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Jul 19, 2011

HEALTH News, Jul 19, 2011

U.N. begins food aid airlift to rebel-held Somalia
Mon,18 Jul 2011 02:37 PM PDT
Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it had started airlifting food aid to rebel-held parts of drought-hit Somalia and that Islamist insurgents had abided by a pledge to allow relief workers free access. Full Story
 
Tests for inherited colon cancer may be worth cost
Mon,18 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening tumors from all colon cancer patients could be a cost-effective way of spotting families at high genetic risk of the disease, a study published Monday suggests. Full Story
 
Secondhand smoke tied to teens' hearing loss
Mon,18 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who are exposed to secondhand smoke may be at a higher risk of hearing loss, researchers have found. Full Story
 
Hispanics still lagging in sun-safe behaviors
Mon,18 Jul 2011 01:33 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanics shouldn't assume their darker skin means they can't get skin cancer, and they should make sure to protect themselves when they're out in the sun, according to a new report. Full Story
 
Hispanics still lagging in sun-safe behaviors
Mon,18 Jul 2011 01:31 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanics shouldn't assume their darker skin means they can't get skin cancer, and they should make sure to protect themselves when they're out in the sun, according to a new report. Full Story
 
Most drugs for Parkinson's psychosis unproven
Mon,18 Jul 2011 12:35 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly every prescription written to treat Parkinson's psychosis -- a common psychiatric side effect of Parkinson's disease -- is for medications that have not been shown to improve the condition, a new study finds. Full Story
 
Birth defects linked to coal smoke, pesticides: China study
Mon,18 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT
Reuters - photoHONG KONG (Reuters) - Pregnant women who are exposed to coal smoke and pesticides are up to four times more likely to have babies with serious birth defects than women not exposed to these chemicals, a Chinese study has found.

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Falls, eye tests may hint at early Alzheimer's
Mon,18 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT
Reuters - photoPARIS (Reuters) - People at risk for Alzheimer's are twice as likely to fall as healthy people, and the disease might also be visible in scans of the eye, researchers said on Sunday.

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Autopsy guidelines revised for Alzheimer's
Mon,18 Jul 2011 09:03 AM PDT
Reuters - photoPARIS (Reuters) - For many years, an autopsy done by a pathologist was considered the best way to confirm the presence of Alzheimer's disease.

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Pediatrician feels heat over child obesity idea
Mon,18 Jul 2011 09:02 AM PDT
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston pediatrician David Ludwig, the center of a media firestorm this week, wants to set the record straight on his view that a state should intervene in the most extreme cases of child obesity. Full Story
 
FDA signals support for Edwards heart valve
Mon,18 Jul 2011 08:45 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug reviewers said Edwards Lifesciences Corp's heart valve "demonstrated superiority" in a trial that also showed the device's safety and effectiveness for patients considered to be too sick to have open-heart surgery. Full Story
 
Heavy teens need more health talks: study
Mon,18 Jul 2011 01:19 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians often miss important opportunities to talk about nutrition, exercise, and emotional issues with overweight teens, suggests new research from California. Full Story
 
Sharing mom's bed won't harm kids' social skills
Mon,18 Jul 2011 01:19 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no need to worry about harming your toddler's intellectual or social development if bed-sharing works for your family, researchers say. Full Story
 
U.S. autopsy guidelines revised for Alzheimer's
Sun,17 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - For many years, an autopsy done by a pathologist was considered the best way to confirm the presence of Alzheimer's disease. Full Story
 
Japanese nuclear-contaminated beef "sold in and around Tokyo"
Sun,17 Jul 2011 10:56 AM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's second-biggest retailer said on Sunday it had sold beef from cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed, the latest in a series of health scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear power plant. Full Story

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