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Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Distracted driving -- including driving while
talking on the phone, trying to answer the phone or texting -- is a
dangerous habit.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pneumonia, a respiratory infection of the
lung, can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- When the cost of junk food
increases, people consume less of it, a new study has found.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are
living with Alzheimer's disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest
risk of developing the disease, a new report finds.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of
ClinicalConnection.com:
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- A single-page questionnaire can
help primary-care doctors screen patients for common psychiatric
illnesses, U.S. researchers report.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- To make ends meet these
days, many Americans are sacrificing sleep to work night shifts or juggle
two jobs.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment
received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of
specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:39pm
Reuters - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the use of Allergan Inc's wrinkle smoother Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:38pm
Reuters - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:17pm
Reuters - It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 9:50am
AP - Brazil's president says a recent health scare led him to quit smoking — a habit he's had for 50 years.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:04am
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Conventional wisdom has dictated
that fat from red meat is a risk factor for heart disease, but a new
analysis from Harvard researchers finds it's eating processed meat -- not
unprocessed red meat -- that increases the risk for heart disease and even
diabetes.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of
breast-feeding for infants are numerous and well-known, but researchers
are finding more and more that breast-feeding can be a boon to mom's
health as well.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of
the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often
roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving
scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the
killing powers of medicine.
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:48pm
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A salad can be a delicious and healthy meal
or side item. But even a salad can become laden with calories with just a
few toppings and dressings.
