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Sunday, October 5th, 2008Dec. 19, 2006 — Colonoscopy is catching on, improving patients’ odds of detection earlier, when colon cancercancer is usually more treatable.
That news comes from researchers at Yale University’s medical school, including Cary Gross, MD.
They found a rise in colonoscopy screening and earlier colon cancer detection in people after MedicareMedicare started covering the procedure.
In colonoscopy, doctors [...]
Why Super Bowl Food Sacks a Diet General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Feb. 2, 2007 — Super Bowl food may spike your diet this Sunday unless you have a good game plan.
Enter Cornell University’s Brian Wansink, PhD, and Collin Payne, PhD. Their latest study provides a simple strategy to tackle mindless eating during the big game: just look at how much you’ve eaten.
The researchers found that students [...]
Mistletoe for Cancer? Maybe Not General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Dec. 21, 2006 — Taking mistletoe for cancercancer may be ineffective and possibly harmful, British doctors report.
“I recommend mistletoe as a Christmas decoration and for kissing under, but not as an anticancer drug,” writes Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPEd, in BMJ (formerly called British Medical Journal).
Ernst directs the complementary medicine department at the University [...]
FDA OKs New Schizophrenia Drug General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Dec. 20, 2006 — The FDA today approved a new antipsychotic drug, called Invega Extended-Release Tablets, to treat schizophreniaschizophrenia.
The new drug — a pill to be taken once a day — will be available in the U.S. in January. The recommended dose range is 3-12 milligrams daily.
Invega is the first new prescription treatment for schizophrenia [...]
High Cholesterol Risks: Your Top Two Dangers General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008A lot of people don’t take the risks of high cholesterolhigh cholesterol very seriously. After all, one out of five people have high cholesterol. A staggering 50% of Americans have levels above the suggested limit. Could something so common really be a serious health risk?
Unfortunately, yes. Cholesterol is a direct contributor to cardiovascular disease, which [...]
New Clues on What Causes Aging General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Dec. 20, 2006 — Ever wondered what causes agingaging? The answer may lie in DNA.
DNA damage contributes to aging — especially in people whose genes aren’t good at repairing damage, researchers report in Nature.
“Damage, including DNA damage, drives the functional decline we all experience as we age,” says researcher Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD, in a [...]
Handsome Doctors in the Operating Room General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Dec. 21, 2006 — Among male doctors, surgeons tend to be the most handsome — but they’re no match for actors who play doctors, a Spanish study shows.
The study, published in BMJ, isn’t exactly scientific. It’s a tongue-in-cheek project by doctors at the University of Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic.
Antoni Trilla, MD, and colleagues recalled that in [...]
Immunity Boosters Linked to Leukemia General Health
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Feb. 6, 2007 — There may be a small leukemialeukemia risk from drugs used to boost immunity during cancercancer chemotherapy, a new study suggests.
Cancer chemotherapy often decreases the number of the body’s infection-fighting white blood cells. Drugs known as growth factors boost the growth of new white blood cells during chemo.
But the drugs, G-CSF (such [...]
