2004

September

• Vitamin E may help reduce diabetes risk

• Obese women who diet not at risk for binge eating

• Low-carb diet improves sugar control in diabetics

• Sinus and migraine headaches often go together

• Youth antidepressant use down due to risks: Medco

• WHO hopes clean water guide helps prevent disease

• Scientists advance the fight against SARS

• German doctors develop new fast allergy test

• New blood test advised for diabetes patients

• Ugandan HIV/AIDS rate higher than thought: NGO

• Early overeating could lead to bulimia later

• Popular magazines lack cancer screening info

• In the elderly, walking helps both body and mind

• U.S. says drinking water on some planes contaminated

• Thousands may have been exposed to vCJD in UK

• Injuries deadlier for obese people: study

• US FDA agrees on antidepressant risks for youth

• Alcohol, diabetes, hepatitis up liver cancer risk

• Digestive enzyme found in ears of kids with otitis

• External factors play part in schizophrenia

• Pelvic exercises treat persistent incontinence

• Drugs given during pregnancy may not be safe

• UK reports Hib resurgence despite vaccination

• Mother’s touch seen to be linked to infant feeding

• Mercury-containing vaccines may help not harm kids

• Experts warn of rising AIDS stats from East Europe

• Non-profit drug research needs $1 bln injection

• Israeli doctors often give fake pills to patients

• School-based program cuts children’s diabetes risk

• Teens often don’t outgrow problem drinking

• Liver transplant for hepatitis C has good outcome

• Exercise, diet cut diabetes risk in sedentary men

• Pneumo vaccination cuts kids’ hospital visits

• US FDA OKs over-the-counter defibrillator sales

• Risky sex uncommon among HIV patients

• Drug may avert surgery for severe incontinence

• Blood test detects early ovarian cancer

• CDC recommends full Prevnar series again for kids

• Gene deletion tied to prostate cancer onset

• Fertility services may be denied to unfit parents

• Cheek cells used to repair damaged corneas

• U.S. automakers cautious on health reform calls

• Elderly gamble a little, win good health

• U.S. to pay for brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer’s

• Can’t talk during exercise? Slow down

• Treating blood pressure pays for itself

• UK develops bird flu tests

• Stem cells save vision in mice with retinal malady

• Endurance training may stave off heart failure

• Skin monitor gives frequent glucose readings

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