5 Tips: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution

Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Dec 2009 | 7:03 pm

What Science Says about Enlightened Sex

Another year, another batch of boring resolutions. So why not resolve to have better sex?
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 31 Dec 2009 | 2:57 pm

Exercise Improves Kids' Academics

Aerobic exercise improves a student's fitness level and test scores, too.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:06 pm

The National Parkinson Foundation Awards Five Grants for the Falls Prevention Initiative

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 1:09 pm

Do You Need Glasses?

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm

Santa Gets a Little Help from Equal Health

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm

Karate For Your Body Announces Release of Volume One in Martial Arts DVD Training Series, 'Focusing On Fundamentals'

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 12:15 pm

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm

Interpreter Association IMIA Starts Campaign to Promote Code of Ethics for Medical Interpreters Worldwide

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:45 am

Atos Origin to change to single board structure

PARIS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - French IT services group Atos Origin will ask shareholders meeting on Feb. 10 to clear changes to simplify its governance and speed up a recovery spearheaded by its new chief...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:10 am

'Keep off dieting' to avoid flu

People should steer clear of New Year diets if they want to improve their chances of staving off flu, a study suggests.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Latest Statistics On Deaths Highlight Dangers Of The Agricultural Industry, UK

Agriculture remains one of Britain's most dangerous industries, according to the latest agricultural statistics report published today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In 2007/08 another 39 workers died bringing the ten-year total death toll to 455. Alarmingly, year on year, over the last ten years the number of deaths in agriculture has remained at a consistently high level.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Pending Merger Update

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Researchers At Columbia University Medical Center Link Blood Sugar To Normal Cognitive Aging

Maintaining blood sugar levels, even in the absence of disease, may be an important strategy for preserving cognitive health, suggests a study published by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). The study appeared in the December issue of Annals of Neurology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

University Of California RNs Authorize Strike As Nurses Protest Eroding Staffing Conditions

UC Med Centers Staffing by Budget, Not Patient Need Say Nurses, Charging UC Violating State Law and Contract Registered nurses at five University of California medical centers have voted to authorize a strike, which would be the first ever strike by UC RNs, to protest what they say is an alarming decline in safe staffing conditions at the well known hospitals.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Research Suggesting That Sleep Disorder May Be An Early Sign Of Dementia Or Parkinson's Disease

People who act out their dreams through kicking and crying out in their sleep may go on to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the online issue of Neurology. In the research 93 people with REM sleep behaviour disorder who had no signs of a neurodegenerative disease were followed for an average of five years.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

CMS Strengthens Efforts To Fight Medicare Waste, Fraud And Abuse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is requiring certain durable medical equipment suppliers to post a surety bond. In addition, CMS is announcing that it has revoked the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in south Florida and southern California and suspending payments to home health agencies in the Miami-Dade, Fla. area.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Medicare Reminds Beneficiaries To Review Their Prescription Drug Coverage And Health Plan Needs For 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continued to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to review their current prescription drug and health care coverage before the annual enrollment period ends on Dec. 31 to ensure they are in a plan that will best meet their needs in 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Aduromed Becomes MedClean Technologies

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Potential Therapy For Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Current research suggests laminin, a protein that helps cells stick together, may lead to enhanced muscle repair in muscular dystrophy. The related report by Rooney et al, "Laminin-111 restores regenerative capacity in a mouse model for alpha 7 integrin congenital myopathy," appears in the January 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Risk Takers, Drug Abusers Driven By Decreased Ability To Process Dopamine

For risk-takers and impulsive people, New Year's resolutions often include being more careful, spending more frugally and cutting back on dangerous behavior, such as drug use. But new research from Vanderbilt finds that these individuals--labeled as novelty seekers by psychologists--face an uphill battle in keeping their New Year's resolutions due to the way their brains process dopamine.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

100,000 People With Diabetes Call '999' A Year

People with diabetes made more than 100,000 emergency calls in the UK last year, according to Diabetes UK. The charity warns that although the ambulance service has recently experienced an unprecedented volume of calls with many for non-emergency situations, most calls from people with diabetes are for severe hypoglycaemia (hypo).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Singapore Is First In Asia To Use Limb-lengthening Technology For Those Wanting To Be Taller

It was initially devised as a method of leg lengthening for those with congenital growth abnormalities or trauma to the lower limbs. However, since it was introduced in 2001, Fitbone surgery has without much fanfare, slipped into the realm of cosmetics.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

China dairies offer text apology

Chinese dairy firms involved in the tainted milk scandal beg for forgiveness in a New Year text message.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

Rooted to the spot

How these dots became a lifeline, by David Blunkett
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2009 | 10:35 am

Singapore Petroleum says CEO to retire, return on contract

SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Singapore Petroleum Corp (SPC) said on Friday its Chief Executive Officer Koh Ban Heng will retire on Feb 5.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 2 Jan 2009 | 10:34 am

Sweat and tears

The exercise bikes that recycle your own energy
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2009 | 8:49 am

Recipes for Health: Fava Bean Soup With Mint

A bean soup from Mexico combines Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ingredients.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2009 | 8:20 am

Economy Blunts Korea’s Appetite for Plastic Surgery

An indicator of the economic doldrums in South Korea: Seoul’s obsession with plastic surgery is waning, and once-crowded clinics are closing.


Source: NYT > Health | 2 Jan 2009 | 5:10 am

Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could help doctors fine-tune breast cancer treatments even further, a new study confirms that there are genes that increase the likelihood that the disease will spread throughout a woman's body.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 2 Jan 2009 | 4:47 am

Smoke-free laws may cut heart hospitalizations

Implementing smoke-free policies can lead to a fewer hospitalizations resulting from heart attacks, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 2 Jan 2009 | 2:46 am

'Bug' could combat dengue fever

Humans could be protected from dengue fever by infecting the mosquitoes carrying it with a parasite, say researchers.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Jan 2009 | 2:11 am

Virginity Pledges Don't Work

The U.S. government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence programs, including virginity pledges.
Source: Livescience.com - Health | 1 Jan 2009 | 10:12 pm

Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit (AP)

AP - When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Jan 2009 | 8:08 pm

Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says

As the body loses its ability to regulate glucose, parts of the brain involved in memory lose blood flow, researchers find.

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Source: NYT > Health | 1 Jan 2009 | 5:32 pm

Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men (Reuters)

Reuters - Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Jan 2009 | 4:19 pm

Risk of diabetes in pregnancy higher in some women (Reuters)

Reuters - Certain ethnic groups and women with lower socioeconomic status are at increased risk of developing diabetes while pregnant, research shows.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 1 Jan 2009 | 4:17 pm

Forgetting things? Mnemonics can make them stick

Arriving at your uncle's holiday party in suitable dress and good cheer, you are greeted at the door by an old friend from school whose name, you suddenly realize, you cannot recall.
Source: CNN.com - Health | 1 Jan 2009 | 3:57 pm

New Year resolutions are bad for you

January 01, 2009 DECIDING to turn over a new leaf in the New Year could actually do you more harm than good, a mental health charity said today.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 1 Jan 2009 | 2:51 pm

Video games and behavioral modification

January 01, 2009 Anyone who's ever been snapped at by someone having a bad day knows that feelings of insecurity lead people to behave in ways that might be deemed aggressive. Psychologist Mark Baldwin of McGill University says that insecurity, bullying behavior, and so on are emotional reactions that happen "automatically - extremely...
Source: PsycPORT.com | 1 Jan 2009 | 2:51 pm