Year: 2012

HealthDay – MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Having a pet helps women with
HIV/AIDS cope with their condition and may also help those with other
chronic diseases, a new study says.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Experts comparing three
leading prostate cancer therapies find external beam radiation therapy to
be more toxic and expensive than either surgery or a more localized form
of radiation therapy known as brachytherapy.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Older women who take popular
medications to control indigestion and heartburn may put themselves at
higher risk for hip fractures, researchers report.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous exercise causes
changes in some 180 prostate genes among men with early stage prostate
cancer, a new study suggests.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Two new drugs, taken alone
or potentially together, may boost survival for men with advanced
prostate cancer, studies suggest.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Many children who suffer a
stroke had some sort of an infection in the days leading up to the stroke,
a new study says.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — The American Academy of
Pediatrics is recommending that all boys between the ages of 11 and 12
receive the three-dose vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV).

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that a
brain-clotting plaque linked to Alzheimer’s disease may cause cognitive
decline even in healthy people, potentially setting the stage for the
development of the devastating illness later in life.

AP – Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.

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