| Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given |
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
Updated: 06:06 PM
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| Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section |
Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
Updated: 05:39 PM
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| Study: those who stay fit have longer sex lives |
It seems the old cliche may be true.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Brazil’s Silva quits smoking after 50 years |
Brazil’s president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.
Updated: 11:07 AM
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| Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening |
Eleven days after her son Benjamin’s birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
Updated: 10:06 AM
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| UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015 |
The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.
Updated: 03:09 PM
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| Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow |
The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
Updated: 04:36 AM
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| WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination |
The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
Updated: 12:06 PM
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| FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico’s government sent inspectors across the island Thursday to stop stores from selling locally produced hand sanitizers tainted with a dangerous bacteria.
Updated: 05:36 AM
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| Gene test claims to show what diet works best |
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That’s the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
Updated: 05:08 PM
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| Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut |
Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| WHO: Korean cooperation boosting health in north |
North Koreans are getting better medical treatment as the result of a joint program between the two Koreas that has trained thousands of doctors, provided modern equipment and renovated hospitals, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Updated: 10:36 AM
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| Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests |
Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer |
For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found.
Updated: 05:37 PM
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| Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer |
A study suggests that an experimental drug may modestly extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments.
Updated: 05:37 PM
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| Should men be tested for prostate cancer? |
The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. Some questions and answers:
Updated: 05:08 PM
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| More than one way to trim health coverage premiums |
Skyrocketing premiums have stunned some consumers who buy their own health insurance policies. People in several corners of the country are facing increases of 20 percent or more from some insurers.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan |
Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world’s second highest maternal death rate.
Updated: 03:37 PM
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| Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo |
Restaurants and office buildings in China’s commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo.
Updated: 11:07 AM
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| Scientists try to break fat-and-disease link |
What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key.
Updated: 05:05 AM
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There's a new training device for high school hockey players to help them improve their crossover stride. It's called the fly-wheel
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