AFP - Smokers may increase their chances of contracting colon cancer by eating fruit and vegetables, according to a new Europe-wide scientific study said Wednesday.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The type of brain tumor
can determine whether entry through the nose or the eyebrow is the best
approach for minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery to remove the tumor, a
new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) Newer antipsychotic drugs
promote weight gain and lower levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol in
Alzheimer's patients, according to a new study of more than 400 elderly
patients. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- When military mothers are
away at war, their teenage children are more likely to slip into trouble,
from getting into fights to earning poor grades at school, a new study has
found. -- read full article
AP - A clothing company known for its racy ads is fighting a $10 million lawsuit brought by Woody Allen, arguing that it can't have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined it himself.
AP - President Barack Obama's top health care adviser said Wednesday a compromise is within reach on a government health plan for the middle class that wouldn't drive private insurers out of business. -- read full article
AP - The wife of a Massachusetts man whose tissue was donated for the nation's second face transplant said her husband told her before heart transplant surgery that he wanted to donate his organs if he didn't survive the operation. -- read full article
Reuters - There is limited evidence that homeopathic remedies ease the side effects of cancer treatments, but they at least seem to cause no serious adverse effects or drug interactions, according to a report published Tuesday. -- read full article
HealthDay - MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Depression increases the risk that
people with heart disease caused by blockage of coronary arteries will
develop heart failure, a new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drugs
Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil) didn't appear to damage vision
in men who took the medications daily for six months, according to a drug
company study. -- read full article
Reuters - Replacing sugar-laden drinks with water has a dramatic impact on the amount of calories kids consume and may help in the fight against childhood obesity, researchers report. -- read full article
AP - An experimental treatment that takes an entirely new approach to fighting prostate cancer extended survival in a late-stage study, its maker announced Tuesday. -- read full article
