Boston Globe

Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says Chicago Tribune - 3 hours ago By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows. Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease CNN Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's U.S. News & World Report Reuters - USA Today - Minneapolis Star Tribune - Newsday all 304 news articles

The Money Times

Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu Wall Street Journal - 6 hours ago By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH SHANGHAI -- A 19-year-old Beijing woman has died of bird flu, the first human case of the virus in China since February last year, the government said Tuesday, putting public-health officials on higher alert for a possible ... Woman dies of bird flu in China CNN Chinese woman dies of bird flu (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com eTaiwan News - China Daily - MarketWatch - Xinhua all 352 news articles

New Zealand Herald

Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report - 19 hours ago About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ... Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace ABC News Teens Behaving Badly? TIME Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Washington Post - New York Times - CNN all 339 news articles

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Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade Washington Post - 19 hours ago By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found. Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last? WebMD Health-Care Outlays Climb at Slowest Rate in Years Wall Street Journal Reuters - Bloomberg - Bizjournals.com - Los Angeles Times all 524 news articles

Canada.com

New hope for failed obesity drug Boston Globe - 1 hour ago By Nicole Ostrow NEW YORK - Leptin, the appetite-suppressing drug that flunked tests for weight loss in people, is resurrecting hope with a study showing it worked better in mice when combined with other medicines. Study raises hope for obesity treatment Reuters Researchers Report Progress in Fight Against Fat Washington Post Ivanhoe - Straits Times - Telegraph.co.uk - Science Daily (press release) all 61 news articles

BBC News

'Third-Hand' Smoke -- the Dust Finally Settles ABC News - 13 hours ago I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard a parent who smokes tell me, "But Dr. Spangler, I always smoke in the other room away from my children. Warning over 'third hand smoke' BBC News Study Captures Smoking Beliefs Harvard Crimson KNWA - Scientific American - KLTV - Chicago Tribune all 118 news articles

eFluxMedia

Blue Shield to restore coverage for dropped Californians Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago In an attempt to settle investigations prompted by articles in The Times, the insurer agrees to reissue plans to almost 700 Californians and reimburse them for expenses that would have been covered. Blue Cross foundation awards local grants Boston Globe Blue Shield to reinstate 678 canceled policies Sacramento Bee San Francisco Chronicle - Bizjournals.com - Central Valley Business Times - ModernHealthcare.com all 121 news articles

Washington Post

Jobs Paints A Not-So-Clear Picture of Health Washington Post - 20 hours ago Steve Jobs, in 2007 (left) and last year, says a hormone imbalance has affected his weight. (AP) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. What's Ailing Steve Jobs? Medical Opinion Varies TIME Decoding The Health Statement Of Apple's Jobs NPR Los Angeles Times - Financial Times - MediaPost Publications - The News Journal all 13 news articles

BBC News

Radon gas action needed across UK BBC News - 10 hours ago All new homes built in the UK should be fitted with measures to prevent the build-up of the potentially harmful gas radon, researchers have said. 1000 people die in the UK each year from easily prevented radon ... Telegraph.co.uk Tribe Offers Free Radon Testing Fort Smith Times Record NewsOK.com - ParamusPost.com - Science Daily (press release) - WJFW-TV all 47 news articles

The Tech Herald

Childhood Trauma Tied to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Washington Post - 14 hours ago By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are traumatized by sexual, physical or psychological abuse are more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, new research suggests. Chronic fatigue, early trauma linked USA Today CFS Linked to Childhood Trauma WebMD BBC News - Bloomberg - Medical News Today - The Tech Herald all 91 news articles

Modern Medicine

Brains of Bulimia Patients Wired Differently Washington Post - 11 hours ago By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Brain circuitry involved in regulating impulsive behavior seems to be less active in women suffering from the eating disorder known as bulimia nervosa. Bulimia Tied to Brain Differences WebMD Brain Function Key in Eating Disorder Ivanhoe Medical News Today - MedPage Today - Science Daily (press release) - WFIE-TV all 168 news articles

Trinidad & Tobago Express

Eat less, add flavor, lose the weight Boston Globe - 14 hours ago By Michael Saunders I wish the welcome belt tightening was due to my ninja-like willpower and fanatical devotion to exercise, but the reality is that I'm an eager lab rat for a clinical study that precisely calculated the amount of caloric energy ... Some diets hurt more than they help The News Journal What you eat can help the environment, too Atlanta Journal Constitution Connecticut Post - USA Today - Tampabay.com - The Virginian-Pilot all 15 news articles

WROC-TV

Wegmans: No charge for some antibiotics Bizjournals.com - 19 hours ago Wegmans Food Markets Inc. said Tuesday it will not charge customers for generic oral antibiotic prescriptions through the traditional cough-and-cold season. Wegmans to fill generic antibiotics for free Elmira Star-Gazette WEGMANS' GENERIC ANTIBIOTIC PROGRAM No bills for some pills Allentown Morning Call Torrington Register Citizen - Press & Sun-Bulletin - News 10 Now - Newsday all 47 news articles

CBC.ca

Budget crisis may shut Adelphi breast cancer hotline Newsday - 2 hours ago BY JENNIFER BARRIOS | jennifer.barrios@newsday.com For the past 28 years, the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program has been providing advice, support and screening to women with breast cancer. Toll-Free Telephone Support Group For Women With Breast Cancer Westchester.com Skin Cancer Doesn't Lower Prostate, Breast, and Colorectal Cancer Risk Cancerpage.com The News-Press - CalorieLab Calorie Counter News - ABC7Chicago.com - Reuters India all 25 news articles

Teen Dies From Bacterial Meningitis MSNBC - 3 hours ago OMAHA, Neb. - The father of a 15-year-old girl who died Friday from bacterial meningitis said his daughter's immune system may have been weakened from a bout of mononucleosis three months ago. Iowa teen dies after contracting meningitis Chicago Tribune Health Department Did Not Alert School of Meningitis Death Action 3 News SW Iowa News - Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - WOWT - Omaha World-Herald all 34 news articles

TheMedGuru

FDA: Food makers to acknowledge bug-based additives Newsday - 2 hours ago BY DELTHIA RICKS | delthia.ricks@newsday.com After a decade of pressure from a consumer advocacy group, the US Food and Drug Administration will require the food industry to disclose that a dye sourced from a pulverized insect must be identified as ... Food, Cosmetic Labels to Note Dye Derived From Bug WebMD Ew! What are crushed bugs doing in food, makeup? Palm Beach Post TheMedGuru - WPXI.com - Mediapost.com - New York Times Blogs all 13 news articles

TopNews

Lung association ready to help New Year quitters Maui News - 38 minutes ago KAHULUI - Those who've made quitting smoking a New Year's resolution may receive help Friday morning with the American Lung Association of Hawaii's distribution of free Survival Kits at the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center. Ask the Trainer: Add exercise to your efforts to stop smoking Sheboygan Press Why smokers can't quit easily MSNBC Vail Daily News - State Journal - KSEE - Ozarks First all 116 news articles

HealthJockey.com

Obesity could lead to ovarian cancer TopNews - 12 hours ago Obesity in post menopausal women who have never been on hormone replacement therapy can be the cause of ovarian cancer. But the women who have been on hormone replacement therapy were safe from the ovarian cancer. Sex Hormone May Increase Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Obese Women Bloomberg Obesity may be linked to higher rates of ovarian cancer Los Angeles Times U.S. News & World Report - SmartAboutHealth - dBTechno - INDYchannel.com all 175 news articles

Princeton University

University researchers discover breast cancer gene Princeton University The Daily Princetonian - 1 hour ago By Paolo Esquivel University researchers, led by molecular biology professor Yibin Kang, announced their discovery on Tuesday of Metadherin, a gene linked to breast cancer deaths. Researchers Find Breast Cancer Gene, Spur Hope for New Drugs Bloomberg Metastasis Breast Cander Gene Discovered by Komen-Funded Research Evansville Courier & Press Reuters - Xinhua - HealthNews - WCBS-TV New York all 99 news articles

dBTechno

Being Critical of Daschle's Critical Spot-On - 6 hours ago Like legions of other health care policy wonks when I discovered that former US Sen. Tom Daschle was going to be Obama's point guy on health care, I sent off for a copy of his book Critical. Obama’s Transition Team Hears About Health Care I Really Should Study Residents send health care reform recommendations to Obama Sonoma Valley Sun dBTechno - SmartAboutHealth - CNNMoney.com - Washington Post all 92 news articles