Month: May 2012

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — People with type 2 diabetes taking Actos (pioglitazone) to control blood sugar may put themselves at risk for bladder cancer, according to a new Canadian study.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — The worldwide incidence of cancer is expected to increase 75 percent by 2030, with a projected increase of more than 90 percent in the poorest nations, a new study reveals.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — High protein, Atkins-type diets don’t cause noticeable harm to the kidneys in healthy patients without kidney disease, a new study indicates.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Live chicks and ducklings from a mail-order hatchery in Ohio have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that had sickened 93 people in 23 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update Thursday.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — In research that hints at new ways to tackle paralysis, a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and “willpower-based training” prompted paralyzed rats to walk and even run.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Adults with high levels of physical disability caused by juvenile arthritis have difficulty getting good jobs, a new study says.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Teens who take the acne medication commonly known as Accutane (isotretinoin) appear to face twice the risk of eye infections, including conjunctivitis (pink eye) and styes, a new study says.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — When men are diagnosed with cancer they receive very different information about their future fertility than women, new Scottish research says.

THURSDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Taking the arthritis drug methotrexate in pill form was just as effective as receiving it by injection for the long-term treatment of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a new study has found.