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Doctor's Specialty Often Steers Prostate Cancer Care (HealthDay)
Mar 09, 2010 10:48:48 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows.

Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)
Mar 09, 2010 10:48:47 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals.

Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP)
Mar 09, 2010 6:34:31 PM | Yahoo

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.




NY seeks 'fat tax' on sodas to fight rising US obesity (AFP)
Mar 09, 2010 8:27:14 AM | Yahoo

A person chooses a beverage in New York City in 2009. New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Donald Bowers)AFP - New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States.




Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
Mar 09, 2010 2:04:34 AM | Yahoo

This Oct. 2007 family photo provided by Clare Johnson shows Linda Coale holding her son Benjamin in Crownsville, Md. Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot. (AP Photo/Family Photo)AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.




Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)
Mar 08, 2010 10:48:40 PM | Yahoo

In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, cans of Pepsi are shown at a Palo Alto, Calif., grocery store. PepsiCo's fourth-quarter profit almost doubled on strength in its snacks business and overseas beverage operations Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.




Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)
Mar 07, 2010 1:15:30 PM | Yahoo
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

Asthma Rates Rising Across the U.S. (HealthDay)
Mar 02, 2010 10:49:27 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma rates are increasing across the United States, a new government study shows, but certain states have significantly lower rates of the respiratory disease.

 
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