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March 2009

March 2

B12 Deficit May Boost Risk of Birth Defects TV Watching Doesn't Fast-Track Baby's Skills Health Tip: How Serious is Your Asthma Attack? Wine May Be Protective Against Esophageal Cancer Health Tip: Protect Your Muscles With the Economy Down, Sleeplessness Is Up Health Highlights: March 2, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Mar. 2, 2009 Weekend Admission May Be Riskier for GI Bleeding Teens Undertreated for Substance Abuse Resistance to Tamiflu Growing Gene Variant Allies Autism, Gastrointestinal Woes In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks Swimming Lessons Don't Increase Drowning Risk, Study Says Alcohol-Branded Apparel Linked to Adolescent Drinking City Kids Find the Breathin' Is Easier Elsewhere Post-Traumatic Stress Tied to Increased Suicide Risk Women's Testosterone Patch May Not Work Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart

March 5

Health Tip: Understanding Antibiotic Resistance Health Tip: Why Baby Won't Breast-Feed Stress May Raise Diabetes Risk for Obese Black Women Contact Lenses Boost Kids' Self-Image Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health Health Highlights: March 5, 2009 Bias Against Obesity Is Found Among Future Dietitians Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors Retinal Gene Is Linked to Childhood Blindness More Teen Boys Are Using Smokeless Tobacco, Survey Finds Older Adults Get Drunk Faster Than Younger Drinkers Skin Patches Can Cause Burns During MRIs Second Stroke Prevention Efforts Found Wanting Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome Brain Tumor Drug May Help Spur Cancer's Return Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency Men Who Get Active in Midlife Live Longer Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation

March 9

Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life Most Insured Adults Worry About Health Care Costs: Poll Health Tip: Try Relaxation Techniques Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk Health Tip: Safe Use of Contact Lenses Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2009 Health Highlights: March 9, 2009 Women With Breast Cancer Gene Favor Preventive Mastectomy Thinking Man's Chimp Shows 1st Animal 'Planning' Late-Life Fatherhood May Lower Child's Intelligence Device Approved for Child Heart Operations Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals More Vitamin C May Mean Less Chance of Gout Warmer-Than-Average Temperatures Raise Migraine Risk Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease CPR Can Save Young Lives, Too Antidepressant Use Tied to Cardiac Death in Women

March 10

Electronic Communication May Be Boon to Doctors' Time Health Tip: Help Keep Anxiety Under Control Health Tip: Avoid Animal Bites For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists Health Highlights: March 10, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 10, 2009 Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Disease May Speed Dementia Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks Sunburn Might Play a Role in Rosacea 'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer Folic Acid Supplements Raise Prostate Cancer Risk Japanese Researchers Develop New Smallpox Vaccine Study Links Blood Type and Pancreatic Cancer Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries Shootings Linked to Alcohol-to-Go Outlets, Study Finds Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early

March 11

Health Tip: The Signs of Hunger Fear of Pain Drives Requests for Assisted Death DNA Testing Lays Romanov Murder Mystery to Rest Health Tip: Getting Back to Sleep Health Highlights: March 11, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 11, 2009 People With Insomnia May Be Plagued for Awhile Parkinson's Treatment Drugs Even Out Over Long Term Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases Neck Fat a Measure of Heart Risk Slight Cut in Salt Intake Would Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk Too Little Sleep May Raise Diabetes Risk Clues Found to Brain Mechanism Behind Migraines New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition Ozone Pollution Taking Toll on American Lives Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants Second-Generation Female Condom Approved Genes May Decide Which Smokers Get Lung Disease

March 12

European Researchers Call for New Doping Standards Health Tip: Exercise for Bone Health Health Tip: Prevent Bleeding Gums Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics Some Elderly Heart Failure Patients Get Little Help From Meds, Study Finds Clinical Trials Update: March 12, 2009 Health Highlights: March 12, 2009 Kids Who Live Near Green Spaces Seem to Walk More Smoking Isn't Falling as Fast as Officials Hoped: Report Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue Clear Skies Have Become Less So Over Time, Data Show Children's Bath Products Contain Contaminants Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis Pancreatic Drug Trial Halted on Promising Results Brain Scans Shed Light on Dyslexia Freckles, Moles May Indicate Risk for Eye Cancer Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says

March 13

Many Seniors Not Selecting Lowest Cost Medicare Drug Plans Health Tip: Minor Reaction to Childhood Immunizations Health Tip: If You Have Bad Breath Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound Health Highlights: March 13, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 13, 2009 Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise First DNA Tests for HPV Approved Unconscious Learning: In the Eye of the Beholder? Traffic Jams Harm the Heart Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old Eye Care Checkups Tied to Insurance Status

March 16

Food Allergy Labeling Not Always Accurate Health Tip: Have Your Child's Hearing Checked Health Tip: Prepare Food Carefully Health Highlights: March 16, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 16, 2009 Using Music and Sports to Improve Kids' Asthma Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products New Treatments Improve Control for Severe Asthma Botox Alternative May Safely Smooth Forehead Lines Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack To Rid Heads of Lice, Wet-Combing May Work Best Alzheimer's Tied to Shrinkage in Brain Area Steroid Concoction May Ease Sinusitis 'Watchful Waiting' Safe With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart Taser Stun Guns Can Cause Brain Injury Study Questions Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages Defibrillator May Not Help Many With Heart Failure

March 18

Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer Health Tip: Lifting Safety for Caregivers When Breast Cancer Recurs, Finding Pre-Symptoms Is Key A Little Drink May Be Good for Your Bones Health Tip: Stress and Diabetes Health Highlights: March 18, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 18, 2009 2 Studies Conflict Over Value of Prostate Cancer Screening Progress Reported Against Gene Involved in Hepatitis C Researchers Use Gene to End High Blood Sugar in Mice Brain Hemorrhage May Explain Natasha Richardson's Condition Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off Health Care Unmarried Childbirths in U.S. Reach Record Levels Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks Trial Vaccine May Protect Against Serious Viral Infection Course of West Nile Infection Charted

March 19

Health Highlights: March 19, 2009 Health Tip: Triggers for Canker Sores Health Tip: Managing Urinary Incontinence PSA Testing: What Should Men Do? Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms Clinical Trials Update: March 19, 2009 Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care NYC Medical Examiner Peforming Autopsy on Natasha Richardson Emotions of Music Touch Universal Chord New Parkinson's Treatment Shows Promise in Animals Trying to Decide? Forget the Facts and Phone a Friend Internal Clock and Metabolism May Be Linked Support Network May Play Role in Benefits of Drinking 'Good Feelings' From Alcohol Only Come With Fewer Drinks TB Still Declining in U.S., But at Slower Rate Yale Lab Discovers New Gene-Based Syndrome Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins Stress May Encourage E. Coli Illness FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug

March 23

Health Tip: Check Your Baby's Feet Health Tip: Removing a Splinter Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer Study IDs Gene Variants Tied to Sudden Cardiac Death Health Highlights: March 23, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 23, 2009 New Yogurt May Ease Stomach Ulcers Electrical Signal in Brain Seems to Warn of 'Mistakes' Improved Fungicides May Be Easier on Environment Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Lifespan Study Links Smoking to Increased Risk of Pancreatitis Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D Family History Plays Key Role in Blood Clot Risk Osteoporosis May Raise Risk for Vertigo High Blood Fat Levels Common in Americans Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best Symbyax Approved for Treatment-Resistant Depression Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds

March 24

Health Highlights: March 24, 2009 Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities With Alzheimer's, Health-Care Costs Could Triple Health Tip: Taking a Daily Aspirin Health Tip: Try Kickboxing Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trials Update: March 24, 2009 Many Americans Fear Being Diagnosed With Diabetes Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes Tight Blood Sugar Control May Raise Risks in the ICU Soy May Help Shield Asian-American Girls From Breast Cancer Omega-3 Fatty Acids Guard Against Advanced Prostate Cancer Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors Gulf War Syndrome May Stem From Chemical Exposure HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds Drug-Coated Sponges May Limit Catheter Infections Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug

March 25

A Child's Sweet Tooth May Be All in the Bones Brain 'Thinning' May Indicate Susceptibility to Depression Health Tip: Recognizing Arthritis in the Thumb Health Tip: Remember to Take Your Medicine Scientists ID New Biomarker for Prostate Cancer Health Highlights: March 25, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 25, 2009 Romantic Love Can Last Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors U.S. Asked to Do More for Kids' Mental Health U.S. Urged to Start 'Fixing the Problem' of Food Safety Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box Music Can Help Restore Stroke Patients' Sight Faulty Household Wiring Can Trigger a Heart Defibrillator Circumcision Guards Against STDs Few Hospitals Embracing Electronic Health Record Systems

March 26

Health Highlights: March 26, 2009 Genes May Boost Harm to Kids From Secondhand Smoke Health Tip: Your Children Need Iron Urine Test May ID Unhealthy Diets Health Tip: Asthmatics Don't Have to Stop Exercising Registry Created for Broken Heart Syndrome Clinical Trials Update: March 26, 2009 Fish in U.S. Rivers Tainted With Common Medications Swallowing-Breathing Dysfunction Worsens Lung Disorder New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure Using Too Much Salt Is Common in U.S., CDC Says New MRI Technology Expands Its Power What Causes Mystery Heart Condition? Diabetics May Soon Have Low-Sugar Vegetable Juice For All Their Plusses, Pets Pose a Risk for Falls, Too Working Memory Fluctuates in Kids With ADHD AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer Newly Pregnant Smokers Have a 15-Week Window to Quit Midwest and Northeast May Face Surgeon Shortage

March 27

Families That Eat Together Serve Up Good Dietary Habits Patients' Bill of Rights Too Tough to Read Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant Health Tip: Warning Signs of Peptic Ulcer Health Tip: Depression Among Seniors Health Highlights: March 27, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 27, 2009 Treatment Target for Herpes Pinpointed Health-Care Costs Go Up, and Stay Up, for Abused Women Kidney Ailments May Rise Along With Blood Pressure Study Links Sugar Production in Yeast Cells to Longevity Most Fatalities in Teen Crashes Are Not the Drivers Scientists Capture HIV Transfer Among T-Cells on Video Microsurgery May Cut Swelling After Breast Cancer Treatment Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus Baby's Sleep Position May Not Affect Severity of Head Flattening How Much Should Women Drink? It Depends on Who You Ask One in Five Working Adults Said to Lack Health Insurance

March 30

Rapid Infant Weight Gain Linked to Childhood Obesity Most Teens Aren't Getting Preventive Health Care Health Tip: Breathe Fresh Air at Home Health Tip: Protect Aging Feet Action-Filled Video Games Boost Adult Vision Health Highlights: March 30, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 30, 2009 Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension Statin Might Help Fight Blood Clots in Veins Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery Japanese Herbals May Ease Gastro Woes One Pill Might Prevent Heart Disease Omega-3s of No Added Benefit to Heart Attack Patients Babies Born Only 2 to 3 Weeks Early May Face Development Delays Afinitor Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity Stem Cell Injections Seem to Reduce Angina Pain Labels on OTC Painkillers Need Improvement FDA Investigating Salmonella-Tainted Pistachios

March 31

Study Links Pesticides to Birth Defects Health Tip: Meditation Is a Peaceful State of Mind Health Tip: Managing the Teen Years As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise Health Highlights: March 31, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: March 31, 2009 Vaccine Approved for Japanese Encephalitis People With MS May Have Lower Cancer Risk Gene Screen Could Help Spot Melanoma Patient's Own Stem Cells Might Treat Heart Attack FDA Warns Drug Makers to Stop Selling Unapproved Prescription Painkillers Plavix Plus Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk For Diabetics, On-Demand Care May Not Help New Device 'Fingers' Heart Risk Bed Bugs Bring No Disease Danger Study Casts Doubt on Influential Hospital Safety Survey Public Housing for Homeless Alcoholics Saves Money Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems Raw Nuts Could Be Salmonella Source in Pistachios: Report

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