Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S.
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Some areas of the United States are seeing declines in H1N1 swine flu activity, a federal health official said Friday, and while the disease remains widespread in 43 states, that's down from the 46 states reported last week.

"We are beginning to see som...


Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are reporting that children with asthma are more likely to develop severe cases of H1N1 flu than seasonal flu.

"Asthma has been identified as a significant risk factor for admission with pandemic H1N1 influenza, present in 21 percen...


Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming increases funeral industry workers' risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new U.S. government study.

Researchers in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the U.S. National...


Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Unapproved non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic drugs called selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the Internet as sports doping agents, according to a new report.

Though SARMs offer promise for the treatment of a numbe...


Three-Month Supply Lowers Drug Costs
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Buying a three-month supply of prescription drugs is up to one-third cheaper than buying a one-month supply, according to a new study.

U.S. researchers analyzed 26,852 prescriptions filled for 395 drugs between 2000 and 2005, and found that patients who...


'Hobbits' Were a Distinct Species, Study Concludes
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) --The ancient dwarfs known as "hobbits" weren't humans shrunk down by disease, scientists now say, but instead, they were a distinct human species.

The researchers came to their conclusion by statistically analyzing a female skeleton. They report their fi...


Unraveling the 'Mad Cow' Mystery
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may be moving closer to better treatments for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, and the related condition called Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.

A protein called Glypican-1 is crucial to the development of mad cow...


Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Using a blood test to pinpoint the optimal timing of breast MRI scans in women with irregular menstrual cycles could reduce the need for repeat scans, U.S. researchers say.

Previous studies have found that performing breast MRI scans during the follicul...




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Managing Gestational Diabetes
11/20/2009

Determining Migraines in Children
11/20/2009

Recovering From C-Section
11/19/2009

When Infants Get Diarrhea
11/19/2009

Help Prevent Bunions
11/18/2009

Thinking About Organ Donation?
11/18/2009

When Baby Is Teething
11/17/2009

Make Your Home Fall-Proof
11/17/2009

Remedy a Hammer Toe
11/16/2009

Creating Your Birth Plan
11/16/2009