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Daily MedNews: August 2007

August 1 Experts Split on Whether Chief Justice Roberts Has Epilepsy
August 1 Most Sleepless Kids Prescribed Drugs: Study
August 1 Health Tip: Wax Can Build up in the Ear
August 1 Health Tip: Research Alternative Therapies Carefully
August 1 CDC's 'Preteen Vaccine' Campaign Aimed at Parents
August 1 Health Highlights: Aug. 1, 2007
August 1 Natural Protein May Be Lymphoma's 'Bodyguard'
August 1 Test Brings Early Pancreatic Cancer to Light
August 1 Hormones Might Help Treat Colon Cancer
August 1 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 1, 2007
August 1 Fused Genes Might Fuel Prostate Tumors
August 1 Doctors 'Awaken' Man 6 Years After Severe Brain Injury
August 1 U.S. Fibrotic Lung Disease Rates Rising
August 1 COPD Strikes Men, Women Differently
August 1 TB Gene Tweak Could Bring Better Vaccines
August 1 Progesterone Prevents Preterm Birth for Some Women
August 1 Gene Variant Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease
August 2 Health Tip: When Antibiotics May Help
August 2 Orangutans Make Their Point With 'Charades'
August 2 Health Tip: Coping With Menopause
August 2 Ovarian Tissue Successfully Transplanted in Sisters
August 2 Health Highlights: Aug. 2, 2007
August 2 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 2, 2007
August 2 Korean Cloning Fraud Case Advances Stem Cell Research
August 2 Anorexia May Be More Common Than Thought
August 2 Researchers Watch Music Play in the Brain
August 2 Coffee May Lower Liver Cancer Risk
August 2 'Whispering Stroke' Can Cause Lasting Damage
August 2 Science Explores Shift Work-Linked Fatigue
August 2 Antidepressant Effectiveness May Depend on Genes
August 3 Many Heart Attack Patients Don't Get Needed Treatment
August 3 Health Tip: Swollen Gums Can Signal Poor Health
August 3 Scientists Probe How HIV Infection Turns Into AIDS
August 3 Health Tip: Understanding Deep Vein Thrombosis
August 3 Early Interferon Treatment Delays MS
August 3 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 3, 2007
August 3 Health Highlights: Aug. 3, 2007
August 3 Many Patients Don't Pursue Referrals
August 3 Hostility Puts Men's Hearts at Risk
August 3 Tumor-Zapping Technique Fights Kidney Cancer
August 3 Cigarette Additives May Make It Tougher to Quit
August 3 Age 100 No Bar to Hip Replacement
August 3 Weight Gain May Be Rooted in Liver Enzyme Defect
August 3 Diet and Fitness: A Proven Path to Heart Health
August 4 Half-Hour CPR Classes Effective: Study
August 4 Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2007
August 5 Health Highlights: Aug. 5, 2007
August 5 Needed: Research Dollars for Muscle-Wasting Disease
August 5 Eye Health Group Backs Kids' Sight-Saving Bills
August 6 Maturity Brings Richer Memories
August 6 Health Tip: Have a Healthy Retirement
August 6 Many New Moms Feel 'Unready' at Hospital Discharge
August 6 Health Tip: Adjusting to a Move
August 6 Farms Shield Kids From Bowel Disease
August 6 Health Highlights: Aug. 6, 2007
August 6 Researchers Identify Cause of Rosacea
August 6 Language Barriers Plague Almost Half of U.S. Drug Stores
August 6 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 6, 2007
August 6 Latino Men, Women Differ on Work-Family Conflict
August 6 Malt Liquor Drinkers at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse: Study
August 6 Foods Taste Better With McDonald's Logo, Kids Say
August 6 Memory Slow? Drink Some Joe
August 6 Selzentry Approved for HIV
August 6 Brain Studies Show ADHD Is Real Disease
August 7 Underinsured Risking Debt to Pay Health Bills
August 7 DVDs Don't Produce Brainy Babies
August 7 Health Tip: Food Poisoning From Fish
August 7 Health Tip: Caring for a Cast
August 7 Health Highlights: Aug. 7, 2007
August 7 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 7, 2007
August 7 Alzheimer's Protein Implicated in Glaucoma
August 7 Beer the Booze of Choice for Binge Drinkers
August 7 Maternal Obesity Heightens Risk of Birth Defects
August 7 Absorbable Stitches, Hydrogen Peroxide a Bad Mix
August 7 Bone Tests Cost-Effective for Elderly Men
August 7 Red Meat, Dairy Nutrient May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
August 7 Limits on Social Contact Helped Fight Flu Pandemic
August 7 Many Kids With Private Insurance Missing Vaccinations
August 7 Simple Steps Can Save Health Plans Big Dollars: Study
August 8 Health Tip: How You Get Tetanus
August 8 Health Tip: Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer
August 8 New Study Questions Avandia's Heart Risk
August 8 Low-Cal Sweets Might Still Make Kids Obese
August 8 Health Highlights: Aug. 8, 2007
August 8 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 8, 2007
August 8 Avastin Plus Chemo May Raise Clot Risk
August 8 Mars' Sleep Cycle Study May Help Earthlings
August 8 Antihypertension Drugs Help People Over 80
August 8 2 Human Ancestors Probably Co-Existed
August 8 Statins Might Ease Kids' Cholesterol Condition
August 8 Once-Promising Stroke Drug Fails in Trial
August 9 Plastics Chemical of 'Some Concern' for Fetal, Child Health
August 9 Cosmetic Surgery TV Shows Get Viewers Pondering
August 9 Health Tip: Getting to Know Your Premature Baby
August 9 Health Tip: Before a Pap Smear
August 9 New Uterine Fibroid Treatment Shows Promise
August 9 Health Highlights: Aug. 9, 2007
August 9 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 9, 2007
August 9 Friendship May Lie in the Genes
August 9 Cosmetic Breast Surgeries Tied to Increased Suicide Risk
August 9 FDA Sees No Heart Risk With Heartburn Drugs
August 9 Hormone Found to Govern Desire for Food
August 9 Stem Cell Trouble Slows Healing of Aging Muscle
August 9 Genetic Cause of Form of Glaucoma Identified
August 9 Women With Migraines at Higher Risk of Stroke
August 9 Bone Marrow Restores Fertility After Chemo
August 10 Health Tip: Walking on Foreign Soil
August 10 Health Tip: Treating a Bedsore
August 10 Moderate Exercise Might Be Healthier Than Intense Workouts
August 10 Warfarin Trumps Aspirin in Preventing Stroke in Elderly
August 10 Health Highlights: Aug. 10, 2007
August 10 Scientists Developing Replacement Vocal Cords
August 10 MRI Beats Mammograms at Spotting Early Breast Cancer
August 10 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 10, 2007
August 10 Toothbrushing May Strengthen Gums
August 10 Last Flu Season Was Mild, But Child Deaths Worrying
August 10 Medicare Patients Fare Better at Orthopedic Hospitals
August 10 Obesity-Linked Woes Boost Kids' Lifetime Heart Risk
August 10 Unhealthy, Alone, Many Older People 'Self-Neglect'
August 10 Web Sites Serve Up Dangerous Eating Disorders Advice
August 11 Health Highlights: Aug. 11, 2007
August 11 Extreme Heat Hits Elderly Harder
August 12 Health Highlights: Aug. 12, 2007
August 12 U.S. Hispanics Focus of Free Cholesterol Checks
August 12 Quitting on Impulse May Be Smokers' Best Bet
August 13 U.S. Culture Boosts Hispanic Immigrants' Substance Abuse Risk
August 13 Health Tip: Problems With Your Dentures?
August 13 Health Tip: Reasons for Chronic Cough
August 13 Most Asian Men Have Better Prostate Cancer Survival Rates
August 13 Health Highlights: Aug. 13, 2007
August 13 Scientists Create Breast Tumor Stem Cells
August 13 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 13, 2007
August 13 Marriage-Minded Women Focus on Men's Faces
August 13 Cluster Headache Treatment Poses Cardiac Dangers
August 13 Antioxidants No Magic Bullet for Heart Disease in Women
August 13 Experimental MS Vaccine Proves Safe in Early Test
August 13 Stabilizing Eye Pressure Key to Glaucoma Care
August 13 Pot Bellies Point to Heart Risk
August 13 Smoking Ups Risk for Age-Linked Vision Loss
August 14 Fewer Minority Men Have Undiagnosed Diabetes
August 14 Health Tip: Heat Cramps Shouldn't Be Ignored
August 14 Nanotechnology Could Help Ease Soldiers' Pain
August 14 Health Tip: Treating a Blister
August 14 Health Highlights: Aug. 14, 2007
August 14 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 14, 2007
August 14 Nursing Home Residents at Highest Heatstroke Risk
August 14 Decline in U.S. Breast Cancers Tied to Drop in Hormone Use
August 14 Tiny Telescope Treats Age-Related Eye Disease
August 14 Healthy Diet Guards Against Return of Colon Cancer
August 14 Cervical Cancer Vaccines Won't Fight Existing HPV Infection
August 14 Study Details Heart Risks to Diabetics
August 14 Total Cholesterol, HDL Good Predictors of Heart Disease Risk
August 14 Guiding Kids to Better Diets Boosts Health
August 14 Short Bouts of Exercise Pay Off
August 15 Avandia to Carry Stronger Heart Failure Warning
August 15 Health Tip: Living With Bipolar Disorder
August 15 Mt. Everest Deadlier for Older Climbers
August 15 Health Tip: Warning Signs of Dehydration
August 15 Molecule May Predict Prostate Cancer's Return
August 15 Health Highlights: Aug. 15, 2007
August 15 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 15, 2007
August 15 Chemical Flame Retardants Linked to Thyroid Disease in Cats
August 15 HIV Delivers 'Double Whammy' to Brain
August 15 Dirty City Air Stunts Kids' Lungs
August 15 Medical Abortion Won't Affect Future Pregnancies
August 15 Test Spots Joint Replacement Infections
August 15 Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Booming Despite Criticisms
August 15 Brain Radiation Treatment Boosts Lung Cancer Survival
August 15 FDA to Take Another Look at Cold Remedies for Kids
August 16 Metabolic Pathway Could Boost 'Good' Cholesterol
August 16 Health Tip: Who's at Greater Risk for Heat-Related Illness
August 16 Health Tip: Symptoms of Bone Spurs
August 16 Healthy Lifestyle Key To Cancer Prevention
August 16 FDA to Review Safety of Cold Remedies for Kids
August 16 Health Highlights: Aug. 16, 2007
August 16 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 16, 2007
August 16 Three-Quarters of States Near Vaccine Goals for Kindergarteners
August 16 Diet Still Important to Patients on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
August 16 FDA Updates Prescription Guidelines for Blood Thinner
August 16 Obesity Heightens Kidney Disease Risks
August 16 Use Two Drugs at Once to Beat Leukemia: Study
August 16 New Strategy Stretches Bird Flu Vaccine
August 17 Restricting Blood Flow May Help Heart Bypass Patients
August 17 Health Tip: Facts About Febrile Seizures
August 17 Social Stress Could Worsen MS
August 17 Health Tip: Talking to Your Doctor About How to Lose Weight
August 17 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 17, 2007
August 17 Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2007
August 17 Zingo Offers Pain Relief During Child Injections
August 17 Urban Smog Tough on Young Adults' Hearts
August 17 Depression Taking Toll on Returning U.S. Vets
August 17 FDA Warns of Codeine Risk for Some Nursing Mothers
August 17 Another Reason Not to Smoke While Pregnant: Birth Defects
August 17 Scientists Probe Sepsis' Deadly Secrets
August 17 Vision Restoration Therapy Might Improve Sight for Trauma, Stroke Victims
August 17 Time to Set Kids' Back-to-School Sleep Clocks
August 17 New Drug Aids Muscle Function in Myasthenia Gravis
August 17 Many Parents Share Genetic Test Findings With Kids
August 18 Add Earlier Bedtime to Back-to-School List
August 18 Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2007
August 19 Health Highlights: Aug. 19, 2007
August 19 Coloring Compound in Fruits, Veggies May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
August 19 Work-Family Conflict Dogs Air Force Women After Deployment
August 20 Handling Stress Properly Increases Good Cholesterol
August 20 Does Pathological Shyness Make for School Shooters?
August 20 Health Tip: Children Who Play Sports
August 20 Health Tip: Why Are My Eyes Red?
August 20 Heavy Drinking Boosts Stroke Risk for Chinese Men
August 20 Health Highlights: Aug. 20, 2007
August 20 Spirometry Testing for COPD Underused
August 20 Girls Really Do Prefer Pink
August 20 Reclast Approved as Once-Yearly Osteoporosis Drug
August 20 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 20, 2007
August 20 Green Tea May Brew Up Healthier Skin
August 20 Early Weight Loss in Women Linked to Dementia
August 20 Hispanic Teens Take More Skin Cancer Risks
August 20 Study Puts 1 Alzheimer's Theory in Doubt
August 21 Health Tip: Treating Acne Scars
August 21 Virus Could Help Drive Obesity
August 21 Online 'Epidemic' Gives Clues to Bird Flu Spread
August 21 Health Tip: Keep Bugs at Bay
August 21 Health Highlights: Aug. 21, 2007
August 21 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 21, 2007
August 21 Cranberry Could Juice Up Ovarian Cancer Treatment
August 21 For Health Info, Women Often Turn to the Web
August 21 Scientists Develop 'Natural' Protection for Stored Foods
August 21 Acrylamide Won't Raise Breast Cancer Risk
August 21 Doctors Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids
August 21 One Surgery Often Enough for Peritonitis
August 21 Gene Studies of Male-Female Differences Often Flawed
August 21 Vaccine Stops Alzheimer's Brain 'Tangles'
August 22 Health Tip: Before a Colonoscopy
August 22 Health Tip: While Chewing Gum May Relieve Stress ...
August 22 Traffic Fumes Plus Genes Boosts Kids' Asthma Risk
August 22 Study Probes Roots of Fearful Memories
August 22 Health Highlights: Aug. 22, 2007
August 22 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 22, 2007
August 22 Melanoma Diagnosis Often Delayed for Rural Poor
August 22 When 'Good' Cholesterol Goes Bad
August 22 Drug That Lowers Resting Heart Rate Being Tested
August 22 Gene May Help Spur Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
August 22 Insurance Impacts Laryngeal Cancer Detection
August 22 Weight-Loss Surgeries Extend Lives
August 22 Many Older Americans Have Active Sex Lives
August 23 Battle Continues Over Vietnam PTSD Numbers
August 23 Health Tip: Breast Self-Exams
August 23 Expenses Overshadow Optimism for Kidney Failure Patients
August 23 Health Tip: Dangerous Dieting
August 23 Health Highlights: Aug. 23, 2007
August 23 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 23, 2007
August 23 Scientists Spot Brain's 'Free Will' Center
August 23 FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids
August 23 Water Picks Up Odor From Plastic Pipes
August 23 Experiments Get Close to 'Out-of-Body' Experience
August 23 Bacteria 'See' the Light
August 23 FDA Proposes New Rules for Sunscreens
August 23 Advanced Age No Bar to Liver Transplant
August 23 Parental Stress Can Keep Kids Obese
August 23 Daily Calcium Does Protect Bone
August 24 Heart Attack Boosts Diabetes Risk
August 24 Health Tip: Are You at Greater Risk For Cervical Cancer?
August 24 Obese Children Miss More School Days
August 24 Health Tip: Keep Lead Out of Your Home
August 24 Monkey Moms Use Baby Talk, Too
August 24 Antioxidant Supplements May Raise Women's Skin Cancer Risk
August 24 Health Highlights: Aug. 24, 2007
August 24 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 24, 2007
August 24 Fish Oil Might Help Relieve MS
August 24 Obesity Doesn't Always Equal Diabetes
August 24 Gene Tied to Post-Op Delirium in Elderly
August 24 Sugary Sodas High in Diabetes-Linked Compound
August 24 Lip Balm Use Can Become Addictive
August 24 New Database to Help Speed Search for Bipolar Disorder Genes
August 24 Some Epilepsy Patients Are Good Candidates for Surgery
August 25 Make a New Assault on Salt
August 25 Health Highlights: Aug. 25, 2007
August 26 Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2007
August 26 Sleepless Kids Are Troubled Kids
August 26 Ragweed Season Doesn't Mean Suffering
August 27 Embryonic Human Stem Cells May Help Repair Heart Muscle, Lab Study Shows
August 27 Health Tip: Soothing a Sore Throat
August 27 Health Tip: Excessive Sweating
August 27 Back to School Means Backpack Safety
August 27 Health Highlights: Aug. 27, 2007
August 27 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 27, 2007
August 27 Study Points to Cause of Vioxx Heart Risk
August 27 Smoking Boosts Risk for Head, Neck Cancers
August 27 Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing
August 27 Oral Sex Implicated in Some Throat and Neck Cancers
August 27 Giving CPR Kits to Kids Nudges Parents to Learn
August 27 Continued Statin Use Boosts Post-Stroke Outcomes
August 27 Heart Attacks at School Involve More Adults Than Kids
August 27 'Good' Cholesterol Won't Help Heavy-Drinking Older Men
August 28 Health Tip: Prevent Cooking Fires
August 28 Health Tip: Weather Can Affect Asthma
August 28 Alcoholics With Cirrhosis Have More Brain Damage
August 28 Breaking Up Is Not So Hard to Do
August 28 Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2007
August 28 U.S. Initiative Seeks to Boost Hispanic Stroke Awareness
August 28 Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Lead to Thinner Kids
August 28 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 28, 2007
August 28 Brain Lesions Predict MS Progression
August 28 Antibacterial Soap Claims Just Don't Wash
August 28 Blood Clotting Protein Helps Stem Surgical Bleeding
August 28 Hypnosis Eases Pain of Breast Cancer Surgery
August 28 Record Number of Americans Lack Health Insurance
August 28 Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses
August 28 Drinking Often Spurs Move to Poorer Neighborhoods
August 29 RA Drugs Linked to Slight Skin Cancer Risk
August 29 Health Tip: Coping With Chronic Pain
August 29 Health Tip: Risk Factors for Varicose Veins
August 29 Stressed-Out Moms Carry Babies on the Right
August 29 Health Highlights: Aug. 29, 2007
August 29 Case Management Cost-Effective Way to Cut Heart Risks
August 29 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 29, 2007
August 29 Self-Exams of Feet Can Catch Early Melanoma
August 29 West Nile Test Screens Donated Blood and Organs
August 29 Removing Ovaries Before Menopause Leads to Memory, Movement Troubles
August 29 New Asthma Guidelines Stress Disease Control
August 29 School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking
August 29 New Heart Pump Shows Promise in Trial
August 29 Saline Reduces Mortality for Brain Injury Patients
August 30 Health Tip: Considering Breast Reduction Surgery?
August 30 Direct Anesthetic Infusion Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients
August 30 Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Patients Wander
August 30 Is Perfect Pitch All in the Genes?
August 30 Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2007
August 30 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 30, 2007
August 30 New Treatment Explored for Cluster Headaches
August 30 Pollen, Fruits, Veggies Help Trigger Oral Allergy Syndrome
August 30 One Species' Genome Found Within Another
August 30 Stopping Statins After Stroke Doubles Death Risk
August 30 Whiplash May Result in Delayed Jaw Pain
August 30 U.S. Teens Fall Short on Vaccine Coverage
August 30 More Kids Are Suffering Sports Injuries
August 31 Prevalence of COPD Greater Than Thought
August 31 Damp, Moldy Homes May Cause Depression
August 31 Computer-Related Eye Strain Not Just for Adults
August 31 Health Tip: When Considering Vasectomy
August 31 Health Tip: Reasons for Crossed Eyes
August 31 Health Highlights: Aug. 31, 2007
August 31 Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 31, 2007
August 31 Flaxseed May Relieve Hot Flashes
August 31 Swelling After Knee Injury May Hinder Healing
August 31 Constipation's Many Causes and Cures
August 31 Nasal Anthrax Vaccine Proves Effective in Animal Study
August 31 New Drug Treats Rare Hormonal Disorder
August 31 Seniors Need a Safety Plan in Face of Disasters
August 31 Growing Number of U.S. Kids Not Getting Needed Vaccinations
August 31 Heartburn Can Be a Sign of Serious Disease

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