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Mar162012
Less Frequent Pap Tests OK for Many
Experts say a new testing option could allow many women to get screened less often for cervical cancer. The new advice is for women age 30 and older. If a Pap test and a human papilloma virus (HPV) test both show normal...read more
Categories: Cervical Cancer, Women's Health
Mar152012
Study: Prostate Tests Not Saving Lives
Long-term results of a European study have found that prostate cancer screening reduces deaths from the cancer, but not overall deaths. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test has been controversial for screening – testing...read more
Categories: Prostate Cancer, Men's Health
Mar142012
Circumcision May Reduce Prostate Cancer
Circumcision may slightly reduce the risk of prostate cancer, a new study suggests. The study included 1,754 men with prostate cancer. They were compared with 1,654 men who had not had prostate cancer but were similar in...read more
Categories: Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Men's Health
Mar132012
Study: Red Meat Raises Death Rates
Eating red meat increases the risk of early death, a new study concludes. It was based on medical records and surveys of about 120,000 men and women. They were part of two long-running studies. Everyone regularly answered...read more
Categories: Nutrition News, Men's Health, Women's Health
Mar122012
Fighting Frailty among Elderly in Hospitals
Some hospitals are trying to prevent a common problem among older patients -- they are frailer after a hospital stay than they were before. The Associated Press (AP) wrote about this March 9. Experts told AP that hospital...read more
Categories: Senior Health
Mar092012
Bone Marrow Mixture May Ease Transplants
Mixing bone marrow from transplant patients and organ donors may help some patients to stop taking anti-rejection drugs. That's the conclusion of a small study published March 7. Most people with transplants take drugs to...read more
Categories: Men's Health, Women's Health, Senior Health
Mar082012
Drug May Help Advanced Alzheimer's
Continuing to take the drug donepezil (Aricept) can help even people with more advanced Alzheimer's disease, new research finds. The study included 295 people with moderate or severe Alzheimer's. All of them had been taking...read more
Categories: Alzheimer's, Senior Health
Mar072012
Low-Dose Aspirin May Help To Tame Periodontal Disease
INTELIHEALTH - Taking a low dose of aspirin already is recommended for people who have had a heart attack or stroke. Now, research from Australia suggests that it also may help in periodontal (gum) disease. The study...read more
Categories: Dental / Oral Health
Mar072012
C. Diff Nearly Always Linked to Health Care
About 92% of U.S. cases of a dangerous intestinal infection are related somehow to health care, a government study finds. About 3 out of 4 people began to show symptoms outside of hospitals. But most had recently been in a...read more
Categories: Men's Health, Women's Health
Mar062012
Frank Talk Urged on Heart Treatments
Doctors should honestly discuss the downsides as well as the benefits of treatments for severe heart disease, a new report says. The new American Heart Association statement calls for shared decision making with patients. The...read more
Categories: Heart Health
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