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Monday, August 30, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2004 Chromium in Diet, Fitness Products May Pose Danger Enzyme Halts Runaway Inflammation Suburbia's Just Another Name for Fat City Know How to Tame Asthma Diabetes Rampant Among Native Americans Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 30, 2004 Bad Mood Sharpens Eyewitness Skills Needle-Free Anthrax Vaccine in the Works Surgery Not Risky for Older Heart Patients Ovarian Cancer Blood Test Appears Promising Want Your Kids to Cut Down on Colas? Two Signs of Heart Trouble
Sunday, August 29, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 29, 2004 Beating Backpack Back Pain
Saturday, August 28, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2004 Emerging Drugs Show Promise Against Psoriasis Too Much Sun Can Be a Bad Thing
Friday, August 27, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 27, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 27, 2004 Study Looks at Stresses on Caregivers Americans Feeling Worse and Experts Aren't Sure Why Hospital Probes Recalled After Children Die Zinc May Be Key to Major Cause of Blindness Contamination Will Delay Some Flu Shots Algae Shed Light on Biological Clocks Vioxx Safety Debate Renewed After FDA Report Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms New Surgery Raises Abdominal Aneurysm Survival HRT Can Affect Mammography Results
Thursday, August 26, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2004 College Freshmen and the Meningitis Threat Croup Vaccine Safe in Early Study Census Reports Rise in Uninsured Americans Most Patients Happy With LASIK Outcomes Protein May Explain Heart Risk in Diabetics Sport Fishing Takes Big Bite Out of Fish Stocks Sweet Revenge May be a Hard-Wired Reward Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 26, 2004 Diet With the 'Right Carbs' Seems to Boost Health Statin Drugs Effective in the Long Term Flu Shows Resistance to Popular Drug Cancer Drug Warning Won't Change Its Use Cleaners, Solvents May Raise Kids' Asthma Risk
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 25, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 25, 2004 Study to Test Gingko for Early Dementia Artificial Heart a Good Bridge to Transplant Digestive Allergic Disorder Rising in Kids Gene-Altered 'Super' Mice Are Super Athletes Smokers Fill Rooms With Toxins, Study Finds Imaging Technique May Give Heart Attack Early Warning Grapefruit Lowers Weight, Fights Cancer Antifungal Keeps Yeast Infections at Bay Test Predicts Course of Rare Leukemia Exercise May Prevent Astronauts' Muscle Loss Body Asymmetry Tied to Aggression
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 24, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 24, 2004 Drug-Benefit Caps Cut Use of Needed Medications Sugary Drinks Tied to Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Phone Therapy Helps Treat Depression Institutionalizing a Loved One Hard on Caregivers Reconstruction After Mastectomy Less Likely for Blacks Early Heart Attacks Likelier in Smokers New Compounds Fight Malaria, Prostate Cancer Statin Drugs Help Clear Clogged Arteries Imaging Technique May Guide Breast Cancer Surgery Draining Brain Toxins May Slow Alzheimer's Gene Tied to Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
Monday, August 23, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 23, 2004 Dyslexics Have Less Gray Matter in Brain Metabolic Syndrome Hikes Heart Risk High Blood Pressure Up 30% in U.S. Protein Prompts Spread of Prostate Cancer New Clue to Autoimmune Diseases Found Caution Urged on Antidepressants and Children Salmonella Stalks Free-Range Chicken, Too Test Predicts Patient Benefit From Breast Cancer Drug Blueberries May Be Cholesterol Busters Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 23, 2004 Pancreas Could Harbor Stem Cells Risk of False-Positive Mammo Reading Lower Than Thought
Sunday, August 22, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 22, 2004 Keep Your Kids Cavity-Free Though Diabetes Epidemic Worsens, Researchers Make Strides
Saturday, August 21, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 21, 2004 Heat Stroke Can Strike Football Players
Friday, August 20, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 20, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 20, 2004 Remnants of Winemaking Can Preserve Food 'Hot' Tonsillectomy Boosts Risk of Postoperative Bleeding Breathing Easy When School Starts Food Pyramid Up for Restructure Exercise Pays Off in Long Run New Painkiller Produces Fewer Side Effects If It's Back to School, It's Also Vaccine Time New Technique for Thyroid Removal Shows Promise Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Can Be Critical Staying Active and Healthy in the Heat
Thursday, August 19, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 19, 2004 Shooting Up Triples Death Risk Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 19, 2004 Back Pain Shows Gender Gap Research Stretches Insight Into Muscle Fatigue West Nile Transmission Via Dialysis Probed Statins Benefit Diabetics, Regardless of Cholesterol Levels Enzyme Sets Internal Clock 'We're Done' Can be Predicted Before 'I Do' Does Benzene Cause Childhood Leukemia? Sinking Your Teeth Into Whitening Products Taking Measure of Cancer Drugs New Genetic Mutations Linked to SIDS
Wednesday, August 18, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2004 An Aspirin a Day -- Good Medicine For Many Protein Found to Regulate Sleep, Anxiety Separate Genes Responsible for Drinking, Alcoholism Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 18, 2004 Blood, Tissue Donations Getting Safer Scientists Close In on Cleft Palate Genes Women Who Care for Parents Face Poverty Risk Blood Test Gauges Breast Cancer Treatment Snake Venom Provides Clue to Heart Drugs Tomato Juice May Cut Clotting in Diabetics Good News for Victims of Traveler's Diarrhea
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2004 Vitamin E Thwarts Colds in the Elderly Short Course of Hormone Therapy Boosts Odds With Prostate Cancer Longer Rehab Improves Hip Fracture Outcomes Combo Therapy Best for Teen Depression Stress Test Can Miss Heart Disease Strong Family Equals Strong Education Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 17, 2004 Parents Miss Some Effective Asthma Steps Shielding Your Skin From the Summer Sun West Nile Dangerous for Organ Transplant Patients VA Beats Managed Care in Treating Diabetes Moms Slack Off on Sun Protection With Toddlers
Monday, August 16, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 16, 2004 Stopping Pollen in Its Tracks Work Works for Women Combo Therapy Slows Incurable Brain Tumors Doctors Doing Too Many Colonoscopies Compression Stockings Keep DVT Complications at Bay Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 16, 2004 Depression, Substance Abuse Linger After Pregnancy Heart Pump Lengthens Lives 1 in 4 U.S. Adults Could Develop Irregular Heartbeat Drug Shows Promise for Alcoholism Patch Helps Teens Quit Smoking, Too
Sunday, August 15, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 15, 2004 Blood Test Detects Ovarian Cancer Hot Can Be Hazardous Exercise -- the Real Fountain of Youth
Saturday, August 14, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 14, 2004 Swing With Care on the Course
Friday, August 13, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 13, 2004 Which Diet is Best? The One That Works for You Pelvic Exercises Aid Childbirth Cocaine Use During Pregnancy Spells Trouble for Boys Latinos Prone to Eye Disease Benefits of Drug-Coated Stents Limited Oral Cancers Deadlier for Black Men Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 13, 2004 Extra Help for Impotence Stroke Research Funding Lags in Europe Lost Sleep Leads to Health Problems Lightning Poses High-Voltage Danger Start Planning Healthy School Lunches Now
Thursday, August 12, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 12, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 12, 2004 Low Self-Esteem Linked to Unsafe Sex Internal Antibiotic Fights Ulcer Bug Olympics Could Call Out the Couch Potatoes With School Ahead, Get Shots Behind You Osteoarthritis Runs in Families New Trick Improves Odds in Bone Marrow Transplants Last Year's Flu Shot Imperfect but Effective Extra Care Helps Kids With Fetal Alchohol Syndrome Strong Storytelling Can Tally Up Math Skills Inexpensive Drug Effective in Early Parkinson's Respiratory Procedure in Newborns Questioned
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 11, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 11, 2004 Kawasaki Disease Often Missed in Kids Betel Nut Habit Linked to Oral Cancers Medicare Drug Law in Disfavor Among Recipients Sizing Up Coronary Trouble a Click Away How the Dino Soared Device Helps Bystanders Restart Failing Hearts Sting of Bug Bites Can Linger Into Adulthood A Troubling Return for Iraq Vets Biofeedback Helps Asthmatics Breathe Easier Caution on Pregnancy on Heels of Obesity Surgery Targeted Therapy May Fight Leukemia
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 10, 2004 Strep Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial Mexican-Americans Face Higher Stroke Risk Shortage of Seasoned Breast Cancer Surgeons Seen The Eyes Are the Window to Hypertension Short-Term Hormone Therapy OK for Some Chicken Pox Vaccine Curbs Severity, Contagiousness of Disease Meth Users Have Tougher Time in Hospital Lung Trouble Looms for Young Asthmatics Alternating Antibiotics Won't Stop Resistance Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 10, 2004 Overactive Thyroid Tied to Miscarriage Risk New Clot Preventer Saves Lives and Money
Monday, August 9, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 9, 2004 Gene Mutation May Explain Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outlook Experience Counts With Coronary Bypass Surgery Career Choice Might Predict Chances of Alzheimer's Combo Treatment Best for Laryngeal Cancer Patients Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 9, 2004 Many Older Patients on Risky Drugs Preemies' Brains Stay Small in Grade School Blood Pressure Drug Shows Side Effects Heart Drugs Don't Slow Lung Disease Painless Heart Attacks Pose Extra Risk New Allergy Vaccine Shows Promise Possible Link Between Tooth Whiteners and Oral Cancer Found
Sunday, August 8, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 8, 2004 Race, Weight Play Role in Battle to Quit Smoking Don't Go Off the Deep End
Saturday, August 7, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 7, 2004 Balancing That Backpack Coping With the Heat
Friday, August 6, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 6, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 6, 2004 Two Drivers Help on the Road to Recovery Testing STD Kits Personality Disorders Common in U.S. Study Claiming Over-Testing for Lyme Is Disputed Expert Advice on ADHD a Phone Call Away Family Meals Can Fortify Teens' Well-Being Experts Aim to Quell 'Miss Muffet' Effect Urban Dwellers Also Vulnerable to Ticks The Spoils of Summer Swimming Simple Switches Can Slice Fat From Your Diet
Thursday, August 5, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 5, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 5, 2004 Study Highlights Keys to Weight Loss Scientists Find Inflammation-Cancer Link Recreational Use of Viagra on the Increase Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy Is a Hit Risk Seen in Transfusions During Bypass Doctors Tend to Ignore Living Wills A New Drug That Fights 2 Bad Habits Too Many Americans Sweat It Study Offers Insights Into Spinal Cord Injuries Transfusion Tied to 2nd Human Mad Cow Case Delay Advised in Delivering Preemies
Wednesday, August 4, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 4, 2004 Vegetarian Diet Not Daunting to Adopt Pitch Is Key in Finding Source of Sounds Inflammatory Diseases Tied to Depression Finding Could Cut Need for Kids' Liver Transplants Doctors Who Care for Black Patients Stretched Thin Diuretic Not Suited for Everyone With Heart Failure Genes for Leukemia Drug Resistance Identified New Therapy Speeds Stroke Recovery Use of Antipsychotics Doubles for Low-Income Kids Two Genes May Fuel Cocaine Addiction Therapy Could Treat Early Alzheimer's
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 3, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 3, 2004 Program Helps Teenage Kids of HIV Patients Dads Play Key Role in Kids' Mental Health Way Found to Predict Response to Cancer Drug Suicide, Drug Use Claim Lives of Many Homeless Kids Chemo Offers No Long-Term Survival Benefit for Colon Cancer Stress Harms Ability to Fight Stress New Light Shed on Deadly Lung Disease Alternative Therapy for Inoperable Lung Tumors Aggressive Treatment Saves Lives of Older Heart Patients Circumcision Ritual Carries Herpes Risk Laws Limiting Gun Access Cut Teen Suicides
Monday, August 2, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: Aug. 2, 2004 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 2, 2004 Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines Could Save Your Life Babies Born Just a Few Weeks Early Risk Problems Gene Mutations Behind Some Brain Cancers Docs Need to Focus on Kids' Obesity, Hypertension New Way to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Developed 'Smart' Gene Therapy Limits Heart Attack Damage Antioxidant Supplements Don't Prevent Heart Disease MRIs, Heart Implants Can Coexist Safely Many Heart Patients Fail to Get Needed Drugs Teen Girls Often Victims of Dating Violence Substance Abuse, Mental Woes Strike 1 in 10
Sunday, August 1, 2004 return to top... Health Highlights: August 1, 2004 Easing the Pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis Cramping Your Style
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