http://www.mail.com/subjects/1484-medical.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1484-medical.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101926-cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls.html NEW YORK (AP) — The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week. Back in 1913 when it was formed, cancer was a lesser threat for most Americans. The biggest killers then were flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and stomach bugs. At a time when average life expectancy was 47, few li... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:14:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101926-cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls.html 2013-05-22T07:14:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html 2013-05-20T14:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but noted that a different, simpler technique now under development may prove more useful. Stem cells can turn i... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html 2013-05-15T16:40:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084776-study-questions-sharply-us-cut-salt.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle. Make no mistake: Most Americans eat way too much salt, not just from salt shakers but because of sodium hidden inside processed foods and restaurant meals. Tue... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:07:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084776-study-questions-sharply-us-cut-salt.html 2013-05-14T20:07:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082858-study-questions-bed-rest-prevents-prematurity.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies — bed rest — doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. Doctors have known for years that there's no good evidence that bed rest offers any benefit for certain pregnancy complications, and it can cause side effects in t... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:27:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082858-study-questions-bed-rest-prevents-prematurity.html 2013-05-13T21:27:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072476-lawyers-haiti-cholera-lawsuit-threatened-un.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch a major effort to improve sanitation. Lawyers for the Institute for... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:48:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072476-lawyers-haiti-cholera-lawsuit-threatened-un.html 2013-05-08T21:48:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072572-study-fish-oil-help-prevent-heart-attacks.html Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found. The work makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, the good oils found in fish such as salmon, tuna and sardine... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:31:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072572-study-fish-oil-help-prevent-heart-attacks.html 2013-05-08T21:31:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The company says that people who received 18 months of infusions with its drug, Gammagard, fared no better than others given inf... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html 2013-05-07T13:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2060882-study-exercise-cuts-kidney-stone-risk-women.html Women have another reason to exercise: It may help prevent kidney stones. You don't have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either. Even walking for a couple hours a week can cut the risk of developing this painful and common problem by about one-third, a large study found. "Every little bit makes a difference" and the intensity doesn't matter — just... Fri, 03 May 2013 14:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2060882-study-exercise-cuts-kidney-stone-risk-women.html 2013-05-03T14:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2058700-study-adults-minimize-steroid-use-problem.html NEW YORK (AP) — American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study released Thursday that was co-commissioned by baseball's Hall of Fame. Those polled also felt cocaine, obesity and eating disorders are bigger concerns. While 97 percent of the re... Thu, 02 May 2013 20:20:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2058700-study-adults-minimize-steroid-use-problem.html 2013-05-02T20:20:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059006-autism-scientists-seek-brains-to-aid.html CHICAGO (AP) — Autism scientists are seeking more brain samples for research. They announced Thursday a new network collecting brain specimens around the country. They say the more they get, the better the chances of finding better ways to treat the developmental disorder. So far the network has four sites: Mount Sinai medical school in New York, the Univ... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:21:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059006-autism-scientists-seek-brains-to-aid.html 2013-05-02T18:21:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057738-parents-food-skin-allergies-children.html NEW YORK (AP) — Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Experts aren't sure what's behind the increase. Could it be that children are growing up in households so clean that it leaves them more sensitive to things that can trigger allergies? Or are mom and dad paying closer attention to rashes a... Thu, 02 May 2013 14:02:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057738-parents-food-skin-allergies-children.html 2013-05-02T14:02:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057126-medicaid-improved-mental-health-uninsured.html WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure. The counterintuitive findings by researchers at Harvard and MIT, from an experiment involving low-income, able-bodied Oregonians, appear in Thursday's New England Jo... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:08:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057126-medicaid-improved-mental-health-uninsured.html 2013-05-01T21:08:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2053854-toddler-youngest-to-lab-made-windpipe.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010. Until the operation at a central Illinois hospital, she... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:43:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2053854-toddler-youngest-to-lab-made-windpipe.html 2013-04-30T19:43:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044578-latest-hiv-vaccine-work-govt-halts-study.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren't preventing HIV infection. Nor did the shots reduce the amount of the AIDS virus in the blood when people who'd been vaccinated later became infected, the National Institutes of Health said. "It's... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:02:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044578-latest-hiv-vaccine-work-govt-halts-study.html 2013-04-25T21:02:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044180-study-bird-flu-jumped-directly-chickens.html LONDON (AP) — Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. Chinese scientists compared swabs from birds at markets in eastern China to virus samples from four patients who caught the new H7N9 virus. The scientists found the virus from one patie... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:51:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044180-study-bird-flu-jumped-directly-chickens.html 2013-04-25T15:51:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039236-study-chicken-ground-beef-riskiest-meats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An analysis of more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness shows that ground beef and chicken have caused more hospitalizations than other meats. The report by the Center for Science in Public Interest says chicken nuggets, ham and sausage pose the lowest risk of foodborne illness. The group used government data on 1,700 outbreaks over 1... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:49:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039236-study-chicken-ground-beef-riskiest-meats.html 2013-04-23T16:49:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038296-study-lax-attitude-teens-rx-drug-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More parents need to talk with their teens about the dangers of abusing Ritalin, Adderall and other prescription drugs, suggests a new study that finds discouraging trends on kids and drug use. When teens were asked about the last substance abuse conversation they had with their parents, just 14 percent said they talked about abusing a p... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:39:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038296-study-lax-attitude-teens-rx-drug-abuse.html 2013-04-23T04:39:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA's Office of Inspector General said in a report that the studies are necessary to deter... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:28:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html 2013-04-18T22:28:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2028594-food-poisonings-up-raw-milk-poultry-bacteria.html NEW YORK (AP) — Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday. Cases of campylobacter grew by 14 percent over the last five years, a government study found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report was based on foodborne infections in only 10 states — about 15 percent... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:57:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2028594-food-poisonings-up-raw-milk-poultry-bacteria.html 2013-04-18T18:57:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020286-correction-thermo-fisher-life-technologies-story.html In an April 15 story about Thermo Fisher Inc.'s plan to buy Life Technologies Corp., The Associated Press misidentified the gender of Morningstar analyst Charlie Miller, who is a woman. The story should have referred to Miller on second reference as a "she," not "he." A corrected version of the story is below: Thermo Fisher to buy Life Technologies for $1... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:20:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020286-correction-thermo-fisher-life-technologies-story.html 2013-04-17T17:20:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the richest prizes in medicine and biomedical research. Dr. Peter Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Janet Rowley of the University of Chicago and Dr. Brian Druker of Oregon Health and ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:31:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html 2013-04-16T15:31:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the multibillion-dollar biomedical industry and U.S. research in the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer. Justices argued not only about snipping DNA strands but also about chewing the leaves... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html 2013-04-15T20:42:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2020518-newtown-parents-study-clues-to-violence.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel were plunged into grief when their only child, 6-year-old Avielle, was killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As scientists, they wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. The couple believes it's unlikely there ever will be a full answer ex... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:05:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2020518-newtown-parents-study-clues-to-violence.html 2013-04-15T16:05:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2016692-fda-reviewing-heart-risks-glaxo-diabetes-pill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting in June to reassess the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's former blockbuster drug Avandia, which was severely restricted in 2010 due to concerns about its impact on the heart. Regulators announced the highly unusual move in a government notice published on Friday. The FDA said it will ask a ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:17:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2016692-fda-reviewing-heart-risks-glaxo-diabetes-pill.html 2013-04-12T21:17:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2013574-us-preemie-study-fully-disclose-risks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say the parents of premature babies enrolled in a study of oxygen treatment several years ago weren't properly informed of the risks: a kind of blindness or death. Oxygen has been a mainstay of treatment for very premature babies. But too much has long been known to cause a kind of blindness called retinopathy of... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:33:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2013574-us-preemie-study-fully-disclose-risks.html 2013-04-11T16:33:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2011648-medication-nation-study-antibiotic-overuse.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds. Overuse is one reason antibiotics are losing their punch, making infections harder to treat. The report released Wednesday gives the first detailed look at us... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:01:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2011648-medication-nation-study-antibiotic-overuse.html 2013-04-10T21:01:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration — for humanity's sake. The 71-year-old Hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1,000 years "without escaping beyond our fragile planet." The British cosmologist made the rema... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html 2013-04-10T19:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2004698-nfl-ex-players-prep-battle-concussions.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With perhaps billions of dollars at stake, a hearing Tuesday over concussion litigation filed against the NFL promises to be a contest between legal lions. About 4,200 former players have sued the league. Some suffer from dementia, depression, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological problems. Others simply want their health monitore... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:01:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2004698-nfl-ex-players-prep-battle-concussions.html 2013-04-08T20:01:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2003784-dengue-cases-4-times-common-than.html LONDON (AP) — There may be nearly four times as many people infected with the tropical disease dengue globally than was previously believed, according to a new study. The World Health Organization has estimated there are about 50 million to 100 million cases of dengue, also known as "break-bone fever," every year. But new research puts the number at aroun... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:19:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2003784-dengue-cases-4-times-common-than.html 2013-04-07T17:19:25Z