Displaying news from 1 to 10
Health News News Pages: 1 2
Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes
(AP)
|
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:23:20 GMT
AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.
|
Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies
(AP)
|
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:13:46 GMT
AP - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes.
|
New study backs angioplasty through the wrist
(AP)
|
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:47:01 GMT
AP - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin.
|
Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report
(HealthDay)
|
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:12 GMT
 HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic in
America has gotten worse -- not better -- in the last year, despite public
service campaigns warning about the health risks posed by carrying too
much weight, a new report found.
|
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
(HealthDay)
|
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:24 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A daily dose of the erectile
dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) helped relieve lower urinary tract
symptoms in men with signs of enlarged prostates, according to a new
study.
|
Medicare Web Site Confounds Many Seniors
(HealthDay)
|
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:15 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A majority of seniors who
visit the Medicare Web site find getting the information they need a
frustrating experience, University of Miami researchers report.
|
Displaying news from 1 to 10
Health News News Pages: 1 2 |
