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| Heart Attack Risk: Does Having Sex Really Tax the Ol' Ticker? ABC News By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit It has become a Hollywood cliché -- the older man who clutches his chest and keels over mid-way through having sex -- but is it as real as people think? New research from Tufts Medical Center suggests that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AAAAI: Drug Speeds Up Milk Allergy Tx MedPage Today By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today SAN FRANCISCO -- "Rush" desensitization for food allergies may be feasible by toning down immune response with the monoclonal antibody omalizumab (Xolair), according to a proof-of-concept study. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As health-care law turns 1, supporters using occasion to shape its image Washington Post By Amy Goldstein and and NC Aizenman, Tuesday, March 22, 8:27 PM This week, a loose federation of left-leaning groups is convening nearly 200 gatherings to peddle the virtues of health-care reform. A women's speak-out in Philadelphia. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Disfigured in mishap, man gets full-face transplant Times of India AP | Mar 23, 2011, 06.06am IST BOSTON: A Texas construction worker horribly disfigured in a power line accident has undergone the United States's first full-face transplant in hopes of smiling again and feeling kisses from his 3-year-old daughter. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Overweight Americans May Mean Changes to Bus Safety Rules TIME "This change is really just a bow to reality. With no small number of bus passengers tipping the scale at 200 pounds or more, this is much more realistic." —JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN, bus ridership researcher and director of the Chaddick Institute for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trauma Patients Seem More Likely to Survive on Weekends U.S. News & World Report TUESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Trauma injury patients who arrive at the hospital on the weekend or a weeknight are no more likely to die than those who arrive on a weekday, a new study has found. The findings contrast with previous research that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Keep Kids in Rear-Facing Car Seats Until 2, Experts Say BusinessWeek By Jenifer Goodwin MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children are best kept in rear-facing car seats until age two or until they have reached the height and weight maximums set by the car seat manufacturer, according to new recommendations from a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 40% of Gastric Banding Patients Have Complications BusinessWeek By Alan Mozes MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- While the majority of morbidly obese patients who undergo gastric banding say they are generally satisfied years later, almost 40 percent are saddled with major complications, while about half have to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Richer White Women More Prone to Melanoma, Study Finds BusinessWeek By Maureen Salamon MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Affluent young white women -- who presumably have more opportunities for tanning -- are nearly six times as likely to develop the lethal skin cancer melanoma as their poorest counterparts, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pressure to Look Young May Be Sending More Men to Plastic Surgeons BusinessWeek By Steven Reinberg MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- More American men seem to be lining up for facelifts, Botox injections, nose jobs and liposuction than ever before. A new report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that the number ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Transgender New Yorkers sue over birth certificates Reuters By Aman Ali NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of transgender residents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against New York City over what they say are burdensome requirements for them to change the gender on their birth certificates. The city's birth certificate ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Long-Term Tamoxifen Lowers Breast CA Recurrence Risk Doctors Lounge Women with breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a lower risk of recurrence or contralateral breast cancer 15 years after starting treatment as compared to women who take the drug for two years, and they may also have a lower ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| At 5: Diabetes Alert Day Today's THV Severe weather season has begun in Arkansas and one way to be prepared is with ... Entergy Arkansas says 942 customers are still without power after a storm ... Little Rock - (KTHV-TV)-- In an effort to stop diabetes, the Amercan Diabetes Association ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| W Michigan medical school receives $100M donation BusinessWeek Unidentified benefactors have given Western Michigan University a $100 million donation to launch a private medical school, the Kalamazoo institution announced Tuesday. University President John Dunn said it's the one of the 10 largest cash donations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Use of fibrates to lower cholesterol growing despite mounting evidence they ... Los Angeles Times By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times The use of fibrates and fenofibrates to reduce cholesterol levels has grown sharply in the United States over the past decade, despite mounting evidence that the drugs provide little benefit, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FDA advisory panel suggests banning menthol cigarettes Hilltop Views A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged a ban on menthol cigarettes because they believe a ban would be beneficial to public health. Research done by the Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory Committee over the past year has concluded that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NJ medicinal marijuana program takes huge step forward Asbury Park Press TRENTON — Its rules are not yet finalized, and perhaps still subject to being overturned by the state Legislature, but New Jersey's medicinal marijuana program took a significant step this week with the approval of six treatment centers. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| St. Jude shares rise ahead of heart device launch BusinessWeek Shares of medical device maker St. Jude Medical rose Thursday after an analyst said the company's forthcoming heart defibrillator could be the most important heart-pacing device in a decade. JP Morgan analyst Michael Weinstein said in a note that St. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Newborn Screenings May Miss Hearing Loss in Some Kids BusinessWeek MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Newborn hearing screenings don't detect all children at risk for hearing loss, a new study finds. Researchers in Illinois examined data from 391 children who received cochlear implants in the state from 1991 to 2008 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spring Pollen Troubles Allergy Sufferers WXIA-TV ATLANTA -- The pollen count in metro Atlanta has skyrocketed with the arrival of spring, making life miserable for people who suffer from seasonal allergies. "It's pretty bad. But you learn to cope with it. And take your medicine," said Mary Preston as ... See all stories on this topic » |
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