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Daily news powered by HealthDay 12/31/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 31, 2009 A Toast a Day May Help the Heart Add Some Woof! to Your Workout As Problems Accumulate, Frailty May Set In As U.S. Ages, Health Care May Need to Change Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 31, 2009 Clues to Cancer That Could Wipe Out Tasmanian Devils Drinking, Walking on New Year's Eve Risky Business Health Tip: Fight Fatigue Health Tip: Who Shouldn't 'Cosleep' With an Infant Her Music Eases the End for Dying Patients Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Procedure Boosts Outcomes in Implantable Defibrillator Patients Tarantula Owners, Mind Your Eyes Volunteering May Keep Elderly Stronger 12/30/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 30, 2009 Acupuncture May Cut Hot Flashes, Boost Sex Drive in Breast Cancer Patients Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 30, 2009 Exaggerating a Threat to Weight Goals May Help Self-Control For Kids, All Activity May Not Be Equal Health Care Reform, Swine Flu Top Health News for 2009 Health Tip: Help Prevent Rabies Health Tip: What Can Cause Postmenopausal Bleeding? Heart Attacks More Common in Winter Heel Pain Usually Relieved With Stretching Regimen If Ski Injury Occurs, Plans for Fun Go Downhill Fast Living With a Smoker Puts Kids at Risk for Emphysema Nerve Stimulation Device Doesn't Ease Most Back Pain Placebo Effect Helps Some Psoriasis Patients Stem Cells Might Reverse Heart Damage From Chemo Swine Flu Not As Infectious Among Young Adults As First Feared 12/29/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 29, 2009 Caution Can Help Keep Elderly Safe During Winter Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 29, 2009 Diabetics Less Prone Now to End-Stage Kidney Disease Disinfectant Misuse Might Help Germs Resist Antibiotics Ginkgo Won't Slow Decline of Aging Brain Health Tip: Coping With Menopausal Symptoms Health Tip: Toxoplasmosis is Dangerous During Pregnancy In U.S., Prescription Drug Abuse Is Growing Indoor Allergies Common in Winter New Guidelines Urge A1C Test for Diabetes Diagnosis No Added Risk Seen for ICU Patients Monitored Remotely Precautions Allow for Smooth Travel While Pregnant Study Questions FDA Approvals of Cardiac Devices Winter Exercise Can Lift Your Spirits 12/28/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 28, 2009 Bedside Exam Trumps Scan for Post-Brain Surgery Monitoring Cavity-Causing Bacteria May Have Originated in Gut Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 28, 2009 Elderly Report Rising Rates of Disability After 20-Year Decline Half of Men Fail to Check if Vasectomy is Working Health Tip: Protect Yourself From Air Pollution Health Tip: Warning Signs of Juvenile Arthritis Low Thyroid Levels May Up Need for Assisted Delivery Phone Apps Dialing Up Eating Disorders Study Debunks Notion of 'Healthy Obese' Man Sun Protection Advised Year-Round Top Reasons Those 'Get Fit' Resolutions Don't Stick Twins Provide Clues to Lupus 12/27/2009 Many Women Quit Breast-Feeding Early 12/26/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 26, 2009 Skin Needs Protection From Winter Weather 12/25/2009 Don't Invite Holiday Stress Into Your Home Eat Up, But Eat Healthy This Holiday Season Health Tip: Breast-feeding With Diabetes Health Tip: Help Manage Sleep Apnea Heavier Sons Tied to Higher Death Risk for Parents Keep Fire Safety in Mind as You Celebrate 12/24/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 24, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 24, 2009 Discovery in Lungs May Lead to Treatment for Respiratory Virus Flu Vaccine for Seniors Approved Gene Mutations Behind Brain Reduction Health Tip: Help Baby Stretch and Move Health Tip: Managing Eczema Marijuana 'Munchies' May Be Rooted in Biology New Weapon May Help Battle Bird Flu Poison Likely Helped Prehistoric 'Raptor' Kill Prey Progress Reported in Regenerating Blood Vessels Research Reveals How Breast Cancer Rearranges Genome Scientists Find Molecular Switch Related to Huntington's Senate Passes Health Reform Package Stem Cell Research Gets a Boost From Vitamin C Swine Flu May Be Rewriting the Flu-Season Script Tylenol May Ease Headaches and Heartaches Video Games Could Boost Certain Thinking Skills 12/23/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 23, 2009 Alzheimer's May Stave Off Cancer, and Vice Versa Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 23, 2009 Contraceptive Depo-Provera May Weaken Bones Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Children's Asthma Health Tip: Eat Healthier This Holiday Season Health Tip: Feeling Grief High Lipoprotein Levels Can Cause Heart Disease Kids Can Pass Pneumonia Bug to Older Relatives During Holidays Lithium Beats Valproate for Long-Term Bipolar Therapy Melanoma Less Common in Blacks But Deadlier Mom's Job Could Boost Baby's Odds for Birth Defect Nearly 5 Million Doses of Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled New Treatment Eyed for Ewing's Sarcoma Pollution May Boost Pneumonia Risk for Seniors Post-Surgical Risks Highest in Older Adults Swine Flu Hits Pregnant Women, Kids Hardest Teen Marijuana Use Might Have Lasting Effects on Mood, Anxiety Two Genes Work in Tandem to Spur Deadliest Brain Cancer 12/22/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 22, 2009 Airbags Appear Safe for Pregnant Women Amino Acid May Be Key to Strong Teeth As Swine Flu Wanes, So Does Public's Fear Aspirin During Pregnancy May Help Preemies Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 22, 2009 Gene Therapy Holds Promise for Emphysema Health Reform Package Continues to Advance Health Tip: Prevent Falls While Decking the Halls Health Tip: Risk Factors for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Heart Risk Tied to Inflammatory Protein Ingredient in Botanicals Tied to Urinary Cancer Many High-Risk Women Refuse Breast MRI Patient Factors Mar Accuracy of Multi-Detector CT Scans Sun, Smoke, Extra Weight Add Years to Skin The 'Pill' Offers Benefits Beyond Birth Control 12/21/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 21, 2009 Allergens Worsen Sinusitis Breast-Feeding May Protect a Woman's Heart Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 21, 2009 Depressed People Can't Hold Onto Happiness Diabetes Insight Could Lead to Better Treatments Doctors Urge Parents to Lower Volume Controls on Holiday Electronics Experts Say CPR by Untrained Bystander a Good Idea Facial Symmetry May Be Best Beauty Secret Health Tip: Conditions That Can Affect Foot Health Health Tip: Decorate for the Holidays Safely Imagine Food Aromas That Prevent Overeating Myrrh May Lower High Cholesterol Single Shot of H1N1 Vaccine May Be Enough for Kids Texting While Driving Raises Crash Risk Sixfold U.S. Births Reach Record High With Cardiac Rehab, More Is Better: Study 12/20/2009 Be Careful What You Wish For This Holiday Season Santa Not the Best Role Model for Kids' Health 12/19/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 19, 2009 Child Safety Belongs at Top of Holiday Decorating List Hoping for a Happy Family Holiday? Here's How 12/18/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 18 2009 Alcoholics May Never Fully Regain Balance Better Educated May Have Greater Asthma Control Blacks Have Less 'Bad Fat' Than Whites Brain Imaging Sheds Light on Social Woes Related to Autism Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 18, 2009 For a Lighter Hangover, Avoid Darker Drinks Health Tip: At the Heart of a Stent Health Tip: Blueberries Are Good for You Kids in Home-Based Day Care Lack Exercise Marijuana, Alcohol Addiction May Share Genes Medication Adherence Varies Between Races More Medicinal Uses for Pomegranate Natural Heart Drugs May Combat Colon Cancer One in 110 U.S. Children Has Autism Post-Surgery Infection Can Add $60,000 to Hospital Bill Rabies Vaccine Protects Against Monkey Version of HIV Scientists Spot Source of Hurdle to AIDS Vaccine Spiritual Needs Rank High as Death From Cancer Nears Spiriva Inhaler Approved To Reduce Flares of COPD 12/17/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 17 2009 'Sexting' by Kids Begets Fretting by Parents Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 17, 2009 Could Omega-3s Boost Blood Fat Levels? Doctor's Orders Influence Baby's Sleep Position Health Tip: These Symptoms May Indicate Uterine Fibroids Health Tip: What Could Be Causing Renal Failure Mouth Area Wrinkles More in Women Than Men New Theory Emerges on Darwin's Illness Obesity, Inactivity Keeping Heart Health Stats Down Protein Examined for Role in Liver Cancer STDs Common Among Sexually Active Teen Girls in Cities Scientists Link Molecule to Severe Swine Flu Swine Flu Wanes, But Future Uncertain Teens Think Smoking More Dangerous Than Drinking, Drugs Wide Array of Stores Now Sell High-Calorie Snacks Witnesses to Bullying May Suffer Most of All 12/16/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 16 2009 Acute Kidney Failure Often Ends With Dialysis Amputee Athlete Tells Her Story Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 16, 2009 Foodborne E. Coli Suspected in Urinary Tract Infections Gene Variant Seems to Guard Against Asthma, COPD Health Tip: Factors That May Increase Meningitis Risk Health Tip: Signs That You May Have Diabetic Nephropathy Implanted Defibrillator Might Extend Life Leprosy Genes Identified Life Expectancy in U.S. Hits New High Most Stem Cells Used in Research Come From Whites New Stroke Tool May Predict Early Recurrence Over 45 Million Americans Now Lack Health Insurance Pros and Cons of Electronic Medical Records Weighed Smaller Fingers Give Women Better Sense of Touch Steroid Shots Tested to Treat Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Synthetic Platelets Put the Brakes on Blood Loss 12/15/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 15 2009 Boosting Kids' Stroke IQ May Save Lives Breast Growth in Boys Might Be Linked to Plastics Chemical Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 15, 2009 Fat Hormone May Protect Against Alzheimer's For Babies' Sake, Pregnancy Spacing Matters Generic Aricept Approved for Alzheimer's Dementia HIV Therapy Linked to Fewer Suicides Health Tip: Preventing Burns on Baby's Skin Health Tip: Why Am I Having Abdominal Pain? Large Recall of Children's Swine Flu Vaccine Nearsightedness on the Increase Needle Biopsy Works Well in Diagnosing Breast Cancer Patients With Pacemakers Should Avoid MRI Scans Playground Surface Plays a Role in Kids' Injuries Puberty May Trigger Sleep Apnea in Overweight Kids Serious Gaps Revealed in U.S. Response to Health Emergencies Stress From Prostate Cancer Diagnosis May Be Fatal Tighter Blood Sugar Control Not Best for Some Diabetics Wider Adult Screening May Mean Fewer Children With Cystic Fibrosis 12/14/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 14 2009 After Lumpectomy, Radiation Rates Lower for Black Women Antidepressants May Raise Women's Stroke Risk Birth Defects the Top Worry of Moms-to-Be Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 14, 2009 Coffee, Tea Might Stave Off Diabetes Contributors to Heart Failure Identified Cutting TV Time Burns More Calories Five Gene Variants May Be Linked to Lung Disease Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Issues Are Getting Help Health Tip: Prevent Diaper Rash Health Tip: Take Care When Lugging Luggage Herb May Counter Liver Damage From Chemo Long-Acting Zyprexa Approved Looking Younger Than Your Age May Mean Longer Life Many Doctors Unaware of Deadly 'Choking Game' Marijuana Use No Longer Dropping Among U.S. Teens Normal Cholesterol Doesn't Guarantee Healthy Heart Physical Activity May Prolong Survival After Colon Cancer Shoulder Repair Technique Borrows From Cadavers Studies Quantify Cancer Risks From CT Scans 12/13/2009 'Nanosensors' Spot Early Signs of Cancer Hardship in Childhood May Affect Long-Term Health 12/12/2009 Chemo With Herceptin May Be Best for Some Breast Cancers How to Attack Holiday Stress Head-On 12/11/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 11 2009 Better Vaccine Planning Needed, Committee Finds Blood Thinner Combos Risky for Heart Attack Patients Casual Sex Doesn't Cause Emotional Damage: Study Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 11, 2009 Early Treatment of Hearing, Vision Helps in Schizophrenia Health Tip: Warning Signs of Binge Eating Disorder Health Tip: Where Endometriosis May Occur Many Stroke Survivors Don't Take Lifesaving Meds Menopause Often Means Worsening Cholesterol New Drugs, New Combinations Fight Breast Cancer New Hope for Brain, Spinal Cord Injuries Poorer Neighborhoods May Bring Worse Health Spice Compounds May Stem Tumor Growth Stem Cells Turned Into AIDS Killers in Lab Tests Swine Flu Infection Rates Continue to Fall Tweaks to Breast Cancer Treatments Boost Outcomes Women Aren't Waiting to Seek Infertility Help 12/10/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 10 2009 Addiction Meds May Help Gamblers Adding Chemo to Tamoxifen Helps Some Breast Cancer Patients Bad Behavior as a Kid Linked to Early Death in Men Bone Drugs May Beat Back Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 10, 2009 Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Dinosaur Lineage Health Tip: Protect Your Eyes From Corneal Abrasions Health Tip: Understanding Crohn's Disease Menthol Cigarettes More Addictive to U.S. Minorities Molecule Discovery Might Help ALS Patients Most Hospital Patients Don't Know What Meds They're Taking New Additive Aids Blood Platelet Storage New DNA Test Could Speed Time to Sepsis Diagnosis New Field of 'Cardio-oncology' Suggested Special Skin Cells Key to Sense of Light Touch: Study Swine Flu Has Infected 1 in 6 Americans: CDC Too Much Drinking, Eating Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence When It Comes to Toys, Shop Smart, Shop Safe 12/09/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 9, 2009 AIDS Drugs Don't Need Routine Lab Monitoring Beer Ingredient Eyed in Prostate Cancer Prevention Being Alone and Stressed May Increase Breast Cancer Risk Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure Sickle Cell in Adults Caffeine Doesn't Sober You Up Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 9, 2009 General Mills to Cut Sugar in Kids' Cereals Genetic Test May Someday Help Spot Breast Cancer Health Tip: Making Home Safer for People With Epilepsy Health Tip: Healing a Broken Collarbone Kids Who Beat Cancer Still Face Heart Risks Memories That Make Your Heart Race Can Be Defanged Oxycodone Linked to Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths Potential New Target Found for Alzheimer's Disease Seasonal Flu Vaccination Rates Still Too Low States Slash Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs Vitamin D Linked to Survival in Lymphoma Patients Want to Cut Cancer Risk? Try Munching Pistachios 12/08/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 8, 2009 Beating Heart Differs by Gender, Age: Study Breast Cancer Decline Only Partly Due to HRT Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 8, 2009 Coffee, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer DNA Test May Detect Immune Disorder in Infants Health Tip: Taking Care of Your Preemie Health Tip: What's Causing My Gastritis? Injections Aren't Solution for Retained Placenta: Study Lead Exposure May Affect Mental Health Many Dialysis Patients Get Wrong Blood Thinners for Angioplasty Oxygen Therapy May Relieve Cluster Headache Pain Review Questions Tamiflu's Effectiveness Selenium, Omega-3s May Stave Off Colorectal Cancer Soy Beneficial for Breast Cancer Survivors: Study Stem Cells May Hold Hope for Eye Disease Swine Flu Pandemic May Be Less Severe Than Expected Testosterone Gets Bad Rap: Study Too-Strict Blood Sugar Control May Lead to Car Crashes 12/07/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 7, 2009 Antidepressants May Change Your Personality Asthmatics Who Quit Smoking May Reverse Lung Damage Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 7, 2009 Docs Not Giving Clear Advice on Infant Sleep Positions EPA: Greenhouse Gases Hazardous to Your Health Health Tip: Checking Your Peak Flow Health Tip: Treating Bunion Pain Mom's Exposure to Microbes Lowers Allergies in Kids Music of Mozart Soothes the Preemie Baby New Blood Thinner Could Replace Warfarin to Fight Venous Clots New Target May Be Eyed in Kids' Brain Cancer Prostate Hormone Therapy May Up Heart Risks Sex Talk Taking Place After the Fact Swine Flu Can Batter Kids With Sickle Cell U.S. Cancer Cases, Deaths Continue to Drop Urine Sample May Reveal Sleep Disorder in Kids When Parent Is Deployed, Kids Struggle 12/06/2009 AIDS May Date Back to Ancient Tiger Breast Cancer's Spread Now Better Understood Hormonal Drugs Cool Hot Flashes From Prostate Cancer Therapy 12/05/2009 Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays Never Married, Over 40, Well-Adjusted 12/04/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 4, 2009 Adult Stem Cells Can Repair Damaged Heart Certain Childhood Cancers More Likely to Recur Chicken Pox Shot Protects Against Shingles, Too Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 4, 2009 Health Tip: Signs That You May Have Ulcerative Colitis Health Tip: Women Who Have GBS During Pregnancy High-Risk Women May Often Avoid Using Tamoxifen Makers of Powerful Painkillers Present Safety Plans Monkeys Recognize Their Pals in Photos Online Identities Likely to Match Reality Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients Smaller Airports May Endanger Health Swine Flu Continues to Wane Teens Lose More Weight Using Healthy Strategies Timing of Multiple-Ligament Knee Surgery May Not Matter Water Pipes No Safer Than Cigarettes 12/03/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 3, 2009 Blood Clot Threat After Surgery Worse Than Thought Blood Sugar Intolerance May Predict Postpartum Ills Breast-Feeding Can Help Mom's Heart Decades Later Bullies May Intimidate Siblings, Too Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 3, 2009 Diabetes Drugs Go Head-to-Head in Study Early Morning Smokers May Be More Dependent on Nicotine Feeding Birds in Winter Could Speed Evolution of Species Health Tip: Does Your Child Grind the Teeth? Health Tip: Managing Lupus Symptoms Kalbitor Approved for Hereditary Angiodema Lung Cancer's Racial Gap Narrowing Movies May Tempt Teens to Smoke New Hepatitis C Treatment Shows Promise No Increase in Brain Tumors Seen From Cell Phones Smoking Exposure Now Linked to Colon, Breast Cancers Teen Internet Addicts More Likely to Self-Harm: Study Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes 12/02/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 2, 2009 Baby Boys May Be at Risk From Mom's Bug Spray Use Cervarix Proves Effective Against HPV for Over 6 Years Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 2, 2009 Ecstasy Users at Higher Risk of Sleep Apnea Enzyme Replacement May Help in Fabry Disease Gains Made in Lung Cancer Survival Health Gains From Lowered Smoking Rates in Jeopardy Health Tip: Getting a Tattoo? Health Tip: Smokeless Tobacco Can Cause Its Own Problems Heart Attack Treatment Speeds Up Nationwide In Women, Aspirin Might Ward Off Eye Trouble New Light on Jane Austen's Final Chapter Oversized College Football Players May Face Heart Risks Smokers Inhaling Germs With Each Cigarette Sperm Gene May Cause Men's Longevity Disadvantage Sugary Colas Tied to Gestational Diabetes U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research Zegerid OTC Approved for Frequent Heartburn 12/01/2009 Health Highlights: Dec. 1, 2009 A Good Year in the Fight Against AIDS CT Scan May Predict Colon Cancer Survival Childhood Lead Exposure Causes Permanent Damage: Study Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 1, 2009 Exercise May Lead to a Smarter, More Successful You Fear of Anxiety May Lead to Depression Gene 'Signature' May Point to Lung Cancer Half of ICU Patients Suffer From Infections Health Tip: Learn the Warning Signs of Gingivitis Health Tip: Prevent Poisoning Loneliness May Be Catching Mammograms May Boost Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women More Preemies Born Among the Poor Serious Pregnancy Complication Detected With MRI Swine Flu Waning, But Could Return Ultrasound With Elastography May Cut Down on Biopsies Weak Muscles May Cause 'Runner's Knee'

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