HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with bipolar disorder
are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts
General Hospital (MGH) study that supports previous research. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:46:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:14:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of
liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis,
or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Few nursing home patients at
high risk of bone fractures are given medications to strengthen
their bones, a new study suggests. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:26:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Adequate sun exposure and
vitamin D levels may play an important role in helping to prevent type 1
diabetes in children, a new study suggests. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with bipolar disorder
are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts
General Hospital (MGH) study that supports previous research. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have
started a safety review of a class of drugs known as tumor necrosis factor
(TNF) blockers, which are widely prescribed to treat autoimmune disorders
such as rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's
disease. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:47:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - In a study of elderly nursing
home patients, those who took medications for dementia called
cholinesterase inhibitors and medications for incontinence
called anticholinergics at the same time had a 50 percent
faster decline in function than those who were being treated
only for dementia. -- read full article
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:27:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Cooling the brain after a
traumatic brain injury may not help improve neurological outcomes and
might even increase mortality. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:47:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Your nerves, rather than
your eating habits, may have a more direct role in whether you are fat or
thin, according to new research. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:47:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Drugmaker Merck & Co. is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Federal regulators are investigating whether a group of best-selling arthritis drugs made by Abbott Laboratories, Schering-Plough Corp. and other companies heighten the risk of cancer in youngsters. -- read full article
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a disturbing trend. -- read full article
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:43:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
