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.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If your child has an uncomfortable sunburn,
here are suggestions to help it heal and to soothe the youngster's pain,
courtesy of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital:
Give the child a cool bath.
Apply a cool compress.
Apply a moisturizer, aloe or hydrocortisone cream. Avoid products with
Benadryl or benzocaine to minimize the risk of a reaction.
Give the child acetaminophen or ibuprofen for pain.
Leave any blisters alone to reduce risk of infection. Do not try to
pop or drain them.
Keep the child out of the sun until the burn heals. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:02:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Scientists experimenting with genetically-modified mice said on Wednesday they had unveiled a molecular pathway that helps explain drug addiction and appetite.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Gene therapy may be a way to
treat erectile dysfunction in men who do not respond to pills such as
Viagra, researchers report. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 03:47:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AFP - Child obesity is ballooning into a big problem in China as 'little emperors' are increasingly getting an appetite for the Western couch-potato way of life, according to a study presented in Geneva.
AP - Google's online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public Monday, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns.
AP - A malignant glioma — the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — is the worst kind of brain cancer. Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim — few live three years and for the worst subtype, half die within a year.
AFP - Deaths from road accidents, cancer and heart disease are set to soar over the next 20 years as the developing world's populations get richer and live longer, according to a study out this week.
AFP - Kindergartens in the Chinese city worst hit by a viral outbreak preying on children will reopen next month with the epidemic judged to be under control, state media said Tuesday.
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.
