AFP - Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world AIDS conference said Thursday.
AP - Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish. -- read full article
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:38:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
AP - A new study calls into question the use of two common infertility treatments for couples who have unexplained problems having children. -- read full article
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:27:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Shelley Volz, now 59, got
the news about her breast cancer diagnosis 10 years ago, right before she
was headed from San Francisco to New York for the wedding of her younger
brother. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:02:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - Parents of children with type 1
diabetes are particularly concerned about the complications of
the disease, new research shows. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:14:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Physical activity can
reduce the risk of colon cancer, but few American adults are aware of
this, a new study shows. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:46:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Light to moderate exercise --
just walking a few blocks or even dancing -- can help prevent the abnormal
heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation in those most vulnerable to it --
older people, a new study finds. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:46:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- While poor eye contact has
long been a suspected sign of possible autism, researchers at Yale
University have used "eye-mapping technology" to prove that children with
autism don't make eye contact like normally developing children do. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:46:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Reuters - If the trends of the past three
decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could
be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study
projects.
AP - The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. -- read full article
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:20:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Physical activity can
reduce the risk of colon cancer, but few American adults are aware of
this, a new study shows. -- read full article
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:02:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
