Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return (AP)
May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AP - Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.
Source:Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return
(AP)
Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability (HealthDay)
May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) — Living in unsafe
neighborhoods — or even believing that a neighborhood is unsafe — can
lead to disability among elderly, low-income people, suggests a new study.
Source:Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability
(HealthDay)
Progress in fighting lung cancer (AFP)
May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AFP - Cancer specialists, gathered for an annual meeting, are reporting progress in the fight against lung cancer, the most common and deadliest form of cancer, but little progress in treating colorectal cancer.
Source:Progress in fighting lung cancer
(AFP)
Stimulant Chewing Gum Can Be Dangerous for Kids (HealthDay)
May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) — Stimulant chewing gum can be
dangerous if used excessively by children and teens, warn doctors who
wrote a case report about a teenage boy who was hospitalized after chewing
a large amount of the caffeine-containing gum.
Source:Stimulant Chewing Gum Can Be Dangerous for Kids
(HealthDay)
Daily glucose testing may lower macrosomia risk (Reuters)
May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Reuters - Daily self-monitoring of blood sugar, or blood “glucose,” levels by pregnant women who have mild gestational diabetes is more effective than weekly office-based testing in reducing the risk of having an infant born with macrosomia, excessively large size for his or her duration of development, according to research published in the current issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Source:Daily glucose testing may lower macrosomia risk
(Reuters)