Month: October 2011

Reuters – A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.

Reuters – Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more cases stemming from a viral infection called human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a U.S. study.

Reuters – The numbers are devastating: almost 2,000 poor kids in Texas with cancer, another 18,000 with diabetes and more than 350,000 suffering from chronic lung disease, heart disease or stroke.

Murray also went on to reveal that "35 per cent of women limit their grain intake to assist with weight loss and that females aged 15 to 24 are most likely to believe that grain-based foods would make them fat." Meanwhile, the survey also showed that …
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HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) — More than one in 10 parents
don’t follow recommended vaccination guidelines for their children, opting
instead for an “alternative” schedule that could involve skipping doses or
delaying shots.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) — Children younger than 2 who
undergo multiple surgeries requiring general anesthesia may be up to three
times more likely than other children to develop speech and language
problems as they grow up, a new study suggests.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) — For people trying to quit
smoking, the drug cytisine works better than a placebo, and its
comparatively low cost makes it an appealing alternative to newer
stop-smoking medications, researchers say.

HealthDay – MONDAY , Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss programs that
focus on changing behaviors, as well as those that combine behavior
changes and weight-loss medications such as orlistat (Alli, Xenical), can
help people shed pounds, according to a new review.