AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:06:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation that affects
how the body responds when a person smells or tastes food may play a role
in the development of type 2 diabetes in some people, U.S. researchers
report. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The recent approval of a
new, more broadly effective pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) for young
children could greatly reduce the prevalence of pneumococcal disease in
that age group, a new government report suggests. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become "a hugely expensive public health disaster," its discoverer said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A knee replacement can help
improve an elderly person's balance, according to a new study. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Time.com - In a new report on pregnancy andchildbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health care crisisin this country as part of a systemic violation of women's rights -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:35:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity plus daily
drinking boosts the risk of liver disease in men and women, researchers
report in two new studies. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A sinus headache usually is caused when the
air-filled cavities around your nose, eyes and cheeks become congested and
inflamed. Doctors call this condition sinusitis. -- read full article
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:49:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation that affects
how the body responds when a person smells or tastes food may play a role
in the development of type 2 diabetes in some people, U.S. researchers
report. -- read full article
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:02:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended. -- read full article
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The recent approval of a
new, more broadly effective pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) for young
children could greatly reduce the prevalence of pneumococcal disease in
that age group, a new government report suggests. -- read full article
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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. -- read full article
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- A knee replacement can
help improve an elderly person's balance, according to a new study. -- read full article
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
