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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young women who have a minimally invasive treatment for uterine fibroids are more likely to have a recurrence than older women are, a new study finds. Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that form from muscle cells and other tissue in the wall of the uterus. In the new study, Italian researchers […]

Cancer Survivor Loses Hands, Feet to Bacterial Infection

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Think married men and women show their love in vastly different ways? Not necessarily. Although popular culture reinforces the stereotype that there’s a gender gap when it comes to expressing affection, few studies have actually tested the notion. A small new study suggests, however, that men are just as […]

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A new influenza strain found in New England harbor seals could potentially threaten people as well as wildlife, new research suggests. Scientists cautioned that viruses like the newly discovered seal flu must be monitored in order to predict new strains and prevent a pandemic flu emerging from animals. The […]

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A new U.S. study finds that the use of diagnostic imaging tests in Medicare patients with advanced cancer has risen faster than among patients with early-stage cancer. The costs of diagnostic imaging have increased more than the overall costs of cancer care, making diagnostic imaging the fastest-growing part of […]

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans aged 45 and older with two or more chronic conditions has grown over the past decade, new research estimates, with seniors especially vulnerable to a rising risk of both diabetes and high blood pressure. Between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010, the percentage of Americans in the 45- […]

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: U.S. Blood Supply Critically Low, Red Cross Warns The level of U.S. blood donations is at its lowest point in 15 years and the shortfall is such that some patients may have to have elective surgeries canceled, the […]

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Burnout among nurses is linked to an increase in hospital infection rates, researchers have found. In addition, job-related exhaustion among nursing staff costs millions of health care dollars each year, according to the study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School […]

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Stressed out? Turn that frown upside down and you might just feel better, new research contends. Researchers at the University of Kansas subjected college students to anxiety-inducing tasks and found that those who smiled through them appeared to have less stress. The study, led by research psychologists Tara Kraft […]

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Rates of major depression skyrocket among young girls as they move through the already vulnerable period of adolescence. According to new research, about 5 percent of 12-year-old girls experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, compared with 15 percent of 15-year-old girls, a threefold increase. Some 1.4 […]

TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — The hormonal fluctuations associated with women’s menstrual cycles could color their shopping habits, research suggests. “Our goal was to investigate how a woman’s menstrual cycle impacts consumption desires, product usage, and dollars spent within the food and beautification domains,” study first author Gad Saad, a professor of marketing at […]

It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do.

ATLANTA (AP) — It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Gluten-free products are flying off grocery shelves, and restaurants are boasting of meals with no gluten. Celebrities on TV talk shows chat […]

ATLANTA (AP) — It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Gluten-free products are flying off grocery shelves, and restaurants are boasting of meals with no gluten. Celebrities on TV talk shows chat […]

FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is thinking the unthinkable to save the euro, including resuming its controversial bond-buying program and possibly even pursuing quantitative easing – in effect printing money. Bold action is probably at least five weeks away, insiders say, though some more clues may …

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Over the last decade Aamir Khan has saved villagers from an oppressive tax, led a movement against corruption, educated parents about learning disabilities and fought India‘s flawed education system. But that was all in the movies. Khan, one of India’s biggest Bollywood stars, is now taking on real-life crusades. In a country […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs this week on a trip that will take her both to Africa‘s newest nation, South Sudan, and on a visit to the continent’s elder statesman, 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. While Clinton’s public focus will be on Africa’s democratic achievements and economic potential, the trip […]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday advised people to avoid shaking hands, casual sex and do-it-yourself burials to reduce the chance of contracting the deadly Ebola virus after an outbreak killed 14 people and put many more at risk. Museveni’s advice came as scared patients and health workers fled a district hospital […]

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – For decades a rare fungus valued as an aphrodisiac and dubbed “Himalayan Viagra” has been a source of income for poor villagers in Nepal‘s remote Himalayan foothills. Men, women and children stream into high meadows every year to harvest the fungus called Yarsagumba, which grows from dead moth larvae. High quality specimens […]

Genetic test maker 23andMe is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve its personalized DNA test in a move that, if successful, could boost acceptance of technology that is viewed skeptically by leading scientists who question its usefulness.

Long viewed as a contributing factor in teenage isolation, computer games are now being used to treat adolescent depression in an innovative New Zealand programme. Rather than simply encouraging players to engage in mindless destruction, the SPARX video game attempts to teach teenagers how to deal with depression using a psychological approach known as cognitive […]

Movie Star News amassed a staggering amount of film stills, posters and negatives over the past 73 years — nearly 3 million, including 1,500 prints of Bettie Page, known as the queen of pin-ups. But last week, the once-lively store in lower Manhattan was lifeless. The classic movie posters that once covered its narrow …

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Remote monitoring of intensive care patients – a strategy to maximize scarce medical expertise – can cost hospitals anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 per bed in the first year of operation, according to a new study. Whether this investment pays off in the long run by improving ICU patients‘ care […]

Genetic test maker 23andMe is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve its personalized DNA test in a move that, if successful, could boost acceptance of technology that is viewed skeptically by leading scientists who question its usefulness.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using electrodes to test the electrical activity of the heart is unlikely to help doctors figure out who is at risk of coronary heart disease, according to new recommendations from a government-backed panel. The United States Preventive Services Task Force wrote on Monday that there’s no good evidence the test, […]