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Alertpedia does not guarantee their accuracy. en-us Copyright Alertpedia.com 2008-11-18T13:17:15+01:00 alertpedia.com health alerts http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206372 Reuters - Many women who experience abnormal swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer -- a bothersome condition called lymphedema -- suffer in silence, a new survey indicate. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206372 2008-11-18T08:21:58+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206373 Reuters - Individuals with celiac disease -- a common digestive problem in which the body cannot breakdown and absorb a protein found in wheat -- are at significantly increased risk for developing thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism,... http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206373 2008-11-18T08:09:13+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206374 AFP - A congressionally-mandated panel has concluded that "Gulf War syndrome" is real and that more than a quarter of the 700,000 US veterans of the 1991 conflict suffer from the illness. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206374 2008-11-18T07:48:12+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206375 Reuters - Washington plans to check Chinese food for bugs and toxins before it even sets sail for the United States, as part of a strategy to keep consumers safe in the face of global trade challenges, the U.S. Health Secretary said on Tuesday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206375 2008-11-18T07:15:29+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206376 HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-so-distant future, American seniors may turn to helpful, uncomplaining robots to fill the worrisome "care gap" that many face today. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206376 2008-11-18T06:02:43+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206377 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining the pounds you've lost through diet and exercise involves watching what you eat, and how much. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206377 2008-11-18T06:02:42+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206378 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A newborn may have noticeable skin conditions that shouldn't affect them much later in life. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206378 2008-11-18T06:02:41+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206379 HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Second generation antidepressants are all equally effective, according to a new clinical practice guideline released by the American College of Physicians. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206379 2008-11-18T06:02:40+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206380 AP - As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17206380 2008-11-18T05:09:14+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198654 Reuters - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198654 2008-11-17T22:07:27+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198655 Reuters - U.S. states have not lived up to their commitment to devote a major portion of their huge legal settlement with the tobacco industry a decade ago on anti-smoking efforts, health advocacy groups said on Tuesday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198655 2008-11-17T21:07:02+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198660 HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Family physicians and departments of family medicine receive minimal funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, a situation that could greatly impact public health, experts say. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198660 2008-11-17T20:47:48+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198661 HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198661 2008-11-17T20:47:47+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198662 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17198662 2008-11-17T20:47:46+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188109 Reuters - In the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study, calcium supplementation reduced the risk of recurrent colorectal adenomas -- growths or polyps that can become cancerous - only in men with a low dietary ratio of calcium to magnesium. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188109 2008-11-17T14:45:03+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188110 Reuters - The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188110 2008-11-17T14:44:17+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188111 Reuters - Regular exercise can reduce a woman's risk of cancer, but the benefits may slip away if she gets too little sleep, U.S. researchers said on Monday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188111 2008-11-17T14:42:27+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188112 Reuters - A report released on Monday concluded that Gulf War syndrome is a legitimate illness suffered by more than 175,000 U.S. war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188112 2008-11-17T14:35:30+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188113 Reuters - Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188113 2008-11-17T14:33:05+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188115 Reuters - A 4,600-year-old grave in Germany containing the remains of two adults and their children provides the earliest evidence that even prehistoric tribes attached importance to the family unit, researchers said on Monday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17188115 2008-11-17T14:08:42+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180382 AP - If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180382 2008-11-17T08:10:07+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180383 Reuters - Women who exercise throughout pregnancy tend to stay healthier for decades, research shows. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180383 2008-11-17T07:23:12+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180384 AFP - The illicit global tobacco trade is on the agenda Monday as more than 150 countries meet in South Africa to discuss an international protocol to eliminate the illegal cross-border market. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180384 2008-11-17T07:13:03+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180385 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you have chronic back pain, it can periodically put you out of commission and onto the couch. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180385 2008-11-17T06:02:13+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180386 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Bad breath can be caused by something potent you had for lunch, but it can also signal an underlying health problem. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180386 2008-11-17T06:02:12+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180387 HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Psychological counseling may improve the chances of survival for breast cancer patients, a new study says. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180387 2008-11-17T06:02:11+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180388 HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have stumbled across a novel mechanism by which brain tumors model their environment to nurture their own growth. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17180388 2008-11-17T06:02:10+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172930 Reuters - Psychological group therapy for women with breast cancer may help them not only to cope better with their disease but also live longer, U.S. researchers said on Monday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172930 2008-11-16T21:58:48+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172935 AFP - Residents in the European Union's wealthier nations live in good health up to 14 years longer than their more recent EU neighbours to the east, according to a major study published Monday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172935 2008-11-16T16:24:17+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172936 AFP - Among a slew of executive orders Barack Obama is said to be drafting, observers believe one may lift a ban on US funding for overseas family planning groups that even dare mention abortion. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17172936 2008-11-16T15:07:58+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164890 AP - As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164890 2008-11-16T14:29:05+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164892 HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164892 2008-11-16T14:02:19+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164893 HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Coming on the heels of two studies discounting the usefulness of vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin D and calcium supplements for cancer prevention, U.S. researchers report that vitamins C and E... http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164893 2008-11-16T14:02:18+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164894 AP - Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164894 2008-11-16T11:43:46+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164895 Reuters - Men who took vitamin E or vitamin C supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than men given a placebo, indicating these antioxidants have no cancer-prevention value, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164895 2008-11-16T10:35:21+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164896 Reuters - Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164896 2008-11-16T10:03:04+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164897 AP - What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vt. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164897 2008-11-16T09:29:19+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164898 Reuters - People who manage to keep a razor-sharp memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer's than those who age normally, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17164898 2008-11-16T09:03:56+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17158242 AP - Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17158242 2008-11-16T08:15:41+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17158243 HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women may have a harder time prepping for colonoscopy than men, a new study suggests. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17158243 2008-11-16T06:02:20+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17151354 AFP - An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said Sunday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17151354 2008-11-16T02:33:53+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17151355 AFP - An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said Sunday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17151355 2008-11-15T23:16:45+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144777 HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144777 2008-11-15T14:02:22+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144778 AFP - A German who made history after becoming the first woman to give birth following a whole ovary transplant said in a British newspaper on Saturday that she felt a "sense of completeness". http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144778 2008-11-15T13:07:29+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144779 AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144779 2008-11-15T12:57:23+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144780 Reuters - Togo will start distributing free of charge from November 17 the anti-retroviral drugs that extend the lives of HIV/AIDS patients, its government said Saturday. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144780 2008-11-15T10:57:58+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144781 AP - Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10. http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17144781 2008-11-15T10:49:47+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17137785 HealthDay - SATURDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Are you paying enough attention to your bladder? http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17137785 2008-11-15T06:02:15+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17119723 HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17119723 2008-11-14T14:03:18+01:00 http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17119724 HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: http://www.alertpedia.com/extpage.php?evid=17119724 2008-11-14T14:03:17+01:00