AP - Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to — lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers," researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded. -- read full article
AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
AP - The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-rejection drugs given after
organ transplants may be the reason why 15 percent to 20 percent of
individuals who receive such transplants have a higher risk of developing
cancer within the next decade. -- read full article
Reuters - Scientists have identified the brain
circuits that play a key role in helping us pay attention, a
finding that may help explain why things go wrong in diseases
such as Alzheimer's and attention deficit disorders. -- read full article
AP - One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine
that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
may help boost a patient's immunity response and improve the outcome, a
new report says. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of
elderly patients on Medicare take a companion with them for routine
medical visits. -- read full article
Reuters - Children turn away from exercise in
droves in their early teen years after getting much more
exercise when they are younger, according to a study
spotlighting a factor in the rise of youth obesity. -- read full article
Reuters - Young sexually active people should get
themselves tested annually for the infection chlamydia and
again every time they change partner, the Health Protection
Agency said on Tuesday. -- read full article
Reuters - Obese women who carry most of their
extra weight around the stomach are 70 percent more likely to
develop pancreatic cancer, an international team of researchers
reported on Tuesday. -- read full article
AP - During the past two school years, teacher Julia Keyse had to enforce an unusual rule in her kindergarten and first-grade classroom: No interrupting while she pricked Caylee's finger to check her blood sugar and adjusted her insulin pump.
AP - An E. coli outbreak traced to recalled beef in Michigan and Ohio has spawned cases in three other states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. -- read full article
