MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Before heading to the gym,
you should brush up on how to protect yourself from a potentially
deadly superbug, say doctors from Loyola University.
New Spanish Consumer Guide Compares Diabetes
Meds
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- To help combat one of the
most serious health issues facing Hispanics in the United States, a
new Spanish language guide to type 2 diabetes has been
released.
New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that
inhibits tumor blood vessel formation slows the progression of
metastatic thyroid cancer in some patients, an international study
finds.
More 90-Plus Women Than Men Prone to Dementia
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Not as many men as women
make it to their 90s or beyond, but those who do have an advantage
over their female counterparts: Researchers found that males aged
90 and older are more likely to avoid dementia than women of
similar age.
New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans are
afflicted by breakouts of unsightly cold sores, caused by the
herpes simplex 1 virus, but new research is finally offering them
the possibility of a cure.
Meditation, Yoga Might Switch Off Stress Genes
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've
taken a significant stride forward in understanding how relaxation
techniques such as meditation, prayer and yoga improve health: by
changing patterns of gene activity that affect how the body
responds to stress.
Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer
Risk
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products
(STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, do
increase the user's risk of cancer -- just not as much as smoking
does.
Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung
Cancers
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new technique for
finding and analyzing stray cancer cells in the blood of lung
cancer patients may make it possible for doctors to one day not
only determine the genetic "signature" of particular tumors but to
monitor changes in those cells and adjust treatments
accordingly.
Two-Drug Treatment Didn't Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
Rates
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Injecting the
artery-constricting hormone vasopressin in addition to adrenaline
did not improve survival among people who had sudden cardiac arrest
in an European trial, but American cardiologists said the finding
does not rule out use of that treatment in some cases.
Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in
2006
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, more than 1.2
million Americans -- roughly equivalent to the population of Dallas
-- were hospitalized for pneumonia, a federal government analysis
of hospital admissions and costs found.
FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes
Drugs
WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs designed to control
type 2 diabetes should be subjected to more thorough safety reviews
to ensure they don't raise the risk of heart problems, U.S. Food
and Drug Administration advisers said Wednesday.
