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Disease, medicine, aids, health care researchFriday, September 3BEIJING, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Authorities in China allegedly covered up the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in cooking oil for five months, an Internet watchdog site said. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A water-cooling tower was the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, a military spokesman said. NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- An unusually high number of mosquitoes in New York City are testing positive for West Nile virus and health officials advise taking precautions to avoid bites. |
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| Thursday, September 2FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor says he is against using antibiotics long-term or intravenously for chronic Lyme disease. HOUSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An ancient herbal remedy whose active ingredient is the main constituent of a modern diabetes drug may help combat cancer, two U.S. studies show. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A new smoking law in Vancouver, Canada, bans lighting up in 244 parks and various other outdoor public places, but not everyone is complying. ATLANTA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The making of antibiotics, officially dated to 1928 and the discovery of penicillin, was common practice more than 1,400 years ago, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is being urged to take a diet drug off the market because it allegedly raises the risk of heart attack, officials said. BRINDISI, Italy, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The heart attack rate among young women rose in Italy by almost 30 percent from 2001 and 2005, researchers say. MADRID, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A meta-analysis by researchers in Spain indicates selenium may help decrease bladder cancer risk. |
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| Wednesday, September 1LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Elimination of the smallpox vaccine in 1980 because the disease had ended has allowed a related virus -- human monkeypox -- to thrive, U.S. researchers say. UTRECHT, Netherlands, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Quitting smoking is the best way to prevent lung cancer but eating a variety of vegetables may help decrease lung cancer risk, Dutch researchers say. NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New York residents should expect to be routinely offered a voluntary HIV test when receiving healthcare, health officials say. HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Men who complain of chronic insomnia and who sleep less than 6 hours a night have an increased risk of dying, U.S. researchers say. BOSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor suggests teens wishing to lose weight consider getting enough sleep -- 8 hours or more a night. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Canadian Judicial Council says a complaint has been filed against an associate chief justice alleging she engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior. DENVER, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A former Colorado college athlete who pleaded guilty to faking cancer and duping donors out of more than $30,000 will spend 36 days in jail, documents show. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A new map of human genetic variations will help researchers in studies aimed at finding genetic variants associated with complex diseases, U.S. scientists say. RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Before children start school, a U.S. doctor says they should get an eye exam, a dental cleaning and get the recommended immunizations. CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- School districts in at least five states have banned bracelets meant to raise awareness of and money for breast cancer. MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A faulty water system at a Miami luxury hotel probably caused an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease that killed an English tourist last year, officials said. NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- What began as an irritating sore throat turned out to be Stage 4 throat cancer, U.S. actor Michael Douglass revealed on "The Late Show with David Letterman." CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The most needy and least helped of the U.S. disadvantaged are most likely to be African-American men, researchers suggest. |
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| Tuesday, August 31ATLANTA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston completed a Phase I safety trial studying a heart failure drug for treatment of cocaine, researchers say. NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A judge Tuesday ordered former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's daughter to do community service for her shoplifting attempt earlier this month. DALLAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The average U.S. adult eats about 1.5 teaspoons of salt a day, more than twice the recommended amount, a U.S. professor of clinical nutrition says. AURORA, Colo., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Silicone oil applied inside the eye can block up to 55 percent of harmful radiation to prevent blindness in patients with eye cancer, a U.S. researcher says. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. seniors in Medicare Part D get their $250 "doughnut hole" checks in the mail, and people who say they can help get the checks are scammers, AARP warns. ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility, a U.S. group of physicians and infection preventionists says. HOUSTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A new method to treat heart failure is being tried with a device implanted to electrically stimulate parts of a patient's spinal cord, Texas doctors say. DALLAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Some U.S. schools are banning peanuts and peanut butter from school lunches but a Dallas nutrition expert says other nut butters can be used as substitutes. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say vitamin D may help treat and prevent allergic reaction to mold in cystic fibrosis patients. LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Fibers from broccoli and plantain may help curb development of Crohn's disease, researchers in Britain suggest. |
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| Monday, August 30EXETER, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A supplement that increases nitric oxide can increase athletic endurance, British researchers have learned. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden and Bangladesh have linked depression and anxiety during pregnancy to low birth weight. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says mothers who don't breastfeed their children may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, than mothers who do breastfeed. LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Federal inspectors found widespread evidence of rodents and other filth at nine Iowa farms where a half billion recalled eggs were produced, records show. RENO, Nev., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An estimated 2,500 people pelted each other with ammunition from a pile of 150,000 ripe tomatoes in a food fight for charity, observers in Reno, Nev., said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An expansion of the list of disabilities linked to Agent Orange exposure among U.S. Vietnam veterans is creating controversy, observers say. BALTIMORE, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Baltimore area hospital is turning its back on patients who had coronary stents wrongly implanted, patients' attorneys said. TUCSON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A new battery of tests taking only 2 hours can assess the best drug and behavioral help for children with Down syndrome, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Sunday, August 29CLEVELAND, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Bob Feller, whose pitching prowess with the Cleveland Indians led him to baseball's Hall of Fame, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the team says. LONDON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Pop singer George Michael says he secretly enrolled in a 14-day drug detoxification program after smashing his car into a London storefront. DENVER, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas-Milwaukee flight had to land in Denver when a passenger died of a heart attack on board, a Denver International Airport spokeswoman said. WYALUSING, Pa., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania company is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26, federal officials said Saturday. |
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| Saturday, August 28SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- San Diego doctors say a patient awaiting a kidney transplant has a new organ after his wife donated hers -- but to a stranger, not to her husband. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma man has received a double hand transplant in an operation lasting more than 17 hours, hospital officials say. ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. patients who acquired infections while hospitalized had to stay an average of 19 days longer than those who didn't get an infection, officials say. CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active but their activity might not be very rewarding, U.S. researchers suggest. WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Secondhand smoke triggers a complex inflammatory response and inflammation is linked to heart disease, diabetes and other diseases, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Friday, August 27LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Belgian researchers have linked oxytocin -- dubbed the "love hormone" or "liquid trust" -- to increased trust, but not to gullibility. FUKUOKA, Japan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A researcher in Japan has linked insulin resistance in diabetes and the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. BELTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Cinnamon extracts -- a water soluble extract of cinnamon -- may reduce diabetes and heart attack risks by lowering glucose levels, a U.S. researcher says. YIWU, China, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration has drafted a plan to monitor the safety of cosmetics and beauty products, an official said Friday. ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The incidence of cancer fatalities in a heavily industrialized area of southern Greece is higher than in the surrounding region, health authorities say. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist has made a key discovery about the West Nile virus that could lead to success in the battle against the disease, researchers say. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An Oregon judge refuses to return an 8-month-old girl to her parents, who face charges of failing to provide adequate medical care for her, officials say. ATLANTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Barbados mother who took her cancer-stricken daughter to an Atlanta hospital for treatment, and has stayed with her, could be sent home, officials said. PONTIAC, Mich., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Michigan lawmen have raided two medical marijuana dispensaries and made 15 arrests on charges of illegal drug sales. CLEVELAND, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The first U.S. face transplant recipient has had a final surgery, the last of 30 procedures to rebuild her skull and give her a reason to smile, doctors say. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A dietary supplement marketed for sexual enhancement contains an active drug ingredient that may dangerously lower blood pressure, U.S. officials say. |
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| Thursday, August 26MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. and British researchers say they have succeeded in resetting the 24-hour body clock in mice. LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A survey of British doctors indicates their religious beliefs influenced end-of-life decisions of their patients. MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Dutch researcher says up to 25 percent of patients report more physical and other problems a year after surgery than before. DARMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- German pop star Nadja Benaissa, who was found guilty of infecting a former sexual partner with the HIV virus, has received a two-year suspended sentence. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Chicken feed at two Iowa egg farms may have been contaminated with salmonella after heat treatment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old Missouri boy has become the first person in the United States to be kept alive by a new type of artificial lung, doctors say. ATLANTA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- From the 1976-1977 influenza season to the 2006-2007 season, some 3,000 to 49,000 have died annually from influenza in the United States, health officials say. PHOENIX, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian man has been sentenced to almost three years in a U.S. prison for selling what he claimed was an experimental cancer drug on the Internet. ONTARIO, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. supermarket chain and two egg distributors recalled eggs from an Iowa egg producer after salmonella was confirmed in its eggs, the producer said. BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Doctors in Argentina say they've removed a tumor weighing 50 pounds from the uterus of a 54-year-old woman. TUCSON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- David Archuleta, Enrique Iglesias and Lynyrd Skynryd have signed up to perform on Jerry Lewis' U.S. Labor Day telethon, 21 1/2 hours long, organizers said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Shell eggs subject to a huge recall are reaching U.S. consumers via facilities that pasteurize the eggs to get rid of any possible salmonella, officials said. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Male rats exposed in vitro to low doses of widely used herbicide are more likely than others to develop prostate inflammation, U.S. researchers say. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- People with migraines with aura -- temporary visual or sensory disturbances -- have an increased risk of heart disease or stroke, researchers in Iceland say. |
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| Wednesday, August 25DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says two new nuclear-based breast imaging exams increase cancer risk. BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An experimental drug treatment for advanced melanoma, a disease that often kills sufferers within nine months, has encouraged medical professionals, they say. BALTIMORE, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Research into just what insects find so "repellent" about insect repellents could reduce the spread of diseases, U.S. scientists say. REGINA, Saskatchewan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Canada is considering clinical trials of the "liberation procedure," a treatment for multiple sclerosis that involves opening veins in the neck. BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher explains how cranberry compounds may help prevent urinary tract infections. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan's attorney says the U.S. actress will undergo rigorous outpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction now that she is out of rehab. ATLANTA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Every 10 seconds, someone is treated in a U.S. hospital for a vehicle crash injury and 40,000 die each year from these injuries, health officials say. BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Cancer research advocates say the death a year ago Wednesday of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has left a deep void in Congress. DALLAS, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina or man-made disasters like the Oklahoma bombing are life changing but are worst for the disabled, U.S. researchers say. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials urge everyone age 6 months and older to get an influenza shot, which contains vaccine against H1N1 and two other strains of flu. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Rectal cancer rates are increasing in people age 40 and under across races and in both sexes, U.S. researchers said. BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Blueberries, strawberries and acai berries activate a natural brain mechanism to clean up proteins linked to memory loss in the elderly, U.S. researchers say. GREIFSWALD, Germany, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Businesses that supply alcohol-based hand disinfectants and urge employees to use them increase productivity by helping reduce illness, German researchers say. |
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| Tuesday, August 24LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- John Lithgow says his "Dexter" co-star, U.S. actor Michael C. Hall, is doing very well in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma. GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest blood pressure drugs may help fight frailty in the elderly. WARWICK, England, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Higher glucose levels in people with diabetes can form a sugar coating smothering the mechanisms the body used to fight infections, a British researcher says. TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A researcher in Taipei says nicotine may play a role in promoting breast cancer. RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Abortion rights organizations say a legal opinion by the Virginia attorney general could prompt the shutdown of most of the state's abortion clinics. ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Children age 6 and older who squint or who have crossed eyes are less likely than others to be invited to birthday parties, researchers in Switzerland say. BOSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging may help detect suspected child abuse in infants, U.S. researchers suggest. SEATTLE, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Alcohol -- a risk factor overall for breast cancer -- increases the risk of some types of breast cancer, but not all types, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Monday, August 23LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Vitamin D deficiency is known to increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases, and British researchers say a study dramatically highlights that fact. CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Some 5 million U.S. men suffer from male menopause -- fatigue, mood swings, less sex desire, hair loss, lack of focus and weight gain, researchers say. BOSTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Tick-borne Lyme disease is being reported in areas of Massachusetts where cases were considered rare 10 years ago, health officials said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday more egg recalls may be necessary in the face of salmonella outbreaks. EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher says breast cancer survivors need not fear air travel because of fear of lymphedema -- swelling in the arm. CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Less than half of U.S. hospitals screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a strain of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, researchers say. |
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| Sunday, August 22MCMINNVILLE, Ore., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Ten Oregon high school football players were hospitalized Sunday after being stricken with "compartment syndrome," doctors said. BALTIMORE, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors say they are concerned about a shortage of imported radioactive material used to diagnose heart conditions and other problems. DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Some Iowa officials say a huge egg farm at the center of an ongoing nationwide recall has been improving its operations in recent years. DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- An analysis of blood samples shows lower levels of folate -- a B vitamin -- was linked to symptoms of dementia and poor brain function, U.S. researchers say. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- European countries with high rates of walking and cycling have fewer obese people than Australia and the United States, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Saturday, August 21BRAMPTON, Ontario, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ontario officials say they have confirmed the province's first case of the so-called superbug NDM-1, as a hospital patient tested positive for the bacteria. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Danny DeVito will fill in for his friend Michael Douglas at the Zurich Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter said. NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An infrequent cigarette, or being exposed to secondhand smoke, may be doing more harm than people think, U.S. researchers found. NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor urges parents to check their child's immunization and follow the 5-2-1-0 rule -- to eat healthy, exercise and limit screen time. |
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| Friday, August 20SEOUL, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Knee implants tailored for women do not perform any better than standard implants, a South Korean researcher says. SEOUL, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Binge drinking is unhealthy for anyone but for men with high blood pressure it can increase the risk of death or stroke, South Korean researchers say. MILTON, Ontario, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman accused of scamming people out of money by telling them she had terminal cancer was freed on $5,000 bail Friday, authorities said. LEICESTER, England, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Green leafy vegetables may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers in Britain suggest. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- One of the lessons from last year's Fort Hood, Texas, shooting is that commanders should learn the symptoms of potential workplace violence, a study says. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The makers of the antidepressant drug Cymbalta have narrowly won approval from a U.S. panel to market it for some chronic pain conditions, officials said. NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Dead, "junk" genes in the human genome sequence can come to life, researchers say, to cause one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A specialized Iyengar yoga program for women receiving breast cancer treatment makes a positive difference in their recovery, Canadian researchers say. AMERICAN FORK, Utah, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. law enforcement officials say a vast online network has provided illicit prescription drugs on at least 200 Web sites. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. government will overhaul its strategy for preparing for public health emergencies, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced. BOSTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Eating one to two servings of high-quality dark chocolate per week was linked to lower risks of heart failure, U.S researchers found. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Energy drinks can contain as much as 505 milligrams of caffeine in a single container, or the equivalent of 14 cans of Coca-Cola, U.S. researchers say. ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The injury rate for children ages 4-6 in motor vehicle crashes dropped by 18 percent after New York state began requiring booster seats in 2005, officials say. |
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| Thursday, August 19ATLANTA, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. teen vaccination rates, though improved, leave a lot to be desired, so if teens are uninsured parents should ask about free vaccines, officials say. NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An unidentified Phish fan suffered massive head trauma when he plunged 25 feet from a balcony at New York's Jones Beach theater during a concert, police said. MILTON, Ontario, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A man said Thursday he intends to post bond for a Canadian woman accused of faking terminal cancer to scam people for money, officials said. ATLANTA, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- High school athletes are sidelined 9,000 days a year, with football in August accounting for most heat-related illness, U.S. health officials say. BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A pit bull alarming passers-by was just protecting its owner who had suffered a heart attack on the sidewalk and died, police in Washington state said. ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Many elderly U.S. cancer patients were not given a drug that could improve chances of survival sixfold out of concern for minor side effects, a study says. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded a recall of eggs possibly tainted with salmonella to 380 million eggs packaged under 19 name brands. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Ohio officials say they want a commercial agricultural pesticide approved for home use against bedbugs, but U.S. officials say it's unsafe for children. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Proposed safety upgrades for the U.S. helicopter air ambulance industry are generating controversy because of costs, experts say. NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A popular movie theater in New York's Times Square reopened after being sprayed for bedbugs as the city seeks to wipe out the elusive parasites. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong and Fran Drescher are to take part in the upcoming Stand Up to Cancer fundraiser, organizers said. BALTIMORE, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Trauma center treatment is expensive but the benefits, in terms of lives saved and quality of life-years gained, outweigh the costs, a U.S. researcher says. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Childless couples have a lower quality of life after fertility treatments than parents with children and no infertility problems, Swedish researchers say. BOSTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Eating red meat and processed meats like bacon sharply increased heart disease risk in women, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Wednesday, August 18BOSTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Women who have a high risk of psoriasis may consider avoiding higher intake of non-light beer, U.S. researchers suggest. BOSTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Twenty percent of U.S. teens suffer from hearing loss with the number jumping by about 30 percent in a decade, U.S. researchers found. DENVER, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Denver is hearing the case of a U.S. military veteran seeking millions in damages after a clamp was left in his chest during heart surgery. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say a multi-state investigation has been launched into an outbreak of salmonella infections linked to eggs that have since been recalled. NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Oral contraceptives work well in overweight and obese women, refuting a long-held view the pill may not be reliable for the overweight, U.S. researchers say. RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- An antidepressant can alleviate symptoms of major depression in women in menopause or perimenopause, the years before menopause, U.S. researchers found. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- TV ads used to decry the "heartbreak of psoriasis" and now U.S. doctors have linked the skin condition to depression. |
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| Tuesday, August 17ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Reducing hospital-acquired infections may be as simple as reducing the amount of time a urinary catheter is used, U.S. researchers say. ATLANTA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- New criteria for rheumatoid arthritis will help prevent the disease from crippling patients, U.S. and European doctors say. LEICESTER, England, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British researchers say they have come up with an easy way for people to learn their risk of diabetes online. NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Four major air pollutants are heavily concentrated in high-traffic areas in Manhattan and along highways during the summer in New York, health officials say. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Zsa Zsa Gabor's publicist says the ailing Hungarian-born actress has left a Los Angeles hospital to spend her "final days" at home. BOSTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Baseball great Lou Gehrig may not have had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the disease named after him, U.S. researchers suggest. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A pregnant woman's reaction to flu, viruses and other infections may increase the risk of schizophrenia in her child, U.S. researchers suggest. |
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| Monday, August 16LYON, France, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Breast cancer death rates have fallen steeply in Britain in the last two decades, but have risen in some countries in Central Europe, French researchers say. HOUSTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- BP said it will provide $52 million for mental health services on the U.S. Gulf Coast, where experts say the oil spill has caused widespread mental illness. BOSTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Cancer is no longer a disease of the rich, with two-thirds of annual cancer deaths worldwide occurring in developing countries, U.S. researchers said. LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Salk Institute in California will lead a $21 million study on the human immune system's response to initial exposure to the AIDS virus, officials said. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Children who experience multiple traumas may develop anxiety and depression that could shorten their lifespan by 7-15 years, U.S. researchers found. PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Rhode Island man is in critical condition after contracting Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts earlier this month, health officials say. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Michael Douglas' publicist says the Hollywood actor is to undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy to treat a tumor in his throat. NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A raised heart rate over time may signal a patient needs more evaluation, a U.S. doctor suggests |
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| Sunday, August 15RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Palestinians will no longer be referred to Israel or abroad for medical treatment but treated locally, Palestinian Health Minister Fathi Moghli said Sunday. |
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| Saturday, August 14FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Tourists and locals ignored warnings of high bacteria levels to go swimming at several beaches near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., authorities said. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A South Florida woman has been charged with being the "Beauty Bandit," a thief who received Botox injections and similar cosmetic services without paying. BEIJING, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A long-term study indicates diuretics lower blood pressure as well as newer blood pressure drugs, a U.S. researcher reports. LONDON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- London researchers suggest fast-food outlets could provide low-dose statins -- cholesterol lowering drugs -- with meals to offset the dangers of fatty food. REGINA, Saskatchewan, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A dead prairie dog found in a national park in western Canada has been determined to be infected with plague, authorities said. |
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| Friday, August 13ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Studies in mice suggest an overly strong inflammatory reaction to a urinary tract infection may open the door to recurrent infections, U.S. researchers say. MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina, most in New Orleans say rebuilding is going well, but 70 percent say the nation has forgotten them, a survey indicates. LAS VEGAS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A frozen fruit product is suspected in an outbreak of typhoid fever in Clark County, Nev., that left four people ill, health officials said. DENVER, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A man donating part of his liver to save his brother died four days after the procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital, officials say. ATLANTA, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- It's estimated 76 million people a year suffer from food borne illness, most often caused by meat and leafy vegetables, U.S. health officials said. EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials are warning travelers about a new antibiotic-resistant superbug that emerged in India and has already entered Canada, they say. BOSTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- High bacteria levels at many beaches along the Massachusetts coast resulted in them being closed to swimming Friday, state officials said. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Zsa Zsa Gabor's publicist says the Hungarian-born actress and socialite has been taken by ambulance from her home to a Los Angeles hospital. ATLANTA, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Chronic pain is more intense and lasts longer for women than men and a higher proportion of women suffer from diseases that bring such pain, doctors say. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A particular type of brain surgery may lead to improvements in treating the onset and progression of Type 2 diabetes, a study suggests. NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan's mother told interviewer Matt Lauer the media and justice system are largely to blame for the U.S. actress' problems. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Health officials in Florida's Broward County say tests have confirmed the first known case of mosquito-borne dengue fever being contracted in the county. NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- An unprecedented and ambitious sharing of data on Alzheimer's disease has led to advances in diagnosis and treatment, health experts say. NEW DELHI, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- India officials are protesting a British study blaming India for exporting a drug-resistant bacteria to the rest of the world and naming it for an Indian city. SHEFFIELD, England, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A British team of researchers say they has been awarded a $2 million grant to perfect a test dentists can use to detect oral cancer through mouth cells. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Twenty-five percent of stroke patients stop taking one or more of prescribed stroke prevention medications three months after a stroke, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Thursday, August 12PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Those with body dysmorphic disorder, a preoccupation with a slight defect, should seek a psychiatrist not a plastic surgeon, a U.S. researcher says. ATLANTA, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta say a blood test for ovarian cancer appears promising. NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A diabetic New York City man sued the city, alleging police treatment on a subway presented a danger to his health, court records showed. CHICAGO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor says hair cosmetics may help a woman keep textured hair -- which is much more fragile than naturally straight hair -- in check. BALTIMORE, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A man who was infected with Legionnaire's disease at housing for the elderly in Baltimore has filed a $225 million lawsuit. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Using hormone therapy for more than 15 years after menopause increases women's risk of breast cancer, particularly leaner women, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center said they completely removed a small tumor from the stomach of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Forgetting where one put one's keys need not be an early sign of Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. researchers say. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Magnetic resonance imaging could help assess prostate cancers that need more aggressive treatment, U.S. researchers say. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A farming accord in Ohio limiting close confinement of hens, hogs and veal calves means "factory farming" is changing, farmers and animal-rights activists say. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been released from California's UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, four weeks after undergoing hip surgery. SHANGHAI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- China pledged to step up efforts to fight AIDS, the country's No. 1 infectious disease killer, the health ministry said Thursday. JAKARTA, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Indonesian authorities say three provincial regions have been affected by bird flu and thousands of chickens and ducks have been culled to prevent its spread. MADISON, Wis., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wis., now offers birth control coverage to employees, but employees could be fired if they use it, the diocese said. KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A Swedish ski official working on the 2014 Winter Olympics died in the presence of his family in Russia, a report said. BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A morning walk or bike ride to school could reduce stress reactivity in children, which is linked to later heart risk, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Wednesday, August 11LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Negative responses to social situations are linked to higher levels of inflammation and a higher risk of disease, U.S. researchers say. OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Utah man was sentenced to six months in jail for fondling the breasts of a nurse wheeling his pregnant girlfriend to a hospital delivery room, officials say. SUSANVILLE, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Federal officials say they will stampede wild horses by helicopter to round them up in northeastern California trap sites over activists' protests. MILTON, Ontario, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A more serious fraud charge was leveled Wednesday against a Canadian woman accused of faking terminal cancer to scam people out of money LONDON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Scientists say they fear a new superbug -- one that traveled from India and Pakistan to hospitals in Britain -- might go global. KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Kuwaitis are allegedly abusing their healthcare system, which pays all expenses for treatment abroad for the patient and companions, a doctor charged. |
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| Tuesday, August 10LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Fantasia Barrino's manager says the "American Idol" winner was hospitalized after a drug overdose, but she is expected to make a full recovery. GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The H1N1 strain of influenza virus, popularly known as swine flu, appears to have run its course, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. HAVEN, Wis., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. golfer Phil Mickelson stunned reporters Tuesday by revealing he is receiving treatments for a severe form of arthritis. WEYBURN, Saskatchewan, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Anthrax has killed 30 bison on a farm near Weyburn, Saskatchewan, a Canadian provincial official said Tuesday. SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was recovering Tuesday after having his gallbladder removed, his office said. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Surgery may be the best choice for prostate cancers likely to recur or spread, U.S. researchers suggest. |
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| Monday, August 9VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- People with multiple tattoos covering large parts of their bodies are at higher risk of getting hepatitis C and other diseases, a Canadian researcher warns. EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Zinc may be essential to a good egg becoming a healthy embryo, U.S. researchers suggest. CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Silva underwent a successful cardiac procedure Monday to correct an abnormal heart rate, the team said. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian-born singer Justin Bieber has been named spokesman for a Proactiv acne system advertising campaign, the company said. ATLANTA, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Dry dog and cat foods manufactured at a U.S. plant have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Schwarzengrund, researchers said. TORONTO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Deep brain stimulation shows promise for patients with Alzheimer's disease, Canadian researchers say. |
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| Sunday, August 8MILTON, Ontario, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The estranged parents of a Canadian woman who allegedly faked having terminal cancer to trick people into giving her money say they are through with her. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The promise of future stem cell therapies has a dark side as bogus products and scams promising cures have begun surfacing, medical experts say. |
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| Saturday, August 7OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., says it opposes the city's plans to permit legal marijuana farms and put marijuana tax measures to voters. OAKVILLE, Ontario, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Police in Canada have arrested an Ontario woman who admitted faking cancer to solicit money for herself and charged her with fraud, authorities say. HOUSTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- More children are grabbing a toaster pastry, a fast food sandwich, or skipping breakfast entirely, than did a decade ago, U.S. researchers say. LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The known genetic link for dementia accounts for only 7 percent of cases and British and French researchers suggest people could do more to prevent dementia. |
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| Friday, August 6BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- "Hands on" intercessory prayer -- praying physically near the person being prayed for -- by African Christians may have helped healing, U.S. researchers say. NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. surgeons suggest new technology may help reduce prostate surgery sexual side-effects. BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Falls cause more than two-thirds of all injuries to Chinese 65 and older, Chinese and U.S. researchers say. CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rhonda McCullough, Bernie Mac's wife, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the late comedian's dermatologist, court records show. BOSTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Scientists say a fungal disease is killing off bats in the northeastern United States and could drive one species to extinction in as little as 16 years. NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The local gym is a good place to exercise -- and also a good place to pick up skin infections from exercise equipment and shower facilities, a U.S. group says. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say when a region of the brain dealing with memory is damaged, another area of the brain may compensate. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say those who developed ulcerative colitis after age 50 had better outcomes that those stricken at a younger age. |
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| Thursday, August 5BALTIMORE, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Pairing college student mentors with urban teens helped the teens adopt healthy habits, U.S. researchers said. NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The daughter of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was arrested for shoplifting in an Upper East Side cosmetics shop, police said. QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The shortage of doctors is expected to become worse in Quebec now that fertility treatments are free in the Canadian province. BOSTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Some 100 genes may regulate cholesterol levels, but U.S. researchers say they are not sure how most of these genes may regulate cholesterol metabolism. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A low-dose aspirin taken daily only reduces the risk of a first heart attack by less than 1 percent, Canadian researchers found. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- One of the nation's oldest Asian elephants, "Ol' C.C.," has died at a Missouri zoo, a report said. BOSTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A study involving African-American women found those who used oral contraceptives had an increased risk of getting breast cancer, U.S. researchers say. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Some parts of the body are much more resistant to tanning than others, so a consistent all-over tan may be impossible, researchers in Scotland say. NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Periodontal disease may signal increased risk of cognitive dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease, New York University researchers found. STONEY BROOK, N.Y., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Staying up until 2 a.m. and upsetting the body's internal clock might come with serious consequences for lipid metabolism, a U.S. researcher suggests. |
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| Wednesday, August 4BERKELY, Calif., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Scientists say the gene sequence of sponges, the simplest and most ancient of animals, could provide clues to how multi-cell animals -- and cancer -- developed. SEOUL, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Airports that tried to detect people with H1N1 by screening people with a fever were not effective because about half have no fever, researchers in Seoul say. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- An emerging drug-resistant E. coli strain has been causing many anti-microbial-resistant infections in the United States, researchers say. COTTINGLEY, England, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- British officials said they are reviewing the case of a man whose benefits were canceled two days after surgery to remove a brain tumor. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A Michigan man says most of his right big toe was chewed off by the family dog after he passed out from too much drinking -- and he says that saved his life. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- An Ohio judge refused Tuesday to order a teenager estranged from her Muslim parents to undergo chemotherapy for uterine cancer. |
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| Tuesday, August 3NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Justice officials say they have filed for a permanent injunction against NY Gourmet Salads Inc., a processor of ready-to-eat deli salads. ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Pregnant U.S. women who participate in the Earned Income Tax Credits anti-poverty program are less likely to have low-birth weight babies, researchers say. BOSTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they're looking into allegations 80 wounded U.S. service members were improperly used as subjects in a brain injuries study. AMES, Iowa, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Prolonged wearing of high heels can contribute to joint degeneration and knee osteoarthritis, Iowa State University kinesiology researchers say. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- When regions of the human brain involved in memory are damaged, other areas can step in and compensate, a U.S. study says. BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. dental professor reports a tongue piercing can result in an a costly orthodontist bill. SUNDSVALL, Sweden, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A Swedish man said hospital workers reported him to police after he got tired of waiting for treatment and stitched his own leg wound. ATLANTA, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- In 2000, no state had an obesity prevalence of 30 percent or more, but in 2009 there were nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A diabetic New York City man sued the city, alleging police treatment while on a subway presented a danger to his health, court records showed. DOWNEY, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The grandson of late entertainer Frank Sinatra has been hospitalized for a possible suicide attempt in Downey, Calif., law enforcement sources told TMZ. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- About 30 percent of people in coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama say they suffer psychological distress from the oil spill, a study found. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The 2010-2011 seasonal flu vaccine protects against three strains of influenza, including the H1N1 influenza virus, U.S. health officials said. CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Teens can obsess on their appearance but teens who are fans of makeover TV shows are more apt than others to get cosmetic surgery, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Monday, August 2CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Estrogen hormone therapies may help protect women against brain aneurysms, U.S. researchers suggest. PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say diet and alcohol may affect the development of breast cancer tumors. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. surgeons are finding ways to make already less invasive surgery even less invasive, resulting in a more rapid recovery and reduced pain. DETROIT, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Michigan officials say a fourth case of Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in an outbreak at the Selfridge Air National Guard base. NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A 20-ounce serving of soda contains the equivalent of 16 packets of sugar, a public awareness campaign in New York, backed by city officials says. BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Those who ate the most red meat in a U.S. study had an increased risk of bladder cancer but it was of borderline statistical significance, researchers say. BOSTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Massachusetts health officials say they'll conduct aerial spraying against disease-carrying mosquitoes, and some residents have qualms about the chemicals used. BOSTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A researcher whose laptop was stolen while he had dinner at a Boston-area restaurant says it contained priceless data on cancer research. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from a Lynwood, Calif., jail early Monday after serving 13 full days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who had a heart booster pump implanted in July, should be leaving the hospital later this week, his daughter said. |
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| Saturday, July 31BALTIMORE, July 31 (UPI) -- University of Maryland researchers say discovery of a chemical in the brain that appears to reduce cognition could lead to pills that make people smarter. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers advise using highly sensitive fecal occult blood tests to economically screen for colon cancer. MIAMI, July 31 (UPI) -- Health officials are warning South Florida residents that mosquitoes carrying dengue fever can breed in a few ounces of water, even indoors. ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says post-menopausal women taking some diabetes drugs may be at greater risk of bone fractures. RALEIGH, N.C., July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest a fad diet may work for some people because weight loss is achieved through a combination of genes and diet. AUGUSTA, Ga., July 31 (UPI) -- Black teens deficient in vitamin D, who took vitamin D supplements of 2,000 international units, had less central arterial stiffness, U.S. researchers found. SAN ANTONIO, July 31 (UPI) -- Researchers in the United States and Australia say they are conducting a study to determine whether aspirin prolongs life or reduces disability. BUFFALO, N.Y., July 31 (UPI) -- Resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes and red wine, appears to suppress inflammation in humans, U.S.researchers say. SHEFFIELD, England, July 31 (UPI) -- Alcohol consumption reduces the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, as well as its severity, researchers in Britain say. |
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| Friday, July 30SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says New York state has granted approval for a new test to identify Fragile X syndrome. SIEVERDING, Germany, July 30 (UPI) -- A German researcher says men who have never been tested for cancer are more motivated to be tested when they learn most men have been tested at some time. NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda have had no reports of wild poliovirus cases for more than a year, the United Nations Children's Fund says. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration has given approval to proceed with the world's first human clinical trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 30 (UPI) -- Calcium supplements, but not calcium obtained by food, are linked to an increased risk of heart attack in healthy older women, New Zealand researchers say. STANFORD, Calif., July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher suggests tumors in younger women -- in their 40s -- are simply harder to detect using mammograms. KAMPALA, Uganda, July 29 (UPI) -- Insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor spraying reached 60 million in 2008, but 25 percent of child deaths in Africa are from malaria, a U.N. official says. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- House Republicans had some choice words for a bill to compensate people made ill by the dust and debris from the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center. NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. non-profit group that analyzed the Affordable Care Act says 30 million women will benefit from healthcare reform. LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- Requiring 5 hours of rest for surgical residents after a 16-hour day is unlikely to improve outcomes for two common operations, U.S. researchers say. LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- The California state attorney general's office said seven doctors and a nurse investigated will not be charged in the death of pop music icon Michael Jackson. |
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| Thursday, July 29BREA, Calif., July 29 (UPI) -- Pets may often treat anything that falls on the floor as theirs but a U.S. pet health insurer warns pet poisonings are costly physically and financially. ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 29 (UPI) -- A sleep disorder may signal dementia or Parkinson's disease up to 50 years before diagnosis, U.S. researchers said. WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army appears to be under increased stress from repeated deployments of soldiers and inadequate support when they return home, an Army report concluded. WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The antibiotic daptomycin, or Cubicin, should have a drug label warning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. psychiatrists report medicating one-third of their school-age and teenage patients for insomnia. LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Chris Klein's publicist says the "American Pie" star has decided to stay in rehab longer than the 30 days for which he initially signed up. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- Most men treated for prostate cancer, even if their prostate-specific antigen level and cancer risk are low, receive aggressive treatment, U.S. researchers say. LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- About 20 percent of residents of California report a need for mental health services, while one in 25 report serious psychological distress, researchers found. NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- The New York City Council is expected to agree to cut sulfur levels in half by requiring buildings to burn low-sulfur oil to improve health, officials said. BALTIMORE, July 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. expert on cardiopulmonary resuscitation says an American and a European study both suggest dropping mouth-to-mouth from CPR and using "hands only." HERSHEY, Pa., July 28 (UPI) -- Doctors often guess wrong about their patients' health beliefs, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Wednesday, July 28WATER MILL, N.Y., July 28 (UPI) -- Kelly Ripa, Ashley Greene, Donna Karan, Ariel Foxman and InStyle are to serve as hosts of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund's upcoming New York fundraiser. MIAMI, July 28 (UPI) -- People who swim in warm sub-tropical waters such as those found in South Florida face an increased risk of illness, University of Miami researchers suggest. WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Healthcare advocates say they want quick action by Congress on the "Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010" on the eve of public hearings scheduled for Thursday. BALTIMORE, July 28 (UPI) -- A Baltimore woman sentenced to 40 years in prison for abusing and killing a child she was caring for has asked a judge to overturn her conviction. BALTIMORE, July 28 (UPI) -- Skipping long-held diagnostic guidelines may speed up pain relief for some with back pain, U.S. researchers say. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 28 (UPI) -- Officials in Orange County, Calif., are urging residents who may have encountered two bats that tested positive for rabies to seek immediate medical help. WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Only 22 percent of U.S. seniors age 65 and older say the Affordable Health Care Act would not cut their basic Medicare benefits, a survey indicates. ST. LOUIS, July 28 (UPI) -- An estimated 34,000 U.S. children and teens visit emergency rooms annually for injuries and complications caused by contact lenses, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Tuesday, July 27PARIS, July 27 (UPI) -- The dentist's drill may be thing of the past for smaller cavities thanks to a new dental gel that promotes regeneration of teeth, French researchers say. NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla., July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. cardiologists say they are seeing more patients than ever before as baby boomers age, a survey indicates. BOSTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Cancer is tough enough, but a child with cancer also has to deal with a lot of questions about cancer from classmates, a U.S. researcher says. MAYWOOD, Ill., July 27 (UPI) -- An Illinois woman who survived one of the most complicated operations in surgery when she was 89 says she will celebrate her 100th birthday Saturday. CARDIFF, Wales, July 27 (UPI) -- Spiritual care and spirituality came down to the same thing as far as terminally ill patients were concerned, a researcher in Wales says. KINGSVILLE, Texas, July 27 (UPI) -- Exposure to ground level ozone -- a major component of smog -- increases the activity of a substance that triggers heart cell death, U.S. researchers say. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 27 (UPI) -- A Tennessee city worker who faked having cancer and bilked Chattanooga out of $79,000 was sentenced to 42 months in prison, court records showed. KITSILANO, British Columbia, July 27 (UPI) -- A Canadian man was denied rabies shots after a raccoon bite because of low risk and the vaccination's cost to the province, officials said. SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 27 (UPI) -- An Illinois man faces a court hearing next month to decide whether village workers may enter his home to clean up his cluttered property, officials said. OTTAWA, July 27 (UPI) -- Campaigns can help persuade healthcare workers to get seasonal flu shots but requiring the unvaccinated to wear masks also works, Canadian researchers say. MCLEAN, Va., July 27 (UPI) -- Laws in all 50 states permit students returning to school this fall to carry and use asthma medications at school, a U.S. non-profit group says. BETHESDA, Md., July 27 (UPI) -- Soldiers have an increased risk of epilepsy decades after receiving a traumatic brain injury, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Monday, July 26COLUMBIA, Mo., July 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a diabetes monitoring device reduces the stress of obtaining multiple blood samples from patients -- whether human or animal. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 26 (UPI) -- Doctors say a North Carolina toddler is a "little miracle" after surviving an unprecedented operation to remove a metal rod accidentally lodged in his brain. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 26 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say an unexpected connection between an animal disease and human cancers could lead to effective cancer therapies. HONOLULU, July 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says race or ethnicity may affect how best to help Alzheimer's patients' caregivers as they care or grieve for a relative. ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 26 (UPI) -- Women with African ancestry have more risk of triple-negative breast cancer -- a more aggressive type cancer with few therapy options, U.S. researchers say. MANILA, Philippines, July 26 (UPI) -- At least 23 people, mostly children, have died of mosquito-borne dengue fever in the Philippines since the start of the year, health officials said. NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they are looking at a new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease with a protein thought to extend lifespan in laboratory animals. VALHALLA, N.Y., July 26 (UPI) -- Babesiosis, a rare malaria-like disease commonly transmitted by infected deer ticks, is on the rise in the Lower Hudson Valley in New York, doctors say. |
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| Sunday, July 25ATLANTA, July 25 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found patients can be infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C via intravenous administration of anesthesia. |
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| Saturday, July 24NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they are looking at a new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease with a protein thought to extend lifespan in laboratory animals. MARBURG, Germany, July 24 (UPI) -- Children who tangle with the law early in life do not necessarily become career criminals, researchers in Germany suggest. MINNEAPOLIS, July 24 (UPI) -- Few U.S. colleges make satisfactory grades in efforts to curb student drinking, University of Minnesota researchers find. DENVER, July 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will permit use of medical marijuana at its hospitals and clinics in states where it is legal, an official said. |
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| Friday, July 23MONTPELLIER, France, July 23 (UPI) -- Depression in women is linked to low levels of high-density lipoprotein, the "good" cholesterol, increasing their heart risk, French researchers say. MINNEAPOLIS, July 23 (UPI) -- Having children eat snacks containing whole grains -- like graham crackers -- can help them meet the recommended three servings a day, U.S. researchers say. MIAMI, July 23 (UPI) -- Wading in the ocean to let salt water heal cuts and scrapes is not always a good idea, health experts say, as bacteria can proliferate in summer months. LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says the Hungarian-born actress remains in critical condition after undergoing hip-replacement surgery following a fall. TORONTO, July 23 (UPI) -- People who were physically abused as children have a higher risk than others of heart disease as adults, researchers in Canada and Scotland found. EDMONTON, Alberta, July 23 (UPI) -- Children with celiac disease should go outside and play, and take vitamins to ward off weak bones and osteoporosis, researchers in Canada advise. WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Scientists say they've identified the method several disease-causing microbes use to infect plants and cause disastrous blights in crops in Africa and Asia. ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says zinc may play a role in blood sugar regulation and in avoiding type 2 diabetes. PITTSBURGH, July 23 (UPI) -- Gay and bisexual men reporting sex abuse and social shame as children may have psychosocial problems later putting them at risk for HIV, U.S. researchers say. MONTREAL, July 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher suggests some allergies may help protect against some cancers. WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- It's not just how much physical activity a person gets, it's how much time spent sitting that increases the risk of death, U.S. researchers say. URBANA, Ill., July 23 (UPI) -- Negative health outcomes can occur when disinfection byproducts form reactions with organic matter in swimming pool water, U.S. researchers suggest. ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 23 (UPI) -- Minorities who request a different doctor than the one assigned them in a U.S. emergency room are likely to be accommodated, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Thursday, July 22QUEBEC CITY, July 22 (UPI) -- Increased waistline and high triglycerides indicate heart risk, Canadian, Dutch and British researchers found. HAMILTON, Ontario, July 22 (UPI) -- Mothers-to-be who are overweight and obese have more preterm births than others, researchers in Canada found. VIENNA, July 22 (UPI) -- Prolonged cellphone use may be a potential risk factor for developing tinnitus -- persistent ringing/roaring/hissing in the ears -- researchers in Austria say. ATLANTA, July 22 (UPI) -- Physicians and public health officials investigating anthrax are advised to consider any exposure to animal-hide drums, U.S. government officials advise. ATLANTA, July 22 (UPI) -- Cryptococcus gattii, a rare disease that can affect the lungs and nervous system, is emerging in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, federal health officials say. TORONTO, July 22 (UPI) -- Scientists in Toronto say they are studying human cell regeneration in hopes of discovering how the body grows tissues and organs damaged by disease. LIVORNO, Italy, July 22 (UPI) -- An Italian hospice said a 42-year-old woman dying there represents Italy's second case of human mad cow disease. BOSTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The first female chief justice of Massachusetts' highest court says she will retire in October in order to care for her 83-year-old husband. KANKAKEE, Ill., July 22 (UPI) -- Officials in Kankakee, Ill., reassured the public that a missing safe holding radioactive material does not pose a health threat unless the safe was opened. BOSTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The risk of stroke doubles in the hour after drinking one serving of wine, beer or hard liquor, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Wednesday, July 21LOS ANGELES, July 21 (UPI) -- Christina Applegate's publicist says the U.S. actress and breast-cancer survivor is pregnant with her first child. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 21 (UPI) -- A Florida widow told a jury her relationship with her husband revolved around cigarettes from the time he asked her for one until he died of cancer. WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the FDA has put on hold a study comparing the diabetes drug Avandia with an alternative drug. TEL AVIV, Israel, July 21 (UPI) -- People under acute wartime stress do not always become more vigilant to threats, and often manifest a dissociative state, Israeli researchers found. SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 21 (UPI) -- Work-related deaths in Britain were reduced by half in a 20-year period, researchers say. LONDON, July 21 (UPI) -- Air travel poses no threat to those with heart conditions, and even those with serious heart disease can fly if precautions are made, British researchers say. LYON, France, July 21 (UPI) -- People who work as professional painters have a significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer, researchers in France suggest. DETROIT, July 21 (UPI) -- The president of Wayne State University in Detroit says he is resigning after two years at the school to be with his wife, who is battling breast cancer. OAKLAND, Calif., July 21 (UPI) -- An ordinance approved by the city council will allow large-scale marijuana farms in industrial areas of Oakland, Calif., a city council member said. NEWTON, Mass., July 21 (UPI) -- Women who reported greater use of cleaning products had higher levels of breast cancer risk than those who said they used them sparingly, U.S. researcher say. |
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| Tuesday, July 20WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Foods containing artificial food dyes contain a warning label in Europe and a U.S. non-profit advocacy group says the United States should follow suit. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 20 (UPI) -- HIV treatment for children has improved but World Health Organization officials in Switzerland say more lives could be saved if medication began earlier. AUSTIN, Texas, July 20 (UPI) -- Many U.S. hospitals have patients donate blood for themselves for elective surgery but some hospitals are using trauma patients' own blood, a doctor says. ATLANTA, July 20 (UPI) -- Despite the increasing numbers of young U.S. adults with cardiac risk factors, less than 50 percent are screened for coronary heart disease, researchers say. NEW YORK, July 20 (UPI) -- Diagnosing the earliest stage of breast cancer -- ductal carcinoma in situ -- can be difficult and in some cases wrong, U.S. physicians say. PORTLAND, Maine, July 20 (UPI) -- A program offered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine provides non-emergency care that helps avoid busy hospital emergency rooms. DORTMUND, Germany, July 20 (UPI) -- Using less salt on food, or avoiding processed food, which is high in sodium, can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers in Germany say. LUND, Sweden, July 20 (UPI) -- A study of children born via in vitro fertilization from 1982 to 2005 found they had a moderately higher cancer rate than others, Swedish researchers found. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 20 (UPI) -- Veterinary cardiologists say dog owners should know heart disease is almost as prevalent in dogs as it is in humans. |
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| Monday, July 19PHILADELPHIA, July 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are looking for better measures of breast density, an indicator of cancer risk. DENVER, July 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. radiology expert says healthcare providers are finding ways to protect patients from high-dose radiation. ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 19 (UPI) -- Families can be a supportive resource for children as they enter school or they can be a source of stress and maladaptive behavior, U.S. researchers say. LOS ANGELES, July 19 (UPI) -- Nonagenarian celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor made it safely through hip replacement surgery in Los Angeles, the actress's publicist said Monday. NEW YORK, July 19 (UPI) -- No human cases of West Nile virus have been detected in New York City, but city officials say the number of mosquitoes carrying the virus is unusually high. VIENNA, July 19 (UPI) -- A gel with an anti-retroviral drug used to treat HIV was effective in reducing a woman's risk of HIV and genital herpes, researchers from South Africa said. SYDNEY, July 19 (UPI) -- How many humans does it take to catch a young male platypus? -- 27, taking 6 hours to flush it from a Sydney water pipe, rescuers say. CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) -- Most cancer patients who used Patient Empowered Care -- meeting with physicians and other staff regularly -- say they found it empowering, researchers say. LAS VEGAS, July 19 (UPI) -- The Las Vegas community is coming through for a woman who needs special transportation to California to be treated for gigantism, she says. BUFFALO, N.Y., July 19 (UPI) -- A New York judge Monday ruled that the so-called "HIV Predator" could remain locked up even though his prison sentence has been served in full. MELBOURNE, July 19 (UPI) -- An Australian researcher says community-based support programs help women prevent unhealthful weight gain. |
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| Sunday, July 18NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- Former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra is in good condition after suffering a fall, a source told Sunday's New York Daily News. WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The biggest U.S. insurers are pushing plans with reduced premiums but a narrow selection of doctors and hospitals, industry officials say. |
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| Saturday, July 17NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- Columbia University has suspended research at a New York brain-imaging center after federal investigators found patients were being injected with impure drugs. CHICAGO, July 17 (UPI) -- The "five second" rule that says quickly retrieved dropped food is all right to eat should be a "zero second" rule because of bacteria, food scientists say. ATLANTA, July 17 (UPI) -- The hospitalization cost of three U.S. waterborne diseases comes to more than $500 million annually, federal health officials say. CHICAGO, July 17 (UPI) -- Teen binge drinking may disrupt genes involved in forming bone, increasing teens' risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures later in life, U.S. researchers say. RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 17 (UPI) -- Half the people in North America and Western Europe get insufficient amounts of vitamin D, an international expert on vitamin D says. HONOLULU, July 17 (UPI) -- Apathy and depression best predict progression from cognitive impairment to dementia, U.S. researchers say. DETROIT, July 17 (UPI) -- Combining behavioral programs may offer the best way to reduce heart disease risk, U.S. researchers suggest. |
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| Friday, July 16LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- Celebrity lawyer Robert Shapiro said Friday he has agreed to help U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan fight her legal battles. BOULDER, Colo., July 16 (UPI) -- The brains of mice in research labs are affected by the cages they're kept in, researchers say, which could skew the results of experiments. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 16 (UPI) -- Healthy dietary choices during infancy may promote lifelong healthy eating, U.S. researchers suggest. NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- Most knee replacements work well for years, but a U.S. surgeon says sometimes they can fail due to friction, infection, instability, fracture or stiffness. CLEVELAND, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they are uncovering the mechanism linking a high-fat diet and prostate illnesses. BOSTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Britain and Hong Kong have beefed up mental health resources due to the global economic crisis, but U.S. services are being slashed, researchers say. FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, July 16 (UPI) -- Animal rights advocates in Canada are urging the public to speak up when they see animal neglect, following the seizure of 38 abused horses in New Brunswick. TORONTO, July 16 (UPI) -- Organizers of Toronto's International Medical Marijuana Expo say they want to attract people tired of taking pharmaceutical drugs with adverse side-effects. TUCSON, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've genetically engineered a "malaria-proof" mosquito that would not spread the deadly disease. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Federal officials warned the U.S. public against using certain stolen Advair Diskus inhalers, saying their safety and effectiveness can't be assured. BETHESDA, Md., July 16 (UPI) -- A "universal" flu vaccine effective against many different strains of flu virus could be a reality within a few years, U.S. researchers say. HOUSTON, July 16 (UPI) -- A 13-member surgical team at Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston is training to implant an artificial heart, hospital officials say. MIAMI, July 16 (UPI) -- Florida health officials have issued health advisories after a Miami man was diagnosed with a suspected case of dengue fever, authorities said. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. drug advisory panel turned thumbs down on a new drug to treat obesity because of health concerns, said a panel member. NUREMBERG, Germany, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Pink apologized via Twitter to the audience of Thursday's concert in Germany after an onstage stunt went awry and sent her to the hospital. LONDON, July 16 (UPI) -- British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline said it would set aside $2.3 billion to cover legal costs involving two of its controversial drugs. LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- Peter Fernandez, who lent his voice to the title character in the U.S. version of the Japanese "Speed Racer" cartoons, has died of lung cancer. He was 83. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- The pump helping former Vice President Dick Cheney's heart work has given similar patients a better than 50-50 chance of living two more years, a study shows. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Despite many seniors expecting change in Medicare because of healthcare reform, most won't see any, U.S. researchers said. SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 (UPI) -- Gay partners form "sexual agreements" not to have sex outside of the relationship to strengthen their bond, not to protect against HIV, U.S. researchers found. CHICAGO, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked reduced memory in women with putting on extra pounds, and say lessened brain function and obesity are associated. ATLANTA, July 16 (UPI) -- Fresh salsa and guacamole, especially served in retail food establishments, may be an increasing source of food-borne illness, U.S. health officials suggest. WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Treatment facility admissions for prescription pain reliever abuse soared more than 400 percent from 1998-2008 for those 12 and over, U.S. officials say. |
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| Thursday, July 15NEW YORK, July 15 (UPI) -- About 75 percent of HIV-positive New Yorkers are now age 40 or older, and more than one-third are 50 or older, city health officials say. CHICAGO, July 15 (UPI) -- Nanotechnology may help an old drug -- arsenic trioxide -- fight aggressive breast cancer, U.S. researchers say. CALGARY, Alberta, July 15 (UPI) -- Canadian doctors advise adults age 50 and older to take between 800 and 2000 International Units of vitamin D daily. BOSTON, July 15 (UPI) -- The family of a dying woman asked Boston doctors to keep her alive so her eggs could be harvested and she could become a mother posthumously, observers said. LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan has signed herself into a Los Angeles sober-living facility, sources told People.com Thursday. MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., July 15 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old South Carolina girl died after contracting a rare amoebic infection while swimming in a lake, her father said. NEW YORK, July 15 (UPI) -- For the 20th year in a row, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is ranked at the top of the U.S. News Media Group's best hospitals rankings. DALLAS, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest the protein interferon may help block immune cells known to cause asthma. CHENGDU, China, July 15 (UPI) -- Medicines taken to prevent malaria is being blamed by local officials for sickening 104 people and killing one child in southwestern China. |
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| Wednesday, July 14EXETER, England, July 14 (UPI) -- Low levels of vitamin D in the elderly may be linked to cognitive decline, researchers in Britain suggest. BALTIMORE, July 14 (UPI) -- Men with high-risk prostate cancer appear to have lower bone mineral content loss, U.S. researchers found. NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. actress-activist Mia Farrow traveled to Uganda Wednesday in her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, the organization said. INDIANAPOLIS, July 14 (UPI) -- A common group of drugs widely sold over-the-counter and by prescription have been linked to losses in cognition in African-Americans, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday he had a heart booster pump implanted in his chest last week. LAS VEGAS, July 14 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas woman afflicted with gigantism says she doesn't know how she will get to California for an operation aimed at halting her growth. GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Wednesday to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market, but perhaps with restrictions and new warnings. LINCOLN, Neb., July 14 (UPI) -- A federal judge blocked the state of Nebraska Wednesday from making doctors perform extensive screening of women before allowing them abortions, officials say. ST. LOUIS, July 14 (UPI) -- Congressional representatives say a whistle-blower at a St. Louis Veterans Affairs hospital was fired, while employees who put patients at risk remain there. LONDON, July 14 (UPI) -- Simon Cowell says his fellow British television personality Cheryl Cole is recovering well after being diagnosed last week with malaria. ATLANTA, July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say an estimated 5 percent of the population of Key West, Fla., showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009. WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Review documents released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicate the obesity drug Qnexa may be approved, but there are side-effect concerns. MADRID, July 14 (UPI) -- An epidemiologist in Spain has raised the possibility that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may manifest itself in people years after they have had surgery. SAN ANTONIO, July 14 (UPI) -- Drinking tart cherry juice daily may help fight insomnia because it contains melatonin, which moderates the body's sleep-wake cycle, U.S. researchers suggest. CLEVELAND, July 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. cancer center expert offers a parent with cancer help in discussing the disease with young children. HAMILTON, Ontario, July 13 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher warns women with angina are at higher risk than men with angina of coronary artery disease. |
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| Tuesday, July 13NEW YORK, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientific advisers disagreed Tuesday on whether the diabetes drug Avandia should be removed from the market, officials said. ADELAIDE, Australia, July 13 (UPI) -- An Australian researcher says 55 percent of women with asthma will have at least one acute asthma attack during pregnancy. NEW YORK, July 13 (UPI) -- TV personality Star Jones was spotted dancing at a Manhattan restaurant just a few months after heart surgery, sources told the New York Post. LOS ANGELES, July 13 (UPI) -- The Sept. 10 Stand Up to Cancer fundraising event will air live and commercial-free from Los Angeles on the Fox network, organizers said Tuesday. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 13 (UPI) -- Less than 5 percent cover their cough or sneeze with their elbow -- the approach advocated by health officials -- at least in New Zealand, researchers say. WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- Almost 10 percent of drug-related U.S. emergency room visits involved teen suicide attempts -- 72 percent by female teens, U.S. health officials say. DALLAS, July 13 (UPI) -- A trial started in Dallas Tuesday for an HIV-infected man accused of assaulting a woman with a deadly weapon by having unprotected sex with her. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 13 (UPI) -- British and U.S. scientists say they've found a gene playing a key role when normal and cancerous cells compete, and have named it the "Mahjong" gene. BOSTON, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are developing an artificial lung that could be used in transplant surgeries to treat lung disease, observers say. WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama has announced a National HIV/AIDS Strategy, calling for a commitment to a "sustained effort" to end the HIV epidemic, the White House said. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13 (UPI) -- CT scans, the current scanning technology used in the diagnosis and treatment of strokes, should be replaced by a different scanning method, neurologists say. LOS ANGELES, July 13 (UPI) -- U2 360 concerts recently canceled in North America because of lead singer Bono's emergency back surgery have been rescheduled, Live Nation said Tuesday. TORONTO, July 13 (UPI) -- Doctors at a Toronto hospital are the first in North America to use a breakthrough technology to treat patients with irregular heartbeats, observers say. WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama discusses a comprehensive strategy for combating HIV in the United States Tuesday at a reception honoring the HIV/AIDS community. PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 13 (UPI) -- The amount of time for an average Medicare-certified hospice stay in a nursing home has doubled in the last 10 years, U.S. researchers found. STANFORD, Calif., July 12 (UPI) -- Future heat waves may threaten U.S. health through heat-related mortality and morbidity, more infectious diseases and malnutrition, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Monday, July 12BOSTON, July 12 (UPI) -- A program giving physicians the opportunity to discuss complex psychosocial factors in their medical cases resulted in better teamwork, U.S. researchers say. LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- New York's Riker's Island, Chicago's Cook County Jail and the Los Angeles County Jail are the largest mental health institutions in the nation, a study found. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 12 (UPI) -- High levels of several vitamin E components in the blood has been linked to a decreased risk for Alzheimer's disease, Swedish and Italian researchers say. SEATTLE, July 12 (UPI) -- Fish body oils may help prevent breast cancer, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle suggest. AUSTIN, Texas, July 12 (UPI) -- Lots of rain and lots of summer humidity can increase exposure to allergenic mold spores -- an important trigger of allergies, a U.S. allergist says. NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- The farmed salmon industry is threatened by a virus often fatal to the fish, U.S. researchers say, and they fear it could spread to populations of wild salmon. WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- The YMCA of the USA dropped "MCA" from its name Monday, making the iconic Chicago-based, non-profit organization simply "the Y," the organization said. MONTREAL, July 12 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say vitamin B3 may be effective in fighting fungal infections. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12 (UPI) -- Having a bigger, nicer, more interesting home and more friends is linked to shrinking tumors in mice, U.S. researchers found. BALTIMORE, July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they are on the trail of a faster, easier test to detect pre-diabetes -- long before symptoms occur and in time to reverse the disease. |
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| Saturday, July 10DURHAM, N.C., July 10 (UPI) -- Men with an initial prostate-specific antigen of 10 or higher were 11 times more likely to die of prostate cancer, U.S. researchers suggest. TOKYO, July 10 (UPI) -- Soy sauce could reduce menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, sleeplessness and bone loss, Japanese scientists say. BOCHUM, Germany, July 10 (UPI) -- Researchers in Germany have discovered that the scent of jasmine calms mice as much as tranquilizers or sleeping pills and without the side effects. WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday the federal government will make it easier for military veterans to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. BOSTON, July 10 (UPI) -- More than 20 percent of U.S. kindergartners and first-graders demonstrate mental health issues, researchers found. HANOVER, N.H., July 10 (UPI) -- Human papillomaviruses may be linked to an increased risk of developing some skin cancers, U.S. researchers said. CHICAGO, July 10 (UPI) -- A wrist fracture may not sound like a major injury but it can have a major effect on functional decline in the elderly. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 9 (UPI) -- Therapist competence is the key to effective cognitive therapy for some patients, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Friday, July 9PHILADELPHIA, July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948 to study cardiovascular disease, also changed epidemiology and biostatistics, U.S. researchers say. ST. LOUIS, July 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher suggests some bedridden patients may benefit from anti-clotting drug therapy. TORONTO, July 9 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say many in Ontario with rheumatoid arthritis are not getting specialty care. WITTMANN, Ariz., July 9 (UPI) -- Suburban Phoenix authorities said they expected to charge an 80-year-old woman with felony animal-abuse charges after they found 104 diseased cats in her home. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 9 (UPI) -- The British Columbia government announced Friday it will reduce generic drug prices by cutting rebates manufacturers pay to pharmacies, industry officials said. CORK, Ireland, July 9 (UPI) -- Teen mothers are at higher risk for a preterm birth and a child with low birth weight, especially if it is her second child, researchers in Ireland say. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 9 (UPI) -- Living a life of physical, mental and social stimulation may curb cancer growth, Ohio State University cancer researchers said. LONDON, July 9 (UPI) -- British doctors will be solely responsible for front-line patient care under a new-look plan for Britain's national healthcare system, health officials said. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say their findings may open the door for new treatments for advanced prostate cancer. GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 9 (UPI) -- Alzheimer's patients may have a decreased ability to experience emotions compared to healthy peers, U.S. researchers said. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. athletic trainers advise people exercising in summer heat that a darker urine color is a quick indicator of dehydration. |
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| Thursday, July 8LOS ANGELES, July 8 (UPI) -- Some 25 percent of California children have never seen a dentist, while 1.6 million U.S. children miss school days due to dental issues, researchers said. ABUJA, Nigeria, July 8 (UPI) -- A U.N. health agency is helping Nigerian officials contain a lead-poisoning outbreak from processing lead-rich ore in gold mining, the United Nations said. BETHESDA, Md., July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists said Thursday they discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known HIV strains from infecting humans. ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 8 (UPI) -- The vitamin D receptor is a key player in how "gut flora" maintain the digestive system, U.S. researchers said. ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla., July 8 (UPI) -- The roommate of "ThunderCats" cartoon series writer Stephen Perry was charged with first-degree murder in Perry's death, Florida police said. PHOENIX, July 8 (UPI) -- A scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix says he wants to shed light on a lobe of the brain long hidden from researchers' view. ATLANTA, July 8 (UPI) -- The rate of polio in Nigeria has declined this year, due to increased pressure for more vaccinations, U.S. health officials reported. LONDON, July 8 (UPI) -- British comic actress and writer Jennifer Saunders is in remission after an eight-month battle with breast cancer, the BBC said Thursday. ATLANTA, July 8 (UPI) -- Despite declines in U.S. teen smoking in the late 1990s, teen smoking declines stalled from 2003 to 2009, federal health officials found. CHICAGO, July 8 (UPI) -- Doctors at a Chicago teaching hospital's orthopedic unit routinely had residents perform surgeries, violating U.S. Medicare billing rules, a lawsuit alleges. WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The new federal tax on indoor tanning, a part of the U.S. healthcare reform law, has hit the business at a low point, the owner of Solar Planet said. NEWCASTLE, England, July 8 (UPI) -- A number of native English speakers are unable to understand basic sentences such as, "The soldier was hit by the sailor," British researchers say. HOUSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- A marijuana component could provide pain relief, minus marijuana's other effects, U.S. researchers say. SEATTLE, July 8 (UPI) -- Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of preterm delivery or pre-eclampsia, a U.S. researcher says. |
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| Wednesday, July 7NASHVILLE, July 7 (UPI) -- Water can help keep a person alert for late-night work, prevent fainting after giving blood and promote weight loss, U.S. researchers say. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 7 (UPI) -- Abuse or neglect in childhood is associated with mental disorders as young adults, researchers in New Zealand suggest. ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 7 (UPI) -- Having the boss or co-worker be rude, or even witnessing the rudeness of other workers, results in more workplace mistakes, Scottish researchers say. TILBURG, Netherlands, July 7 (UPI) -- Heart patients with anxiety disorders may have a higher risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and death, Dutch researchers said. HOLON, Israel, July 7 (UPI) -- Vitamin C, vitamin E, co-enzyme Q10 and selenium supplement had beneficial effects for those with cardiovascular risk factors, researchers in Israel said. BOSTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Those who suffer from depression may have nearly double the risk of developing dementia later in life, U.S. researchers suggest. LOS ANGELES, July 7 (UPI) -- A campground in a national forest north of Los Angeles will be closed at least a week after a squirrel caught there tested positive for plague, officials said. |
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| Tuesday, July 6LONDON, Ontario, July 6 (UPI) -- An antibiotic combination often used to treat urinary tract infections may raise potassium levels, Canadian researchers caution. LONG BEACH, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Long Beach, Calif., say they're weighing a measure that would allow voters to decide whether to levy a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana. NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- An 11-year-old cast member of the Broadway production of "Disney's The Lion King" is battling Leukemia and looking for a bone marrow donor. BOSTON, July 6 (UPI) -- In a study of men age 40 and older, U.S. researchers found those who used erectile dysfunction drugs have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 6 (UPI) -- A new retrieval method makes studying cancer proteins easier, a researcher at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., said. DETROIT, July 6 (UPI) -- A Michigan political consultant awaiting sentencing for bribery and extortion wants permission to visit his elderly mother on her deathbed, his attorney says. BARCELONA, Spain, July 6 (UPI) -- Women may live longer than men but they are more likely to spend the extra years in disability, researchers in Spain said. LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- Brief exposure to ultrafine pollution particles near a Los Angeles freeway can boost the allergic inflammation that makes asthma worse, U.S. researchers found. NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. radiologist advises "less is best" when it comes to X-rays in children. |
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| Monday, July 5HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 5 (UPI) -- German cardiologists suggest acupuncture improves exercise tolerance in heart failure patients. GIMHAE, South Korea, July 5 (UPI) -- Stroke complications may deprive patients of two years of healthy life, researchers in South Korea estimate. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 5 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials report higher blood pressure hospitalization rates for African-Americans and Hispanics than for whites. DENVER, July 5 (UPI) -- People who eat a diet high in fructose may be at increased risk of high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said. ASBURY PARK, N.J., July 5 (UPI) -- Six in 10 U.S. voters favor repeal of the just-passed federal healthcare reform but a much smaller proportion believe that will happen, a survey indicates. NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- Moviegoers in New York could be snuggling up with bedbugs, bug experts say. LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- Depression in multiple sclerosis patients may be biological rather than a psychological reaction to the burdens of being ill, U.S. researchers suggest. CINCINNATI, July 5 (UPI) -- Heart patient kidney failure -- if transient -- may not be as harmful as once thought, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Saturday, July 3MIAMI, July 3 (UPI) -- Miami-Dade health officials say they will investigate a complaint alleging adult movies fuel the spread of human immunodeficiency virus and similar diseases. WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is employing not only man's best friend but horses as well to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, an Army officer says. TEL AVIV, Israel, July 3 (UPI) -- The vitamin supplement DHEA, used to stave off aging, may help women trying to have a baby, researchers in Israel said. |
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| Friday, July 2COCOA BEACH, Fla., July 2 (UPI) -- A 10 percent tax on tanning salon services has taken effect, with Florida salon owners saying they are angry over both the idea and the timing of it. BOSTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Genes can accurately predict how long a person will live, and they may provide clues to treat or prevent age-related diseases, a U.S. study says. LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Primitive blood cells could be modified to be resistant to HIV and transplanted into patients to control HIV infection, a study suggests. DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2 (UPI) -- High fecal bacteria levels led environmental officials in Iowa to post warnings at 14 state park beaches, officials said. BOSTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The poorest one-third of the world's population account for only 4 percent of all the world's surgeries completed in one year, U.S. researchers found. NOTTINGHAM, England, July 2 (UPI) -- Babies born after in vitro maturation may be more likely to be larger than normal, researchers in Britain said. |
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| Thursday, July 1ATLANTA, July 1 (UPI) -- West Nile virus continues to produce serious and sometimes fatal illness, especially for those age 70 and older, U.S. health officials said. ATLANTA, July 1 (UPI) -- A woman who had sex with a member of the U.S. military vaccinated against smallpox subsequently contracted a related virus, health officials say. AUGUSTA, Ga., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are testing an upgraded version of the cochlear implant -- a device that provides a sense of sound to the deaf or severely hard of hearing. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. review indicates Tai Chi and Qigong bring significant health benefits among older adults, researchers say. WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- Some 40 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine that expired Wednesday are set to be crushed and incinerated, U.S. health officials said Thursday. LONDON, July 1 (UPI) -- Britain's 2009 swine flu outbreak killed 457 people and cost $1.8 billion, and the country cannot be complacent about possible future outbreaks, a report says. SACRAMENTO, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. advocates for Alzheimer's or dementia care have come up with 12 rules they say can increase the quality of daily life for the afflicted and the caregivers. BALTIMORE, July 1 (UPI) -- Increased travel, sports and gardening in summer can increase back pain but a guide helps those in pain find relief, a U.S. non-profit group says. PITTSBURGH, June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say children of non-smoking women exposed to secondhand smoke during pregnancy have genetic mutations that can affect their health permanently. NASHVILLE, June 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says sedentary white women are more apt than sedentary African-American women to become obese. |
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| Wednesday, June 30DENVER, June 30 (UPI) -- Colorado health officials are calling for more vaccinations following an outbreak of meningococcal disease that has killed three people and infected two others. PALM BEACH, Fla., June 30 (UPI) -- Officials say they will dispatch a Huey helicopter to conduct aerial spraying in their battle against mosquitoes in Palm Beach County, Fla. OTTAWA, June 30 (UPI) -- As a deadline approached Wednesday for Canadians who received tainted blood to apply for compensation, lawyers said they were concerned funding is running out. WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The American College of Physicians is calling for a comprehensive U.S. strategy to control tobacco use, rather than the current piecemeal state action. NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- Authorities probing a doctor accused of providing performance-enhancing drugs have interviewed U.S. golfer Tiger Woods, The New York Times reported Wednesday. DETROIT, June 30 (UPI) -- A Michigan man who legally uses medical marijuana is suing Walmart for firing him after he tested positive in a drug test, records show. SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 30 (UPI) -- Indoor tanning is associated with a 75 percent increase in the risk of melanoma, yet nearly 30 million Americans do it every year, doctors say. COLLEGE PARK, Pa., June 30 (UPI) -- A strain of mice sharing characteristics with human patients suffering drug-resistant forms of depression could offer treatment clues, researchers say. ST. LOUIS, June 30 (UPI) -- Hundreds of veterans may have been exposed to viruses when they had dental work performed at a St. Louis facility, the Department of Veterans Affairs said. DALLAS, June 30 (UPI) -- Intensity is not necessarily a sign of how serious headache pain is but there are red flags to watch out for, a U.S. neurologist says. LONDON, June 30 (UPI) -- Nitrate content appears to be the reason why beetroot juice lowers blood pressure, researchers in Britain said. |
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| Tuesday, June 29ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 29 (UPI) -- About 400,000 Americans have surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament injury each year, but about 8 percent of the operations fail, U.S. researchers say. NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- About half of U.S. breast cancer patients prescribed hormone therapy actually finished the full course of treatment, U.S. researchers found. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 29 (UPI) -- Recovering addicts, who avoid stress rather than deal with it may face more cravings, U.S. researchers found. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 29 (UPI) -- Psychotropic drugs -- used to treat psychiatric conditions -- may be linked to birth defects, Danish researchers warn. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29 (UPI) -- A substance produced when eating broccoli and Brussels sprouts may block the growth of cancer cells, U.S. researchers say. ORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (UPI) -- Women with type 1 diabetes do not appear to have heart disease risk reduced by eating foods high in omega-3 fatty acids but men do, U.S. researchers said. BOSTON, June 29 (UPI) -- Sufficient vitamin D levels may help maintain cognitive function -- being able to manage and use available information -- in the elderly, U.S. researchers say. CHICAGO, June 28 (UPI) -- Women have a new way to calculate peak heart rates during exercise, which is easier to attain but harder to calculate, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Monday, June 28LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 28 (UPI) -- Bat caves in the U.S. Midwest are being closed to stop the spread of a fungus that has already killed almost a million East Coast bats, authorities say. ADELAIDE, Australia, June 28 (UPI) -- Dark chocolate can make modest reductions in blood pressure for those who have high blood pressure, researchers in Australia found. DALLAS, June 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say studies in mice may help them learn how to extract estrogen's benefits without incurring the risk of cancer. LOS ANGELES, June 28 (UPI) -- NAACP leaders in California said Monday they support a state referendum on the November ballot to legalize marijuana. MORGANTOWN, W.Va., June 28 (UPI) -- Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry had a form of degenerative brain damage at the time of his death in December, doctors said Monday. SILVER SPRING, Md., June 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. study of more than 227,000 patients found those prescribed the diabetes drug Avandia had a higher risk of heart trouble and death, researchers said. LEICESTER, England, June 28 (UPI) -- Researchers in Britain say they've discovered a molecular key to how the human brain learns, and how it records and saves memories. GLASGOW, Scotland, June 28 (UPI) -- Scientists looking for new treatments to fight a deadly drug-resistant infection say they may have found a new ally -- bees. BUFFALO, N.Y., June 28 (UPI) -- The use of the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has been linked to the Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, in Vietnam veterans, a study says. ORLANDA, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- A drug to treat malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, could come from sponges, sea worms and other undersea creatures, a scientist says. |
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| Sunday, June 27WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter said Sunday her father is recovering and should be released from a Washington hospital within a day. |
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| Saturday, June 26BALTIMORE, June 26 (UPI) -- Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore have pioneered a technique that can spare some patients invasive brain surgery. NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- A 64-year-old New York man has completed a run across the United States aimed at raising awareness of diabetes. LONDON, June 26 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who lives in London, has told her fans she has been diagnosed with dangerously low levels of vitamin D. KINGSTON, R.I., June 26 (UPI) -- A Rhode Island biomedical scientist said he is worried about the health effects of the Gulf of Mexico tar balls and oil dispersants. AUGUSTA, Ga., June 25 (UPI) -- Hemochromatosis, which results in iron overload, may be linked to the wet form of macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Friday, June 25ATLANTA, June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. adults consume more than twice the current recommended sodium limit for most Americans, federal health officials said. BARCELONA, Spain, June 25 (UPI) -- Doctors in Spain caution breast milk may transmit some drugs and medicines to infants. PHILADELPHIA, June 25 (UPI) -- Providing pre-emptive pain relief to prostatectomy -- removal of prostate -- patients, U.S. researchers suggest. WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been admitted to a Washington hospital after becoming ill Friday, his staff said. BOSTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Mold in the home raises risks of severe attacks for some asthma patients, a U.S. researcher suggests. TAMPERE, Finland, June 25 (UPI) -- Treating rheumatoid arthritis early and aggressively pays off, even in the long run, a researcher in Finland recommends. ST. LOUIS, June 25 (UPI) -- A substance found in red wine and other sources could protect blood vessels in the eyes from being damaged by aging, a new study suggests. MOSCOW, June 25 (UPI) -- The warning "Smoking kills" will appear on the front of all packs of cigarettes sold in Russia as part of a new anti-smoking campaign, the government said. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists, who have tried for years to develop drugs to reduce the risk of cancer with limited success, are turning to plant substances, researchers said. CINCINNATI, June 25 (UPI) -- A diet high in fructose, sucrose and trans-fats increases obesity risk as well as fatty liver disease with scar tissue, U.S. researchers warn. |
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| Thursday, June 24LEUVEN, Belgium, June 24 (UPI) -- Exercise alone trumps exercise and creatine supplements for cardiac patients, researchers in Belgium found. ALBUQUERQUE, June 24 (UPI) -- John Anczarski, a 19-year-old cycling across the United States to raise money for breast cancer, died after being struck by a car, hospital officials said. BOSTON, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. figure skater and former Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton is doing well after brain surgery to remove a benign tumor, a spokesman said Thursday. LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- The stigma of migraine is significant, and worse for chronic sufferers, U.S. researchers say. NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- About 10,000 people who say their health was damaged at the World Trade Center site in New York must now decide on a $712.5 million settlement, a judge said. LAS VEGAS, June 24 (UPI) -- A nurse-anesthetist has pleaded innocent in Nevada to charges involving a hepatitis C outbreak linked to an endoscopy clinic. LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- Migraine sufferers abused as children may be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, U.S. researchers say. LIEGE, Belgium, June 24 (UPI) -- A team of researchers in Belgium, France and the French West Indies have linked a pesticide and increased prostate cancer risk. TROY, N.Y., June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest the way in which a compound in red wine neutralizes toxic proteins may help explain Alzheimer's disease. NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Cynthia Nixon has signed on as a guest star for four episodes of the new dark comedy series "The Big C," Showtime said. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 24 (UPI) -- Federal regulators have warned a Kentucky researcher that a product he is marketing as a dietary supplement that can help against autism could be dangerous. EVANSTON, Ill., June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a new method of effectively delivering stem cells, proteins and large molecules to damaged tissues. HOUSTON, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer scientists said they've modified an inexpensive off-the-shelf digital camera so it can distinguish cancerous cells from healthy ones. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 24 (UPI) -- Mothers of children with autism often work fewer hours, refuse promotions or leave work altogether, creating financial hardship, U.S. researchers found. MADISON, Wis., June 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. National Institutes of Health-funded laboratory study suggests the B vitamin folate can promote healing in damaged rat spinal cord tissue. JYVASKYLA, Finland, June 24 (UPI) -- Researchers from Finland and other countries say a country's economy may predict the arthritis therapy patients receive. BOSTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Despite their proximity, the nose and throat have distinct differences in bacterial populations, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Wednesday, June 23TACOMA, Wash., June 23 (UPI) -- The many soldiers who suffer with migraine may also be poor sleepers, U.S. researchers suggest. LONDON, June 23 (UPI) -- British researchers say living near a cellphone base station does increase a woman's likelihood of having a child with cancer. ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 23 (UPI) -- Those getting a blood transfusion may suffer fewer heart/lung complications when donor blood is filtered, U.S. researchers say. URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 23 (UPI) -- Ten years before 1973's Roe vs. Wade decision, German measles played a major part in shifting public attitudes toward abortion laws, a new book contends. BRISBANE, Australia, June 23 (UPI) -- Tests may help predict who with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to fall, an Australian researcher says. SACRAMENTO, June 23 (UPI) -- California health officials say five infants have died of whooping cough this year in what may be the state's worst epidemic in 50 years. CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 23 (UPI) -- U.S.- and Swiss-led scientists say their sequencing and analysis of the human body louse genome is a major step toward controlling the disease-vector insect. LOS ANGELES, June 23 (UPI) -- Musician Gregg Allman underwent a successful liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, his Web site said. HEIDELBERG, Germany, June 23 (UPI) -- German scientists say they might have found a non-surgical way of treating benign vascular malformations in the brain known as cavernomas. LONDON, June 23 (UPI) -- A British survey suggests one in 20 people worry about having a heart attack during enthusiastic sex. INDIANAPOLIS, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've determined a protein involved in the kidney's embryonic development might play a future role in treating kidney failure. PITTSBURGH, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered a protein found in the nucleus of cells helps regulate the body's immune system, playing a key role in many diseases. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23 (UPI) -- Canada's Vancouver Aquarium is mourning the loss of its one-year-old baby beluga whale, Nala, officials say. ROME, June 23 (UPI) -- Rheumatoid arthritis remission provides superior outcomes across socioeconomic categories such as productivity and quality of life, researchers in Austria say. LEICESTER, England, June 23 (UPI) -- A British researcher suggests there may be a Y chromosome link to fatal aortic aneurysm in men. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23 (UPI) -- Oral, micronized progesterone may help ease hot flashes in postmenopausal women, Canadian researchers say. BEIJING, June 23 (UPI) -- Seventy-six percent of men hospitalized for a heart attack had erectile dysfunction six months prior to the heart attack, researchers in Malaysia found. BEIJING, June 23 (UPI) -- Young, single men worldwide know the least about high blood pressure and are less likely to receive treatment, researchers in Canada found. WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a reception at the White House Tuesday to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. |
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| Tuesday, June 22OSLO, Norway, June 22 (UPI) -- Those who suppress anger have an increased risk of violence when drunk, researchers in Norway and Sweden found. SAN DIEGO, June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say a drug under development by Pfizer Inc. is showing promising results in reducing lung cancer tumors during clinical trials. SAN ANTONIO, June 22 (UPI) -- Two cases of hepatitis E, thought rare in the United States, have been reported in Texas and blamed for one death, health officials say. ST. LOUIS, June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. molecular biologists say they've found a way to utilize the enzyme thrombin's anti-coagulant properties, opening the door to new blood clot medications. BALTIMORE, June 22 (UPI) -- Johns Hopkins University scientists say they've used a laser beam to activate a protein that causes a cluster of fruit fly cells to act in unison. NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI) -- New York's Legislature has approved an emergency budget measure giving the state the highest cigarette tax in the nation, lawmakers say. BOSTON, June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment involving several major forms of cancer. AUGUSTA, Ga., June 22 (UPI) -- Inflammation from excess fat causes the body to retain more sodium and, as a result, more fluid causing higher blood pressure, U.S. researchers said. DALLAS, June 22 (UPI) -- Summer heat can cause the recurrence of MS symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis, a U.S. neurologist warns. |
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| Monday, June 21UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 21 (UPI) -- Pale people who never tan and those who bronze deeply can thank their ancestors, two U.S. anthropologists suggest. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest awake sedation -- anesthetization followed by restoration to consciousness -- could reduce brain tumor surgery recovery time. ROME, June 21 (UPI) -- British researchers suggest offering support to the partners of newly-diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients. ROME, June 21 (UPI) -- British and Italian researchers, working independently, found the majority of patients with rheumatic conditions are deficient in vitamin D. WESTMEAD, Australia, June 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in Australia say people may inherit a factor related to serotonin that may affect recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army says it wants to reduce combat zone deployments from 12 to nine months and increase dwell time to three years. UMEA, Sweden, June 21 (UPI) -- "Watchful waiting," or active surveillance, may be the best treatment option for men with low-risk prostate cancer, Swedish researchers said. ROME, June 21 (UPI) -- People with rheumatic conditions say the condition affects their emotional relationships and sex lives, researchers in France found. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Monday it is withdrawing its cancer drug Mylotarg for use by U.S. patients with acute myeloid leukemia -- a bone marrow cancer. HERSHEY, Pa., June 21 (UPI) -- U.S.-led scientists say their discovery of another red cell molecule used by the malaria parasite moves science closer to an effective malaria vaccine. BETHESDA, Md., June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health says it is funding a research project to determine if storage time affects the safety of red blood cell transfusions. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Monday about consuming a dietary supplement sold as "Magic Power Coffee." WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about a possibly harmful product sold on the Internet as "Generic Tamiflu," LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- Chris Klein's publicist says the actor is seeking treatment for alcohol addiction at Utah's Cirque Lodge after his second DUI arrest. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Monday of the first diagnostic assay to detect both HIV antigens and antibodies WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. doctors refusing new Medicare patients has increased to record levels as low government payment rates force them out, statistics show. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the drug Tasigna for treatment of a rare blood cancer when it is first diagnosed. WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said McNeil Consumer Healthcare has expanded a Jan. 15 recall to include certain Benadryl and Tylenol products. |
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| Sunday, June 20WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- BP understated publicly how much oil it believed could be leaking from its Gulf of Mexico well under a "worst-case scenario," an internal document shows. HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 20 (UPI) -- A Huntington Beach, Calif., pastor says his walking 60 miles in five-mile increments around his church was in dedication to a parishioner with eye cancer. WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP typifies the GOP view that BP is the "aggrieved party." |
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| Saturday, June 19UTRECHT, Netherlands, June 19 (UPI) -- A large study in the Netherlands found moderate consumption of coffee or tea cuts the risk of heart disease significantly, researchers say. LIESTAL, Switzerland, June 19 (UPI) -- Cyclist Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg was in a medically induced coma Saturday, hours after suffering a heart attack while riding in the Tour of Switzerland. WOONSOCKET, R.I., June 19 (UPI) -- Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark Corp. said they settled a dispute that could have prevented patients from filling prescriptions at Walgreens stores. BOSTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.K. drug giant AstraZeneca said it has agreed to pay $103 million to settle claims it overcharged for some wholesale medicines in the United States. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican leaders fired back Saturday after President Barack Obama blamed them for holding up key legislation, including unemployment and energy measures. ROME, June 19 (UPI) -- Women who drink tea may increase their risk of rheumatoid arthritis, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- CVS/pharmacy is offering free health screenings in some locations in the Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey, Atlanta and Washington areas officials said. BOSTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Non-smokers who live in U.S. public housing are exposed to toxins from tobacco smoke and smoking should be banned in such housing, two U.S. researchers say. |
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| Friday, June 18LEIPZIG, Germany, June 18 (UPI) -- As many as 70 percent of all mothers experience symptoms of postpartum depression but most recover quickly, German and Canadian researchers say. CHICAGO, June 18 (UPI) -- Researchers say they've discovered the human pancreas has its own internal clock, and diabetes can result when the clock malfunctions. NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. government's response to the gulf oil disaster has hit a raw nerve with victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack who say the country failed them. WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The American Red Cross failed to meet blood safety standards, and was slipshod in its collection and manufacture of blood products, federal authorities say. ROME, June 18 (UPI) -- A study of postmenopausal Italian women found those with low levels of calcium were more at risk for osteoporosis and high blood pressure, researchers said. RICHMOND, Va., June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered how enzymes can control growth in melanoma cells, a result that could lead to more effective cancer treatment drugs. LONDON, June 18 (UPI) -- A three-year study of computerized health records in Britain found better patient care but not as many cost savings as expected, researchers say. LA JOLLA, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- A painkiller may be capable of causing cancer cells to kill themselves, U.S. researchers suggest. LLANTRISANT, Wales, June 18 (UPI) -- Specially trained nurse practitioners and surgeons were found to detect breast abnormalities at similar rates, researchers in Wales reported. SALT LAKE CITY, June 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers report progress fighting spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic killer of infants and toddlers. |
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| Thursday, June 17BALTIMORE, June 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher has linked sensitivity to sweetness to the hormone glucagon. WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- There has been little progress in preventing or treating fetal alcohol syndrome, four U.S. medical students say. DETROIT, June 17 (UPI) -- Doctors can make the difference in whether asthma patients take their medication, a U.S. researcher said. KITAKYUSHU, Japan, June 17 (UPI) -- A Japanese researcher said survival rates for non-small cell lung cancer have improved remarkably. OTTAWA, June 17 (UPI) -- More than 17,000 Canadian children waited longer to have surgery last year than doctors recommended, a consortium of Canadian medical specialty societies said. OMAHA, June 17 (UPI) -- Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients in hospitals was cut in half after probiotics were given to the patients, U.S. researchers say. CARROLLTON, Ga., June 17 (UPI) -- A babysitter was sentenced to eight years in prison for feeding an infant wine, shooting the baby's alcohol level to four times the legal limit for an adult. SALEM, N.H., June 17 (UPI) -- A provider of medical, security and travel assistance reminds U.S. adults planning vacations to remember to pack emergency medical assistance. |
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| Wednesday, June 16NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- Last year's H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine protects against 1918 influenza virus in mice, U.S. researchers found. ANAHEIM, Calif., June 16 (UPI) -- Reality television personality Jillian Michaels has agreed to serve as host of a 5K run benefiting U.S. cancer charities, organizers said. NATIONAL CITY, Calif., June 16 (UPI) -- Police in National City, Calif., allege a 13-year-old mother was stabbed in the neck by her 14-year-old boyfriend, the father of her child. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 16 (UPI) -- Even those at-risk for heart disease benefit from the low-fat Mediterranean-style diet that features fish, nuts, olive oil and produce, U.S. researchers found. TOWSON, Md., June 16 (UPI) -- A Baltimore-area woman was jailed immediately after she admitted she falsely claimed to have terminal cancer to get money. ROCHESTER, Minn., June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists at the Mayo and Cleveland clinics say they've found blood flow interruption during kidney cancer surgery can lead to chronic kidney disease. DUARTE, Calif., June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers say they have demonstrated the first successful gene therapy in patients with AIDS-related lymphoma. HAMBURG, Germany, June 16 (UPI) -- German surgeons say they have been successful in using transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation in elderly high-risk patients. NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. psychology professors say they've discovered people who have undergone Botox treatments might experience weaker emotions. BETHESDA, Md., June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say an experimental vaccine for Marburg hemorrhagic fever continues to show promise in animal tests as an emergency treatment. TEL AVIV, Israel, June 16 (UPI) -- A researcher in Israel reports a strong statistical link between in vitro fertilization and mild to moderate cases of autism. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 16 (UPI) -- Some people with heart failure can be helped by mechanical heart pumps, a researcher in Sweden said. |
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| Tuesday, June 15PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (UPI) -- A protein that binds stress signals more effectively in females may result in women having a higher sensitivity to stress, U.S. researchers said. SEATTLE, June 15 (UPI) -- Children are more likely to be obese if they live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, U.S. researchers say. LONDON, June 15 (UPI) -- A trial shows injured patients with severe bleeding given tranexamic acid, a clotting drug, do not appear to have adverse effects, a British researcher says. OKLAHOMA CITY, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they have developed a gene therapy technique that can prevent and possibly cure blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa. CHICAGO, June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it seeks to disqualify a Chicago HIV doctor from further research after he allegedly gave false data in a drug trial. MONTREAL, June 15 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've created a powerful and reliable sequencing method that can identify any genetic disease in record time. LOWELL, Mass., June 15 (UPI) -- Apple juice may help behavior, but not cognition, in Alzheimer's patients, U.S. researchers said. WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. medical schools vary widely in how many primary care physicians they graduate and work in underserved areas, researchers say. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15 (UPI) -- An infestation of bedbugs has descended on Ohio, but the state will not be allowed to use a desired pesticide for fear of children's health, authorities said. NILES, Mich., June 15 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman who shot herself in a bid to obtain treatment for a shoulder sprain said doctors still did not treat that earlier injury. WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting parents that some liquid vitamin D supplements are sold with droppers that give excessive dosing to infants. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 15 (UPI) -- Proper information on complication risk and failure rate may not always be disclosed when it comes to cosmetic surgery, Dutch and other researchers say. ATLANTA, June 15 (UPI) -- Medicaid and uninsured rectal cancer patients are twice as likely to die within five years compared with privately insured patients, U.S. researchers say. BUFFALO, N.Y., June 15 (UPI) -- Uninsured patients treated for gunshot wounds or auto accident injuries are more likely to die than those privately insured, U.S. researchers found. GRANADA, Spain, June 14 (UPI) -- Anxiety may affect the way in which some people focus their attention on what is happening around them, researchers in Spain said. |
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| Monday, June 14PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., June 14 (UPI) -- Double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton says he will be among those teeing off Thursday at the U.S. Open in Pebble Beach, Calif. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 14 (UPI) -- German, British, and Swiss researchers have proposed using the sense of smell to help diagnosis early Parkinson's disease. CHICAGO -- One in five medical claims are processed inaccurately by the nation's largest health insurers, slowing payments to doctors and causing confusion for consumers, the American Medical Association said Monday. ATHENS, Ga., June 14 (UPI) -- U.S. psychologists say cognitive-behavioral therapy can reduce physical symptoms and improve coping strategies involved with inflammatory bowel disease. SALT LAKE CITY, June 14 (UPI) -- Gary Coleman's death certificate lists the cause of the former U.S. child star's death as a fall, with chronic renal failure as a contributing factor. WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- The Pentagon isn't following a congressional directive to test U.S. troops before and after combat service to uncover possible brain injuries, records show. INDIANAPOLIS, June 14 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer investigators say they've found combining two drugs -- decitabine and carboplatin -- appears to help women who have late-stage ovarian cancer. CLEVELAND, June 14 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they've found patients taking blood pressure drugs know as angiotensin receptor blockers may face an increased risk of cancer. |
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| Sunday, June 13OTTAWA, June 13 (UPI) -- Pre-cooked meat products sold nationwide in Canada have been ordered recalled over fears of possible listeria contamination, authorities said. |
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| Saturday, June 12NEW YORK, June 12 (UPI) -- Researchers have discovered most genetic diseases are too complex for the Human Genome Project to produce treatments quickly, U.S. scientists say. LA JOLLA, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found a specific protein that is key to insulin secretion may play an important role in the onset of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. MINNEAPOLIS, June 11 (UPI) -- People with decreased low-density lipoprotein, the "bad," cholesterol can count on an increased life expectancy, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Friday, June 11NEW ORLEANS, June 11 (UPI) -- Hardships endured by women when they were children have been linked to an increased risk of a negative pregnancy outcome, U.S. researchers say. PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 11 (UPI) -- A common Alzheimer's drug may bring improved driving skills in those with mild Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers found. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, noting a link between depression and belly fat, suggest addressing abdominal fat in treating depression. TEL AVIV, Israel, June 11 (UPI) -- Type 2 diabetes appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, but appears to increase the risk of some cancers in women, researchers in Israel said. EAST LANSING, Mich., June 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. psychiatrist says he's discovered nearly half of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder might also suffer from hypertension. CALGARY, Alberta, June 11 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've developed a "miraculous" new procedure that can break down blood clots for more than just three hours following a stroke. BOSTON, June 11 (UPI) -- A Boston man who took his two dogs on a cross-country walk to raise awareness of canine cancer says the journey is nearly complete. CHICAGO, June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered a therapy that might be able to preserve erectile function following prostate cancer surgery. WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is investigating data that suggest the blood pressure drug Benicar might cause cardiovascular problems. SEATTLE, June 9 (UPI) -- Digger Phelps, the former highly successful Notre Dame basketball coach and television basketball analyst, is recovering from prostate cancer surgery. BALTIMORE, June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a multi-center drug trial has shown the blood vessel-blocking drug tasquinimod is effective in slowing the progression of prostate cancer. ROCHESTER, Minn., June 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. clinical trial has found a drug of benefit to metastatic colon cancer patients fails to help patients with less advanced Stage III tumors. BOSTON, June 11 (UPI) -- An analysis of U.S. hospital discharges found those who were uninsured had a 52 percent higher risk than others of dying in the hospital, researchers said. LOWELL, Mass., June 11 (UPI) -- Eating pecans daily may delay age-related muscle nerve degeneration, U.S. researchers suggest. NAGOYA, Japan, June 11 (UPI) -- The caffeine in coffee may be the compound that makes coffee help prevent diabetes, researchers in Japan found. |
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| Thursday, June 10QUEBEC CITY, June 10 (UPI) -- Community-based programs to lower blood pressure successfully reduced cardiovascular disease in Canada, researchers say. MIYAKONOJO, Japan, June 10 (UPI) -- Highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease is now in Japan's largest beef and pork producing city, threatening the nation's livestock industry, officials said. SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (UPI) -- Efforts to help people lower their risk of heart disease have resulted in a drop in the number of serious heart attacks over a 10-year-period, a study shows. BOSTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Measuring the tongue might help dentists supply an oral appliance that successfully treats sleep apnea, U.S. researchers found. ATLANTA, June 10 (UPI) -- There have been reports of Ecstasy and other drug overdoses at Los Angeles raves, and it warrants prevention strategies, federal health officials said. BALTIMORE, June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. surgeons say they've developed a safe, effective and less invasive entry method to use in skull and deep brain surgical procedures. CINCINNATI, June 10 (UPI) -- University of Cincinnati researchers say they've determined the best means of halting a seizure is by administering the least direct medication. ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified specific genetic markers linked to prostate cancer that might allow the cancer to be predicted in younger men. BALTIMORE, June 10 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led international study has found a gene linked with Alzheimer's disease may also play a role in cell survival by helping neurons clear toxic proteins. NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) -- A judge in New York gave preliminary approval Thursday to a settlement that would pay as much as $712.5 million for injuries at the World Trade Center site. BETHESDA, Md., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. National Institutes of Health scientists say they've identified two previously unknown steps in the spread of the malaria parasite in the bloodstream. LA JOLLA, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered a specific protein is key to insulin secretion and can cause the onset of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it will hold an advisory panel meeting to discuss safety issues involving the use of dental amalgam. LA JOLLA, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a new way to kill certain cancer cells -- a therapy that might lead to more effective treatments for lymphoma and leukemia. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, in a study of rodents, found black raspberries -- as well as red raspberries, blueberries and strawberries -- and inhibit esophageal cancer. BALTIMORE, June 10 (UPI) -- Men who have low-risk prostate cancer and opt for "watchful waiting" but later have surgery do not have worse outcomes, U.S. researchers found. SAN ANTONIO, June 10 (UPI) -- People who suffer from chronic insomnia may have a higher risk than others of dying, U.S. researchers found. SAN ANTONIO, June 10 (UPI) -- Some nurses are better than others at remaining alert during successive 12-hour shifts, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Wednesday, June 9PHILADELPHIA, June 9 (UPI) -- Mice with early to moderate Alzheimer's disease had the disease delayed and even reversed with a healthier diet, U.S. researchers said. TAMPERE, Finland, June 9 (UPI) -- A systematic review of more than 50 studies found short people are at greater risk of developing heart disease, researchers in Finland said. PARIS, June 9 (UPI) -- A French-led international team of scientists says it has discovered how polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit prostate cancer growth. SEATTLE, June 9 (UPI) -- Digger Phelps, the former highly successful Notre Dame basketball coach and television basketball analyst, is recovering from prostate cancer surgery. TORONTO, June 9 (UPI) -- Autism may be caused by rare changes in a person's genome that are not inherited and are unique to each case, a study suggests. WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- Local governments across the United States have cut mosquito-control programs because of budget problems, local officials say. HOUSTON, June 9 (UPI) -- It is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle, a U.S. cancer expert advises. ST. LOUIS, June 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a protein that helps build the brain in infants might help in restoring brain damage caused by neurodegenerative diseases. AUBURN, Ala., June 9 (UPI) -- Researchers at an Alabama university have received federal funding for a study of whether diseases spread in airline cabins. CHICAGO, June 9 (UPI) -- Medical researchers say U.S. women remain vastly underrepresented in biomedical research compared with men. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 9 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've determined adherence to updated HIV therapy guidelines would result in increased benefits for patients and society in general. WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of battery packs used in some automated external defibrillators manufactured by Defibtech LLC. NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) -- It's essential to change the way U.S. healthcare is funded to reward high-quality, efficient care, officials of a New York non-profit group say. SILVER SPRING, Md., June 9 (UPI) -- Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq report either post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, researchers found. LONDON, June 9 (UPI) -- Eating fish at a young age and living on or near a farm could immunize infants from allergies later in life, researchers in Germany and Sweden found. CHICAGO, June 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says a test for throat cancer tumors may help predict survival times. |
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| Tuesday, June 8UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 8 (UPI) -- In a study of girls, U.S. researchers found the earlier the girls started drinking soda, the more likely they would be deficient in essential nutrients. LOS ANGELES, June 8 (UPI) -- A 3-year-old girl hit by a baseball while watching batting practice at Dodger Stadium had surgery Tuesday and was expected to recover, her doctor said. NEW PALTZ, N.Y., June 8 (UPI) -- NASA should take charge of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment and cleanup, a public health expert said. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (UPI) -- Children of lesbian-mother families demonstrate healthy psychological adjustment; in fact, they score higher than their peers, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- A "morning-after pill" that reportedly is effective for five days after sex is being considered for approval in the United States, officials said. PITTSBURGH, June 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests a combination of two chemotherapies and a previously approved treatment for kidney and liver cancers is not effective against melanoma. LOS ANGELES, June 8 (UPI) -- More than 400 medical marijuana outlets in Los Angeles are expected to close because of a new law that bans them from being near schools and parks, police said. TUCSON, June 8 (UPI) -- An Arizona foundation says it has received a grant for $1 million to build a substance abuse recovery program for parents and children. DALLAS, June 8 (UPI) -- The ABCDE's of skin cancer is an alphabetical reminder of what to look for to lower concern for moles, a U.S. dermapathologist says. NEW YORK, June 8 (UPI) -- The Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program announced it has awarded summer support for U.S. university students. |
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| Monday, June 7SAN ANTONIO, June 7 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers suggest dentists screen children for sleep-disordered breathing. TORONTO, June 7 (UPI) -- About 1-in-12 people with sleep disorders report they had initiated or engaged in sex with their partner while asleep, Canadian researchers said. GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. oncologists say they've developed a therapy that targets not only leukemia cells, but also the blood vessels that supply the cancer cells with nutrients. ATLANTA, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered commonalities between flies and humans that make flies a valuable new model for the metabolic disease galactosemia. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 7 (UPI) -- Puerto Rican scientists say they've found a method that induces a memory of safety in the brains of lab rats, suggesting a new therapy for anxiety disorders. BICESTER, England, June 7 (UPI) -- A 54-year-old British woman, who spent $4,300 for fertility treatment in the Czech Republic, said she gave birth to twins. PITTSBURGH, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a way of preventing isolated cancer stem cells from differentiating into other types of tumor-forming cells. BETHESDA, Md., June 7 (UPI) -- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has stopped a trial involving recurrent stroke risk in children suffering sickle cell anemia and iron overload. PITTSBURGH, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they've discovered a drug long used to treat seizures might help reverse or prevent antitrypsin deficiency in children. BOSTON, June 7 (UPI) -- Children and teens who live in counties banning smoking in public places have much lower levels of a secondhand smoke biomarker, U.S. researchers found. NEW YORK, June 7 (UPI) -- Two New York dermatologists stress tween and teen girls need to protect themselves against sun damage in the summer. PHOENIX, June 7 (UPI) -- Some hospital emergency room keyboards were more likely than others to be contaminated with bacteria, U.S. researchers say. BRISBANE, Australia, June 7 (UPI) -- The rate of heart attacks in Australia rises in the winter because many people don't know how to bundle up from the cold, a researcher says. |
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| Sunday, June 6LONDON, June 6 (UPI) -- Many women in Britain having pricey in-vitro procedures are changing their minds about being mothers and seeking government-funded abortions, authorities say. CHICAGO, June 6 (UPI) -- Long-term use of Avastin, a drug used to treat lung, colorectal and breast cancers, appears to help women with advanced ovarian tumors, a new study shows. |
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| Saturday, June 5LOS ANGELES, June 5 (UPI) -- More than 400 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles must close by Monday under a new city ordinance that withstood a legal challenge. HOUSTON, June 5 (UPI) -- In a reversal of previous research, a study shows selenium taken as a supplement does not reduce the risk of developing lung cancer, researchers say. CHICAGO, June 5 (UPI) -- Targeting one dose of radiation on the area where a breast tumor was removed is as effective as radiating the entire breast for weeks, U.S. scientists said. LONDON, June 5 (UPI) -- Officials of the Public Health Agency in London report there has been an increased level of norovirus, better known as the stomach flu. |
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| Friday, June 4ULM, Germany, June 4 (UPI) -- Fast-food has been linked to higher rates of asthma while healthier foods are associated with lower risk of asthma, German researchers report. ST. LOUIS, June 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says there is a need for cessation programs to help smokers who have human immunodeficiency virus. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4 (UPI) -- World Health Organization officials Friday rejected claims in Britain they exaggerated the H1N1 flu threat and were unduly swayed by pharmaceutical interests. LOS ANGELES, June 4 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles judge has rejected an attempt by lawyers for medical marijuana patients to block a city ordinance regulating dispensaries, observers report. ATLANTA, June 3 (UPI) -- U.S. vacationers, missionaries and groups providing humanitarian services traveling to the Caribbean need pre-travel medical advice, health officials say. SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) -- Researchers in South Korea say long-time use of the drug amantadine for Parkinson's may affect vision. BRIGHTON, England, June 4 (UPI) -- A study of 313 cancer patients found the chances of developing thyroid cancer rose with repeated exposure to dental X-rays, British scientists said. LONDON, June 4 (UPI) -- Hormone replacement therapy may be safer when given in low-dose patches, a study in the British Medical Journal said. WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- A drug by Novartis could become the first pill sold on the U.S. market for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, authorities said. ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 4 (UPI) -- The most important factor involved in surviving a heart attack may be the neighborhood in which it occurs, a U.S. researcher suggests. CHICAGO, June 4 (UPI) -- People who seek information on cancer on the Wikipedia Web site can rest assured it is accurate, if a bit hard to understand, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Thursday, June 3BALTIMORE, June 3 (UPI) -- A donor heart matched for the race of the transplant recipient has no advantage for survival, U.S. researchers found. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 3 (UPI) -- Sweden's 95-year-old Princess Lilian has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the Royal Court confirmed. PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 3 (UPI) -- A diet using olive oil produces greater weight loss in breast cancer survivors compared with a more traditional low-fat diet, U.S. researchers say. HOUSTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Two universities in Texas announced the receipt of an Alzheimer's research grant designed to find ways to reverse the disease's effects. NEW YORK, June 3 (UPI) -- Mount Sinai School of Medicine scientists in New York say they've developed a gene therapy that's safe and effective in reversing advanced heart failure. LILBURN, Ga., June 3 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old Georgia boy said his sight has returned after four high school students allegedly attacked him last week with a bleach-filled balloon. WILLISTON, Vt., June 3 (UPI) -- A Vermont woman with multiple sclerosis said she is looking forward to receiving a service monkey under a new law she helped bring about. BETHESDA, Md., June 3 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say deep brain stimulation at two different targets produces similar motor improvements in Parkinson's disease patients. Jun. 3--OAKLAND -- Buckingham Boulevard residents are hypervigilant about watching out for their neighborhood, quick to report anything suspicious. But a police detective's early morning knock at one neighbor's front door was the first clue that something illegal was happening inside the house across the street. The detective said there would be a raid, and suggested the neighbor might want to leave in case there was gunfire. When the man drove back up the canyon a few hours later, police were still hauling out marijuana plants, bags of buds, money and growing equipment from two expensive, hillside homes that had housed an extensive indoor pot farm. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 3 (UPI) -- Eighty percent of poker players worldwide report using drugs and other substances to enhance their poker playing, U.S. researchers found. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 3 (UPI) -- Patients who avoid tobacco for six weeks after surgery for a fracture have fewer post-operative complications, researchers in Sweden found. SAN DIEGO, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers link a July spike in hospital death rates to the yearly influx of new medical residents. CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) -- Robot-assisted vasectomy reversal is superior to traditional surgery and may reduce couples' wait times for conceiving naturally, a U.S. surgeon says. NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) -- Hot weather exercise can lead to dehydration, exhaustion and even a cardiac event, a U.S. physician cautions. |
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| Wednesday, June 2SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (UPI) -- California may use a commercial pesticide so toxic chemists refuse to handle it, despite protests by 49 scientists and five Nobel laureates, officials say. DETROIT, June 2 (UPI) -- Prostate cancer patients who refuse treatment don't do as well as those who choose radiation treatment, U.S. researchers found. CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) -- Some U.S. physicians say cancer exercise rehabilitation programs should be as common as cardiac rehabilitation programs. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 2 (UPI) -- Poor, less educated mothers were more likely to have children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Swedish researchers say. LYON, France, June 2 (UPI) -- Cancer diagnoses and deaths are estimated to double in the next two decades, officials at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, say. BETHESDA, Md., June 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health is funding a $24 million study that seeks to identify brain changes that might signal future Alzheimer's disease. MELBOURNE, June 2 (UPI) -- Australian and British scientists say they have discovered molecules similar to that found in the blood-thinning drug heparin can stop malaria infections. LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- British researchers say molecular imaging may allow colon polyp detection without the sedatives and laxatives of colonoscopies. ATLANTA, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've developed a method that reliably identifies an enzyme involved in osteoporosis, arthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer metastasis. CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed an ultra-sensitive nanoparticle PSA test that can accurately predict a return of prostate cancer after surgery. YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 2 (UPI) -- Japanese scientists say they have created a way to produce natural killer T cells, known for suppressing tumor growth, by using pluripotent stem cells. WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it's approved an injectable therapy for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk for fractures. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 2 (UPI) -- Seniors who take a type of antidepressants may have increased risk of developing cataracts, a researcher in Canada suggests. YONKERS, N.Y., June 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey by Consumer Reports indicates people with depression report similar results from talk therapy and medication. CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) -- Autistic children whose parents received special training showed significant improvement in verbal and social functioning, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Tuesday, June 1DALLAS, June 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Jennie Garth is the spokeswoman for the American Heart Association's free online 12-week heart health makeover -- Go Red BetterU. ATLANTA, June 1 (UPI) -- Some U.S. cigarette brands expose people to higher amounts of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines than some foreign cigarettes, officials said. BETHESDA, Md., June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found overweight girls who lose weight before adulthood reduced their risk of diabetes. CALGARY, Alberta, June 1 (UPI) -- A Canadian father was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for the methadone overdose death of his 16-month-old daughter, court records showed. ROCHESTER, Minn., June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer scientists say they've discovered aggressive treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer can dramatically increase survival rates. NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have discovered a link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery calcification. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered the oral antibiotic azithromycin is as effective as penicillin injections in curing early-stage syphilis. APEX, N.C., June 1 (UPI) -- A man accused of killing his former girlfriend before killing himself in a Target store was homeless and sleeping in his truck, police in Apex, N.C. said. NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- A New York woman, 72, says thieves used her identity to bill Medicare for nearly $50,000 in fraudulent charges, including a pregnancy test and tests for men. DALLAS, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they've found a new treatment known as a visually guided balloon-laser catheter stops abnormal heartbeats in people and pigs. WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of four PediaCare-brand children's cold products. DALLAS, June 1 (UPI) -- The producers of Gary Coleman's last film "Midgets vs. Mascots" say they are collecting money in the late U.S. actor's honor for the National Kidney Foundation. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 1 (UPI) -- A Canadian man who stabbed, beheaded and dismembered a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus in 2008 is ready for short breaks from his mental ward, a doctor says. HAMILTON, Mont., June 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. National Institutes of Health-led study has created what's described as a possible future alternative to the use of antibiotics to prevent infection. MONTREAL, June 1 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say the risk of miscarriages is 68 percent higher in women who took antidepressants during pregnancy. |
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| Monday, May 31VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 31 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say the more than 26 percent increase in Caesarean section births is not due to maternal requests. BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they linked exposure to the cold sore virus to shrinking of brain regions in patients with schizophrenia. INDIANAPOLIS, May 31 (UPI) -- Dialysis patients with high blood pressure may do well to cut salt and ditch drugs, a U.S. doctor suggests. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 31 (UPI) -- Some strains of influenza do not die at the end of winter, but move to South America, while some migrate further, U.S. genetic detectives said. |
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| Sunday, May 30DALLAS, May 30 (UPI) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas may have committed Medicare and Medicaid fraud, investigators say. |
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| Saturday, May 29PHOENIX, May 29 (UPI) -- A dangerous strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been confirmed for the first time in Arizona this year, striking 10 patients in the Phoenix area. BAGSVAERD, Denmark, May 29 (UPI) -- Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk says it has cut off the supply of insulin to Greece over a government order that all medicine prices be slashed 25 percent. PROVO, Utah, May 29 (UPI) -- Shannon Price, U.S. actor Gary Coleman's widow, thanked fans for their support after her husband's death. NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) -- Lawyers who reached a settlement for thousands of sickened Ground Zero workers bowed to pressure to reduce legal fees, saying they will give up $85 million. May 29--Almost 100 workers in Oakland's medical marijuana industry have voted to be represented by organized labor, a first-of-its-kind event for an industry trying to build public support. MINNEAPOLIS, May 29 (UPI) -- In a study of 2,268 people in Minnesota, researchers said indoor tanning devices increased the risk of melanoma. |
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| Friday, May 28CHICAGO, May 28 (UPI) -- Firefighters wearing hazardous-materials suits rescued a reclusive senior couple in Chicago trapped under a mound of trash and hoarded junk, authorities say. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as bisphenol A to breast cancer in mice. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say surgery may be indicated for those with chronic or recurring appendicitis. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 28 (UPI) -- A study in mice found male sex hormones might be key to optimal ovarian functioning, U.S. researchers said. EAST LANSING, Mich., May 28 (UPI) -- Osteopathic manipulative medicine -- increasing muscle motion -- was linked to faster healing of older pneumonia patients, U.S. researchers found. SALT LAKE CITY, May 28 (UPI) -- Gary Coleman, known to American TV viewers as the precocious Arnold Jackson on "Diff'rent Strokes," died Friday of a brain hemorrhage, his publicist said. BILOXI, Miss., May 28 (UPI) -- Poison frontman Bret Michaels had plans for another stage appearance -- scheduled Friday in Biloxi, Miss. -- this time with his doctor's knowledge. WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- Organicgirl, a California grower, says it has recalled 363 cases of baby spinach after one package tested positive for salmonella. EXETER, England, May 28 (UPI) -- A controlled culling of badgers reduced the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle by 37 percent, researchers in England said. LONDON, May 28 (UPI) -- Brushing your teeth twice a day can lower your risk of heart disease, British researchers said. NORMAN, Okla., May 28 (UPI) -- Vaccines that activate T-cells in the immune system may someday be used to treat cancer, HIV and other viral diseases, scientists in Oklahoma said. WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- From January 2008 to December 2009, local health departments lost 23,000 jobs, or 15 percent of the local health department workforce, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Thursday, May 27SEATTLE, May 27 (UPI) -- The ability of U.S. radiologists to identify breast cancer when present increased from 71 percent in 1996 to 84 percent in 2004, researchers found. DUARTE, Calif., May 27 (UPI) -- Children born to older men have a higher risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, U.S. researchers found. NOTTINGHAM, England, May 27 (UPI) -- British researchers have begun testing a vaccine to reverse the deadly skin cancer known as melanoma. WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday against the purchase or use of "Arrow Brand Medicated Oil & Embrocation." TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer scientists say they've discovered an interaction between a cell signaling system and a gene that might be the cause of B-cell lymphoma. WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a model for manipulating vitamin D levels in calves to determine how much is needed for optimal growth and health. INDIANAPOLIS, May 27 (UPI) -- For the third time in a row, the Washington metropolitan area was placed atop the American Fitness Index by the American College of Sports Medicine. HOLLYWOOD, May 27 (UPI) -- Hard-rocker Bret Michaels didn't bring a doctor's note when he showed up for the season finale of "American Idol" because he didn't tell the doc about the gig. CHICAGO, May 26 (UPI) -- Sexual activity declines in patients who don't discuss with their doctors when it's safe to resume sex after a heart attack, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Wednesday, May 26WARWICK, England, May 26 (UPI) -- Researchers say they found a continuing climate of ageism in Britain, depicting older adults as a burden on community services. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 26 (UPI) -- Primary care physicians could improve the recognition and treatment of depression and reduce its stigma, U.S. researchers say. NEW ORLEANS, May 26 (UPI) -- Eliminating one serving of a sugary drink a day may lower blood pressure, researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center suggest. MIAMI, May 26 (UPI) -- Florida health officials have launched an investigation after a cook at a local chain restaurant tested positive for typhoid fever, authorities said. ST. LOUIS, May 26 (UPI) -- Worms invading the brain, lungs and other organs have made six U.S. patients sick after they ate raw crayfish. MAYWOOD, Ill., May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. and Canadian scientists say they've found the use of less invasive stents to open clogged carotid arteries works as well as traditional surgery. WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new label for Xenical and Alli to include information about rare, but possible, severe liver injury. NEW YORK, May 26 (UPI) -- The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles says it is planning an exhibition of photos and paintings by film star Dennis Hopper. STAMFORD, Conn., May 26 (UPI) -- The Connecticut woman whose pet chimpanzee went berserk and nearly killed her friend in 2009 has died unexpectedly, her attorney says. LOS ANGELES, May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. rocker and reality TV star Bret Michaels says he plans to have heart surgery this fall after he takes care of some of his other health issues. TAMPA, Fla., May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say folate prevented alcohol-induced congenital heart defects in mice. |
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| Tuesday, May 25PITTSBURGH, May 25 (UPI) -- Researchers in Africa found men doubled their risk of HIV if their partner is pregnant and infected with human immunodeficiency virus. BOSTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. chemical engineer says he is developing a more accurate test for allergic reactions. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 25 (UPI) -- A Muslim girl who ran away from her parents to join a Christian couple she met on the Internet is suffering from cancer, her Florida lawyer says. IRVINE, Calif., May 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. miscarriage rate increased by 3 percent for males following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, researchers found. NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they have discovered how bone marrow plays a critical role in enhancing a person's immune response to viruses. WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about a possible increased risk of fractures when using stomach acid inhibitors. NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Rocker Bret Michaels is crediting his fans' support for his win on "The Celebrity Apprentice" in New York this week. RICHLAND, Wash., May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found packaging anti-cancer drugs in chemically modified silica particles hikes the drugs' ability to fight skin cancer in mice. NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- During a 16-day period this year, the New York City health department enrolled more than 40,000 smokers for free nicotine patches and gum, officials said. CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. pharmaceutical companies released a report Tuesday showing a record 235 medicines to treat diabetes in development. LOS ANGELES, May 25 (UPI) -- Simon Monjack, a British screenwriter who died in Los Angeles Sunday at the age of 40, was scheduled to have bypass surgery this fall, a publicist said. DUBLIN, Ireland, May 25 (UPI) -- Irish rocker Bono has been discharged from Munich's Ludwig Maximilians-University Hospital after undergoing emergency back surgery. WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Tuesday of a new treatment for some patients with late-onset (non-infantile) Pompe disease. NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- New York's public healthcare system restructuring and cost containment plan will generate $300 million in savings and efficiencies, officials say. DURHAM, N.C., May 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey indicates some common tanning myths, including one that some kinds of ultraviolet rays are acceptable, may be hard to eradicate. WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Experts at a U.S. health group say a corporate health education program can reduce medical claims -- reducing healthcare costs. |
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| Monday, May 24URBANA, Ill., May 24 (UPI) -- Food insecurity -- inability to buy enough food -- increases the risk of weight gain complications during pregnancy, U.S. researchers says. ST. LOUIS, May 24 (UPI) -- Estrogen-lowering drugs improve surgical outcomes in breast cancer patients, U.S. researchers said. HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 24 (UPI) -- German, Swedish and U.S. researchers said they found a lower rate of prostate cancer among people with diabetes. DALIAN, China, May 24 (UPI) -- Researchers in China suggest reducing the niacin added to many fortified foods may help prevent obesity. DENVER, May 24 (UPI) -- Long-term survival of Colorado's bighorn sheep is being threatened by non-native mountain goats, construction and disease, authorities say. STANFORD, Calif., May 24 (UPI) -- Scientists say a method of analyzing environmental factors developed by Stanford University might lead to new information about complex diseases. BETHESDA, Md., May 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say an experimental Ebola vaccine protects monkeys against not only the two most lethal Ebola virus species, but also a new Ebola virus. WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Monday of the Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) virus test. LONDON, May 24 (UPI) -- British and U.S. scientists say they've identified a new cancer gene that could lead to more effective treatments for pediatric glioma. NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) -- Ailing rocker Bret Michaels was declared the winner on Sunday night's finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" in New York. SEATTLE, May 24 (UPI) -- The number of deaths in children age 5 and under worldwide dropped from 12 million in 1990 to 7.7 million in 2010, U.S. researchers said. WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will consider whether to approve a drug that its manufacturer says increases women's sexual desire. WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Pharmacists are the most trusted source for medical research information, followed by patients groups and the U.S. government, a survey indicates. |
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| Sunday, May 23TAMPA, Fla., May 23 (UPI) -- The only U.S. manufacturer of anti-venin for coral snake bites has stopped making it and existing stocks will expire in October, officials say. OTTAWA, May 22 (UPI) -- Nearly half of Canadians want to leave national abortion policy alone, but a third say they would like to see the debate reopened, a poll indicated. |
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| Saturday, May 22DETROIT, May 22 (UPI) -- About 30,000 people, many clad in pink, walked and ran in rainy downtown Detroit Saturday to raise money to fight breast cancer, organizers said. |
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| Friday, May 21PITTSBURGH, May 21 (UPI) -- Experts at a U.S. health education group advise changing diet to avoid foods that may trigger gout. CHICAGO, May 21 (UPI) -- Caregivers of patients with brain tumors may be more forthcoming to the doctor than the patients, a U.S. researcher says. DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Patients who have breast and prostate cancer who exercise report a better quality of life and being less fatigued, U.S. researchers said. BOSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Falls are one of the poor health outcomes in the elderly associated with not taking medications as followed, U.S. researchers said. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 21 (UPI) -- Seventy-four percent of U.S. women say they have had a mammogram, while 66 percent say they get mammograms on a regular basis, a survey indicates. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 21 (UPI) -- Despite warnings against long-term use, the use of risky anti-anxiety drugs may be spreading to baby boomers, Canadian researchers warn. PHILADELPHIA, May 21 (UPI) -- A prostate cancer cell protein -- Stat5 -- might be key to the cancer's spread, U.S. researchers said. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 21 (UPI) -- A diet free of gluten and casein did not change behavior in children with autism, U.S. researchers said. MUNICH, Germany, May 21 (UPI) -- Irish rocker Bono has undergone emergency back surgery for an injury he sustained during tour preparation training, his band U2's Web site said Friday. NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Bret Michaels' publicist says the rocker intends to appear on Sunday's "The Celebrity Apprentice" finale in New York, despite his recent health scares. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 21 (UPI) -- Cancer survivors who tried four weeks of gentle yoga improved the quality of their sleep and were not as tired during the day, researchers in New York said. BOSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Some older women with early-stage breast cancer could safely decline radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, researchers in Boston said. LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- Nine California hospitals have been fined by the state for medical errors that included removing a healthy kidney and giving a baby morphine, officials said. DALLAS, May 21 (UPI) -- The more alcohol a man consumes, the higher his risk of pancreatic cancer, U.S. researchers suggest. |
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| Thursday, May 20LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- Men with erectile dysfunction should be checked for early signs of coronary artery disease, a British researcher and international team warn. DALLAS, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say complications may be more likely in kidney disease patients diagnosed with depression than among other kidney patients. ATHENS, Ga., May 20 (UPI) -- Daily consumption of ginger root may help reduce muscle pain caused by exercise, U.S. researchers found. FAIRFAX, Va., May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists suggest the end of widespread small pox vaccinations toward the end of the 20th century might have resulted in the rapid spread of HIV. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 20 (UPI) -- A University of Michigan study suggests prostate cancer treatments that target the hormone androgen and its receptor might be going after the wrong target. BOSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked increased abdominal fat at middle-age with greater dementia risk later. DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, May 14 (UPI) -- The Isle of Man is sending 12 healthy queen bees to England to see if they can rejuvenate a bee population decimated by colony collapse, officials said. SLEEPY EYE, Minn., May 20 (UPI) -- A Minnesota family that last year fought court-mandated chemotherapy for their teenage son has been hit by cancer again, this time the father, they say. EDMONTON, Alberta, May 20 (UPI) -- An aerobics program that gets the heart pumping beats a walking program, but walkers may stick with their activity longer, Canadian researchers say. COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 20 (UPI) -- Women in Bangladesh who wear saris are literally wearing the answer to better health for themselves and their families, U.S. researchers said. HONG KONG, May 19 (UPI) -- Researchers in Hong Kong have identified an identical gene in both humans and animals for antibiotic resistance. |
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| Wednesday, May 19MILWAUKEE, May 19 (UPI) -- Cochlear implants benefit older adults with hearing loss, but they help younger patients more, U.S. researchers said. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found an association between hearing loss and use of Viagra, the erectile dysfunction medication. NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they have taken what might be the next step toward development of a universal influenza vaccine. HERSHEY, Pa., May 19 (UPI) -- Air pollution increases stress on the heart and increases the risk of heart disease, U.S. researchers said. CHICAGO, May 19 (UPI) -- Ninety percent of patients prescribed medication for overactive bladder quit, U.S. researchers found. SAN ANTONIO, May 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. National Institutes of Health-funded study shows behavioral therapy is effective in treating children with Tourette syndrome and related tic disorders. DALLAS, May 19 (UPI) -- One-third of teenagers with treatment-resistant depression -- depressed for more than two years -- were helped with medication changes, U.S. researchers say. PALO ALTO, Calif., May 19 (UPI) -- Older patients and those treated for depression may be more likely than others to be satisfied with the results of plastic surgery, U.S. researchers said. CHICAGO, May 19 (UPI) -- Women who use indoor tanning may not be worried about the risk of skin cancer but they are worried about getting wrinkles, U.S. researchers said. LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- Jonathan Rhys Meyers' publicist has confirmed the Irish actor is again seeking treatment for his addiction to alcohol. |
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| Tuesday, May 18NEW ORLEANS, May 18 (UPI) -- Adults without health insurance who were admitted to Pennsylvania hospital intensive care units had a 21 percent increased risk of death, researchers said. NEW YORK, May 18 (UPI) -- Doctors would have saved a man's life if they had removed his transplanted kidney when they learned the donor had cancer, a lawyer told a New York jury Tuesday. CHICAGO, May 18 (UPI) -- The drugstore chain CVS is joining Walgreens in delaying the sale of home genetic testing kits because of a U.S. investigation of the manufacturer. CHICAGO, May 18 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area woman says she was fired by a community college because she has cancer. LOMA LINDA, Calif., May 18 (UPI) -- Eating tree nuts helps lower blood lipid levels and may help heart health, a U.S. researcher says. NEW ORLEANS, May 18 (UPI) -- Google Flu Trends influenza surveillance is cheap and timely but should be interpreted with caution, U.S. researchers said. WILMINGTON, Del., May 18 (UPI) -- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, was released from a Delaware hospital Tuesday where he was recovering from a stroke. DALLAS, May 18 (UPI) -- Genes dictate if fat is stored on belly or hips -- in particular, gender genes, U.S. researchers said. BOSTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Processed meats -- bacon, hot dogs or processed deli meats -- are linked to more than a 40 percent higher risk of heart disease, U.S. researchers found. BETHESDA, Md., May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found markers on cells linked to an aggressive but less common form of breast cancer called estrogen receptor-negative cancer. BETHESDA, Md., May 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has determined two common operations for stress urinary incontinence are equally effective in helping women achieve similar levels of dryness. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered additional evidence that increases in protease activity might be central to the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis. AUGUSTA, Ga., May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say anti-inflammatory drugs appear to help block the rapid kidney destruction that can be caused by hypertension. DALLAS, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. microbiologists say they have identified a process that might be able to help prevent outbreaks of a food-borne illness caused by E. coli in cattle. MANSFIELD, Conn., May 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. review of studies found people at risk for blood clots may be helped by use of statin -- a cholesterol lowering drug, researchers say. NEW ORLEANS, May 18 (UPI) -- Increased airway inflammation occurs hours after a high-fat meal in people with asthma, researchers in Australia found. DUISBURG-ESSEN, Germany, May 18 (UPI) -- People who live in cities where particulate air pollution is high may have an increased risk of high blood pressure, German researchers say. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 18 (UPI) -- Fifty percent of U.S. parents say they welcome e-communications with their child's doctor, a U.S. survey indicates. |
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| Monday, May 17NEW ORLEANS, May 17 (UPI) -- Women age 45 and older may help decrease their risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease if they take vitamin E long-term, U.S. researchers say. LISBON, Portugal, May 17 (UPI) -- Caffeine may slow Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, researchers in Portugal said. MONTREAL, May 17 (UPI) -- The findings of an international study investigating a possible link between cellphone use and brain tumors were inconclusive, a researcher in Canada says. BETHESDA, Md., May 17 (UPI) -- A multicenter U.S. study suggests sickle cell disease might affect the brain functions of adults who have few or mild complications of the blood disorder. DURHAM, N.C., May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered a new role for a host protein, providing more insight into how T cells work to control HIV and other infections. CHICAGO, May 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests the best way to discourage college-age women from using tanning salons is to remind them the treatments can cause wrinkled skin. BETHESDA, Md., May 17 (UPI) -- National Institutes of Health-supported studies suggest higher oxygen levels help improve preterm survival and provide information about how to deliver it. CLEVELAND, May 17 (UPI) -- A Cleveland Clinic study suggests the removal of cancerous kidneys does not prolong the lives of patients 75 years or older. STANFORD, Calif., May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists report new evidence supporting the idea that handwashing can prevent the spread of water-borne disease. WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has revised its recommendations for rotavirus vaccines, calling for the medication's resumed use. |
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| Sunday, May 16BALTIMORE, Ohio, May 16 (UPI) -- Investigators are examining the U.S. Army's use of a controversial and possibly dangerous drug to treat wounded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials say. HOUSTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The wife of heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio says her husband is "not doing good" in a Houston hospital where he is battling stomach cancer. |
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| Saturday, May 15ST. PAUL, Minn., May 15 (UPI) -- A sniff may replace an injection when getting a local anesthetic in the dentist's chair, U.S. researchers say. LOS ANGELES, May 15 (UPI) -- U.S. rocker Bret Michaels, who suffered a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage April 22, plans to resume performing this month at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Miss. |
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| Friday, May 14CHICAGO, May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are testing if the drug Celebrex, or celecoxib, can help prevent the growth of precancerous polyps that can form in children. NOTTINGHAM, England, May 14 (UPI) -- The epidemic of esophageal and upper stomach cancer may be due to alcohol, smoking and obesity, researchers in Britain said. TURKU, Finland, May 14 (UPI) -- A Finnish researcher suggests adding cheese with probiotic bacteria to the diets of elderly people to help them fight infection and disease. NEW YORK, May 14 (UPI) -- A carcinogen in tobacco smoke is being used in oral cancer research to provide a more relevant model to understand the disease, U.S. researchers say. PALO ALTO, Calif., May 14 (UPI) -- Specialized ear cells developed from mice show potential to improve hearing loss in humans, scientists in California said. LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- Computer keyboards can be breeding grounds for E. coli and other hazardous organisms, scientists in Britain said. DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, May 14 (UPI) -- The Isle of Mann is sending 12 healthy queen bees to England to see if they can rejuvenate a bee population decimated by colony collapse, officials said. BOSTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Drinking large amounts of coffee or soda is not linked to a greater risk of colon cancer, U.S. researchers said. LOS ANGELES, May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say drugs approved to treat erectile dysfunction may help treat brain tumors. |
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| Thursday, May 13ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- From 2002 to 2007, four states reported 401 acute illnesses from anti-microbial pesticide exposures -- mainly to the eyes, health officials said. ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan reported 78 percent of the some 1,600 cases of polio in 2009, U.S. health officials said. MIAMI, May 13 (UPI) -- Dr. Steven L. Kaplan, a South Florida psychiatrist, has had his license yanked by state officials following the overdose death of a boy he treated. ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- Thirty confirmed or probable cases of illness in four states have been tallied in an investigation of tainted romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials say. CALGARY, Alberta, May 13 (UPI) -- A Canadian advocacy group reporting on under-treated pain says its survey indicates 30 percent of Canadians suffer from pain at least a few times a week. MELBOURNE, May 13 (UPI) -- Australian researchers have linked one yearly mega dose of vitamin D -- versus a placebo -- to higher risk of falls and fractures. BOSTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Cold water temperatures can put an extra strain on the heart and circulation, a U.S. doctor cautions. MINNEAPOLIS, May 13 (UPI) -- Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. says it has agreed to cover the complete cost of care for a Minnesota woman paralyzed from eating contaminated beef. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13 (UPI) -- Preventable diseases -- diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria -- cause two-thirds of child deaths worldwide, World Health Organization officials in Switzerland say. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has identified a rare genetic mutation that researchers say suggests a potentially novel approach for treatment of tics and Tourette syndrome. BOSTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Researchers say seven out of every 10 U.S. women who are pregnant may need to get more vitamin D. NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- Almay has signed U.S. actress Kate Hudson as its newest global brand ambassador, Revlon Inc. announced Thursday. ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. study of the clot-busting stroke drug tPA suggests it can act as a neuroprotectant and may be an adaptive response to blood flow reduction. WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Walgreens says it won't sell the Pathway Genomics genetic test kit until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves over-the-counter sales. COLUMBIA, Mo., May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say animal models indicate hormone therapies may increase the chance of breast cancer metastasis. |
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| Wednesday, May 12GRANADA, Spain, May 12 (UPI) -- A study of breastfeeding mothers in Spain found 94 percent of mothers did not follow a proper diet, researchers said. LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- Redmond O'Neal has completed a program at a drug rehab facility in Los Angeles and is moving into a sober living environment, People.com said Wednesday. EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 12 (UPI) -- A review of studies by researchers in Scotland, Britain and Canada finds treating gum disease may lower sugar levels in people with diabetes. WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about swallowing Benadryl Extra Strength Itch Stopping Gel, a product designed for use on the skin. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 12 (UPI) -- For the one in three U.S. women who suffer the symptoms of weak pelvic muscles, a machine may make doing Kegel exercises easier, a women's foundation says. |
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| Tuesday, May 11BOSTON, May 11 (UPI) -- A review of studies indicates that human growth hormone does not appear to be safe or effective for healthy men of any age, U.S. newsletter says. FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., May 11 (UPI) -- Despite years of U.S. government warnings against asthma patients taking long-acting beta agonists alone, one-third of patients still do, researchers say. WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. drugstore chain CVS Caremark has expanded its customer loyalty card to provide extra benefits for diabetes patients, company officials said. CHICAGO, May 11 (UPI) -- Personal genetic testing kits, which are available through retail pharmacies, still need a genetic counselor, a U.S. group of genetic counselors advises. URBANA, Ill., May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says a flaxseed diet helped lessen the severity of ovarian cancer in hens. HELSINKI, Finland, May 11 (UPI) -- A study of British civil servants found overtime-induced work stress may contribute to a substantial proportion of cardiovascular disease, researchers said. LIV, Calif., May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they have developed technology that can identify bacteria, viruses and other organisms within 24 hours. ARDEN HILLS, Minn., May 11 (UPI) -- Five seniors at Bethel University in Minnesota have apologized for a blackface skit during a campus fundraiser. DEERFIELD, Ill., May 11 (UPI) -- The Walgreens drugstore chain and a U.S. company offering genetic testing have signed an agreement to sell the testing kits in stores. WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- Federal and state health officials say they've linked an E. coli outbreak in Michigan, Ohio and New York to romaine lettuce distributed by Freshway Foods Inc. NEWMARKET, Ontario, May 11 (UPI) -- Nearly 350 dogs, cats and other animals were to be euthanized at a York Region shelter because of a severe outbreak of ringworm, Canadian authorities said. TORONTO, May 11 (UPI) -- The Canadian Revenue Agency says it has shut down a fraudulent AIDS charity that took in about $15 million in donations in 2006 and 2007. MINNEAPOLIS, May 11 (UPI) -- Drinking alcohol during pregnancy could increase the risk of acute myeloid leukemia, French researchers found. |
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| Monday, May 10SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 10 (UPI) -- A study in worms found withdrawal symptoms of alcohol could be relieved by small doses of alcohol, but it increased dependency, British researchers said. ROCHESTER, Minn., May 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest car and rail pollutants raise a child's risk have of developing asthma. BETHESDA, Md., May 10 (UPI) -- U.S. health experts remind women with gestational diabetes they need to remain vigilant after a baby is born. LOGAN, Utah, May 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the spouses of dementia sufferers may be at higher risk of also developing dementia. BOSTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Machines that use bar-code technology are more accurate than humans in dispensing medications in hospitals, U.S. researchers said. NEW YORK, May 10 (UPI) -- Post-traumatic stress disorder causes changes in immune system genes and may compromise immunity, putting people at risk of disease, U.S. researchers suggest. ATLANTA, May 10 (UPI) -- The cost of treating cancer has nearly doubled in the past 18 years from more than $24 billion to some $48 billion, U.S. researchers found. LOS ANGELES, May 10 (UPI) -- Lisa Niemi admits she wishes she and her late husband, Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze, had had children together. CALGARY, Alberta, May 10 (UPI) -- A team of Canadian medical researchers says it has found a possible new therapy for Cryptococcus disease -- a rare but serious brain infection. NEW YORK, May 10 (UPI) -- Barbara Walters announced on Monday's edition of "The View" in New York she plans to undergo heart surgery later this week. LOS ANGELES, May 10 (UPI) -- A court likely will reverse a $200 million punitive damage award given to a Los Angeles County woman in an asbestos case, a legal expert said. HOUSTON, May 10 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of international scientists says it has completed the first comprehensive sequencing of an amphibian genome. |
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| Sunday, May 9OAKLAND, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden said his perfect game came on a Mother's Day when he was remembering the death of his own mother. |
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| Saturday, May 8DALLAS, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors warn nausea and vomiting, especially after the first trimester, may be signs of flu. |
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| Friday, May 7GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- The best way to keep weight off long term is to lose it quickly, not gradually, in the initial stages of obesity treatment, U.S. researchers said. BETHESDA, Md., May 7 (UPI) -- The rate of cancer of the lower stomach has decreased overall in U.S. adults but has increased in whites ages 25-39, researchers found. HENDERSON, Nev., May 7 (UPI) -- An attorney representing a Nevada man with hepatitis C is seeking more than $1 billion from two companies accused of failing to prevent the state's outbreak. SAN DIEGO, May 7 (UPI) -- Whole body magnetic resonance imaging may detect the spread of breast cancer to the bones. BALTIMORE, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say dark chocolate may help guard against brain injury after a stroke. WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- A government report on chemicals in the environment may divert attention from larger cancer causes such as smoking, The American Cancer Society said. BUTLER, Pa., May 7 (UPI) -- Zinc levels in Super Poligrip led to a nerve disorder in a Butler, Pa., woman, a lawsuit filed against the maker of the denture cream alleges. WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Freshway Foods is recalling products with romaine lettuce linked to an outbreak of 19 cases of E. coli in Michigan, Ohio and New York, authorities said. NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- Bacterial spores that cause botulism, tetanus and anthrax may have an extra coating of protection that help them survive, scientists in New York said. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 7 (UPI) -- Public fear can unnecessarily clog and strain hospital emergency rooms making a bad situation worse, U.S. researchers said. NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- Unlicensed, non-medical providers for cosmetic surgery or body enhancement procedures can cause disfigurement and death, New York City health officials warn. TORRANCE, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Natazia tablets that contain estrogen and progestin, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals said. |
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| Thursday, May 6VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 6 (UPI) -- About 45 percent of mothers who live in poverty screened positive for depressive symptoms, of which 6 percent had severe symptoms, U.S. researchers say. WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The National Osteoporosis Foundation says it plans to honor Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman at an upcoming ceremony in Washington. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 6 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say 85 percent of teens may risk overdosing on acetaminophen, or Tylenol, because of ignorance. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 6 (UPI) -- Swedish researchers say those who exercise when young may be rewarded with stronger bones when old. ATLANTA, May 6 (UPI) -- More than 16,000 U.S. teens ages 12-19 died each year from 1999 to 2006 -- most preventable, federal health officials said Thursday. CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests more than half of all liver patients experience neurocognitive impairments that are more severe than in early-stage Alzheimer's disease. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests endometrial stem cells might be able to take over the function of the non-working brain cells of Parkinson's disease patients. WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Thursday of Natazia, a combination hormonal tablet for use as an oral contraceptive. HOUSTON, May 6 (UPI) -- A University of Texas study has contradicted previous research by finding early life exposure to ultraviolet-A light does not cause melanoma in a fish model. |
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| Wednesday, May 5VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 5 (UPI) -- Older children, especially those with underlying medical conditions, are more at risk of H1N1 influenza than seasonal flu, U.S. researchers said. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 5 (UPI) -- A pregnant woman who smokes may raise her child's risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, Finnish researchers say. ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a plant extract may battle inflammatory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it will allow the limited use of the diabetes drug Vetsulin for dogs or cats in critical need of the medication. CHICAGO, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a genetic link between sporadic and familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. BOSTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. chemical engineer has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to develop techniques for cultivating stem cells for use in damaged tissue replacement. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says living in a high-crime neighborhood may worsen children's asthma. BOSTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A U.S.-funded research project is using light-activated technology to treat battlefield injuries in place of conventional sutures, staples and glues. BUFFALO, N.Y., May 5 (UPI) -- New York state prosecutors say an AIDS-infected man who was imprisoned for having unprotected sex remains a danger to society. MONTREAL, May 5 (UPI) -- An international team of scientists, including some from Canada, has linked 20 genes with osteoporosis, including 13 never before associated with the disease. EDMONTON, Alberta, May 4 (UPI) -- Strong skin cancer awareness campaigns begun more than 20 years ago are contributing to the stabilization of skin cancer rates in Canada, researchers said. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers linked sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorders and behavioral problems. LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- High doses of antioxidant supplements such as vitamins C and E -- not foods -- may actually increase cancer risk, U.S. researchers said. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest a compound found in broccoli targets the cells that fuel tumor growth. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5 (UPI) -- Charles Darwin was right to worry that his children may suffer because of intermarriage between his family and his wife's, U.S. and Spanish researchers said. BETHESDA, Md., May 5 (UPI) -- Men tend to abuse medications more than women, but for females ages 12-17 there is a higher rate of girls abusing medications, U.S. researchers say. MADRID, May 5 (UPI) -- Top-down management -- an autocratic boss who does not listen to employees -- increases healthcare costs, researchers in Spain said. |
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| Tuesday, May 4NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors suggest some premature infants may benefit from early treatment of their retinopathy of prematurity. LOS ANGELES, May 4 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said Tuesday former child star Corey Haim died from natural causes with drugs playing no direct role in his death. LOS ANGELES, May 4 (UPI) -- Latinos living in the United States are developing vision loss at higher rates than non-Hispanic whites, researchers said. LAS VEGAS, May 4 (UPI) -- Jurors deliberated for a second day Tuesday in the Nevada trial of a lawsuit by a man who blames pharmaceutical companies for his infection with hepatitis C. WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is going to require a printed medication guide be given to patients using Vivitrol injectable suspension. PHOENIX, May 4 (UPI) -- Rocker and reality TV personality Bret Michaels has been discharged from an Arizona hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, his doctor said. CHARLESTON, S.C., May 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy can produce significant antidepressant effects in some people. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created the first transgenic mouse to display early signs of Parkinson's disease using the genetic mutation's human form. BEER-SHEVA, Israel, May 4 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say they've isolated a microalgal strain that produces large amounts of a polyunsaturated fatty acid that may cut blood cholesterol levels. DURHAM, N.C., May 4 (UPI) -- Duke University medical researchers say they've found some commonly used steroid medications might aid in tissue-repairing regenerative therapy. WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has ordered the Baxter Healthcare Corp. to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps. |
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| Monday, May 3VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 3 (UPI) -- Gastrointestinal symptoms occur in almost 50 percent of children with autism spectrum disorders, U.S. researchers found. NORWICH, England, May 3 (UPI) -- British researchers suggest eating a couple of tablespoons of olive oil daily may help prevent ulcerative colitis. TORONTO, May 3 (UPI) -- Trafficking charges against volunteer workers at a Toronto medical marijuana club have been stayed, although its owner still faces charges, authorities said. BOSTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Former major league outfielder Dave Roberts revealed Monday he is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma but expects to recover. COSTA MESA, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge has ruled two California cities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, despite a challenge by the disabled. BETHESDA, Md., May 3 (UPI) -- Scientists say a U.S. government project is making progress in finding ways to use nanotechnology to improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. PITTSBURGH, May 3 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say they've determined MicroRNAs appear to play a significant role in the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it is reviewing the safety of several commonly used prostate cancer drugs. NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) -- At least 7,000 mentally disabled Croatians remain in institutions despite the nation's commitment to a treaty on disability rights, a human rights group said. AUSTIN, Texas, May 3 (UPI) -- Thousands of children in Texas and other states were selling lemonade for a day to raise money for charitable projects. TAMPA, Fla., May 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a multicenter international clinical trial's findings suggest a combination of antibiotics effectively treats Chlamydia-induced arthritis. BRISTOL, England, May 3 (UPI) -- A British-led group of scientists says it has discovered anti-retroviral therapy is dramatically reducing rates of HIV mortality in high-income countries. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3 (UPI) -- Women who have suffered domestic violence have significantly higher healthcare costs, even after abuse stops, U.S. researchers found. |
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| Sunday, May 2HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 2 (UPI) -- Country music superstar Taylor Swift has become the latest celebrity to endorse a line of Covergirl cosmetics, the firm has announced. |
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| Saturday, May 1WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- McNeil Consumer Healthcare has announced a recall of several popular over-the-counter remedies formulated for children and infants. |
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| Friday, April 30DALLAS, April 30 (UPI) -- A study of pregnant women found the three anti-viral drugs used to treat influenza appear safe for the women and their babies, U.S. researchers said. TRONDHEIM, Norway, April 30 (UPI) -- Researchers in Norway say obesity increased the risk for fibromyalgia, but exercise decreased fibromyalgia risk. LOS ANGELES, April 30 (UPI) -- One of the doctors treating U.S. rocker and reality TV personality Bret Michaels at an Arizona hospital says he has an "unbelievable fight" in him. ATLANTA, April 30 (UPI) -- There were large increases in seasonal flu coverage for U.S. children and a moderate increase for adults ages 18-49 for 2009-10, health officials said. NEW YORK, April 30 (UPI) -- Jessica Simpson's dentist, Dr. Bill Dorfman, says he is "blown away" by the U.S. singer and actress's public admission she doesn't brush her teeth every day. PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- A genome report soon will cost no more than $1,000, enabling more people to learn about the health risks encoded in their genes, U.S. researchers said. MELBOURNE, April 30 (UPI) -- Babies whose mothers don't get enough sunlight during the early part of pregnancy are more likely to develop multiple sclerosis, scientists in Australia said. LONDON, April 30 (UPI) -- A person who has lung cancer in Norway or Sweden is much more likely to survive than a person in Britain, researchers found. ABILENE, Texas, April 30 (UPI) -- A bout of H1N1 flu six months ago may be the reason a Texas teen experienced heart failure and may need a transplant, his doctors say. |
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| Thursday, April 29ATLANTA, April 29 (UPI) -- Forty-five percent of U.S. adults have hypertension, hypercholesterolemia -- high blood cholesterol and triglycerides -- or diabetes, health officials said. AUGUSTA, Ga., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say exercise helps to forestall osteoporosis in women. GLENFIELD, England, April 29 (UPI) -- British cardiologists used a robotic arm to perform surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat while the surgeon was in another room, hospital officials said. BALTIMORE, April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say ranibizumab plus laser treatment may help patients with diabetic macular edema. ANAHEIM, Calif., April 29 (UPI) -- In a study involving rats, tart cherries appeared to reduce inflammation and lessen heart disease risk, U.S. researchers said. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 29 (UPI) -- Doctors in western Sweden say they refuse to perform circumcisions, as they say they must perform other medical procedures that have greater priority. NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- Weill Cornell Medical College researchers say they have determined a single gene is responsible for obsessive-compulsive disorder behaviors in mice. SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered how to predict if the most common form of breast cancer may later spread. SOUTHHAMPTON, England, April 29 (UPI) -- Extract from the baby's breath flower may improve the efficiency of anti-leukemia drugs by up to 1 million times, a British doctor says. WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Thursday of a new therapy for certain men suffering advanced prostate cancer. BETHESDA, Md., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers suggest a daily dose of a specific form of vitamin E can significantly improve a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say their research on sex chromosomes in primates might affect future studies of human genetic diseases. |
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| Wednesday, April 28LONDON, Ontario, April 28 (UPI) -- Those with diabetic nephropathy, kidney disease caused by diabetes, who took high doses B vitamins had more kidney function decline, Canadian researchers say. ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 28 (UPI) -- Grapes seem to protect overweight rats from metabolic syndrome, U.S. researchers suggest. ANAHEIM, Calif., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found racial differences in enzymes key to regulating blood pressure. PITTSBURGH, April 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says regular aerobic exercise may speed learning and help blood flow to the brain. BARCELONA, Spain, April 28 (UPI) -- Smoking and eating fructose can worsen non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, U.S. researchers suggest. LOS ANGELES, April 28 (UPI) -- Test results indicate a setback in Bret Michaels' condition, a message posted on the U.S. rocker's Facebook page said. BETHESDA, Md., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators said Wednesday there is no firm evidence any preventive measures for cognitive decline or Alzheimer's disease are effective. NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say it may be possible to use melanin-covered nanoparticles to protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of radiation therapy. NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- Alternative-medicine advocate Gary Null has sued the New Jersey manufacturer of his Ultimate Power Meal, saying he almost died from a Vitamin D overdose. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 28 (UPI) -- A Florida man with leukemia will appeal a ruling his brother can't be forced to donate bone marrow or return the money he was paid for it, his lawyer says. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28 (UPI) -- B.P. Agrawal of Sustainable Innovations Corp. Wednesday won the Lemelson-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Award for Sustainability. VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 28 (UPI) -- A respiratory illness outbreak caused the deaths of nine people at a long-term care facility in Canada, the Vancouver Island Health Authority says. WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device that uses radiofrequency energy to treat severe and persistent asthma in adults. OSLO, Norway, April 28 (UPI) -- Smoking, little physical activity, a poor diet and drinking alcohol in combination can increase one's risk of dying, researchers in Norway found. BOSTON, April 28 (UPI) -- High levels of phosphates -- found in sodas and processed food -- may accelerate signs of aging, U.S. researchers suggest. RALEIGH, N.C., April 28 (UPI) -- Prevention of osteoporosis, a disease that plagues the elderly, may begin in newborn or even neonatally, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Tuesday, April 27SEATTLE, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked diabetes to a 40 percent greater risk of atrial fibrillation -- irregular heart beat. GLASGOW, Scotland, April 27 (UPI) -- British researchers found vision problems in 95 percent of children born to mothers given methadone while pregnant. DALLAS, April 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. surgeon advises patients considering prostate cancer surgery focus on the surgeon's experience rather than on the technique used for surgery. BETHESDA, Md., April 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health said Tuesday 13 more lines of human embryonic stem cells have been made eligible for federal research funding. PHILADELPHIA, April 27 (UPI) -- Philadelphia Flyers forward Ian Laperriere will probably miss the rest of the playoffs after being hit in the head with a puck, the team said Tuesday. MILWAUKEE, April 27 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers' Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker said Tuesday he will undergo heart surgery and miss 10-12 weeks of the season. ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 27 (UPI) -- By studying the immune cells of patients with head and neck cancer, physicians can choose a more individualized treatment, U.S. researchers say. BALTIMORE, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say red wine may help protect the brain from stroke damage. LOS ANGELES, April 27 (UPI) -- Bret Michaels' publicist says the U.S. rocker and reality television personality is in stable condition Tuesday after a brain hemorrhage last week. MINNEAPOLIS, April 27 (UPI) -- A feisty gorilla named Gordy, one of three males at a Minnesota zoo, died suddenly, apparently of heart disease, zoo officials said. CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers determined a person's coronary artery calcium score, together with traditional risk factors, can better predict heart attacks. BETHESDA, Md., April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a combination of eye injection and laser therapy has better outcomes than laser treatment alone for diabetic macular edema. WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday that some external defibrillators used worldwide might malfunction. NOTTINGHAM, England, April 27 (UPI) -- Almost one-quarter of extremely preterm children -- less than 26 weeks of gestation -- had a psychiatric disorder at age 11, British researchers found. ATLANTA, April 27 (UPI) -- As tornado season goes on and hurricane season approaches U.S. health officials suggest collecting and preparing important information in case of emergency. BETHESDA, Md., April 27 (UPI) -- Women who have primary ovarian insufficiency -- an early menopause-like condition -- may still have immature eggs in their ovaries, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Monday, April 26TARRYTOWN, N.Y., April 26 (UPI) -- A blood glucose monitoring system that connects to video game systems to help children manage diabetes is available in U.S. drug stores, its manufacturer said. BOSTON, April 26 (UPI) -- Non-smoking women appear to be two-to-three times more likely than non-smoking men to get lung cancer, U.S. researchers said. HEIDELBERG, Germany, April 26 (UPI) -- A man who has direct relatives -- father and brothers -- with prostate cancer has a higher risk of getting prostate cancer too, researchers in Germany said. LOS ANGELES, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. rocker and reality TV star Bret Michaels is expected to undergo more tests this week to locate the source of bleeding in his brain, his Web site said. WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- At least 22 U.S. state legislatures are seeking new ways to restrict abortions, including the expanded use of ultrasound, officials said. WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is starting an initiative designed to address safety problems associated with external infusion pumps. NAVARRA, Spain, April 26 (UPI) -- Not only does smoking not make people thinner, it is linked to weight gain, researchers in Spain said. |
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| Sunday, April 25LOS ANGELES, April 25 (UPI) -- Doctors treating rock star Bret Michaels at an undisclosed location are trying to find the source of bleeding in his brain, a post on his Web site said Sunday. MUMBAI, April 25 (UPI) -- Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his blog that he has lost 25 percent of his liver to cirrhosis stemming from a tainted blood transfusion in 1982. |
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| Saturday, April 24MCKINNEY, Texas, April 24 (UPI) -- A Texas woman who killed her baby daughter by cutting her arms off has been returned to a state mental hospital, authorities said. BUFFALO, N.Y., April 24 (UPI) -- University at Buffalo medical school students are planting a vegetable garden to improve their own diets and learn more about nutrition for their patients. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest the Framingham risk assessment tool may miss coronary disease -- especially in women. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 24 (UPI) -- Family members who care for a relative with dementia often experience stress that can lead to mental breakdowns and depression, U.S. researchers say. MEMPHIS, April 23 (UPI) -- New evidence indicates the 1976 swine flu vaccine may help protect against 2009 H1N1, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Friday, April 23DURHAM, N.C., April 23 (UPI) -- A strain of an airborne fungus that has caused several deaths in Oregon appears to be moving toward California, researchers said. GALVESTON, Texas, April 23 (UPI) -- One-half of white women and more than two-thirds of Hispanic women in the United States may be obese by an international standard, researchers said. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 23 (UPI) -- A California community is suing a medical marijuana collective for opening in defiance of a city ban on pot dispensaries, officials said. NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) -- U.S. rocker and reality TV personality Bret Michaels is hospitalized in an intensive care unit after suffering a brain hemorrhage, a source told People.com. BARCELONA, Spain, April 23 (UPI) -- A man injured in a shooting accident has received what Spanish doctors say is the world's first full face transplant. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 23 (UPI) -- Live vaccines that protect domestic poultry against Newcastle disease may be creating unpredictable wild virus strains, scientists in Pennsylvania said. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors are divided on whether some cancers are over-diagnosed and should be treated as slow-growing rather than being quickly eliminated. NIJMEGEN, Netherlands, April 23 (UPI) -- Martial arts may help those with osteoporosis fall more safely, researchers in the Netherlands suggest. OTTAWA, April 23 (UPI) -- Total drug spending in Canada increased more than 5 percent in 2009 for a total of $30 billion, officials of a non-profit group calculated. ATLANTA, April 23 (UPI) -- About 16.2 percent of people in the United States between the ages of 14-49 are infected with genital herpes, U.S. health officials estimate. |
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| Thursday, April 22LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. research chemist suggests daily consumption of a large glass of cranberry juice can help prevent urinary tract infections. WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Researchers in Italy say alcohol may be linked at the cellular level to aging and cancer. CAMBRIDGE, England, April 22 (UPI) -- How study participants complete food diaries and food frequency questionnaires may impact cancer study results, British researchers suggest. LONDON, April 22 (UPI) -- British researchers said fish oil supplements may not boost cognitive function in older people. HONG KONG, April 22 (UPI) -- Researchers in China say studies in rats indicate substances in green tea may protect against eye diseases such as glaucoma. CHICAGO, April 22 (UPI) -- A 602-patient trial demonstrated a non-invasive gene test may help those with heart transplants to avoid some biopsies, U.S. researchers said. ALLSTON, Mass., April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. drugmaker Genzyme Corp. said production disruptions put two specialty drugs at low inventory levels, and that it faced a regulatory fine of $175 million. DALLAS, April 22 (UPI) -- University of Texas scientists say they've identified the mechanism by which a protein initiates the body's immune response to viral attacks. PHILADELPHIA, April 22 (UPI) -- University of Pennsylvania scientists say they have used gene therapy to restore retinal cone function and day vision in two canine models of color blindness. TEL AVIV, Israel, April 22 (UPI) -- Most water treatment plants use chlorine to keep water free of bacteria but Israeli scientists say ultraviolet light might be a better method. WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people at U.S. airports show symptoms of potentially contagious conditions but few are reported to health officials, a review of data indicated. ALBUQUERQUE, April 22 (UPI) -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse says it has created a treatment program designed to help young adults who are addicted to opioid drugs. BETHESDA, Md., April 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health says it has identified specific medical consequences of climate change that require further research. PHILADELPHIA, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've determined non-invasive coronary computed tomography angiography may be an alternative to cardiac catheterization. BOSTON, April 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has decided against regulating salt, but chefs and public health researchers offer ways to reduce sodium in the kitchen DURHAM, N.C., April 22 (UPI) -- Obstetrician/gynecologist offices may be the ideal place for women to get caught up on vaccinations, U.S. researchers suggest. NEW YORK, April 22 (UPI) -- Women in New York are less likely than men to use condoms when having anal sex, putting them at risk of HIV infection, city health officials said. |
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| Wednesday, April 21LOS ANGELES, April 21 (UPI) -- Behavioral therapy can help even very distressed or consistently unhappy couples, U.S. researchers said. PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 21 (UPI) -- Patients with depression have many more drug side effects than recorded in their medical records, U.S. researchers said. POCATELLO, Idaho, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have linked cold, dry weather to increased incidence of prostate cancer. BALTIMORE, April 21 (UPI) -- Deaf children who get a cochlear implant at a younger age have steeper rates of speech improvement, U.S. researchers said. EAST HAVEN, Conn., April 21 (UPI) -- A Connecticut mayor said she found a desperate plea on Facebook and ended up donating a kidney to an acquaintance. WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- Women who had a decrease in breast density over several years were linked to a decreased risk of breast cancer, U.S. researchers said. ATLANTA, April 21 (UPI) -- Pregnant women were more at risk of H1N1 flu but if they sought swift treatment they had less risk of hospitalization and death, U.S. researchers found. WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has added a boxed warning to the label of the drug propylthiouracil, used to treat hyperthyroidism. PRINCETON, N.J., April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are the first to show members of the same animal species respond differently with fever when fighting infection in the wild. SAN DIEGO, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a network of genes that initiate and manage cilia formation that might lead to new therapies for ciliopathies. NEW YORK, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer researchers say an experimental drug is providing effective targeted therapy in treating an aggressive form of advanced prostate cancer. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 21 (UPI) -- A woman who was sexually abused as a child by her nanny has completed a 500-mile walk across Florida in support of tougher laws to protect children. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 (UPI) -- Healthcare consumers in California can look up online how physicians scored on evidence-based performance measures, researchers said. ROCHESTER, Minn., April 21 (UPI) -- Vitamin K -- found in green leafy vegetables -- may protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma, U.S. researchers said. ATLANTA, April 21 (UPI) -- Added sugars -- especially in processed foods and beverages -- may increase heart disease risk factors, U.S. researchers said. ATHERTON, Calif., April 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. interventional radiologist says those with varicose vein disease are often misdiagnosed. MILWAUKEE, April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest mildly ill children should be allowed to stay in daycare and need not be sent home. |
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| Tuesday, April 20PONCE, Puerto Rico, April 20 (UPI) -- Supplements of vitamin D and calcium may help reduce breast cancer risk, U.S. researchers said. MONTREAL, April 20 (UPI) -- Most adults will suffer from low-back pain in their lifetime, but Canadian scientists say they could benefit from using an exercise machine. NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) -- The magazine Men's Health, which calculated the top 100 "Fattest U.S. Cities," found four of the top 10 fattest cities are in Texas. DALLAS, April 20 (UPI) -- To coincide with this year's U.S. Census, Gold's Gym and Health.com assessed the nation's fitness and found both people and pets are fatter than 10 years ago. MAYWOOD, Ill., April 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests tapeworm brain infections that can cause epileptic seizures appear to be increasing in Mexico and bordering U.S. southwestern states. NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. and Canadian scientists say they have created a class of drugs that target the protein BCL6, which causes the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a potential drug target for Alzheimer's disease -- a receptor embedded in the membrane of neurons and other cells. WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says while today's average salt intake is too high, it is not ready to regulate the amount of sodium contained in foods. NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. study involving 421 college students found about a third who use tanning beds may become addicted, researchers said. WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it's starting an initiative to ensure caregivers and patients safely use complex medical devices in their homes. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers say they have identified a group of molecules that keep acute leukemia cells alive and, therefore, might be a treatment target. SAN DIEGO, April 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. bioengineer says she has created a possible new acne treatment that uses nanotechnology to deliver the therapy directly to skin-dwelling bacteria. REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 20 (UPI) -- An infectious disease specialist says it's too late to test a syringe with which a 6-year-old California boy pricked himself during an after school program. LOS ANGELES, April 20 (UPI) -- More than one-third of the U.S. population is at risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's due to a variant of the obesity gene, U.S. researchers said. PORTLAND, Ore., April 20 (UPI) -- A blood test may help identify those who are at risk of a heart attack but do no have elevated cholesterol levels, U.S. researchers said. PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say patients may be able to gain limb movement years after having a stroke. |
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| Monday, April 19WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are looking for biomarkers that will allow routine breast biopsies to predict if cancer is likely to spread. MANCHESTER, England, April 19 (UPI) -- Many healthcare professionals are guilty of fatism -- prejudice against the overweight, British and U.S. researchers say. SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 (UPI) -- California lawmakers say they're considering a bill to create the nation's first Living Donor Registry of people willing to donate an organ while they're alive. WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- A long-term study of almost 20,000 women indicates two drugs -- raloxifene and tamoxifen -- are effective in breast cancer cases, U.S. researchers said. DALY CITY, Calif., April 19 (UPI) -- Organizers of the first U.S. cannabis trade show to allow on-site marijuana smoking in Daly City, Calif., said about 15,000 people participated in the event. BETHESDA, Md., April 19 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've found a link between the presence of certain proteins in ovarian cancer tissues and poor survival rates. WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is seeking a federal injunction against a Florida company because of production of unsafe animal drugs. EDMONTON, Alberta, April 19 (UPI) -- Conventional wisdom that holds routine lifting may cause spinal disc degeneration and should be avoided, is mistaken, a Canadian scientist says. DENVER, April 19 (UPI) -- Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased asthma symptoms and greater use of medication among children, U.S. researchers say. HERSHEY, Pa., April 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers recommend discontinuing the use of a routine kidney test done by pediatricians for decades. MONTREAL, April 19 (UPI) -- Adding a complete blood count test may help predict leukemia treatment outcomes, U.S. researchers say. |
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| Sunday, April 18WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Marine Corps denies officials disregarded warnings about contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., for years. |
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| Saturday, April 17ROCHESTER, Minn., April 17 (UPI) -- Luci Baines Johnson was transferred Friday from a hospital in Austin, Texas, to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to be tested for Guillain-Barre syndrome. SAN DIEGO, April 17 (UPI) -- An ingredient found in human breast milk and coconut oil shows promise as a cure for acne, researchers at the University of California say. SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 17 (UPI) -- A California study showed that when the number of preventable medical errors declined, so did the number of malpractice lawsuits, researchers said. EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 17 (UPI) -- Respiratory syncytial virus, the single largest cause of lung infection in children, causes some 200,000 deaths each year, researchers in Scotland said. |
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| Friday, April 16INDIANAPOLIS, April 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. pharmacy specialist in family health says the small airways of young children may mimic the symptoms of asthma wheezing. BOSTON, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest that if Britain banned trans fats thousands of heart attacks could be prevented. ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say some 40 percent of chronically ill adults live alone, often with children living 10 miles away, making caregiving a greater challenge. ST. LOUIS, April 16 (UPI) -- Young women who drink alcohol increase their risk of non-cancerous breast disease, a U.S. researcher says. LOS ANGELES, April 16 (UPI) -- Christina Applegate's publicist says the U.S. television actress is engaged to musician Martyn LeNoble. SEATTLE, April 16 (UPI) -- Scientists say they are planning a necropsy on a gray whale found beached near Seattle, the fifth of the species washed up on the U.S. West Coast in 10 days. VIENNA, April 16 (UPI) -- Hepatitis C patients can be cured in 24 weeks when an experimental treatment is added to two established anti-viral drugs, researchers in Vienna said Friday. PHOENIX, April 16 (UPI) -- Blacks and Hispanics experience more sleep disturbances than whites, affecting their quality of life, U.S. researchers found. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 16 (UPI) -- Girls who are relatively thin at age 7 may be at higher risk of breast cancer later in life while a large-body size may be protective, Swedish researchers said. BALTIMORE, April 16 (UPI) -- Boys engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors get little counseling about HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers said. SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 (UPI) -- A cholesterol-lowering drug given to multiple sclerosis patients in the early stages of the disease slowed its progress, U.S. researchers said. |
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| Thursday, April 15SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 (UPI) -- To be truly effective, first lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign should target pregnant women, infants and pre-schoolers, U.S. researchers say. LEIDEN, Netherlands, April 15 (UPI) -- U.S., European and Japanese researchers say breast cancer care varies widely around the world. BONN, Germany, April 15 (UPI) -- Researchers in Germany suggest the popular herbal remedy Ginkgo biloba be restricted because patients with epilepsy may face an increased risk of seizures. ATLANTA, April 15 (UPI) -- Rates of illness associated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 declined in 2009, hitting the lowest level since 2004, U.S. health officials said. WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a new discovery suggests autism might be more easily diagnosed and its effects more reversible than has been thought. ATLANTA, April 15 (UPI) -- Fewer African-Americans and Hispanics have arthritis than whites, but those who do have it more severely, U.S. health officials said. PRINCETON, N.J., April 15 (UPI) -- U.S. and Dutch scientists say they've linked avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Europe during the winter of 2005-2006 to the movement of cold weather fronts. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 15 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old Florida girl allegedly kicked in the head with steel-toed boots by a male schoolmate has awakened from a medically induced coma, her doctor says. NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) -- Prostate cancer patients, who have their prostates removed by robots appear to have better outcomes, U.S. researchers found. BALTIMORE, April 15 (UPI) -- U.S. and European scientists say they have identified more than a dozen genes that might play a role in common forms of kidney disease. PEORIA, Ill., April 15 (UPI) -- Students at an Illinois school created about 500 duct tape clothing items and accessories to be sold for a breast cancer research charity. CLEVELAND, April 15 (UPI) -- Case Western Reserve University scientists in Cleveland say they've developed an insulin molecule that significantly reduces insulin-related cancer risks. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 15 (UPI) -- Purdue University scientists say an experimental ultra-sensitive medical imaging technique might lead to both earlier disease detection and treatment. |
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| Wednesday, April 14URBANA, Ill., April 14 (UPI) -- A study in mice found omega-6 fatty acid may help skin health and help prevent itching, U.S. researchers said. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 14 (UPI) -- There is considerable confusion among those working in healthcare on how to identify malnutrition among patients, a U.S. researcher says. NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest social influence -- knowing autistic children -- may be a factor in the creation of clusters of autism diagnoses. BUFFALO, N.Y., April 14 (UPI) -- Some toothpastes work better than others in curbing the some 800 to 1,000 different kinds of bacteria that live in the human mouth, U.S. researchers said. INDIANAPOLIS, April 14 (UPI) -- Some 58 percent of Americans favor repeal of healthcare reform, but about two-thirds say a public option is important, a U.S. survey indicates. SEATTLE, April 14 (UPI) -- A "catastrophic" breach of a manure pond at a Washington dairy farm released manure into local fields and a river, autho |