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 - HONG 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. Full Story |
Falls, eye tests may hint at early Alzheimer's Mon,18 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (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. Full Story |
Autopsy guidelines revised for Alzheimer's Mon,18 Jul 2011 09:03 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 |
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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