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Updated : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:53 GMT
Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP)
AP - 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.
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:22:26 GMT
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:37 GMT
NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity (AFP)
AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:27:14 GMT
Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya (AFP)
AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:03:20 GMT
Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
AP - 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.
Publ.Date : Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:15:30 GMT
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
AP - 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.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:04:34 GMT
Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:40 GMT
As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:37 GMT
Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest risk of developing the disease, a new report finds.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:53 GMT
WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:15:26 GMT
Obesity and Depression: A Vicious Circle? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a back-and-forth link between depression and obesity, say researchers who reviewed the findings of 15 studies that included nearly 59,000 people.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:51:23 GMT
Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood (AP)
AP - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:12:07 GMT
Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity' (Reuters)
Reuters - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:40 GMT
Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S. (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:49:27 GMT
Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:52 GMT
Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:47 GMT
Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:44 GMT
Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut (AP)
AP - Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:49:46 GMT
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