Health News - January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
- Study finds gritty air raises heart disease risk in older women
- Tweaking a gene could rebuild bone
- Doctors warn of poisoning from hand gels
- Exercise may neither help nor harm older knees
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
- Highway exhaust stunts lung growth, study finds
- First keyhole heart valve operation in UK
- LA to urge restaurants to ban trans fats
- Chinese herb may lower high blood pressure
- Diabetes linked to increase in kidney stones
Monday, January 29, 2007
- Scientists develop gene-activating technique
- A little sun might shield against skin cancer
- Women turn from exercise and dieting to liposuction
- Easier for brain-damaged smokers to quit
- Neurological disorders strike millions
Sunday, January 28, 2007
- New way to fight insomnia explored
- New food pyramid offers building blocks to good nutrition
- Study: half of Americans at risk of developing diabetes
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
- Triptans can ward off orgasmic headaches
- Stress in pregnancy can affect child's development
- Study: Most kids making bad health choices
- Large waist may predict poor lung function
- 5-in-1 vaccine gets U.S. health advisers' OK
- Smokers! Exercise reduces risk of lung cancer
Thursday, January 25, 2007
- Medium caffeine intake "does not affect pregnancy"
- Clot-buster drug safe for treating stroke, study says
- Weight loss improves heart function in obese
- Men with breast cancer risk second cancer, too
- Affluenza: Rampant consumerism erodes us
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
- Antidepressants Fight Heart Disease-Linked Depression
- Biggest threat to U.S. drinking water? Rust
- Analysis confirms ED drugs OK for diabetic men
- FDA panel probes birth control pill effectiveness
- Trans fat alternative may have its own problems
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
- Coffee may ease muscle pain
- Second face transplant carried out in France
- Quick flu tests help stop antibiotic overuse: study
- UK scientists find new way to treat inflammatory bowel disease
- Microwave sterilizes kitchen sponges, brushes
- Mineral shows promise on HIV
Monday, January 22, 2007
- Mom's stem cells might treat child's diabetes
- U.S. beats Europe in hypertension control, study says
- Antiepilepsy drug treats binge-eating disorder
- More U.S. students say bye to junk food
- No clear connection between mobile phone use, brain cancer
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
- Experts: Good heart health habits should start early
- Researchers discover why childhood trauma causes adulthood disease
Friday, January 19, 2007
- Brain study finds the stuff of daydreams
- Calcium during breast-feeding may guard mom's teeth
- Regular workouts can ward off fibroids
- Common cold remedy ingredient raises stroke risk
- Folate supplements improve cognitive function
Thursday, January 18, 2007
- Nicotine in cigarettes rising: Harvard study
- Suicide risk factors after depression vary by sex
- Diabetes pain drug may impair sugar control
- Tall pregnant women who exercise have lighter babies
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
- Gum disease and tooth loss boost pancreatic cancer risk
- Parasite infection might ease Multiple sclerosis
- Benzodiazepine does not cause hip fractures
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
- Growth hormone ineffective for anti-aging, studies say
- Small blood vessels linked to brain tumors
- Doctors offered electronic prescription system
- High uric acid levels linked to cognitive deficits
- Handbags a health hazard, women warned
Monday, January 15, 2007
- Doctors ignore sleep problems of elderly
- Chewing gum with natural appetite suppressant could treat obesity
- Researchers discover gene contributing to Alzheimer's obesity
- Drug combo may benefit heart-disease patients
- Can aspirin prevent asthma?
Sunday, January 14, 2007
- People make more food decisions than they think
- Small trial stirs hope for chronic fatigue patients
- Engineered chickens make cancer drugs
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
- Not overweight? you may still be 'fat'
- Trans fats may increase infertility
- Inflammatory genes linked to salt-sensitive hypertension
- Smoking may play role in knee osteoarthritis
- Prenatal antidepressants seem not to affect child
- Spinal manipulation may not be safe for children
- Cold medication could be fatal for infants: Probe
Thursday, January 11, 2007
- Telomeres may predict heart disease risk, study finds
- Mad cow-resistant cattle developed
- Influenza vaccination reduces pneumonia deaths
- Pfizer says considering OTC form of Viagra
- Women more likely to survive lung cancer
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
- Obesity operations jump in United States
- Levofloxacin works well for ear infections in kids
- Experimental drug tackles inherited high cholesterol
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
- Brain bleeds from blood thinner on the rise
- Beverage research tied to corporate dollars
- Milk in tea may hamper heart health benefits
- Test may identify heart attack, stroke risk
Monday, January 8, 2007
- Obesity can double prostate cancer death risk
- Prostate cancer: combo treatment works
- Lifestyle affects genetic propensity for age-related eye disorder
- Garlic shows no effect on heart disease
- Overweight girls risk obesity and heart disease as women
Sunday, January 7, 2007
- Japan scientists link strokes to gene variant
- Folic acid may slow age-related hearing loss
- Early kidney disease tied to frailty in elderly
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Friday, January 5, 2007
Thursday, January 4, 2007
- Could low-carb diets lead to birth defects?
- Mom's vitamin E linked to fetal growth
- Gender affects genes' influence on blood pressure
- Soap and water as good as sanitizers to clean hands
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
- Folic acid may slow age-related hearing loss
- Skin patch eases Parkinson's symptoms, study says
- Parkinson's drugs can cause heart damage - studies
- Salmonella risk from pet rodents
Tuesday, January 2, 2007