AP - Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research. -- read full article
AP - Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia, a finding that could help open new doors to understanding and diagnosing the disease. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Men undergoing hormone
deprivation therapy to keep prostate cancer at bay may experience memory
loss and have trouble concentrating, a new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- High or low levels of the
hormone thyrotropin may be associated with an increased risk of
Alzheimer's disease in women. Thyrotropin affects thyroid gland function
and thyroid hormone levels. -- read full article
AFP - Smokers in Australia's biggest city, already hounded out of bars and restaurants, will now be banned from smoking in their own cars if children are passengers, authorities announced Wednesday.
AP - The nation's largest pediatricians' group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don't need heart screening with electrocardiogram tests, challenging advice from a leading heart doctors' association. -- read full article
AP - For the first time, an experimental drug shows promise for halting the progression of Alzheimer's disease by taking a new approach: breaking up the protein tangles that clog victims' brains. -- read full article
AP - Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Men undergoing hormone
deprivation therapy to keep prostate cancer at bay may experience memory
loss and have trouble concentrating, a new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- High or low levels of the
hormone thyrotropin may be associated with an increased risk of
Alzheimer's disease in women. Thyrotropin affects thyroid gland function
and thyroid hormone levels. -- read full article
AFP - US lawmakers agreed to ban the use of a group of chemicals in toys and other children's products that consumer groups say cause serious health effects, newspapers reported Tuesday.
