Latest Medical News

Thursday, July 2, 2009

• Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia
• Study Casts Doubt on Low IQ's Role in Early Death
• C-Section Stress Could Alter Baby's Immune Cells
• Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss
• Health Tip: Straining the Hamstring
• If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?
• Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight
• Birth weight appears associated with leukemia
• Glaucoma patients overrate their eyedrop skills
• New flu may not spread like regular flu
• WHO chief identifies "warning signs" of severe flu

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

• "Boomeritis" hits aging athletes
• Study Supports Wider Use of Statins
• Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
• Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning
• Celiac Disease Making Inroads in U.S.
• CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
• Device shows promise to treat cerebral palsy type
• Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
• Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men
• Health Tip: Preventing a Kitchen Fire
• Health Tip: What's Causing My Neck Pain?
• Increasing Alcohol Use Tied to More Hospitalization
• Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified
• Maternal diet affects infant's long-term bone health
• Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.
• PET-CT scanners reduce futile lung cancer surgery
• Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
• TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating
• With Medicare Plan, Drug Spending May Be Up

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• Web-based game educates HIV-positive teens
• WHO says Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 "isolated case"
• Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
• Breast cancer treatments impact work status
• Daily sex makes for healthier sperm
• Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
• Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End
• Experts urge stronger limits for some pain drugs
• FDA confirms E. coli found in Nestle cookie dough
• Health Tip: Keep Feet Healthy This Summer
• Health Tip: Understanding Hay Fever
• Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk
• Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely
• Newer Blood Tests May Not Improve Heart Risk Assessment
• Nonsurgical Treatment May Ease Rotator Cuff Injury
• Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays
• Online Genetic Testing Appears to Have Benefits
• Sad Dads May Lead to Crying Infants
• Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer's
• Study Supports Wider Use of Statins
• U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells

Monday, June 29, 2009

• Recurrent month ulcers suggest celiac disease
• Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"
• Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hyperte...
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• Younger People Appear More at Risk From New Swine Flu
• 15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They'll Die Young
• 47,000 Elderly Hurt in Walker, Cane Mishaps Each Year
• Antioxidant may boost exercise endurance
• Diabetics urged to stay on popular insulin Lantus
• Harder for heavy moms to see child's weight status
• Cyber Bullying Affects One in 10 Students
• Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart
• Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
• Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
• Health Tip: When Your Child Needs Glasses
• Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for...
• New Drug Promising Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Air Traffic Patterns Predict Swine Flu Spread
• Anxiety-Prone People Find Distractions Hard to Ignore

Sunday, June 28, 2009

• U.S. beef recall expanded, 18 illnesses suspected
• Constipation May Lead to Other Problems