Health news
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
(AP)
Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
(AP)
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years
(AP)
WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
(AP)
Gene test claims to show what diet works best
(AP)
Texas lottery officials move ahead with bidding
(AP)
Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis
(HealthDay)
As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex
(HealthDay)
Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010
(HealthDay)
Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated
(HealthDay)
Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women
(Time.com)
Obesity and Depression: A Vicious Circle?
(HealthDay)
Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya
(AFP)
Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity'
(Reuters)
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells
(HealthDay)
Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart
Disease
(HealthDay)
Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S.
(HealthDay)
NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity
(AFP)
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.
AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
AP - Bidding on a new lucrative Texas lottery contract should move forward because there's no evidence that state consultant Gartner Inc. and the lottery's current operator GTECH Corp. improperly shared information about the process, a lottery official said Tuesday.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates
into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex
(and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of
ClinicalConnection.com:
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot
help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers
say.
Time.com - Data suggest that men want sex more, have more sex and enjoy it more than women. That holds true even into their 70s.
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a
back-and-forth link between depression and obesity, say researchers who
reviewed the findings of 15 studies that included nearly 59,000
people.
AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
Reuters - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of
the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often
roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving
scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the
killing powers of medicine.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing
across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states
have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.
AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.