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Doubt Cast on the 'Good' in 'Good Cholesterol'New York TimesThe name alone sounds so encouraging: HDL, the “good cholesterol.” The more of it in your blood, the lower your risk of heart disease. So bringing up HDL levels has got to be good for health. Or so the theory went. Now, a new study [...]
The Atlantic
Coffee drinkers likelier to live longerTimes of IndiaResults of the study show that death rates over a 13-year period among men and women who drank coffee decreased with a greater number of cups per day, up to six. The trend was seen for deaths from any cause, and from specific causes such as heart [...]
The Atlantic
Coffee linked to lower risk of deathLos Angeles TimesA study finds that older adults who drink java are less likely to die than those who don't. Subjects who averaged four or five cups per day fared best, though it's not clear why. The research is the largest analysis to date to suggest that coffee's [...]
CBS News
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlierMarietta TimesAP WASHINGTON (AP) — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.Scientists hunt ways to stall [...]
New York Times
Prevention Is Goal of Alzheimer's Drug TrialNew York TimesIn a clinical trial that could lead to treatments that prevent Alzheimer's disease, people who are genetically guaranteed to suffer from the disease years from now — but who do not yet have any symptoms — will for the first time be given a drug [...]
The Age
Cutbacks Hurt a State's Response to Whooping CoughNew York TimesMOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Whooping cough, or pertussis, a highly infectious respiratory disease once considered doomed by science, has struck Washington State this spring with a severity that health officials say could surpass the toll of any year since …Whooping cough epidemic declared in Wash. [...]
The Age
Budget Cuts Hurt Washington State's Response to Whooping Cough OutbreakNew York TimesMOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Whooping cough, or pertussis, a highly infectious respiratory disease once considered doomed by science, has struck Washington State this spring with a severity that health officials say could surpass the toll of any year since …Whooping cough epidemic declared [...]
Globe and Mail
Drug moves toward FDA approval for HIV preventionLos Angeles TimesThe FDA says Truvada, which has been used for years to help manage HIV, appears to be safe and effective in preventing the virus that causes AIDS. Associated Press WASHINGTON — A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved a [...]
The Guardian
One in six cancers due to preventable infections: StudyTimes of IndiaLONDON: Largely preventable or treatable infections with viruses, bacteria and parasites cause about two million new cancer cases and 1.5 million cancer deaths each year, according to a new study. Scientists carried out a statistical analysis of cancer …One in six cancers 'caused by [...]
USA TODAY
42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study saysLos Angeles TimesThough the rate of the last 30 years has slowed, it's far from leveling off, and it's going to get expensive, say experts at the Weight of the Nation conference in Washington. The ranks of obese Americans are expected to swell even [...]
Bloomberg
Obesity in US projected to grow, though pace slows: CDC studyLos Angeles TimesObesity in the United States is projected to continue its rise over the next 18 years, extending to 42% of Americans by 2030, according to a study released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That expected growth in the proportion [...]
Los Angeles Times
Bird flu can spread in mammals, study findsLos Angeles TimesThe results, showing an engineered flu strain can spread easily between ferrets, derive from a controversial study that stirred debate over fears of a bioterrorism threat. A poultry seller in Vietnam, which is still struggling with new cases of bird …Mutant-flu paper publishedNature.comBird flu [...]
Zambia Daily Mail
Relay For Life hits home for people waiting for cureZanesville Times RecorderSurvivors and supporters participate Saturday in the Survivors' Lap during the American Cancer Society's Perry County Relay For Life. / Jennifer Manfrin/For the Times Recorder For more information about the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, …Relay for Life: Hundreds join fight [...]
ABC News
Doctor says he's found the actual G spotLos Angeles TimesSmall clusters of erectile tissue deep within the vaginal wall are the trigger for enhancing female orgasm, the physician says. Skeptics say it's not so simple. A researcher's report on the G spot touched off a scientific and political tempest among …G-Spot Found?WebMDDoc claims he's [...]
CBC.ca
Illinois surgeons re-transplant kidney into second patient in unusual operationLos Angeles TimesBy Thomas H. Maugh II / For the Booster Shots blog In what is claimed to be the first operation of its kind, surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago have removed a transplanted kidney from its original recipient and implanted it in a [...]
Mirror.co.uk
Vietnam: Illness Stirs Appeal for HelpNew York TimesVietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in Quang Ngai Province, an official said Friday. The infection has mostly affected children and young people.Vietnam seeks foreign help to beat mystery skin diseaseBBC NewsVietnam seeks [...]
New York Times
Adjusting a Waistline for a Wedding, but at What Cost?New York TimesA Field Notes column last Sunday (“Bridal Hunger Games”) reported on some diets that brides use to drop 15 or 20 pounds before their weddings: Weight Watchers and a personal fitness trainer, juice cleanses, the Dukan diet, diet pills, hormone shots and [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
'Breast cancer is actually 10 different diseases'Times of IndiaLONDON: Breast cancer is "not one disease, but 10 different diseases", according to a 'landmark study' that could revolutionize its treatment. An international team of researchers that analysed breast cancers from 2000 women said the classifications …Breast cancer rules rewritten in 'landmark' studyBBC NewsBreast Cancer Study Could [...]
Zee News
Physical activities keeps Alzheimer's at bayTimes of IndiaDaily physical activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline, even in people over the age of 80, a new study has suggested. Neurological researchers from Rush University Medical Center were behind the study.Daily physical activity protects against Alzheimer's, even in adults over 80CBS [...]
CTV.ca
Breast cancer classification promises better therapiesLos Angeles TimesResearchers have devised 10 categories for breast cancer tumors, an important stride toward targeting treatments more precisely. The hope is to spare patients unnecessarily toxic therapies. Harumi Mankarios, RN, left, examines Tina Roark, right, …Breast cancer treatment gets boostThe GuardianBreast cancer rules rewritten in 'landmark' studyBBC NewsStudy: Breast [...]