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    Doctors say Woods should recover from injuries (AP)

    In this June 13, 2008 file photo, Tiger Woods grimaces after hitting from the rough on the first fairway during the second round of the US Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a left knee that will require more surgery, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday June 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Doctors who treat the kinds of knee and leg injuries that ended Tiger Woods' victorious season have one word for his U.S. Open victory — remarkable.


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    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:17:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    CDC recommends lead testing on some turf fields (AP)
    AP - The federal Centers for Disease Control has recommended that some artificial turf athletic fields be tested for lead. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:51:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO says China needs mental health care (AP)

    A journalist, center, surrounded by parents, argues with a police officer, back to camera, after she received a warrant notice requesting to leave the collapsed Wufu primary school in Wufu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 20, 2008. Upset parents of children who died in a primary school that collapsed during China's massive earthquake last month gathered at the school Friday to await a government answer on its construction. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China faces growing demand for mental health care in the aftermath of last month's devastating earthquake, which killed at least 70,000 people and left millions homeless, the World Health Organization said Friday.


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    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:10:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV (AP)
    AP - Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:33:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with high blood levels of vitamin D boost their survival odds by 48 percent, a new study suggests. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:02:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Medicare spells out rights of hospice patients (Reuters)
    Reuters - Terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries have the right to decide how they receive end-of-life care, according to new regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Stretch Marks (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Stretch marks, often the result of rapid stretching of the skin, are most commonly associated with pregnancy. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:02:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: June 19, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:02:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Australians more obese than Americans, study finds (AFP)

    An obese man walks through Sydney. A study from the Baker Heart Institute has warned that Australia has a higher proportion of obese people than the United States, with the health system facing a AFP - Australia has a higher proportion of obese people than the United States, with the health system facing a "fat bomb" unless action is taken, a study warned Thursday.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:17:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Cindy McCain has harsh words for Myanmar's leaders (AP)

    Cindy McCain, wife of Republican Sen. John McCain, right, meets with Phuoc Thi Le, center, during her visit to an Operation Smile mission at Da Khoa Tinh Khanh Hoa General Hospital in Nha Trang,Vietnam, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Cindy helped Le, who has facial deformity, to bring to Phoenix for surgery in 1997. Le's father Le Van Tan, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Cindy McCain harshly criticized Myanmar's military junta Thursday while vowing to make improving human rights there a priority if she becomes America's next first lady.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:13:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive procedure normally used to treat liver cancer also holds promise for lung cancer patients, according to a new study. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    HIV Tests Cost-Effective for Some Seniors (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- While older adults may seem the least likely group of Americans to become infected with HIV, a new study suggests it would be cost-effective for doctors to routinely give AIDS tests to some sexually active people in their 60s and 70s. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Pregnancy Affects the Skin (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy affects much of your body, even your skin. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: June 18, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Testosterone gel benefits some men with diabetes (Reuters)
    Reuters - Men with type 2 diabetes or the metabolic syndrome, or both, are prone to have low testosterone levels. If so, testosterone replacement therapy with a gel applied to the skin may improve their response to insulin and their sexual function, according to the results of a new clinical trial. -- read full article
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:38:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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