Month: February 2012

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — Getting and staying
physically fit might help fend off heart disease even if you’ve put on a
few pounds, new research suggests.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — In certain people with
Parkinson’s disease, mutations in the parkin gene disrupt the proper
function of dopamine, the brain chemical that controls body movement.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — A drug used to prevent breast
cancer in women at high risk for the disease appears to cause bone loss in
some postmenopausal women, a new study finds.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — The risk of dying from a
hormone receptor-positive breast cancer increases with age, according to
new research. And one reason might be that older women with breast cancer
are undertreated compared to their younger peers.

AP – Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the “morning-after” pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.

Together they launched "The Daniel Plan: God's Prescription for Your Health," named after a passage in the biblical Book of Daniel where the prophet and fellow Israelites refuse to accept "royal" food and wine from the Babylonian king, opting for water …
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