HealthDay - MONDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Findings from two studies of
men with diabetes add to the evidence that erectile dysfunction can be a
powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease. -- read full article
Tue, 20 May 2008 03:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - The U.S. Medicare program may expand
reimbursement for bariatric surgery for the obese, in light of
a study that found the treatment can help reverse diabetes, the
agency said on Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 21:59:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Woodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference.
AFP - Men from families where the women have high rates of breast cancer could face a heightened risk of prostate cancer, Australian researchers said Monday.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- If an expectant mother is
exposed to high levels of stress, her baby may be more likely to develop
asthma or allergies later in life, new research suggests. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 03:58:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 09:52:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Saw Htin's cheeks were wet with tears after waiting in line with hundreds of sick, desperate cyclone survivors. The 18-year-old mother clutched her wheezing baby boy.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who have a
vitamin D deficiency at the time of diagnosis are more likely to have a
recurrence or to die from their disease, a new study shows. -- read full article
Sat, 17 May 2008 03:47:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who had cancer as
children or teens are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease, a
new study found. -- read full article
Sat, 17 May 2008 03:46:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found — adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:56:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 22:22:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
