Articles filed under Health
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Your Health: Teens and HIV testsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Teens and HIV tests Almost 50 percent of HIV-positive American teens and young adults don't know they are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivorsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Breast cancer survivors have been getting bum advice. For decades, many doctors warned that lifting weights or even heavy groceries could cause painful arm swelling. New...
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Will ERs be flooded with the not-so-sick as swine flu reappears?Aug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn't arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it. Fearing swamped ERs, the government...
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New osteoporosis drug cuts fracture riskAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two studies suggest a first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines. The genetically engineered drug,...
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10 ways to lower your high cholesterol levelAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Your doctor tells you that your level of LDL - the "bad" type of cholesterol - is too high, and, in a double whammy, he says that your level of HDL - the "good" choleste...
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Hot weather, dehydration and simply finishing a run can trigger faintingAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Runners, in particular women who run in the summer heat, can probably relate to what happened to French President Nicolas Sarkozy a few weeks ago. Simply put, he fainted...
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Borderline or high cholesterol in midlife raises risk of brain disordersAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - You might want to think twice about that plate of bacon and eggs. A new study that looked at Kaiser Permanente Northern California members over a four-decade period foun...
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Seriously ill get more access to experimental drugsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Seriously ill patients will be allowed greater access to experimental drugs under new regulations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The change lets drug...
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Bird flu infection in brain may be tied to Parkinson's diseaseAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Avian flu can travel into the brains of mice, killing cells and causing symptoms that look like Parkinson's disease, a study has shown. The disease, caused by the H5N1 v...
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Don't rush to close schools for swine flu, CDC saysAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't panic, schools. The government is urging school officials to stay calm when swine flu strikes this fall, closing buildings only in drastic cases and allowing sick ...