Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Turning your clock back Sunday may help your heart (AP)

AP - Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart. Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.

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Fears for children in quake-hit Pakistan as disease spreads (AFP)

AFP - Over 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, have been left homeless in quake-hit southwest Pakistan, UNICEF said Friday, as health workers warned that deadly diseases were spreading.

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Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Low vitamin D common in kids with cystic fibrosis (Reuters)

Reuters - Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and current treatment recommendations for correcting the deficiency are "inadequate," conclude clinicians from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland. Read more...

Health Tip: Help Prevent Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- There may be nothing women can do if their
infertility is associated with genetic issues or an illness. Read more...

Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters)

Reuters - Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

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Tips on kids' anxiety symptoms, when to seek help (AP)

AP - How do you know your child's fear or anxiety is a reason to see a doctor? It usually involves extreme behavior. Experts offer these tips: Read more...

Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses
among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost productivity
costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who analyzed
Medicare and National Health Interview Survey data. Read more...

China turns to fixing system as toxic milk eases (Reuters)

Reuters - China's health minister urged officials to focus on fixing the problem-ridden food safety system now the flood of Chinese children hospitalized for toxic milk poisoning has eased. Read more...

Vigorous exercise protects against breast cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - Plenty of vigorous exercise can cut a healthy, older woman's breast cancer risk by 30 percent, researchers said on Friday.

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Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses
among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost productivity
costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who analyzed
Medicare and National Health Interview Survey data. Read more...

US diabetes rate doubles over 10 years (AP)

AP - The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday.

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Diabetes rate nearly doubles in 10 years (AP)

AP - The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday in its first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The highest rate was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate is 5 in 1,000.

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Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses
among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost productivity
costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who analyzed
Medicare and National Health Interview Survey data. Read more...

Therapy plus Zoloft helps kids with anxiety (AP)

AP - A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in kids, the biggest study of its kind found. Read more...

Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major
illnesses among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost
productivity costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who
analyzed Medicare and National Health Interview Survey data. Read more...

Former U.N. rights boss to chair vaccines group (Reuters)

Reuters - Former Irish President and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson was elected on Tuesday as chair of the board of GAVI, a group that buys vaccines for the world's poorest children. Read more...

Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major
illnesses among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost
productivity costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who
analyzed Medicare and National Health Interview Survey data. Read more...

Turning your clock back Sunday may help your heart (AP)

AP - Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart. Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.

Read more...

Grapes may help lower blood pressure: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Read more...