Jun 30, 2008Want to Know the Calorie Content of Your Favorite Drink?Reports tells how many carbs and calories are in 26 best-selling alcoholic beverages Jun 29, 2008Organ Donation: An Advancing Science Hindered by Supply Shortages7,200 Americans die each year waiting for a replacement organ that never arrives Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention Trainers' group warns summer's temperatures can also bring severe injury Jun 28, 2008Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its DangersSurgeons group offers tips on how to be footloose and injury-free Jun 27, 2008Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for RegulationStudy finds safety standards needed, especially for use on public roads Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth Small study finds they improve healing of common tissue tears, prevent infection Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout National Wildlife Federation says turn off TVs, computers, venture into nature Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events But Canadian study finds increase in non-serious side effects Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age Study finds patients twice as likely to care for themselves, saves money in long run Staying Social May Keep Dementia at Bay Study in older women found friends, family helped minds stay sharp Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean Those taking buprenorphine lasted almost twice as long until using again, study says Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest Access to defibrillators and knowing how to use them could reduce deaths, experts say MS Patients at Higher Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome But more study is needed to confirm the link, one expert said Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise Slowed cognitive decline in patients without ApoE4 gene, trial shows Jun 26, 2008Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines UpdatedNew rules called 'extensive' but not meant to crowd physicians' clinical judgment Women Don't Notice 40% of Their Hot Flashes Lack of sleep, causing memory problems, likely culprits in finding, study says Sprinters Closest to Starter's Pistol Have Edge Study says startle response sped up reactions Lack of Two Related Genes Disrupts Sleep Cycle Finding important to kids with autism, retardation, who often have poor rest patterns Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising But research still to really pan out, expert warns Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke It could foreshadow trouble by as much as 2 years, Taiwanese study suggests Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs Prescription use dropped about 17% after introduction of policy, Oregon study finds Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer It's less expensive and nearly as accurate as MRI, study says Novel Treatments Ease Migraine Pain Both call for stimulation of nerve centers related to pain Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally Researchers urge countries to make condition a public health priority Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory Antioxidant vitamins counter cognitive decline, but experts say eating healthy is better 'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People No symptoms, but some loss of brain function occurs, study finds International Blood Doping Tests May Miss Cheaters Two labs came to different conclusions on identical urine samples, study finds 'Troubling' Rise in HIV Among Young Gay Men: CDC New numbers show sharpest increase is among young black males Many Teens Getting Free Alcohol From Adults Federal survey finds some getting alcohol from their parents Tainted Tomato Toll Tops 750 U.S. health officials still scouring farms in Mexico, Florida as source of salmonella contamination 1 |2 | 3 | 4 |5 | |
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