| • | Exercise Tips to Keep Boomers on Their Feet |
| • | Living Healthily on Less |
| • | Health Tip: Wax Buildup May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | On Memory, Older Americans Outsmart the English |
| • | Study Casts Doubt on Low IQ’s Role in Early Death |
| • | Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia |
| • | Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet |
| • | Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men |
| • | CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged |
| • | With Medicare Plan, Drug Spending May Be Up |
| • | Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End |
| • | Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk |
| • | Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely |
| • | Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer’s |
| • | 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 |
| • | Bone Therapy May Not Always Need Monitoring |
| • | Clues to Alzheimer’s Spotted Earlier in Disease |
| • | Stay Upbeat, Active to Keep the Mind Young |
| • | Sleep May Be Essential for Long-Term Memory |
| • | Migraine With Aura May Lead to Brain Lesions |
| • | A Few Extra Pounds Might Bring Extra Years |
| • | 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 |
| • | Make Nursing Homes More Like Home: Medicare |
| • | Vets Who Repress Traumatic Memories May Not Be Worse Off |
| • | Subway Noise May Threaten Riders’ Hearing |
| • | Artificial Ankle Takes Giant Step Forward |
| • | Newest Coated Stent Does Well in Real-World Trial |
| • | Health Tip: Aging Hair and Nails |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing an Assisted Living Option |
| • | Have a Purpose in Life? You Might Live Longer |
| • | Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer’s for Some |
| • | Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness |
| • | Slightly Underactive Thyroid May Be a Plus |
| • | Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks |
| • | Lack of Good Sleep Might Be Deadly |
| • | Sleeping Helps Preserve Important Memories |
| • | Questionnaire May Help Spot Early Dementia |
| • | Alzheimer’s and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death |
| • | Got a Problem? Think About It Overnight |
| • | Exercise, Education Keep You Sharp in Old Age |
| • | Interactive Video Games Offer Exercise Benefits |
| • | Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices |
| • | Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain |
| • | Herb May Offer Hope for Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Sedatives Increase Suicide Risk Among Elderly |
| • | Fewer Deaths Occurring From Brain Bleeds |
| • | Pausing Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Cut Mammogram Recalls |
| • | Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Shortchange Patients |
| • | Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70 |
| • | Pig Stem Cells Created |
| • | Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu |
| • | Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability |
| • | Video May Help People Make End-of-Life Choices |
| • | Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move |
| • | Ankle Replacement Device Approved |
| • | Plaques, Tangles in Brain Don’t Always Lead to Alzheimer’s |
| • | U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall |
| • | Memory Takes a Hit During Menopause |
| • | Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls |
| • | Why Chimps, Monkeys Don’t Develop Alzheimer’s |
| • | Vitamin D May Help Keep Aging at Bay |
| • | Health Tip: Warding Off Age-Related Memory Loss |
| • | Rapid Weight Loss in Seniors Signals Higher Dementia Risk |
| • | Study Reiterates Eye Risks Linked to Flomax |
| • | Worries About Weight Are Tied to Teen Suicide Tries |
| • | Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age |
| • | Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs |
| • | Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years |
| • | Multivitamins Might Prolong Life |
| • | Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease |
| • | Nutrient-Rich Diet Lowers Risk of Age-Related Eye Disease |
| • | An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment |
| • | Psychiatric Drugs Might Raise Cardiac Death Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip |
| • | Cimzia Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | 15-Point Test Gauges Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children’s Hospitals |
| • | Eye Disease, Cognitive Decline Linked in Study |
| • | Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History |
| • | Health Tip: Triggers for Foot Arthritis |
| • | Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves |
| • | Seniors Who Volunteer May Live Longer |
| • | New Guidelines Recommend Opioids for Seniors’ Pain |
| • | Seniors Cope With Sleep Loss Better Than Young Adults |
| • | Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar |
| • | Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis |
| • | First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal |
| • | U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out |
| • | Early Alzheimer’s Hinders Brain’s Effort to Sort Information |
| • | Health Tip: Benefitting From Adult Day Care |
| • | Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients |
| • | Nighttime Urination Linked to Higher Death Rate Among Elderly |
| • | Drink Away Dementia? |
| • | Hearing Loss Tops Parents’ Concern for Kids |
| • | Drink a Little Wine, Live a Little Longer |
| • | Health Tip: Allow Yourself to Grieve |
| • | Minorities to Bear Brunt of Rise in U.S. Cancer Cases |
| • | Smoking, Hypertension Each Account for 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths |
| • | 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths Attributed to Smoking, High BP |
| • | Meds Help Kids With ADHD in Classroom |
| • | Abnormal Heartbeat After Bypass a Bad Sign |
| • | Combat Duty Harms Long-Term Health of Vets |
| • | Racial Disparity in Death Rate May Be Avoidable |
| • | Simponi Approved for Immune-Related Arthritis |
| • | Medicare Change May Impact Black Kidney Patients |
| • | Painkillers May Not Protect Against Dementia |
| • | Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions |
| • | More Americans Experiencing Gaps in Health Coverage |
| • | HRT May Protect Women From Colon Cancer |
| • | Bariatric Surgery Centers Don’t Deliver Better Outcomes |
| • | Compound in Berries May Lessen Sun Damage |
| • | Transition From Home to Hospital Rarely Seamless |
| • | Radiation Exposure Linked to Aggressive Thyroid Cancers |
| • | Outgoing Nature Could Get You to 100 |
| • | Estrogen May Combat Marijuana’s Effect on Cognition |
| • | Death Certificates Incomplete for Suicide Victims |
| • | Survey Shows Many Want to Donate Organs, But Few Do |
| • | Mild Flu Season Coming to a Close |
| • | Family Ties May Help Prevent Teen Suicide |
| • | Newer Antipsychotics May Boost Weight in Alzheimer’s Patients |
| • | Health Tip: Drive Safely With Arthritis |
| • | Nearly 18 Million Will Have Macular Degeneration by 2050 |
| • | Impotence Drugs Don’t Harm Vision: Study |
| • | Slow-Healing Bones May Get Boost From Drug |
| • | Hazardous Falls Don’t Have to Happen |
| • | Once-a-Year Drug Helps Counter Steroid-Linked Bone Loss |
| • | How Old Is Too Old to Work? |
| • | Soybean Chemicals May Reduce Effects of Menopause |
| • | New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis |
| • | Extra Pounds in Mid-Life Affect Later Mobility |
| • | Flu Strikes a Milder Blow This Season |
| • | Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes |
| • | Tough Legislation on Underage Drinking Seems to Save Lives |
| • | Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People |
| • | Colon Screenings Don’t Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests |
| • | Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss |
| • | Muscle Mass Won’t Grow in Women Over 80 |
| • | Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk |
| • | Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks |
| • | Kidneys From Donors Older Than 70 Still Viable |
| • | Super Bowl Loss Can ’Kill’ Some Fans |
| • | Health Tip: Protect Aging Feet |
| • | 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 |
| • | Working Memory Fluctuates in Kids With ADHD |
| • | For All Their Plusses, Pets Pose a Risk for Falls, Too |
| • | Gulf War Syndrome May Stem From Chemical Exposure |
| • | With Alzheimer’s, Health-Care Costs Could Triple |
| • | Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug |
| • | Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain |
| • | 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 |
| • | Internal Clock and Metabolism May Be Linked |
| • | Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes |
| • | Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life |
| • | Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants |
| • | Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End |
| • | Health Tip: Have Your Child’s Hearing Checked |
| • | Alzheimer’s Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims |
| • | Unconscious Learning: In the Eye of the Beholder? |
| • | Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance |
| • | Many Seniors Not Selecting Lowest Cost Medicare Drug Plans |
| • | Eye Care Checkups Tied to Insurance Status |
| • | Musicians’ Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound |
| • | Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis |
| • | Health Tip: Exercise for Bone Health |
| • | 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 |
| • | Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks |
| • | Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End |
| • | Most Insured Adults Worry About Health Care Costs: Poll |
| • | Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo |
| • | Blacks, Hispanics Less Apt to Get Best Heart Failure Care |
| • | 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 |
| • | Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later |
| • | 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 |
| • | Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking |
| • | Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S. |
| • | Control Your Anger, Help Your Heart |
| • | Any Old Cane Won’t Do |
| • | Early Menopause Doubles Stroke Risk |
| • | 1 in 10 Ex-NFL Players Used Steroids, Poll Reports |
| • | A Pill to Prevent Hearing Loss? |
| • | Out-of-Control Blood Sugar May Affect Memory |
| • | Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting? |
| • | Aging Brain May Contribute to Some Hearing Loss |
| • | Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk |
| • | Eye Problems, Hearing Loss May Be Linked |
| • | Deaf Children Can Create Own Sign Language |
| • | Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories |
| • | Exercise Boosts Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women |
| • | Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids |
| • | Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions |
| • | Poll Shows Strong Support for Obama Health Care Reforms |
| • | 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 |
| • | Shorter Menopause May Speed Risk of Heart Disease |
| • | Cataract Surgery Doesn’t Worsen AMD |
| • | Cancer Survivors Say Costs Keep Them From Care |
| • | Plan Hopes to ID Early Halt in Reproductive Function |
| • | Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery |
| • | Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion |
| • | Fractures in Older Adults Up Death Risk |
| • | Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer’s |
| • | Medicare Drug Plan ’Doughnut Hole’ Could Impact Seniors’ Health |
| • | When Gauging Age, the Eyes Have It |
| • | A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery |
| • | Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health |
| • | Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet |
| • | The Truth About ’Bio-identical’ Hormone Therapy |
| • | Concussion’s Effects May Linger for Decades |
| • | Skyrocketing Health-Care Costs Could Double Premiums for Many Americans |
| • | Weight Loss Helps Incontinence |
| • | Newborns Feel the Rhythm |
| • | Hormone-Boosting Drug May Help Treat Frailty |
| • | 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 |
| • | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as Deadly as Ever |
| • | Elderly Car Crash Deaths Down in Last Decade |
| • | Many Alzheimer’s Caregivers Admit to Abusive Behavior |
| • | How the Ear Protects Your Hearing |
| • | Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Protect Against Disabilities |
| • | Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game |
| • | Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults |
| • | Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men |
| • | Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree |
| • | Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009 |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder |
| • | Walking Is Good for Blocked Leg Arteries |
| • | Brain ’Switchboard’ Separates Learning, Remembering |
| • | Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis |
| • | U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card |
| • | Health Tip: Losing Your Hair? |
| • | Glaucoma Associated With Reading Impairments in Elderly |
| • | HRT Shrinks the Brain |
| • | Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes |
| • | Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer’s Patients |
| • | Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade |
| • | Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson’s |
| • | Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes |
| • | Surgeons Often Are Blamed When Hip Replacements Fail |
| • | Health Tip: Bones, Muscles and Aging |
| • | Preventive Use of Antibiotics Cuts ICU Deaths |
| • | A Better Method of Kidney Storage |
| • | Risks and Benefits of Egg Donation Reported |
| • | Health Tip: Why You May Have Erectile Dysfunction |
| • | Health Tip: Considering an Advanced Care Directive? |
| • | Sleep Disorder Could Signal Neurological Disease |
| • | Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis |
| • | Drug Combinations Putting Seniors at Risk |
| • | Circumcision Rates Too Low |
| • | Scientists Discover Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Rules Change Could Increase Hospice Use |
| • | Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors’ Strength |
| • | Caregiving May Lengthen Life |
| • | Government Launches Nursing Home Rating System |
| • | 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 |
| • | Painkillers Linked to Increase in Overdose Deaths |
| • | Diabetic Eye Disease Rates Soaring |
| • | Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer |
| • | CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis |
| • | Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids |
| • | Older Adults Who Exercise Boost Blood Flow in Brain |
| • | Young Gymnasts Facing Broad Range of New Injuries |
| • | Uninsured Likely Organ Donors, But Not Recipients |
| • | Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span |
| • | Religion May Help Extend Your Life |
| • | New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers |
| • | U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time |
| • | Exercise Keeps the Brain Young |
| • | When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient |
| • | Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia |
| • | Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process |
| • | Ginkgo No Shield Against Alzheimer’s |
| • | China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread |
| • | 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 |
| • | With Angioplasty, More Is Better |
| • | U.S. Gets a ’D’ for Preterm Birth Rates |
| • | Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants |
| • | Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant |
| • | Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots |
| • | Use of Imaging Technology Skyrockets |
| • | MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices |
| • | Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers |
| • | Health Tip: Caring for a Loved One During the Holidays |
| • | Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Dry Dog Food Continues |
| • | Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women |
| • | Study Sheds Light on Painkillers’ Heart Risk |
| • | New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease |
| • | Mutant Mouse Gene Offers Clues to Hearing Loss |
| • | When It Comes to Flu, the More Who Get Vaccine, the Better |
| • | Biologics Don’t Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| • | Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension |
| • | Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia |
| • | Sexual Trauma Haunts Many Female Vets |
| • | Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks |
| • | Medical Debt Sending Many Over Financial Brink |
| • | 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 |
| • | 40 Years of Heart Transplants |
| • | One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues |
| • | Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin |
| • | ALS, Alzheimer’s Insights Could Improve Treatment |
| • | Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| • | Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health |
| • | Aerobics Can Reverse Mental Decline in Older Adults |
| • | Thyroid Problems Boost Glaucoma Risk |
| • | Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets |
| • | Health Tip: Have a Hearing Loss? |
| • | Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement |
| • | Vioxx’s Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended |
| • | Circadian Rhythm Plays Role in Memory |
| • | New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered |
| • | Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder |
| • | Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement |
| • | Could Chinese Herb Be a Natural Viagra? |
| • | It’s a Whole New Outlook for Cataract Patients |
| • | Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients |
| • | Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability |
| • | National Scorecard Ranks Palliative Care Across Country |
| • | 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 |
| • | Voice Problems in Seniors Undertreated |
| • | Scientists ID Compounds That Prevent Brain Nerve Damage |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing a Knee Brace |
| • | Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage |
| • | Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It’s Too Late |
| • | Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients |
| • | Caregivers Face Multiple Strains Tending Older Parents |
| • | Health Tip: Massage Arthritis Pain |
| • | Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion’s Share of Insurers’ Ad Dollars |
| • | Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Women’s Longevity |
| • | Estrogen Cream No Match for Sun-Damaged Skin |
| • | MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids’ Hearing |
| • | Female Incontinence a Prevalent Problem |
| • | 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 |
| • | Sleep Therapy Restores Brain Function in Insomniacs |
| • | Scientists Discover How Osteoarthritis Destroys Cartilage |
| • | FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs |
| • | Health Tip: Adjusting to a Hearing Aid |
| • | New Drug Helps Relieve Gout |
| • | Children of Older Fathers at Risk for Bipolar Disorder |
| • | Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease |
| • | Cataracts World’s Leading Cause of Vision Loss |
| • | 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 |
| • | Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses |
| • | Healthy Sex Life Can Extend Into 80s |
| • | Married Folks Still the Healthiest |
| • | Run for Your Life |
| • | More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat |
| • | Fat Cell Protein Boosts Heart Attack Risk in Elderly |
| • | New Therapy Freezes Out Esophageal Cancers |
| • | B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children |
| • | ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006 |
| • | New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75 |
| • | Flu Vaccine Doesn’t Protect Seniors From Pneumonia |
| • | 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 |
| • | Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer’s |
| • | Hearing Loss May Be More Widespread Than Thought |
| • | Researchers Map America’s Deadliest Roads |
| • | 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 |
| • | Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness |
| • | New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster |
| • | New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus |
| • | Extreme Heat a Deadly Risk for Older Adults |
| • | Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn’s Disease |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated |
| • | Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke |
| • | Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally |
| • | Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement |
| • | FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients |
| • | FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics |
| • | Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea |
| • | Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls |
| • | Countdown to Hair Loss |
| • | Diabetes Might Help Spur Hearing Loss |
| • | Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles |
| • | Pursuit of Females Dates Way, Way Back |
| • | Omega-3 Foods May Lower Eye Disease Risk |
| • | Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS |
| • | Better Sleepers Are ’Successful Agers’ |
| • | Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms |
| • | DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer |
| • | 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 |
| • | Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| • | Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement |
| • | Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery |
| • | Green Tea May Help Brain Cope With Sleep Disorders |
| • | Vulnerability to Shingles May Hinge on Family |
| • | Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery |
| • | Heart Device Recipients Often Not Aware of Recalls |
| • | CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60 |
| • | New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices |
| • | 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 |
| • | Diabetes Seems to Heighten Glaucoma Risk |
| • | Government Picks Up Health Tab of Uninsured Workers |
| • | Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocket |
| • | Medicare Costs Soar for Cancer Care |
| • | Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications |
| • | Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women’s Heart Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Wear and Tear on the Knees |
| • | FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery |
| • | Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Shows Mixed Results |
| • | Treating PTSD Helps Kids Deal With Loss |
| • | Most Early-Onset Dementia Not Alzheimer’s |
| • | Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates |
| • | While Hospice Care Is Growing, Not All Have Access |
| • | Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis |
| • | Aerobic Exercise Keeps You Young |
| • | Caffeine May Block High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer’s |
| • | 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 |
| • | New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins |
| • | Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag |
| • | 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 |
| • | Key Risk Factors for Suicide Consistent Across Globe |
| • | Surgery Better Than Stents for Multiple Blockages |
| • | Cultural Beliefs May Keep Blacks From Hospice Care |
| • | Toll-Free Hotline to Help Seniors Avoid Falls |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Shingles |
| • | IPods Don’t Interfere With Heart Pacemakers |
| • | Stents Slightly Better Than Bypass for Blocked Left Coronary Artery |
| • | Short Birth Length Boosts Men’s Suicide Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Coping With Urinary Incontinence |
| • | Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Lower Production of B Cells |
| • | 46 Million Americans Suffer From Arthritis |
| • | Fingers Point to Risk for Arthritic Knees |
| • | Maintaining Routine Can Chase Holiday Blues Away |
| • | Men Who Smoke Prone to Impotence |
| • | Seasonal Safety Tips for Older Adults |
| • | Hospice: An Overlooked Option |
| • | Study Finds Cholesterol Fine-Tunes Hearing |
| • | Neural Insights Could Bring Better Cochlear Implants |
| • | Group Seeks Refinement of Knee Arthritis Treatment Guidelines |
| • | 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 |
| • | Study Probes Source of Knee Arthritis Pain |
| • | Gene Tweak Reverses Aging in Mouse Skin Cells |
| • | Defibrillators Not Dangerous While Driving |
| • | Health Tip: Fluid in the Ear |
| • | Health Tip: Emotional Reasons for Erectile Dysfunction |
| • | Older Adults No More Distractible Than Younger Set |
| • | Vioxx Settlement Puts Painkillers Back in the Spotlight |
| • | Vioxx Ban Tied to Rise in Serious GI Trouble |
| • | Spirituality Helps Older Black Women Beat Hypertension |
| • | Arthritis Takes Major Toll on Workplace |
| • | Close to Barefoot Best for Arthritic Knees |
| • | Total Knee Replacement Safe for Most Patients |
| • | ACL Tears Worth Fixing in Seniors |
| • | Ginkgo Biloba Might Not Preserve Memory in Octogenarians |
| • | Experts Offer Clarity on Confusion Surrounding Stents |
| • | Heart Disease Deaths Over-Reported in New York City |
| • | Eyes a Window to Hearing Loss? |
| • | Don’t Lose Sight of Vision Care, Group Urges |
| • | Tango Classes Put Parkinson’s Patients a Step Ahead |
| • | Learning Disabilities May Presage Later Language Problems |
| • | ’Fluorescent’ Retinal Cells Warn of Eye Disease |
| • | Disability Stronger Predictor of Longevity Than Disease Is |
| • | Campaign Targets Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Kids |
| • | FDA Warns of Children’s Deaths Linked to Botox |
| • | Harnessing Human Energy for Medical Good |
| • | Experts Propose Rules to Rate Hospitals’ Safety |
| • | Blood Pressure, Heartbeat Problems Aggravate Alzheimer’s |
| • | New Heart Pump Helps Women Awaiting Transplants |
| • | Combigan Drops Approved for Glaucoma |
| • | Little Evidence Silicone Breast Implants Harm Health |
| • | 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 |
| • | Take Care of Your Heart Before and After Problems |
| • | Cataract Surgery: A Bargain, Despite the Price |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Glaucoma |
| • | Small Incisions Make Heart Valve Surgery Safer |
| • | 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 |
| • | Nursing Home Residents at Highest Heatstroke Risk |
| • | Stabilizing Eye Pressure Key to Glaucoma Care |
| • | Genetic Cause of Form of Glaucoma Identified |
| • | 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 |
| • | Research Debunks Treatments for Sudden Hearing Loss |
| • | Lung Illness Linked to Heart, Bone Problems |
| • | Vitamin A Compound Could Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Blood Clot Screening Program Is Expanded |
| • | Study Probes Role of Stroke, Head Trauma in Alzheimer’s |
| • | Health Tip: Women Have Pattern Baldness, Too |
| • | Gene Therapy Reverses Erectile Dysfunction in Rats |
| • | Health Tip: Swim, Swim, Swim |
| • | Rheumatoid Illness, Smoking Can Harm Heart’s Aorta |
| • | Large Jolts of Java Can Keep Gout at Bay |
| • | Nursing Homes Need Better Diabetes Care |
| • | 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 |
| • | Implanted Defibrillators Are Getting Better |
| • | iPods Make the Heart Skip a Beat |
| • | FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Vioxx Successor |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Male Pattern Baldness |
| • | Implantable Defibrillators Offer Heart Patients a Better Quality of Life: Study |
| • | Smell Test Device May Sniff Out Health Problems |
| • | Fish Oils Delay Cognitive Decline, Studies Find |
| • | T’ai Chi Boosts Immune System Against Shingles in Older Adults |
| • | Older Men’s Sleep Affects Testosterone Levels |
| • | Cutting-Edge Devices Assist Cardio Treatments |
| • | Stem Cell Finding Could Help Fight Autoimmune Disease |
| • | Many Blacks, Hispanics Misinformed About Alzheimer’s |
| • | Intimate Partner Abuse Affects Broad Spectrum of Ages |
| • | Health Tip: Symptoms of a Cataract |
| • | Disaster Victims Need Help Taking Pills as Prescribed |
| • | Image Concerns Tied to Depression in Arthritis, Lupus Patients |
| • | 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 |
| • | Acupressure May Help Dementia Patients |
| • | Neurological Disorders Strike Millions |
| • | Erectile Dysfunction Affects 18 Million U.S. Men |
| • | Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Safe, Effective for Diabetic Men |
| • | Younger Children May Benefit From Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids |
| • | Heart Rhythm Gene Linked to Sudden Infant Deaths |
| • | Hospitals Embrace the Hospice Model |
| • | Lifestyle, Genes Join to Boost Risk for Blindness in Elderly |
| • | Balance Training Better Than Tai-Chi for Older Adults |
| • | Imaging Compound May Catch Early Alzheimer’s |
| • | 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 |
| • | Viagra Helps COPD Patients Control Pulmonary Blood Pressure |
| • | 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 |
| • | More Than Half of Elderly Report Sleep Problems |
| • | ED Drug Uprima Often Ineffective: Study |
| • | Impotence Can Foreshadow Coronary Artery Disease |
| • | Health Tip: Know Your Risk for Glaucoma |
| • | New Clues to Neurological Diseases Discovered |
| • | Breast-Feeding May Protect Against Bed-Wetting |
| • | Health Tip: Explaining Tinnitus |
| • | Statins Linked to Lower Risk of Cataracts |
| • | Many Ex-NFL Linemen at Risk for Heart Disease |
| • | Zostavax Helps Prevent Shingles in Seniors |
| • | Medical Detectives Track Down Virus That Killed Transplant Recipients |
| • | 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 |
| • | Needling Away Wrinkles |
| • | Moderate Drinking Not Safe for All |
| • | Preparation Brings Better Hip Replacement Outcomes |
| • | Health Tip: Will I Go Bald? |
| • | Glaucoma Care Costs More As Vision Worsens |
| • | Glaucoma May Run in Families |
| • | 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 |
| • | Abortion Pill Deaths Probed |
| • | 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 |
| • | Health Tip: Playing Golf with Arthritis |
| • | Meditation Study Shows Life Gains |
| • | 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 |
| • | Doctors Continue to Enhance Cataract Treatments |
| • | 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 |
| • | Genes Determine Severity of Osteoporosis |
| • | Weekend Treatment OK for ’Lazy Eye’ |
| • | 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 |
| • | Anemic Seniors Face Other Health Problems |
| • | Polio Symptoms Recur for Some Survivors |
| • | Terrorism’s Toll Lingers |
| • | Soy Could Help Men, Too |
| • | Nerve Stimulation May Help With Fecal Incontinence |
| • | 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 |
| • | How the Brain Makes Sense of the Senses |
| • | Hospice May Not Be Cheaper Alternative |
| • | New Lens Expands Horizons for Cataract Patients |
| • | Ovarian Failure Linked to Dry Eye |
| • | ’Natural’ Viagra Alternative Is the Real Thing |
| • | Pinpointing the Causes of Cataracts |
| • | 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 |
| • | The Mechanics of Muscular Dystrophy |
| • | Incontinence Drug May Mar Memory |
| • | Pool Therapy May Ease Arthritis |
| • | U.S. to Probe Cause of Stillbirths |
| • | ’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 |
| • | Arthritis on Verge of Becoming an Epidemic |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Birth Weight |
| • | Oxygen Damage May Trigger Age-Related Blindness |
| • | Study Supports Early Glaucoma Treatment |
| • | Disability Sharply Raises Risk of Obesity |
| • | Viagra Alternative Seeks Approval Once Again |
| • | Meningitis Cases Tied to Cochlear Implants |
| • | Keeping the Pressure Down |
| • | An Unattractive Web |
| • | Smooth Out Those Varicose Veins |
| • | Vein Vanity |
| • | Newborn Killings Happen More Than Imagined |
| • | Eye Drops Can Save Sight |
| • | Treat Deaf Children Early |
| • | Nancy Lopez Fights Back Against Osteoarthritis |
| • | Genetic Secrets of Baldness Slowly Receding |
| • | Mediterranean Diet Soothes Aching Joints |
| • | It’s Hip to be Active |
| • | Ceramic Hip Replacement |
| • | The High Cost of Impotence |
| • | Viagra Helps Men on Antidepressants |
| • | Stress Hormone Tied to Acne, Baldness |
| • | Gene Therapy Helps Poor Circulation in Legs |
| • | How to Break a Blockbuster Drug in Half |
| • | 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 |
| • | Lasers Zap Varicose Veins for Good |
| • | Aging Eyes May Need Another Round of LASIK |
| • | It’s Not Black and White With Cancer |
| • | Obesity Gene Also Directs Skin, Hair Growth |
| • | Medicare Adds New Plan |
| • | VA Health Care Improving, Study Says |
| • | It’s All Downstream for Sperm |
| • | Scuba Diving Knows No Age |
| • | Seniors Should Stay Healthy While on the Road |
| • | Self-Management Course Can Help Those Losing Their Sight |
| • | When Your Spouse Falls Ill |
| • | Young Widowers at High Suicide Risk |
| • | Antidepressants Curb Hot Flashes |
| • | Herb May Help Heal Herpes |
| • | Too Few Americans Get HIV Test Early Enough |
| • | HIV Testing Day Set for Saturday in U.S. |
| • | HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries |
| • | New Strategy Eyed for AIDS Treatment |
| • | HIV ’Atlas’ Shows Virus Targeting Minorities |
| • | Vaccine Shields Monkeys From Simian Form of HIV |
| • | New Compound May Fight HIV |
| • | Circumcision Can Reduce AIDS Risk, Study Shows |
| • | Another Study Supports Early HIV Therapy |
| • | Gum Disease May Reactivate AIDS Virus |
| • | Starting HIV Therapy Earlier Saves Lives |
| • | New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy |
| • | Scientists Capture HIV Transfer Among T-Cells on Video |
| • | AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer |
| • | Circumcision Guards Against STDs |
| • | Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection |
| • | Gene Therapy Holds Promise for HIV |
| • | In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission |
| • | HIV Drug a Double-Edged Sword for Infants |
| • | Circumcision Rates Too Low |
| • | HIV Can Penetrate a Woman’s Healthy Genital Skin |
| • | Possible AIDS Treatment Shows Promise in Monkeys |
| • | Fewer HIV-Infected Americans Passing the Virus On |
| • | Special Immune Cells May Be Key to HIV Resistance |
| • | Mom’s Cells Prime Fetal Immune System |
| • | Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older |
| • | Way to Rescue Tired Immune Cells Fighting HIV Found |
| • | 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 |
| • | Abstinence-Only Programs Fall Short of Teens’ Needs |
| • | Commonly Used HIV Infectivity Rate Misses Risks |
| • | Risky Sexual Behaviors Decreasing Among U.S. Teens |
| • | 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 |
| • | Repeat Teen Self-Cutters Likely to Engage in Risky Sex |
| • | New Compound Slows HIV Replication |
| • | New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money |
| • | Smallpox Drug May Protect Against Common Cold |
| • | 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 |
| • | Certain Seizure Patients Need Emergency CT Scan |
| • | 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 |
| • | Many Teens Don’t Use Condoms Correctly |
| • | Circumcision May Protect Against HIV |
| • | Healthy Women With HIV May Need Fewer Pap Tests |
| • | 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 |
| • | Study to Pit Herpes Drug Against HIV |
| • | Unsafe Sex Common Among Those With HIV |
| • | One-on-One Counseling Stems Spread of AIDS |
| • | AIDS Drugs May Damage Skin |
| • | Testing STD Kits |
| • | HIV Prevention Programs Help Black Teen Girls |
| • | STD Rates Paint a Mixed Picture |
| • | 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 |
| • | Gays Keep Closet Door Shut at Doctor’s Office |
| • | Exercise Tips to Keep Boomers on Their Feet |
| • | Living Healthily on Less |
| • | Cell Pathway May Be Key to Lung Cancer’s Spread |
| • | On Memory, Older Americans Outsmart the English |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes |
| • | Put Safety First on the 4th |
| • | New Weapons in Fight Against TB? |
| • | Health Tip: Wax Buildup May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | Odd Behaviors on Ambien Linked to Brain Circuitry |
| • | Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found |
| • | Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight |
| • | Cancer Endangers Some Wildlife Species |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: July 2, 2009 |
| • | Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss |
| • | C-Section Stress Could Alter Baby’s Immune Cells |
| • | New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia |
| • | Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders |
| • | Health Highlights: July 2, 2009 |
| • | Monthly Pet Pill Could Kill Fleas, Ticks |
| • | Why Swine Flu Differs From Seasonal Flu |
| • | Health Tip: Straining the Hamstring |
| • | Study Casts Doubt on Low IQ’s Role in Early Death |
| • | Health Tip: Controlling Asthma |
| • | Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia |
| • | If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next? |
| • | Increasing Alcohol Use Tied to More Hospitalization |
| • | Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA ’Black-Box’ Warning |
| • | Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection |
| • | Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 |
| • | Your Surroundings Mirror Your Beliefs |
| • | Shared Race, Social Group Seem to Help People Relate |
| • | Health Highlights: July 1, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Causing My Neck Pain? |
| • | Possible Gene Regions for Schizophrenia Located |
| • | With Medicare Plan, Drug Spending May Be Up |
| • | CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged |
| • | Health Tip: Preventing a Kitchen Fire |
| • | Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men |
| • | Celiac Disease Making Inroads in U.S. |
| • | Study Supports Wider Use of Statins |
| • | Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes |
| • | Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S. |
| • | FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer |
| • | FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet |
| • | TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating |
| • | Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome |
| • | Comic Strip Aims to Educate Families About Diabetes |
| • | Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Feet Healthy This Summer |
| • | Health Highlights: June 30, 2009 |
| • | Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely |
| • | Online Genetic Testing Appears to Have Benefits |
| • | Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer’s |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Hay Fever |
| • | Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk |
| • | Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed |
| • | Sad Dads May Lead to Crying Infants |
| • | Nonsurgical Treatment May Ease Rotator Cuff Injury |
| • | Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease |
| • | U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man’s Own Stem Cells |
| • | Newer Blood Tests May Not Improve Heart Risk Assessment |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2009 |
| • | Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End |
| • | Health Highlights: June 29, 2009 |
| • | Younger People Appear More at Risk From New Swine Flu |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 29, 2009 |
| • | Maybe Men Aren’t So Picky After All |
| • | Talk With Kids, Not At Them |
| • | Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart |
| • | Anxiety-Prone People Find Distractions Hard to Ignore |
| • | 47,000 Elderly Hurt in Walker, Cane Mishaps Each Year |
| • | Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hypertension |
| • | Cyber Bullying Affects One in 10 Students |
| • | Air Traffic Patterns Predict Swine Flu Spread |
| • | Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics |
| • | Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism |
| • | Health Tip: Who’s at Risk for Heat Illness? |
| • | 15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They’ll Die Young |
| • | New Drug Promising Against Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | Health Tip: When Your Child Needs Glasses |
| • | Constipation May Lead to Other Problems |
| • | Eating Well On the Road |
| • | Jackson’s Death Puts Spotlight on Sudden Cardiac Arrest |
| • | The Psychology of Celebrity Worship |
| • | Have Fun -- But Be Safe -- This Summer |
| • | New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis |
| • | Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots |
| • | Teens With Eating Disorders Benefit From Parents’ Help |
| • | Health Tip: Monitoring Beach Safety |
| • | Health Tip: Safe Driving at Night |
| • | Alcohol-Related Ills Increasing Worldwide |
| • | Eating Animal Fat May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | ’Chemical Nose’ May Sniff Out Cancer Earlier |
| • | Breast Cancer Numbers Dip Most in Wealthy, Urban Areas |
| • | Soy in the Diet May Protect Lung Function |
| • | U.S. Considers Massive Swine Flu Vaccination Program |
| • | HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries |
| • | HIV Testing Day Set for Saturday in U.S. |
| • | FDA Seizes All Drugs From Generics Maker |
| • | Too Few Americans Get HIV Test Early Enough |
| • | Smoking May Trigger Brain Damage |
| • | Messages Heard Better in the Right Ear |
| • | Health Highlights: June 26, 2009 |
| • | Grab a Tool and Change Your Brain |
| • | Chromosome Abnormality Tied to Autistic Behavior in Mice |
| • | Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk |
| • | Hundreds of Genes Could Be Linked to ADHD |
| • | Chemical Used in Plastics May Affect Newborn Size |
| • | 1 Million Americans Likely Stricken by Swine Flu: CDC |
| • | Supply of Key Children’s Vaccine Almost Back to Normal |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 25, 2009 |
| • | Slow Decline Often Follows Stroke Recovery |
| • | Health Highlights: June 25, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Things That Trigger Migraines |
| • | Women’s Sexual Health Issues Hit Home |
| • | Hormone Could Improve Diabetes Treatment |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Ketoacidosis? |
| • | Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries |
| • | Humans Weren’t Always ’So Special,’ Expert Says |
| • | Cell Protein Could Help Spur Malignancy |
| • | Migraine Frequency Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack Risk |
| • | Music Had Charms to Soothe Prehistoric Man |
| • | Sleep May Be Essential for Long-Term Memory |
| • | Bone Therapy May Not Always Need Monitoring |
| • | Women More Likely Than Men to Reject Unattractive Babies |
| • | Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk for Women |
| • | Clues to Alzheimer’s Spotted Earlier in Disease |
| • | For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip |
| • | Health Tip: Log Headaches in a Diary |
| • | Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks |
| • | Extra Helpings of Vegetables, Olive Oil May Extend Life |
| • | Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment |
| • | Stay Upbeat, Active to Keep the Mind Young |
| • | New Cancer Drug Fights Tumors in Those With BRCA Mutations |
| • | Health Tip: Don’t Ignore Diabetes |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 24, 2009 |
| • | Health Highlights: June 24, 2009 |
| • | Determining Who Will Respond to Brain Tumor Therapy |
| • | Obesity While Young Boosts Pancreatic Cancer Risk |
| • | A Few Extra Pounds Might Bring Extra Years |
| • | Migraine With Aura May Lead to Brain Lesions |
| • | Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble |
| • | Sleep Disorders Linked to Arrhythmias |
| • | New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 23, 2009 |
| • | Schizophrenia Linked to Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Your Heels Happy |
| • | Health Highlights: June 23, 2009 |
| • | In Summertime, the Livin’ Can Be Buggy |
| • | Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis |
| • | Eat Well, Live Longer |
| • | Health Tip: What’s Triggering My Acne? |
| • | Whites More Likely to Get Rare Bone Cancer |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 22, 2009 |
| • | Health-Care Reform Could Be Obama’s Toughest Challenge |
| • | Health Tip: Why is the Room Spinning? |
| • | Vinegar Might Help Keep Off Pounds |
| • | The Nuts and Bolts of Reform Proposals |
| • | Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results |
| • | Obama Signs Tough New Anti-Smoking Law |
| • | HIV ’Atlas’ Shows Virus Targeting Minorities |
| • | Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones |
| • | Health Highlights: June 22, 2009 |
| • | Promising Therapy for Prostate Cancer |
| • | Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread |
| • | Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk |
| • | Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value |
| • | Health Tip: Preparing Your Child for a Medical Test |
| • | Social Activity Keeps Elders Young, Agile |
| • | A Pet’s Bite Can Pass on MRSA |
| • | Music Can Make the Heart Beat Faster |
| • | New Strategy Eyed for AIDS Treatment |
| • | Global Efforts to Lower ’Bad’ Cholesterol Working |
| • | Painkillers May Be Good for the Prostate |
| • | Not All Sunglasses Are Created Equal |
| • | Don’t Get Lazy About Lawn-Mower Safety |
| • | Heart Attacks Less Often Fatal Today |
| • | Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA |
| • | Health Highlights: June 19, 2009 |
| • | Green Tea Component May Slow Prostate Cancer |
| • | Make Nursing Homes More Like Home: Medicare |
| • | Asthma Discovery May Lead to Better Treatments |
| • | Toilet Training Goes High Tech |
| • | Treatment Option Shortens Path to Pregnancy |
| • | Health Tip: What’s an APGAR Test? |
| • | Pesticide Residue Common on Kitchen Floors |
| • | Does Location Affect Kids’ Weight? |
| • | Nestlé Recalls Cookie Dough Products |
| • | Pages to Doctors Don’t Always Hit the Mark |
| • | Health Tip: Life After a Heart Attack |
| • | Standard IQ Test May Undervalue People With Autism |
| • | Brain Imaging Study Sheds Light on Fibromyalgia |
| • | Subway Noise May Threaten Riders’ Hearing |
| • | Lure of Bottled Water May Not Be Health Driven |
| • | Vets Who Repress Traumatic Memories May Not Be Worse Off |
| • | Swine Flu Continues to Flare Up, CDC Says |
| • | Program Helps 1st Graders Stay Safe Long-Term |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 19, 2009 |
| • | Surging Internet Use Cutting Into Family Time |
| • | Almost Quarter of Suicides Involve Intoxication |
| • | Artificial Ankle Takes Giant Step Forward |
| • | New Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovered |
| • | Study Finds Possible Genetic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer |
| • | Almost Half of Those Over 60 Die While Waiting for Kidney Transplant |
| • | Teens of Dads Who Drink Too Much Tend to Follow Suit |
| • | Hysterectomies Could Be Source of Stem Cells |
| • | Health Tip: High Blood Pressure While You’re Pregnant |
| • | Statins May Not Protect Against Pneumonia |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome |
| • | Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 18, 2009 |
| • | Work Stress for Mom Might Harm Baby |
| • | Ozurdex Implant Approved for Macular Edema |
| • | Health Highlights: June 18, 2009 |
| • | Teens, Young Adults Need More Calcium |
| • | Genes May Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma in Kids |
| • | Health Tip: Some Medications Can Help Trigger Heat-Related Illness |
| • | Lung Enzyme Both Friend and Foe |
| • | Health Tip: Understanding Various Types of Insulin |
| • | New Anticoagulant Pill Works Well in Trial |
| • | Clues to Muscular Dystrophy Seen in Womb |
| • | Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs |
| • | Breast-Feeding Boosts Child’s School Performance |
| • | Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids |
| • | Newest Coated Stent Does Well in Real-World Trial |
| • | Close Monitoring May Help Troubled Teen Girls Avoid Pregnancy |
| • | Health Highlights: June 17, 2009 |
| • | Calling All Heart Patients |
| • | Stroke Damage Is Less in Rats Given Opioids |
| • | Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin’s |
| • | New Swine Flu Strain Found in Brazil: Report |
| • | Group B Strep Screening Guidelines Sparing Newborns |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 17, 2009 |
| • | Sinus Infections Can Cause Toxic Shock in Kids |
| • | Depression May Lead to More Preemies Among Blacks |
| • | Strides Made in Hemophilia Research |
| • | FDA Issues Warning for Over-the-Counter Cold Remedy |
| • | Lifestyle May Counter Blood Pressure Genes |
| • | Fruits and Veggies May Improve Sperm Quality |
| • | Little Steps Add Up to Major Reductions in Blood Pressure |
| • | No Benefit in Testing for Genes Linked to Leg Clots |
| • | Sepsis Treatment Offers Lifesaving Potential |
| • | Study Refutes Depression Gene Finding |
| • | Have a Purpose in Life? You Might Live Longer |
| • | Torn Surgical Gloves Put Patients at Risk for Infection |
| • | For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good |
| • | Health Highlights: June 16, 2009 |
| • | Health Tip: Choosing an Assisted Living Option |
| • | Health Tip: Aging Hair and Nails |
| • | VA Faces Questions Over Tainted Colonoscopies |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 16, 2009 |
| • | Racial Clusters Seem to Affect Access to Colon Care |
| • | Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese |
| • | Stars Spotlight Personal Triumphs Over Stuttering |
| • | Health Highlights: June 15, 2009 |
| • | Psoriasis Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death |
| • | A Substitute for Those Who Can’t Take Statins? |
| • | Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy |
| • | Why Huntington’s Shows Up in Midlife |
| • | Health Tip: Caring for Your Newborn |
| • | At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise |
| • | Finding Raises Hope for Treating ALS |
| • | Drug May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer’s for Some |
| • | ADHD Drugs Linked to Sudden Death in Kids |
| • | Coming Soon: Lung-Cancer Spray? |
| • | Nicotine Receptors Could Be Lung Cancer Treatment Target |
| • | Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin |
| • | Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 15, 2009 |
| • | Dad’s Genes May Play Greater Role Than Thought |
| • | Health Tip: Taking an Herbal Supplement |
| • | Keep Safety in Mind While Cooling Off in the Water |
| • | For Every Blow to the Head, Quick Action Is Urged |
| • | Pay Attention to Signs That Say You’re Too Tired to Drive |
| • | Asthma Drugs Get ’Precaution’ Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects |
| • | Blood-Sugar Spikes Send Testosterone Levels Down |
| • | Health Tip: Have Unused Medications? |
| • | For Men Over 50, Odds of Eye Discomfort Increases |
| • | People With Huntington’s Report Discrimination |
| • | Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks |
| • | First Batch of Swine Flu Vaccine Already Here: Company |
| • | Personality May Not Predict Parkinson’s |
| • | Kids With Eye Condition at Risk for Poor Mental Health |
| • | Health Tip: Soothing Separation Anxiety |
| • | Anatomy Report Card: Public Gets an ’F’ |
| • | Slightly Underactive Thyroid May Be a Plus |
| • | Sleep Training Provides Much-Needed Shut-Eye |
| • | Caldolor Is First Approved Injected Ibuprofen |
| • | Health Highlights: June 12, 2009 |
| • | State Tobacco Control a Mixed Bag |
| • | Partner’s Support Helps Men Adhere to Apnea Treatment |
| • | Tobacco Control Bill Heads to White House as Health Groups Cheer |
| • | Nicotine May Help Spur ’Prediabetes’ |
| • | Health Tip: Skin Products That Contain Alpha Hydroxy Acids |
| • | Clinical Trials Update: June 11, 2009 |
| • | Swine Flu Now a Pandemic |
| • | Protein Branded As Culprit in Mad Cow Disease |
| • | Sleeping Helps Preserve Important Memories |
| • | Need a Walking Partner? Try a Dog |
| • | Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered |
| • | Postpartum Anxiety May Delay Puberty in Kids |
| • | FDA Panel OKs Newer Antipsychotics for Children |
| • | Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk |
| • | Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients |
| • | Might Weight-Loss Surgery Lead to Fractures? |
| • | Lack of Good Sleep Might Be Deadly |
| • | Health Tip: Always Hungry? |
| • | Frequent Snoring in Pregnancy Could Signal Blood Sugar Trouble |
| • | Swine Flu Now a Pandemic: WHO |
| • | Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook |
| • | Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness |
| • | WHO Declaration of Swine Flu Pandemic Looks Imminent |
| • | Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough Heralds New Era of Treatment |
| • | Health Tip: Using Antihistamines |
| • | As Sleep Improves, Grades Seem to Go Up |
| • | Finding May Lead to Vaccine for Traveler’s Diarrhea |
| • | Morning Sickness Drug Gets Green Light in Study |
| • | Neck Size May Affect Severity of Sleep Apnea |
| • | Questionnaire May Help Spot Early Dementia |
| • | Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA |
| • | Genetic Links to Rare Liver Disease Found |
| • | Couples in Good Relationships Sleep Better |
| • | If Mom or Dad Is Depressed, Kids Need Help Too |
| • | Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best For Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| • | Alzheimer’s and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death |
| • | Health Tip: New Moms, Protect Your Back |
| • | Acupuncture May Relieve Heartburn In Pregnancy |
| • | Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health |
| • | Severe Nightmares May Warn of Suicidal Symptoms |
| • | In Some Insomnia Patients, Brain Just Won’t Shut Down |
| • | Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk |
| • | Health Care ’Gap’ Continues for Minority, Poor Americans |
| • | New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Trial |
| • | Computers Causing Injuries in the Home |
| • | Reduced-Radiation Heart Scans Don’t Compromise on Quality |
| • | Got a Problem? Think About It Overnight |
| • | Meditation May Help Put Primary Insomnia to Bed |
| • | Effect of Strict Diabetes Control on Heart Still Unclear |
| • | Early Bedtime May Help Stave Off Teen Depression |
| • | Insomnia and Anxiety May Be Genetically Linked |
| • | Lack of Sleep Can Raise Blood Pressure Over Time |
| • | Too Much Computer Gaming Can Steal Your Sleep |
| • | Health Tip: Bike Safely |
| • | ’Eco-Atkins’ Diet Sheds More Than Pounds |
| • | Know Your Odds for Heart Failure |
| • | Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics |
| • | Breast-feeding OK for Most Moms with MS |
| • | Sleeplessness a Weighty Matter |
| • | Glowing TV Screens Keeping Americans Up at Night |
| • | Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity |
| • | Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials |
| • | Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set |
| • | Exercise, Education Keep You Sharp in Old Age |
| • | Daytime Nap Has Benefits Beyond Rest for Kids |
| • | Summer Fun Need Not Be Hazardous |
| • | Good Golf Form Can Improve Game and Prevent Pain |
| • | Had Your Eyes Checked Lately? |
| • | Young Ballerinas May Face Heart, Bone Risks |
| • | Heavy Periods May Be Due to a Clotting Disorder |
| • | Researchers Uncover Why Turmeric Helps Heal |
| • | Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk |
| • | Interactive Video Games Offer Exercise Benefits |
| • | Data Overload May Complicate Insurance Choices |
| • | Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures |
| • | Experts Urge One Test to Diagnose Diabetes |
| • | Can’t Sleep? Try Online Therapy |
| • | Finding Fitness on the Dance Floor |
| • | Parental Eating Habits Don’t Rub Off on Kids |
| • | Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill |
| • | U.S. Response to Swine Flu Called Good |
| • | Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women |
| • | Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain |
| • | Health Tip: Dispose of Syringes Safely |
| • | Wear Sunscreen for Lifelong Benefits |
| • | Health Tip: Pregnancy and Foot Health |
| • | Report Gives U.S. Good Grades for Swine Flu Response |
| • | Special Ed Services Lacking for Kids Who Repeat a Grade |
| • | Health Tip: Reduce Environmental Waste |
| • | Health Tip: Get a Safe Pedicure |
| • | Medical Bills Driving Most Middle-Class Bankruptcies |
| • | Discovery Sheds Light on Huntington’s Disease |
| • | Sedatives Increase Suicide Risk Among Elderly |
| • | When Parents Fight, Children Often End Up With Scars |
| • | Herb May Offer Hope for Autoimmune Diseases |
| • | Tourette Syndrome Diagnosed in 3 in Every 1,000 Kids |
| • | Obesity May Dampen Response to Asthma Meds |
| • | Girls and Math: Blame the Culture, Not Ability |
| • | Apes Love a Good Laugh, Too |
| • | Stranger’s Cell Phone Ring May Thwart Your Thinking |
| • | Researchers Detect Blood-Clotting Mechanism |
| • | Global Testing Shows No Variation in Swine Flu Virus |
| • | Fewer Deaths Occurring From Brain Bleeds |
| • | Two Ways to Tackle Tuberculosis |
| • | Want to Stop Cancer? You Can, Experts Say |
| • | New Tests Spot Tough-to-Detect Cancers Sooner |
| • | WHO Close to Declaring Swine Flu Pandemic |
| • | Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night’s Sleep |
| • | Pausing Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Cut Mammogram Recalls |
| • | Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients |
| • | Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Shortchange Patients |
| • | Two Drugs Better Than One for Crohn’s Patients |
| • | New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs |
| • | Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise |
| • | Too Many Bouncers Make Trampolines More Dangerous |
| • | Pig Stem Cells Created |
| • | Health Tip: Laughter is Good for You |
| • | Key to Wound-Healing May Be Explained in Fish Tail |
| • | Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70 |
| • | FDA to Study Ways to Be More Open With Public |
| • | Too Much Media May Be Tough on Kids’ Health |
| • | Heart Drug Combos Raise Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
| • | Weight-Loss Surgery Simplified |
| • | New Program May Help Teens at High Risk for Depression |
| • | Simple Test Could Detect More Gastrointestinal Cancers |
| • | Fewer New Pounds in Pregnancy Best for Obese Moms |
| • | Weight-Loss Surgery Options Compared in Super-Obese |
| • | ’Cell Phone Elbow’ -- A New Ill for the Wired Age |
| • | Powerful Antacids Raise Chances of Fracture |
| • | Swine Flu Now Reported in All 50 States |
| • | TV Interferes With Infants’ Language Development |
| • | Health Issues in Childhood Often Show Up in Adulthood |
| • | More ’Extreme’ Preemies Surviving |
| • | Cervical Cancer Vaccine Not Just for Teens |
| • | Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Checking for Second Malignancies |
| • | Researchers Spot Genes Linked to Testicular Cancer |
| • | Some Antidepressants May Thwart Tamoxifen’s Effect on Breast Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Eat Enough Fiber |
| • | Depression Treatment Wanes Following FDA Warnings |
| • | New Technique May Improve Early Cervical Cancer Treatment |
| • | Two Drugs Safe for Rare Forms of Kidney Cancer |
| • | 1 in 3 U.S. Kids Lack Nearby Trauma Care |
| • | Worth of Sigmoidoscopy Screening for Colon Cancer Still Uncertain |
| • | Avastin Shows No Benefit Against Early Stage Colon Cancer |
| • | ’Micro’ Spreading of Breast Cancer Needs Treating, Study Urges |
| • | Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer |
| • | Mini-Stroke Can Mean Major One Within Hours |
| • | Research Finds ’New Crop’ of Breast Cancer Genes |
| • | Frequent Household Moves Raise Kids’ Suicide Risk |
| • | Celexa May Not Help Kids With Autism |
| • | Weight May Affect Colonoscopy Success |
| • | Gene Test Helps Detect Prostate Cancer |
| • | HRT Ups Death Risk for Women With Lung Cancer |
| • | Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer |
| • | Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer |
| • | Immune-Based Lymphoma Treatment Shows Promise |
| • | New Insights, Inroads Against Breast, Ovarian Cancers |
| • | Deep Sleep May Improve Colonoscopy Results |
| • | Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine |
| • | Women Who Run May Benefit From Extra Folic Acid |
| • | When It Comes to Lifting, the Pros Have Your Back |
| • | Swine Flu Vaccine Won’t Be Ready Until October: CDC |
| • | Families Urged to Have Wells Tested Yearly |
| • | Video May Help People Make End-of-Life Choices |
| • | Health Tip: How a Caregiver Can Help |
| • | Stimulant Chewing Gum Can Be Dangerous for Kids |
| • | Discovery Could Eliminate Harmful Gene Mutation in Dogs |
| • | Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu |
| • | Enzyme Deficiency Linked to Neural Tube Defect in Mice |
| • | Safety Gear Helping to Strike Out Baseball Injuries |
| • | Besivance Approved for Bacterial Conjunctivitis |
| • | Biologists Question Animal Brain Size Theory |
| • | Laughter Can Boost Heart Health |
| • | Pitching Prowess May Start With the Pelvis |
| • | Yoga Helps Those With Asthma |
| • | Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise |
| • | Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability |
| • | Post-Exercise ’Glow’ May Last 12 Hours |
| • | Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies |
| • | Window for Stroke Treatment Opens Wider |
| • | Looking for Mr. Right? |
| • | Protein Involved in Addiction Changes Brain Circuitry |
| • | Brain Can ’See’ Objects Through Touch |
| • | Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts |
| • | Study Finds Multitude of Bacteria on Human Skin |
| • | Ankle Replacement Device Approved |
| • | Experts Urge Less Weight Gain for Obese Women in Pregnancy |
| • | Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move |
| • | Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts |
| • | FDA Report Urges Tougher Acetaminophen Warning |
| • | More Assisted Reproduction, But Fewer Multiple Births |
| • | Compression Stockings Offer Little Benefit After Stroke |
| • | Music May Temper Pain in Preemies |
| • | Health Tip: Alleviate Caregiver Stress |
| • | U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall |
| • | Type 1 Diabetes Rates Rising Among European Children |
| • | Staying Home When Sick Might Be Wise |
| • | More Living Longer With Advanced Colon Cancer |
| • | Heat Therapy May Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer |
| • | Gene Mutation May Up Risks of Endometrial Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Taking Care of a Tick Bite |
| • | Stigma Keeps Teens From Depression Treatment |
| • | Too Much Cola Can Cause Muscle Problems |
| • | Green-Glowing Gene Heralds a Better Research Monkey |
| • | Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug |
| • | Plaques, Tangles in Brain Don’t Always Lead to Alzheimer’s |
| • | Point-of-Sale Printers May Trigger Asthma |
| • | Americans Score Low on Healthy Lifestyle |
| • | Parents Often Puzzled by Medicine Labels |
| • | Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls |
| • | Attention Problems in Kindergarten Could Spell Long-Term Academic Trouble |
| • | Gum Disease, Heart Disease Share Genetic Link |
| • | To Quit Smoking, Try Logging On |
| • | Provocative Online Portrayals Can Get Teen Girls in Trouble |
| • | Health Tip: Avoid Germs From a Petting Zoo |
| • | Refusing Shots Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Whooping Cough |
| • | Statins Can Help Prevent Second Stroke |
| • | NFL Players Not at Increased Heart Risk |
| • | Sensitivity to Alcohol May Predict Alcoholism |
| • | Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks |
| • | Risks Remain for Childhood Cancer Survivors |
| • | Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise |
| • | Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads |
| • | Health Tip: Install Smoke Alarms at Home |
| • | Tailored Treatments Effective for Depression Due to Pain |
| • | Memory Takes a Hit During Menopause |
| • | Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth |
| • | Adcirca Approved for Lung Disorder |
| • | Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation |
| • | Why Chimps, Monkeys Don’t Develop Alzheimer’s |
| • | Health Tip: Safe Use of Candles |
| • | Mom and Baby Alike May Benefit From Exercise |
| • | Things to Know If You’re Contemplating a Pet |
| • | Youth and Driving Don’t Always Mix Safely |
| • | For Young Ballplayers, Support and Caution Are Key |
| • | Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics |
| • | Strict Blood Sugar Control Lowers Heart Risks in Diabetics |
| • | Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments |
| • | Vitamin D May Help Keep Aging at Bay |
| • | Looks, Money, Fame Don’t Bring Happiness |
| • | Binge-Drinking Collegians at High Risk for Injuries |
| • | Health Tip: Thwarting Head Lice |
| • | Synthetic Vitamin A-Like Molecule Blocks Early MS |
| • | Advanced Prostate Cancer Deadlier in Younger Men |
| • | Skip the Burgers and Throw Some Veggies on the Grill |
| • | Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development |
| • | New Research Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Prognosis |
| • | Among Obese Diabetics, Sleep Apnea May Be Common |
| • | Health Tip: Be More Comfortable During Childbirth |
| • | Health Tip: Why is My Nose Bleeding? |
| • | Protein May Hold Key to Blocking Allergy-Induced Asthma |
| • | Pediatric Ear Infection Vaccine Shows Promise |
| • | Health Tip: Taking Care of Baby’s Dandruff |
| • | Meditation May Boost Short-Term Visual Memory |
| • | Sleeping Through Dialysis May Be the Way to Go |
| • | Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations |
| • | High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss |
| • | A New Way to Get Chemo to Pancreatic Tumors |
| • | Shop ’Til You Drop: You May Feel Better |
| • | Methamphetamine Use Triples Among Pregnant Rehab Patients |
| • | Childhood Sexual Abuse Might Spur Early Periods |
| • | Teen Stress May Have Roots in First Three Years of Life |
| • | E-Mailing Your Way to Healthier Habits |
| • | Online System Could Cut Referrals to Dermatologists |
| • | Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly |
| • | With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters |
| • | Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable |
| • | When Chest Pain Requires Quick Action in ER |
| • | Study Links Cancerous Tumors With Depression |
| • | Being a ’People Person’ May Be All in Your Head |
| • | Gene Gives Clues to Why Autism More Common in Boys |
| • | After Concussion, Follow-Up Visit a Must |
| • | Health Tip: Warding Off Age-Related Memory Loss |
| • | Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics |
| • | Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms |
| • | Research Reveals How Down Syndrome Shields Against Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea |
| • | Health Tip: Risk Factors for High Cholesterol? |
| • | Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids |
| • | Kids More Apt to Smoke If Mom Did While Pregnant |
| • | Parents Influence Sex Decisions, Hispanic Teens Say |
| • | Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks |
| • | Stem Cell Study Offers Hope for Targeting Tumors |
| • | Hospitalization Rates Higher in Kids Who Get Flu Shots |
| • | Rapid Weight Loss in Seniors Signals Higher Dementia Risk |
| • | Substance Abuse Raises Crime Risk in Schizophrenics |
| • | Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries |
| • | ’Nanotechnology’ May Simplify Antibiotic Treatment |
| • | Study Reiterates Eye Risks Linked to Flomax |
| • | Molecule in Skin May Link Eczema and Asthma |
| • | New Methods Could Speed Production of Flu Vaccines |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Your Feet Safe in Flip-Flops |
| • | Multivitamins Might Prolong Life |
| • | More Faces Being Spared in Motor Vehicle Accidents |
| • | Worries About Weight Are Tied to Teen Suicide Tries |
| • | New Spray Could Benefit Cystic Fibrosis Patients |
| • | Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics |
| • | New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea |
| • | Vaccine Shields Monkeys From Simian Form of HIV |
| • | Risperdal Consta Approved for Bipolar Disorder |
| • | Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age |
| • | Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure May Damage DNA |
| • | Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs |
| • | Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years |
| • | Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease |
| • | Beware of Dog Bites |
| • | Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease |
| • | Know Your Asthma Triggers |
| • | Years of Heavy Smoking Raises Heart Risks |
| • | Nutrient-Rich Diet Lowers Risk of Age-Related Eye Disease |
| • | Health Tip: Taking a Trip When You Have Diabetes |
| • | Improper Use of Booster Seats Puts Many Kids at Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal |
| • | Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma |
| • | Fathers’ Concern Rises When Teens Start Having Sex |
| • | Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus |
| • | Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo |
| • | Viral Infection Might Trigger High Blood Pressure |
| • | Man Dies of Brain Inflammation Caused by Deer Tick Virus |
| • | Fear Response May Stem From Protein in Brain |
| • | An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment |
| • | New Insights Show Ginseng Fights Inflammation |
| • | Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed |
| • | Brain Scans Show How Humans ’Hear’ Emotion |
| • | Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip |
| • | Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry |
| • | Cimzia Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| • | ’Stun Gun’ Deaths Rarely Caused by Ventricular Fibrillation |
| • | Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards |
| • | Global Warming Biggest Health Threat of 21st Century, Experts Say |
| • | Subway Defibrillators Save Lives |
| • | Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites |
| • | Psychiatric Drugs Might Raise Cardiac Death Risk |
| • | Combo Treatment Eases Wheezing in Babies |
| • | Folic Acid Reduces Infant Heart Defects |
| • | Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children’s Recovery |
| • | More Single Women Are Having Babies |
| • | For Dialysis Patients, More Pills = Lower Quality of Life |
| • | Most Depressed Teens Don’t Get Treatment |
| • | Chemotherapy Superior to New Drug for Early Breast Cancer |
| • | 15-Point Test Gauges Alzheimer’s Risk |
| • | Productivity Takes a Hit From Obesity, Diabetes |
| • | Acupuncture, Real or Fake, Eases Back Pain |
| • | Eye Disease, Cognitive Decline Linked in Study |
| • | Health Tip: Taking an Antacid |
| • | Before Conceiving, Take Folic Acid for One Full Year |
| • | Prior Cervical Dysplasia May Boost Cancer’s Return |
| • | Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Strive for Beautiful, Healthy Skin |
| • | Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children’s Hospitals |
| • | Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease |
| • | Estrogen May Help Men’s Hearts |
| • | Birds Don’t Miss a Beat |
| • | Frequent Feedings May Be Making Babies Fat |
| • | Internet Program Helps Problem Drinkers |
| • | Health Tip: Prevent Burnout |
| • | Walk Long, Slow and Often to Help the Heart |
| • | DASH Diet Has Extra Benefits for Women’s Health |
| • | Antioxidants Blunt Exercise Benefit, Study Shows |
| • | 3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo |
| • | Climate Change Could Sting Allergy, Asthma Sufferers |
| • | Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History |
| • | Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis |
| • | Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off |
| • | More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results |
| • | Most Women Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs |
| • | Small Drug Promo Items May Influence Young Doctors |
| • | Ladders, Swings and More Can Cause Peril |
| • | New Paint Shows Germ-Fighting Potential |
| • | Acid Drinks Blamed for Increase in Tooth Erosion |
| • | Scientists Still Baffled About Origins of Swine Flu |
| • | Inbreeding May Have Doomed Spain’s Habsburg Dynasty |
| • | Exercising Throat Muscles May Relieve Sleep Apnea |
| • | Impulsivity Raises Alcoholism Risk |
| • | Seniors Who Volunteer May Live Longer |
| • | Not All Caregivers Are Stressed and Depressed |
| • | Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes |
| • | Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves |
| • | Health Tip: Triggers for Foot Arthritis |
| • | After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues |
| • | Health Tip: Manage Medications Safely |
| • | Obesity May Raise Kids’ Allergy Risk |
| • | Protein Might Mute Effects of Methamphetamine |
| • | Psoriasis Patients Happy With Home-Based Treatment |
| • | Health Tip: When Children Stutter |
| • | New Guidelines Recommend Opioids for Seniors’ Pain |
| • | Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve |
| • | Fanapt Sanctioned for Schizophrenia |
| • | Avastin Gets New Approval for Brain Cancer |
| • | Consider TIAs an Emergency, Groups Urge |
| • | FDA Orders Label Warning for Testosterone Gels |
| • | Too-Low Blood Pressure Can Also Bring Danger |
| • | Health Tip: Learn to Manage Your Stress |
| • | Seniors Cope With Sleep Loss Better Than Young Adults |
| • | All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke |
| • | Creon, a Pancreatic Enzyme Substitute, Approved |
| • | Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar |
| • | Pooches Sometimes Miss the Point |
| • | Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation |
| • | Swine Flu Likely to Return to U.S. Next Winter |
| • | Weight-Loss Gene May Keep Smokers Thinner |
| • | Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Gallstones? |
| • | Less Education May Mean Poorer Health |
| • | Cycloset Approved for Type 2 Diabetes |
| • | Genes Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer |
| • | America’s Top Allergy Capitals |
| • | Maternal Depression Has Negative Effect on Infants’ Sleep |
| • | Plavix, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky Combination |
| • | First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal |
| • | CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes |
| • | Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis |
| • | Testosterone Injections Offer Hope for Male Contraceptive |
| • | Writing Disorder May Be Common Among Kids |
| • | Health Tip: Common Food Allergies in Children |
| • | Irregular Heartbeat During Angioplasty Could Raise Death Risk |
| • | Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky |
| • | Program Helps Homeless Cut Use of Emergency Services |
| • | Health Tip: Help Prevent Sunburn |
| • | U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out |
| • | Biomarkers May Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer |
| • | Even Barely Early Babies Face Respiratory Risks |
| • | Fad Baby Names Tend to Fizzle Fast |
| • | Phone Monitoring May Help Lower Blood Pressure |
| • | Urine Test Predicts Vein Clot Risk |
| • | Smoking Packs a Tougher Wallop for Women |
| • | Stopping Antidepressants Boosts Risk of PMS Relapse |
| • | Researcher IDs Narcolepsy as Autoimmune Disease |
| • | More Kids Being Hurt by Falling Furniture |
| • | Viewing Adult-Themed TV Tied to Earlier Sex for Teens |
| • | Brain Anatomy Could Point to Autism |
| • | Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids’ Eczema |
| • | Health Tip: Pack a First-Aid Kit When Traveling |
| • | Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise |
| • | Early Alzheimer’s Hinders Brain’s Effort to Sort Information |
| • | Health Tip: Get Fit After Baby is Born |
| • | Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks |
| • | Obese Children More Likely to Suffer Lower Body Injuries |
| • | Hearing Loss Tops Parents’ Concern for Kids |
| • | Nighttime Urination Linked to Higher Death Rate Among Elderly |
| • | More Educated Choose Healthier Foods, But Pay More |
| • | Health Tip: Easing Back Pain During Pregnancy |
| • | Health Tip: Benefitting From Adult Day Care |
| • | FDA Recalls Dietary Supplements Tied to 1 Death, Liver Damage |
| • | Chronic Kidney Disease Raises Risk for Some Cancers |
| • | Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients |
| • | Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency |
| • | Vitamin E, Selenium and Soy Won’t Prevent Prostate Cancer |
| • | Newly Identified Compounds May Inhibit Strep Infection |
| • | Drink Away Dementia? |
| • | Treating Sleep Disorders May Ease ADHD Symptoms |
| • | Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients |
| • | Drink a Little Wine, Live a Little Longer |
| • | Folic Acid Might Offer Allergy Relief |
| • | Health Tip: Allow Yourself to Grieve |
| • | Drug Combo May Relieve MS Symptoms |
| • | Managing Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Cuts Stroke Risk |
| • | New Compound May Fight HIV |
| • | FDA Mandates New Warnings for Botox |
| • | Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery |
| • | Dysport, a Botox Competitor, Approved |
| • | Millions of Kids Live With Substance-Abusing Parents |
| • | U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll |
| • | Young Women’s Breast Tissue Offers Clues to Cancer Risk |
| • | Leukemia Risk From MS Drug May Be Up |
| • | Health Tip: Build Strong Bones |
| • | More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air |
| • | Imaging IDs Brain Neurons With Preference for Real Words |
| • | Minorities to Bear Brunt of Rise in U.S. Cancer Cases |
| • | Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones |
| • | Obesity Surgery Complications on the Decline |
| • | Common Drug Eases Restless Legs Syndrome |
| • | Critically Ill Patients Lack Vitamin D |
| • | New Treatment Combo Better Against Hepatitis C |
| • | Gene Therapy Improves Diabetic Neuropathy in Study |
| • | Urine Test for Heart Disease Shows Promise |
| • | Tysabri May Treat Myelin Sheath Damage From MS |
| • | Remembrance of Fat May Be at Root of Cravings |
| • | Health Tip: After Baby is Born |
| • | Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease |
| • | Brain-Computer Interface Posts Message on Twitter |
| • | Health Tip: Smoking and the Musculoskeletal System |
| • | Smoking, Hypertension Each Account for 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths |
| • | Research Highlights Genetic Risk for Autism |
| • | FDA Adds New Label Warnings to Over-the-Counter Painkillers |
| • | Lifestyle Factors Tied to Older Adults’ Diabetes Risk |
| • | Acrylamide Doesn’t Raise Lung Cancer Risk |
| • | Panel Seeks Fuller Disclosure of Drug Company Payments |
| • | 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths Attributed to Smoking, High BP |
| • | Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment |
| • | Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Should Avoid Valproate |
| • | Circumcision Can Reduce AIDS Risk, Study Shows |
| • | Well Water Might Raise Bladder Cancer Risk |
| • | High Co-Pays Keeping Chronically Ill From Their Meds |
| • | Experts Back Away From Annual PSA Test |
| • | Autism Tied to Older Moms, Breech Birth |
| • | Topical Treatment May Ease Erectile Dysfunction |
| • | Meds Help Kids With ADHD in Classroom |
| • | Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Take Care of Your Feet |
| • | Fat-Derived Stem Cells Might Treat MS |
| • | Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly |
| • | Many Who Should Use Statins Don’t |
| • | Hidden Salt in Diet Haunts Many With Heart Failure |
| • | With Peripheral Artery Disease, Med Adherence Is Low |
| • | Racial Disparity in Death Rate May Be Avoidable |
| • | Too Few Screened for Abdominal Aneurysm, Study Says |
| • | Work Strife Stresses the Heart |
| • | Abnormal Heartbeat After Bypass a Bad Sign |
| • | Combat Duty Harms Long-Term Health of Vets |
| • | Lowered HRT Use May Have Cut Heart Attacks |
| • | Limited English May Be Life-Threatening |
| • | Coordination Has Led to Quicker Heart Treatment |
| • | Health Tip: Kicking the Habit |
| • | Reduce Suffering, Urge Heart Failure Patients and Caregivers |
| • | Health Tip: Why a Hysterectomy May Be Needed |
| • | Marijuana Is Option to Unpleasant Meds, Teens Say |
| • | Simponi Approved for Immune-Related Arthritis |
| • | Don’t Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges |
| • | First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients’ Own Cells |
| • | Family History of Asthma Boosts Odds Almost 6 Times |
| • | FDA Approves ’Plan B’ Pill for 17-Year-Olds |
| • | Device Thwarts Attacks on Transplanted Pancreatic Cells |
| • | Pregnant and Older May Mean More Complications |
| • | As Earth Warms, Lyme Disease Could Flourish |
| • | A Pre-Workout Meal to Help You Burn Fat |
| • | Scientists Find New Way to Create Stem Cells |
| • | Medicare Change May Impact Black Kidney Patients |
| • | What May Be Causing Your Child’s Headaches |
| • | Safety Measures Urged for Tree-Care Workers |
| • | No Verdict Yet on Grape Seed Extract vs. Breast Cancer |
| • | Agent Orange Exposure Tied to Prostate Cancer Return |
| • | Kids Given Photos of Sunburn Damage Covered Up Better |
| • | Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men |
| • | Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions |
| • | Soy May Not Lead to Denser Breasts |
| • | Health Tip: Risk Factors for Shin Splints |
| • | Double-Lung Transplant Better for Long-Term Survival |
| • | More Americans Experiencing Gaps in Health Coverage |
| • | Osteoporosis Drugs Might Not Raise Cancer Risk |
| • | Gene Studies Reveal Cancer’s Secrets |
| • | Genes May Alter Alcohol’s Effect on Fetus |
| • | Acupuncture Cuts Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients |
| • | HRT May Protect Women From Colon Cancer |
| • | Painkillers May Not Protect Against Dementia |
| • | Obesity May Hide Fetal Abnormalities on Ultrasounds |
| • | Staying Slim Is Good for the Environment |
| • | Transition From Home to Hospital Rarely Seamless |
| • | Compound in Berries May Lessen Sun Damage |
| • | Genes Hike Melanoma Risk Even in Those Who Tan Well |
| • | Experts Highlight Inroads to Preventing Cancer |
| • | A ’Smart Bomb’ for Prostate Cancer? |
| • | One in 50 Americans Lives With Paralysis |
| • | Bariatric Surgery Centers Don’t Deliver Better Outcomes |
| • | Breast-feeding a Boon to Mom’s Heart |
| • | Organ Failure, Sedative Use in ICU May Lead to Depression |
| • | Distance No Bar to Kidney Transplants in Remote Areas |
| • | Health Tip: Signs That You’ve Had Too Much Caffeine |
| • | Charring Meat May Boost Risk of Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | Resuscitated Newborns at Risk for Lower IQs |
| • | Wine May Guard Against Lymphoma Recurrence |
| • | Study Rates Breast Cancer Risks Among Races |
| • | ’Silent’ Heart Attacks More Common Than Thought |
| • | Kids and Veggies: Offer Them and They Will Eat |
| • | Fructose-Sweetened Drinks Up Metabolic Syndrome Risk |
| • | Estrogen May Combat Marijuana’s Effect on Cognition |
| • | Doctor-Patient Talks Key to Blacks Getting Cancer Screens |
| • | Radiation Exposure Linked to Aggressive Thyroid Cancers |
| • | Older Men Need to Take Closer Look for Melanomas |
| • | Grapefruit Juice Boosts Anti-Cancer Drug’s Effects |
| • | Gum Chewing May Cut Craving for Snacks |
| • | Robotic Surgery Practical for Some Head, Neck Tumors |
| • | Health Tip: Foods To Avoid if You Have IBS |
| • | Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer |
| • | Almost 1 in 10 Young Video Game Users ’Addicted’ |
| • | Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers |
| • | Outgoing Nature Could Get You to 100 |
| • | Health Tip: Keep Allergy Symptoms Under Control |
| • | Having Psoriasis Raises Risk of Diabetes, Hypertension |
| • | Group Urges Public to Take Free Asthma Tests in May |
| • | Research Takes Aim at Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | Health Tip: Considering an Alternative Therapy? |
| • | Addiction Drug May Help Ease Fibromyalgia |
| • | Health Tip: Symptoms of Celiac Disease in Adults |
| • | Health Tip: Soothing Herpes Pain |
| • | Laughter May Lower Heart Attack Risk in Diabetics |
| • | Drug May Be Dangerous for Kids With Graves’ Disease |
| • | NIH May Ease Some, But Not All, Stem Cell Restrictions |
| • | Tough Laws, Higher Prices Mean Fewer Kids Smoke |
| • | Drug May Not Help Diabetes-Related Eye Damage |
| • | Poor Health Linked to PTSD Risk Among Vets |
| • | Melatonin May Ease Sleep Problems in Autistic Children |
| • | Jet Lag Upsets Brain’s Internal Clocks |
| • | Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels |
| • | The Pill May Limit Muscle Gains in Women |
| • | Death Certificates Incomplete for Suicide Victims |
| • | Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels |
| • | Mild Flu Season Coming to a Close |
| • | Low Vitamin A, C Intake Tied to Asthma Risk |
| • | Health Tip: Preventing the Return of Pancreatitis |
| • | Lead Exposure in Workplace Still a Problem |
| • | Survey Shows Many Want to Donate Organs, But Few Do |
| • | Study Reveals How Salmonella ’Hijacks’ Cells |
| • | Dense Breasts Complicate Testing and Treatment |
| • | Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia |
| • | Family Ties May Help Prevent Teen Suicide |
| • | Soothing Songs Please the Heart |
| • | Deployment Takes Toll on Military Moms and Teens |
| • | Health Tip: Do You Have an Impacted Tooth? |
| • | New Technology Allows Better Monitoring of Cancer Cells |
| • | Epilepsy Drug Impairs Baby’s Intelligence |
| • | Brain Scans Reveal Secrets of ’Writer’s Cramp’ |
| • | Newer Antipsychotics May Boost Weight in Alzheimer’s Patients |
| • | Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke |
| • | Health Tip: Drive Safely With Arthritis |
| • | New Drug Being Tested for Pancreatic Cancer |
| • | Sleep May Be Cause, Not Consequence, of Cancer Issues |
| • | Fetal Exposure to Methamphetamine May Harm Child’s Brain |
| • | E-Communication Might Be Outpacing Emotion |
| • | Former Inmates at Increased Risk for High Blood Pressure |
| • | Nearly 18 Million Will Have Macular Degeneration by 2050 |
| • | Slow-Healing Bones May Get Boost From Drug |
| • | Radiation-Chemo Combo Boosts Lung Cancer Outcomes |
| • | Impotence Drugs Don’t Harm Vision: Study |
| • | Health Tip: Finding Hidden Lactose |
| • | Stem Cells Buy Freedom From Insulin for Type 1 Diabetics |
| • | Heart Screening Not Effective for Type 2 Diabetics |
| • | Pancreatic Islets in Forefront of Diabetes Research |
| • | Health Tip: Applying an Antiperspirant |
| • | Wristbands May Lessen Nausea After Radiation |
| • | Pot, Cigarette Smoke Wreaks Havoc on Lungs |
| • | Pharoah’s Wine Jar Yields Medicinal Secrets |
| • | Stem Cells Spur New Eggs in Ovaries of Adult Mice |
| • | Health Tip: Prevent Skateboarding Injuries |
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