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Daily news powered by HealthDay 06/30/2008 Health Highlights: June 30, 2008 Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2008 Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids Genetics, Environment Shape Sexual Behavior Health Tip: Keep Calm During Pregnancy Health Tip: Wear Eye Protection High Birth Weight Doubles Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Mom's Unhealthy Diet May Have Long-Term Impact on Baby New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial Research Links Low HDL Levels With Memory Loss Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease Spray Cuts Kids' Pain When Getting IVs Trans Fat Labeling Gets Tricky Want to Know the Calorie Content of Your Favorite Drink? 06/29/2008 Health Highlights: June 29, 2008 Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention Organ Donation: An Advancing Science Hindered by Supply Shortages 06/28/2008 Health Highlights: June 28, 2008 Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers 06/27/2008 Health Highlights: June 27, 2008 Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth Are Medical Meetings Environmentally Unfriendly? Clinical Trials Update: June 27, 2008 Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation Health Tip: Depression Among Teens Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of a Crash Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age MS Patients at Higher Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout Staying Social May Keep Dementia at Bay 06/26/2008 Health Highlights: June 26, 2008 'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People 'Troubling' Rise in HIV Among Young Gay Men: CDC Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally Clinical Trials Update: June 26, 2008 Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer Health Tip: Prevent Falls From Windows Health Tip: Protect Your Child From Backpack Injuries International Blood Doping Tests May Miss Cheaters Lack of Two Related Genes Disrupts Sleep Cycle Many Teens Getting Free Alcohol From Adults Novel Treatments Ease Migraine Pain Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated Sprinters Closest to Starter's Pistol Have Edge Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke Tainted Tomato Toll Tops 750 Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory Women Don't Notice 40% of Their Hot Flashes 06/25/2008 Health Highlights: June 25, 2008 ADHD Gene Doesn't Predict Response to Drugs Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome Cats Can Trigger Eczema in Some Infants Clinical Trials Update: June 25, 2008 Education, Income Affect Heart Attack Survival Rates Gene Variant May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease Health Tip: Don't Overdo Fast Food Health Tip: Swing Set Safety Low Childhood IQ Tied to Dementia in Old Age New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials New Vaccine May Account for Less Severe Rotavirus Season Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement Parkinson's Drugs Again Linked to Compulsive Disorders Sense of Adventure Rests in Primitive Brain Region Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status 06/24/2008 Health Highlights: June 24, 2008 24 Million Americans Had Diabetes in 2007 Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury Brain Scans Detect Alzheimer's Disease Quickly Clinical Trials Update: June 24, 2008 Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure Health Tip: Check Blood Pressure at Home Health Tip: Get Needed Vitamins and Minerals Heel Ultrasound Helps Detect Fracture Risk Individual Genome Changes Over a Lifetime MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment New Hope for Parkinson's Patients Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc With Medical Equipment Research Uncovers Clues to Lymphoma Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women Vaccine Stops Colon Cancer's Spread in Mice 06/23/2008 Health Highlights: June 23, 2008 Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke Crocodile Babies Cry Out for Hatching General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain Head Injuries All Too Common in Summer Play Health Tip: Make Exercise a Daily Habit Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth Healthy Diet Lowers Death Risk for Women Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection Low Vitamin D Could Raise Death Risk New 5-in-1 Vaccine May Reduce Number of Pediatric Shots New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found One Gene May Be Key to Myeloma Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis Senior Falls Can Lead to Brain Injury So Much to Do, So Little Sleep Subtle Nervous System Problems Signal Stroke Risk Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection Young Pop Star's Emphysema Startles Experts 06/21/2008 Get in Step With Summer Foot Care 06/20/2008 Health Highlights: June 20, 2008 'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought A Healthy Mind Can Help Fight HIV Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All Clinical Trials Update: June 20, 2008 Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity Health Tip: Calming Your Fear of the Dentist Health Tip: Prevent Infection After Circumcision Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients Measle's Spread Doesn't Depend on Airways Most Asthmatics Aren't Getting Flu Shot Nocturnal Dialysis: A Better Way to Kidney Health Prescribed Meds Still Best Treatment for Alcoholism Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence Sickle Cell Drug Underused by Physicians Tainted Tomato Toll Now 552 06/19/2008 Health Highlights: June 19, 2008 Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System Big, Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell Clinical Trials Update: June 19, 2008 Crop Workers Have Highest Heat-Related Death Rate Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder False Positives in Oral HIV Test Halt Use in NYC Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Anemia Health Tip: Stretch Marks Heart Risks Emerging in People With HIV Herpes Suppression May Not Prevent HIV Infection Metabolic Syndrome May Be in the Genes Overtime Work Tied to Anxiety, Depression Scientists ID Enzyme That Allows Dysentery Amoeba to Hide Star-Shaped Brain Cells Make Scans Possible Tennis Players Ace Perception of Speed, Motion Traffic Pollution Puts Kids at Higher Allergy Risk Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival Worldwide War Deaths Underestimated 06/18/2008 Health Highlights: June 18, 2008 'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression Bar Drinks Pack More Punch Than Thought Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo Clinical Trials Update: June 18, 2008 Device Helps Spinal Patients Breathe Without Ventilator Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk HIV Tests Cost-Effective for Some Seniors Health Tip: Avoiding Lyme Disease Health Tip: Pregnancy Affects the Skin Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers Tainted Tomato Cases Jump to 383 People in 30 states, D.C. Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes 06/17/2008 Health Highlights: June 17, 2008 2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes Clinical Trials Update: June 17, 2008 Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls Diabetes and Depression Go Hand-in-Hand FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures Health Tip: Colicky Baby? Health Tip: Lawn Mowing Safety Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea Lifestyle Changes Affect Cancer Genes Radiation May Help When Prostate Cancer Returns Sports Doping's Effect May Be in the Mind Stem Cells Might Treat Tough Fractures Studies Support Testosterone Supplements for Older Men Study Ties Herpes Virus to Emerging Form of Diabetes Tracking Top Number in Blood Pressure May Be Enough Type, Severity of Iraq War Injuries Change Over Time 06/16/2008 Health Highlights: June 16, 2008 2 More States, Part of Mexico Ruled Out as Salmonella Source Clinical Trials Update: June 16, 2008 Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer Countdown to Hair Loss Cymbalta Approved for Fibromyalgia Diabetes Might Help Spur Hearing Loss Don't Let Injury Spoil Outdoor Summer Fun FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics Flavoring Food May Promote Weight Loss Gay Men, Straight Women Have Similar Brains Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer Health Tip: Caring for Bug Bites Health Tip: Prepare for an Emergency High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease Menstruation Cessation in Female Teen Athletes May Be Caused by Hormone New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers New PET Scanner Could Improve Diagnosis Research Shows Why Statins Don't Work for Everyone 06/15/2008 Health Highlights: June 15, 2008 'Standard' Glucose Test May Be Wrong One for Obese Children A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day Beware the 'Blackberry Thumb' ED an Indicator of Men's Health Fitness a Key Element in Determining Male Diabetic's Longevity 06/14/2008 Health Highlights: June 14, 2008 HPV Vaccine for Boys? It Just Might Happen Online Scheduler Helps Track Kids' Shots 06/13/2008 Health Highlights: June 13, 2008 Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack Clinical Trials Update: June 13, 2008 Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles Health Tip: Symptoms of a Social Phobia Health Tip: Understanding Hypoglycemia How to Have Your Tomatoes, and Eat Them, Too Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk Omega-3 Foods May Lower Eye Disease Risk PTSD High Among Witnesses to 9/11 Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found Parents Worry About Tweens Left Alone Pursuit of Females Dates Way, Way Back Repeat Teen Self-Cutters Likely to Engage in Risky Sex Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Source of Contaminated Tomatoes Still Unknown: FDA Women Get Lung Cancer From Smoking at Same Rates as Men 06/12/2008 Health Highlights: June 12, 2008 Abnormal Sleep Patterns in Older Men Spell Trouble Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers' Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS Clinical Trials Update: June 12, 2008 Congressional Report Criticizes FDA for Food Safety Consumers Urged to Avoid Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products Health Tip: Back Pain in Children Health Tip: Help Put Sleep Apnea to Bed Moderate Aerobics May Ease Insomnia Symptoms Parental Insomnia Can Harm Adolescent Children Pennsylvania Injuries Rise After Repeal of Helmet Law Primary Tumors Fuel Growth of Cancer Cells Scientists Discover Protein Involved in Fat Production Teens Sleep Longer With Delayed School Starts 06/11/2008 Health Highlights: June 11, 2008 Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders Clinical Trials Update: June 11, 2008 DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms Health Tip: Considering Adoption? Health Tip: Getting Calcium If You're Lactose Intolerant New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise New Class of Drugs May Fight Alzheimer's Possession Is Nine-Tenths the Perceived Value Raloxifene Cuts Risk of Certain Type of Breast Cancer Sleep Apnea Linked to Memory Loss U.S. Health Officials Closer to Origin of Salmonella Outbreak Vaccine Skin Patch Prevents Travelers' Diarrhea Women, Mexican Americans at Higher Risk for Certain Stroke 06/10/2008 Health Highlights: June 10, 2008 25 Million Americans Are 'Underinsured' Adding Light Eases Behavioral Problems of Dementia Baseball Teams Strike Out When Jet-Lagged Clinical Trials Update: June 10, 2008 Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders Consumers Urged to Avoid Certain Tomatoes Amid Salmonella Scare Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk Health Tip: Delayed Speech in Children Health Tip: Muscle Sprains and Strains Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking No Matter the Doctor, Black Diabetics Fare Worse Than White Counterparts Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts St. John's Wort Doesn't Work for ADHD Weekly Drug Helps Type 2 Diabetics 06/09/2008 Health Highlights: June 9, 2008 Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women Clinical Trials Update: June 9, 2008 College Night Owls Have Lower Grades Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates For Women, a Happy Marriage Means Sweet Dreams Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections Health Tip: Painting During Pregnancy Health Tip: Prevent Mold in the Home Low Vitamin D Levels May Boost Men's Heart Attack Risk New Imaging Tool Can Spot Glaucoma Risk Sleepy Driving Prevalent Among Collegians Smoking Tied to Memory Loss in Middle Age Too Much Cell Phone Time Takes Toll on Teen Sleep 06/08/2008 Health Highlights: June 8, 2008 Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus Older Diabetics' Risk of Cardiac Ischemia Lower Than Thought Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures Sleep: A Necessity, Not a Luxury 06/07/2008 Health Highlights: June 7, 2008 Doctors Urged to Look for Link Between Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page Gum Care Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications 06/06/2008 Health Highlights: June 6, 2008 '21 for 21': A Deadly Binge Drinking Ritual on College Campuses Clinical Trials Update: June 6, 2008 Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller Genetically Engineered Mice Regenerate Beta Cells Health Tip: Keep GERD Under Control Health Tip: Taking a Mental Status Test High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs Scientists ID Gene Regulating Blood Glucose Levels Stretching Exercises May Protect Against Preeclampsia Studies Differ on Benefits of Aggressive Blood Sugar Control Walking Golf Course Affects Swing, Performance Whole Milk Cheaper, Effective Contrast Agent for GI Scans With Summer Comes Snake Bites 06/05/2008 Health Highlights: June 5, 2008 Batted Balls Threaten High School Baseball Players Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse Brain Stem Cells Reverse Myelin Deficiency in Mice Clinical Trials Update: June 5, 2008 Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases Drinking Cuts Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk Health Tip: Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Women Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section Hispanic Workers Dying at Higher Rates Than Others Red Wine Compound Helps Heart, May Slow Aging Serotonin Levels Determine Sense of Fairness Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids' Diabetes Risk Tracking Cancer Drug's Effectiveness Weight Gain May Not Be Based Just on What You Eat 06/04/2008 Health Highlights: June 4, 2008 Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too Cell Phone Study Suggests People Are Losing Their Wanderlust Clinical Trials Update: June 4, 2008 Cooling May Not Help Injured Brains in Children Drug Regimen Prevents AIDS Transmission Via Breast Milk Eating Habits Not Sole Cause of Thinness or Obesity FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs Family History of Alcoholism Puts Student Drinkers at Risk Fewer U.S. High School Students Engage in Risky Behaviors Health Tip: Recovering From an Injury Health Tip: Symptoms of Ovarian Cysts Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice Low-Salt Diet May Not Be Best for Heart Racial Disparities Widespread in Kidney Patient Outcomes Researchers ID Inflammation-Fighting Pathway in Fat Cells Two-Drug Combo Reduces Diabetic Kidney Damage 06/03/2008 Health Highlights: June 3, 2008 Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk Clinical Trials Update: June 3, 2008 Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress Family History Might Improve Odds Against Colon Cancer Fruit Juice May Be Healthy for Kids: Study Genes May Play Role in Quitting Smoking Health Tip: Diarrhea in Children Health Tip: Symptoms of Computer Strain Heart Failure Patients Overestimate Their Life Expectancy Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake Researcher Finds Link Between Pregnancy and Tooth Loss Reuse of Antibacterial Wipes Can Spread Bacteria Risk Factors for Eating Disorders Vary by Gender Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery Vitamin D Deficiency Puts 40% of U.S. Infants and Toddlers At Risk 06/02/2008 Health Highlights: June 2, 2008 3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes Being Born Small, Early Raises Autism Risk Black Athletes' Hearts May Differ From Those of Whites Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care Breast-Feeding More Protective for Girls Than Boys Bunk Beds Pose Dangers to Both Kids and Young Adults Clinical Trials Update: June 2, 2008 Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's Health Tip: Keep a Meal Schedule Health Tip: Protect Your Child From Burns Kids Gulping Down More Sugary Beverages Kids Living With Relatives Have Fewer Problems Than Those in Foster Homes Marijuana May Shrink Parts of the Brain Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies Sen. Kennedy to Undergo Surgery for Brain Tumor Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region Vaccine May Boost Survival of Brain Cancer Patients 06/01/2008 Health Highlights: June 1, 2008 Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients Young Hodgkin Survivors Face Later Risk of Second Cancers

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