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  • Eat and drink your way to a healthy colon? Posted 51 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands. Plant-based foods contain flavonoids, compounds thought to interfere with cancer-causing processes, the study team notes ... More

  • Exercise important in teens' blood pressure control Posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular exercise may help keep teenagers' blood pressure in check, regardless of their body weight, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 1,300 Canadian teenagers they followed for five years, declining exercise levels over time were linked to small increases in blood pressure ... More

  • Harmful effects seen with repeated ketamine abuse Posted 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abuse of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, is on the rise in many countries and now new research shows that repeated use of the club drug impairs memory, concentration, and psychological well-being. Ketamine, sometimes called Special K on the street, is mostly used as a veterinary anesthetic ... More

  • Norway says found H1N1 mutation in flu victims Posted 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

    OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian health authorities said on Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected. "The mutation could be affecting the virus' ability to go deeper into the respiratory system, thus causing more ... More

  • U.S. healthcare companies set for record lobbying in 2009 Posted 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that's hitting record levels. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence Congress' revamp of the U.S. healthcare system. Lobbyists for the healthcare ... More

  • Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk Posted 5 hours, 31 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. "This is the first study to link MS risk with obesity," study co-author Dr. Kassandra L. Munger of the Harvard School of ... More

  • Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake? Posted 6 hours, 35 minutes ago

    A nurse prepares a H1N1 flu vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster called an adjuvant. These additives, often ... More

  • China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups Posted 14 hours, 27 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 swine flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been held back by local governments. The Health Ministry said China had adopted a new H1N1 accounting method earlier this month. If a person was ... More

  • No hospital savings with electronic records: study Posted 15 hours, 44 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study released on Friday. A review of roughly 4,000 hospitals from 2003 to 2007 found that while many had moved away ... More

  • New guidelines push back age for Pap smears Posted 16 hours, 17 minutes ago

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. The guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ... More