Dec 01 2008
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- Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings
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AP - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease — than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found.
- Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost
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AP - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey.
- Study shows families’ financial strain from autism
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AP - More than half a million U.S. children have autism with costly health care needs that often put an unprecedented financial strain on their families, national data show.
- Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program
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AP - The world’s most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.
- Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so
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AP - As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
- Obesity fuels fears of faster diabetes rise
(Reuters)
Reuters - The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said on Saturday.
- India’s hijras spread safe sex message in life or death AIDS fight
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AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
- Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 1, 2008
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
- Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Children with autism spectrum
disorder process sounds a fraction of a second slower than other children,
an abnormality that offers insight into listening and language issues
linked to the condition, a new study says.
- Study Recruiting From Alzheimer’s-Prone Families
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) — The adult children of people with
the rarer, inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease are being sought for a
new study to better understand the biology of the brain disorder.
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- Holidays challenges for those with eating issues
Kris Shock pulled a tray of sugar cookies from the oven and sat down with her son to frost them. Then, she did something that might have been unthinkable for her a few years ago: she took a bite. Shock, like millions of people across the country, is recovering from an eating disorder; long holiday seasons often present a mine-field of challenges. But there are strategies to get through them.
- AIDS in 2008: Much accomplished, much to do
When we commemorated the first World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, we had little to celebrate.
- Robots that fetch could help disabled at home
It took Norma Margeson a few minutes to learn to control the skinny metal robot. But instead of viewing it as a machine, she soon warmed up to it as a companion.
- FDA sets ’safe’ melamine levels in baby formula
After first saying that they could not determine a threshold for the safe amount of certain toxic chemicals in infant formula, Food and Drug Administration officials said Friday that trace amounts are safe.
- 7 ways to help your baby fall asleep
Naptime at our house used to be a recurring mystery: When would Lucy go down today? When I could no longer stand the suspense, I’d plop her in her car seat, where she’d anticlimactically drift off like it was no big deal. I was willing to do whatever worked. If you’ve ever experienced naptime drama, Parenting.com brings you mom and expert help.
- Hand gels: Are they replacing soap and water?
If you’ve ever shaken someone’s hand, only to watch them slather themselves with hand sanitizer afterwards, you’re not alone.
- Barbara Bush out of ICU after surgery
Former first lady Barbara Bush was moved out of the intensive care unit of a Houston, Texas, hospital into a regular room Thursday after surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer, a hospital spokeswoman said.
- Newer heart test may not be better
An expensive CT scan that uses multiple X-rays to produce spectacular 3-D images of the heart can’t replace tried-and-true coronary angiography for finding blocked blood vessels in chest-pain patients, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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