Pounds Go, Sleep Apnea May Improve |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing a Child Safety Seat |
| • | Heart Patients Benefit From At-Home Care, Study Finds |
| • | Health Tip: Testing for Allergies |
| • | Children’s Growth Charts Don’t Measure Up With Parents |
| • | Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women |
| • | Docs Miss Test Results -- Even With Alerts |
| • | Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study |
| • | Improved Screening for Jaundice Can Protect Newborns |
| • | Vitamin D May Improve Melanoma Survival |
| • | New Treatments Hold Hope for Failing Eyes |
| • | Autumn Chores Often Hazardous |
| • | Teachers May Be Swayed by Child’s Reputation |
| • | Folotyn Approved for Aggressive Type of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
| • | New Hope for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer: Study |
| • | Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer |
| • | Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon |
| • | Stelara Approved for Psoriasis |
| • | Firm Parents Keep Teen Drivers Safe |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Your Child’s Constipation |
| • | FDA Issues Health Alert on Kids’ Tamiflu Dosages |
| • | FDA Acknowledges Mistakes in Knee-Device Approval |
| • | Spider Venom -- The Next Way to Treat Impotence? |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Gum Disease |
| • | Swine Flu Virus Not Mutating, Making Vaccine a Good Match |
| • | Studies Evaluate Thyroid Treatment During Pregnancy |
| • | Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns |
| • | Surgery Best for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| • | Spanking May Lower Kids’ IQs |
| • | Alcohol Might Lower Death Rates in Brain Injury Patients |
| • | Studies Find PSA Screening Unreliable |
| • | Lack of Vitamin D Linked to High Blood Pressure |
| • | Steps Start to Add Up to a Math Path in the Brain |
| • | Infant Head-Flattening Linked to Ear Infections |
| • | Experimental AIDS Vaccine Delivers Good News |
| • | Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find |
| • | Environmental Chemicals May Affect Male Reproduction |
| • | Letter Warns About Tricky Dosing With Liquid Tamiflu for Kids |
| • | New Treatment May Beat Melanoma |
| • | Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia |
| • | Sleep Deprivation Might Lead to Alzheimer’s |
| • | Bad Economy Really Hurts Some Folks |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing a Nursing Home |
| • | Habits May Keep Couples Together or Tear Them Apart |
| • | Recession Has Women Rethinking Childbearing |
| • | Health Tip: Dealing With Warts |
| • | New Parkinson’s Drug Draws Mixed Reviews |
| • | Cost Savings Adds to Value of Preventing Chronic Disease |
| • | Health Tip: Controlling a Nosebleed |
| • | Blood Tests May Spot Colon Cancer |
| • | Hand Washing 10 Times a Day May Help Keep Flu Away |
| • | Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery |
| • | Leukemia Drug in High Dose Helps Survival |
| • | One Shot May Someday Replace Six for Rabies |
| • | Hand-Washing Habits Still Need Improvement: Survey |
| • | Minorities Less Likely to Have Blood Pressure Under Control |
| • | With Fancy Coffees, Calories Can Add Up |
| • | After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems |
| • | Predicting Postpartum Depression May Be Possible |
| • | Successful Dieters Show Unique Brain Patterns |
| • | Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Raises Heart Risks |
| • | Smoking Bans Bring a Drop in Heart Attacks |
| • | Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue |
| • | Med Students Posting Unprofessional Messages: Survey |
| • | Rising Heat, Humidity Raise Risk of Asthma Flares |
| • | Flavored Cigarette Ban Takes Effect |
| • | Could Swine Flu Panic Be Worse Than Outbreak Itself? |
| • | Health Tip: Ward Off Runner’s Knee |
| • | Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack |
| • | Sex With New Partners Raises Widowers’ Disease Risk |
| • | Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins |
| • | Health Tip: Prevent Cavities |
| • | Global Cooperation Urged to Control Species-Crossing Disease |
| • | Tired, Stressed Docs Make More Mistakes, Study Finds |
| • | Small Steps May Speed Recovery in ICU Patients |
| • | Glaucoma Tied to Gene Variants in Blacks |
| • | Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed |
| • | Health Tip: Suggestions to Manage Stress |
| • | Many Teens Circumvent Tanning Bed Laws |
| • | Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening |
| • | Drinking in Adolescence May Lead to Risky Choices Later |
| • | Alzheimer’s Soars, Global Focus Needed: Study |
| • | Binge Drinking May Encourage Infection |
| • | Best Option for Fractured Nose Varies by Patient |
| • | Flying OK for Most Pregnant Women |
| • | Mishandling Money May Foreshadow Alzheimer’s |
| • | Immune Cells Offer Hope for Injured Lungs |
| • | Exercise During Pregnancy Keeps Newborn Size Normal |
| • | Older Brains May Not Be So Small After All |
| • | Paralyzed Rats Walk Again |
| • | New Drug May Offer Hope to Some With Lung Cancer |
| • | New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients |
| • | Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely |
| • | School Sports May Spell Trouble for Ankles |
| • | With Alcohol, Starting Young May Lead to Dependency |
| • | Suicides Higher in Rural Areas With Bars |
| • | Researchers Perfect the View of Heart Disease |
| • | 1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October |
| • | Health Tip: Could It Be a Torn Rotator Cuff? |
| • | Progress Made Toward Vaccine for Urinary Infections |
| • | Topical Cream for Erectile Dysfunction Shows Promise |
| • | Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts |
| • | Genetics Linked to Early Sexual Activity in Kids |
| • | Separation Anxiety, Canine-Style |
| • | Gene Mutation Linked to Fever-Induced Seizures |
| • | Health Tip: When Bedwetting Signals Another Problem |
| • | Angina Often Affects Quality of Life |
| • | Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men’s Lives |
| • | Diminutive T. Rex May Have Lived 35 Million Years Earlier |
| • | Diet, Exercise May Slow Kidney Disease Progression |
| • | Lower Drinking Age Linked to Later-Life Problems |
| • | Ulcer Preventative May Raise Pneumonia Risks |
| • | More Whole Grains May Mean Less Fat |
| • | Even Small Amounts of Lead Harmful to Kids |
| • | Study Links Epilepsy to Brain Protein |
| • | Health Tip: Warning Signs of Dehydration |
| • | Health Tip: Stress Has Its Warning Signs |
| • | Drinking, Weight, Depression Linked in Young Women: Study |
| • | Bones May Suffer From Green Tea Consumption |
| • | Scientists May Know How Lung Cancer Spreads |
| • | Trouble With Daily Activities Could Point to Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | More Chest Compressions During CPR Improves Survival Odds |
| • | Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45,000 Deaths: Study |
| • | Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients |
| • | Insulin-Linked Genes Tied to Body’s Internal Clock |
| • | 8.3 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year |
| • | Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer |
| • | Exercise Benefits Even the Oldest Old |
| • | Internet Can Help Curb Drinking Among College Students |
| • | For the Color Blind, a Ray of Hope |
| • | Better Day Care, Smarter Kids? |
| • | ’Soda Tax’ Wins Health Experts’ Support |
| • | Shockwave Treatment May Not Be Best for Shoulder Pain |
| • | Insured Kids With Uninsured Parents Miss Needed Health Care |
| • | Scars of Bullying Linger |
| • | Health Tip: What Can Cause Dehydration? |
| • | Timing, Type of HRT May Determine Breast Cancer Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Protect Your Eyes |
| • | Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest |
| • | For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges |
| • | ’Man’s Best Friend’ First Befriended in China |
| • | Celiac Disease May Raise Risk of Dying |
| • | Watchful Waiting Works for Older Men With Prostate Cancer |
| • | Antibiotics Bought Easily on the Internet |
| • | Diabetes Medications Don’t Lower Inflammation |
| • | Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood |
| • | Gene ’Switch’ May Help Drive Excess Fluid in Lungs |
| • | Early Spankings Make for Aggressive Toddlers, Study Shows |
| • | Steroid Restores Vision When Veins in Eye Become Blocked |
| • | Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks |
| • | Not All Kids With Head Injuries Need Brain Scans |
| • | FDA Approves 4 Swine Flu Vaccines |
| • | Pesticides Linked to Parkinson’s |
| • | Kidney Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis |
| • | 3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research |
| • | Very Small Head Size Could Signal Problems in Newborns |
| • | Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension |
| • | Showerheads Harbor a Bounty of Germs |
| • | Combat Exposure Tied to Chronic High Blood Pressure |
| • | Implantable Defibrillators May Not Help Women With Heart Failure |
| • | Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure |
| • | Chlorine in Pools Raises Kids’ Asthma, Allergy Risk |
| • | Depression May Hasten Cancer Death |
| • | Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease |
| • | Too Few Latinos Get Colorectal Cancer Tests |
| • | Health Tip: Preparing for a Health Emergency |
| • | Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer |
| • | Small Businesses Urged to Prepare for Swine Flu |
| • | Most Parents Worried About Bullying in U.S. High Schools |
| • | Traffic Deaths Near Peak in September |
| • | For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don’t Align |
| • | Cancer Drug Shrinks Benign Tumors That Steal Hearing |
| • | Actress Helps Promote New Campaign for Meningitis Vaccine |
| • | Two Genes May Determine How Well MS Patients Do |
| • | Discovery May Pave Way to Better Diabetes Care |
| • | Lupus Worse in Blacks, Hispanics Than in Whites, Study Finds |
| • | Ovarian Cancer Test Approved |
| • | Alzheimer’s Gene Affects Brains of Young Adults |
| • | Busy Roads Boost Blood Pressure |
| • | Health Tip: Are You Pregnant and Depressed? |
| • | Swine Flu Trials Continue to Point to 1-Dose Vaccine |
| • | Curbing Obesity Epidemic Key to Health Care Reform: Experts |
| • | Computers Might Make Learning Lip Reading Easier |
| • | Health Tip: Recognizing Gallstones |
| • | Report Cards for Hospitals May Be Misleading |
| • | Young People at High Risk of Death Worldwide |
| • | Treating Childhood Leukemia With Fewer Side Effects |
| • | Swine Flu Burrows Into Lungs: Study |
| • | Doctor-Patient Talk May Help Blacks With Hypertension |
| • | Treating Workers’ Mental Woes May Boost Productivity |
| • | Deep Sea Microbes Shed Light on Human Biology |
| • | Environment May Play Role in Racial Health Disparities |
| • | FDA Panel Backs Giving HPV Vaccine Gardasil to Young Males |
| • | Health Tip: Take Medications Safely |
| • | Girl in Iconic Vietnam War Photo Brings Message of Hope |
| • | Research Seeks Cause of Preeclampsia |
| • | Allergies Dampen Sex Lives |
| • | U.S. Faces Shortage of Heart Surgeons |
| • | Nicotine Plays Tricks on Brain: Study |
| • | Getting Closer to the Origins of Prostate Cancer |
| • | Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease |
| • | U.S. Health Costs Will Continue to Cause Financial Pain |
| • | New Vaccine May Work Better Against Lung Disease |
| • | Scientists Find Clue to Dangerous Side Effect of MS Drug |
| • | Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier |
| • | Study Shows 1% of Americans Have Been Infected With West Nile |
| • | Trauma From Iraq Could Alter Veterans’ Brains |
| • | Chinese ’Devil Dung’ Plant Could Be a Swine Flu Fighter |
| • | Day Care May Not Shield Kids From Asthma, Allergies |
| • | MRSA May Succumb to Honey |
| • | Testing Young Athletes for Heart Defects May Save Lives |
| • | Virus May Drive Some Prostate Cancers |
| • | Gum Disease May Increase Head and Neck Cancer Risk |
| • | Colon Cancer Screenings Still Too Low: Study |
| • | Scientists Spot Clue to Cancer’s Aggressiveness |
| • | Gene Linked to Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis |
| • | Motivation May Be at Root of ADHD |
| • | Even Mild Infections Hasten Decline With Alzheimer’s |
| • | Cancer Drug May Fight Alzheimer’s |
| • | Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success |
| • | Program Curbs Teen Substance Abuse, Delinquency |
| • | Colleges Move to Limit Swine Flu’s Spread |
| • | FDA to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems |
| • | Long-Term Lead Exposure Linked to Heart Deaths |
| • | Metozolv Approved for Diabetic Stomach Disorder, GERD |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Pinkeye |
| • | Yoga Can Ease Lower Back Pain |
| • | Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths |
| • | Blood Test Narrows Down Need for Antibiotics |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Mold Out of Your Home |
| • | Let Orthopedic Surgery Wait Until Morning When Possible |
| • | Kickoff, Punting Take a Toll |
| • | Trio of Gene Variants Discovered That May Raise Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Single Parents May Do as Well as Two: Study |
| • | In Toys and More, Are Chemicals Safe or Harmful? |
| • | Health Tip: When Dementia Is Treatable |
| • | Non-Drinkers More Likely to Be Anxious, Depressed |
| • | Depressed Teens Continue to Suffer |
| • | Blueberry Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Yeast Infections |
| • | Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| • | Moms-to-Be Need Facts on Pain Control |
| • | Fruit Even Healthier Than Thought: Study |
| • | Exercise May Help Maintain Weight Loss |
| • | Young Animals May Be Able to Erase Bad Memories |
| • | Thin Thighs Might Be Harbinger of Heart Disease |
| • | Waist-Hip Ratio Good Gauge of Obesity in Elderly, Study Shows |
| • | Scientists Turn Off ’Obesity Switch’ in Mice |
| • | Discoveries Brighten Search for AIDS Vaccine |
| • | Intuniv Approved for Pediatric ADHD |
| • | Fear of Job Loss May Be Worse Than Loss Itself |
| • | High School Sports Put Players at Risk for Severe Injuries |
| • | Service Dogs Help Traumatized Veterans Heal |
| • | Mistrust May Cause People to Put Off Treatment |
| • | School Days Give Some Kids a Headache |
| • | Health Tip: Taking a Childbirth Class |
| • | Take the Load Off Your Child’s Back |
| • | College Students Get More Drunk When Drinks Are Cheap |
| • | New Technique Offers Hope for Kids With Immune Deficiency |
| • | Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk |
| • | Kids Need More Than Sports for Positive Growth |
| • | Weight-Loss Surgery Breaks Families’ ’Obesity Cycle’ |
| • | Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications |
| • | Lead Levels in Many Lipsticks Higher Than Reported |
| • | Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don’t Work |
| • | Pfizer to Pay Record Fine in Fraud Probe |
| • | Safety Should Be the Goal for Football Players |
| • | Scientists Make Sweet Monkey Music |
| • | Health Tip: Can’t Sleep? |
| • | Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Higher for Blacks |
| • | New Compound Shrinks Skin Cancers |
| • | Keep Your Flu Shots Straight This Fall |
| • | Chemotherapy Linked to Sleep-Wake Cycle Disruptions |
| • | Key Protein May Link Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Woes |
| • | Two Treatments Equally Effective for Chronic Pelvic Pain |
| • | Reflux Drugs OK With Blood Thinners |
| • | Swine Flu on Campuses Boosts Call for Vaccinations |
| • | Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots |
| • | Driving After Binge Drinking More Common Than Believed |
| • | Blood Test May Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early |
| • | Sometimes Angioplasty Can Wait |
| • | Prostate Cancer Over-Diagnosed: Study |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Seniors Safe at Home |
| • | Drivers Distracted When Near Schools |
| • | Corticosteroids Treat Bell’s Palsy |
| • | New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer |
| • | Adult Weight Gain Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk |
| • | Home Birth With Midwife As Safe As Hospital Birth: Study |
| • | Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Before Birth Affects DNA |
| • | Drinkers May Exercise More Than Teetotalers |
| • | Is Eye Exam on Your Back-to-School List? |
| • | Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies |
| • | Health Tip: Strengthen Your Shoulders |
| • | JFK’s Health Problems More Complex Than Thought |
| • | Health Tip: Getting Full Too Quickly |
| • | New Anti-Clotting Drug Beats Plavix |
| • | Valcyte Approved for Cytomegalovirus in Children |
| • | Researchers Make Insulin-Producing Cells From Adult Skin Cells |
| • | Mediterranean Diet May Be Best for Type 2 Diabetes |
| • | Retail Medical Clinics Offer Quality Care: Study |
| • | Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog |
| • | Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery |
| • | Young Athletes at Risk of Heat Injury |
| • | Asparagus May Ease Hangover |
| • | Treating COPD Early Improves Outcomes |
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