Reuters - New research indicates that
problems associated with being overweight occur at a much
younger age than previously thought. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:43:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over age 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised on a hotly debated topic. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:55:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of
cancer patients use complementary therapies such as prayer, relaxation,
meditation and massage, researchers from the American Cancer Society
report. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:46:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Immunotherapy shows promise in
treating children with high-risk sarcomas, according to a U.S. National
Institute of Health pilot study. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:46:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Getting too little sleep or
not spending enough time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is associated
with being overweight among children and teens, a new U.S. study. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:46:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. psychiatrists. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:06:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:33:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Many immigrant children get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. Plenty of earlier evidence shows that U.S. children are pretty inactive. The new study of nearly 70,000 children simply found even lower levels of activity among immigrants. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:35:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin — a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye.
AP - Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:39:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of
cancer patients use complementary therapies such as prayer, relaxation,
meditation and massage, researchers from the American Cancer Society
report. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Immunotherapy shows promise in
treating children with high-risk sarcomas, according to a U.S. National
Institute of Health pilot study. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Erectile dysfunction may be a
feature of normal aging in men, while urinary or bowel function
doesn't necessarily decline with age, according to a Dutch
study. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:22:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
