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| School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity (HealthDay)
March 30, 2009 at 11:47 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness programs in schools improve many aspects of children's health, but they don't appear to combat obesity, a new study in the Canadian medical publication CMAJ shows. |
| Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:37 pm
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|  AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate. Not to fear. Working through small puncture holes, doctors sealed off Darker's liver and washed most of the toxic medication from his blood so it didn't poison the rest of his body.
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| Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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|  AP - It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs — everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form.
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| Calif., federal officials probe pistachio plant (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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| | AP - Food safety officials said Monday they were investigating a central California plant that processed pistachios tied to nationwide recalls of trail mix and bagged nuts because of possible salmonella contamination. |
| School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity (HealthDay)
March 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| | HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness programs in schools improve many aspects of children's health, but they don't appear to combat obesity, a new study in the Canadian medical publication CMAJ shows. |
| Multiple sclerosis may lead to lower cancer risk (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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| | Reuters - People with multiple sclerosis may have a lower risk of cancer, possibly because of lifestyle changes they make after they are diagnosed with the neurological condition, researchers said on Monday. |
| AMA seeks probe of journal editors' actions (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 4:05 pm
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| | AP - The American Medical Association is seeking an investigation of claims that editors of its leading medical journal threatened a whistleblower who pointed out a researcher's conflict of interest. |
| Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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| | AP - A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent both heart disease and stroke. |
| FDA: Bristol-Myers diabetes drug appears safe (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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| | AP - A potential blockbuster diabetes medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb appears free from heart-related side effects that have plagued similar treatments, federal health officials said Monday. |
| Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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| AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate. |
| Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 11:20 am
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| | Reuters - Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for becoming overweight in the years after surgery, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. |  |
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