Tuesday, March 17, 2009

3/17 Yahoo! News: Health News




'Watchful Waiting' Safe With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 11:47 pm

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Refusing immediate treatment can be safe for men with low-risk prostate cancer if they're closely monitored, new research finds.

Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 11:47 pm

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs may prevent long-term damage from traumatic brain injury, suggests a study of mice by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers.

Child's Food Allergies Take Toll on Family Plans (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 11:47 pm

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Two new reports show that food allergies can be a burden on a family's finances and even its vacation plans.

Clinical Trials Update: March 16, 2009 (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 11:47 pm

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

More evidence links diabetes to Alzheimer's risk (AP)
March 16, 2009 at 9:05 pm

AP - You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.

Pancreas cancer surgery outcome worse with obesity (Reuters)
March 16, 2009 at 4:49 pm

Reuters - People who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer and are classified as obese don't live as long as those who are not obese, according to a new report.

Brain scans spot changes linked to Alzheimer's (Reuters)
March 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Reuters - Certain patterns of brain shrinkage seen on MRI scans foreshadow the development of Alzheimer's disease, investigators report.

Clinical Trials Update: March 16, 2009 (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

'Watchful Waiting' Safe With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 4:02 pm

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Refusing immediate treatment can be safe for men with low-risk prostate cancer if they're closely monitored, new research finds.

More evidence links diabetes to Alzheimer's risk (AP)
March 16, 2009 at 3:53 pm

AP - You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.

German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports (AFP)
March 16, 2009 at 9:36 am

German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients such as the herb tribulus terrestris that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.(AFP/OFF)AFP - German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.


Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 9:02 am

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs may prevent long-term damage from traumatic brain injury, suggests a study of mice by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers.

Child's Food Allergies Take Toll on Family Plans (HealthDay)
March 16, 2009 at 9:02 am

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Two new reports show that food allergies can be a burden on a family's finances and even its vacation plans.

Possible therapy takes bite out of peanut allergy (AP)
March 16, 2009 at 7:53 am

AP - A handful of children once severely allergic to peanuts now can munch them without worry. Scientists retrained their bodies to tolerate peanuts by feeding them tiny amounts of the very food that endangered them.

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS (AP)
March 16, 2009 at 7:21 am

AP - A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3 percent of residents in the nation's capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise.

U.S. program aims to help babies beat obesity odds (Reuters)
March 16, 2009 at 3:58 am

Reuters - Elena Nieves hardly looks like a poster girl for an obesity program for pregnant moms.


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