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November 2009

November 2

Health Tip: Possible Triggers for Pica Americans Get Failing Grade on Diabetes Awareness Health Tip: Getting a Pap Test Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems Health Highlights: Nov. 2, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 2, 2009 Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals Household Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol Levels Restless Legs May Vary by Race and Gender Radiation After Surgery Lowers Chances of Melanoma Recurrence Hormone Therapy Can Help Some With Prostate Cancer Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Best for Quitting Smoking Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimer's Offspring TV May Increase Aggression in Toddlers Diet Soda, Sodium Tied to Kidney Trouble: Studies Doctors Overprescribing the Pap Test One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects

November 3

Living With Less TV, More Sweat Boosts Weight Loss Switch to 'Light' Cigarettes Makes Quitting Tougher Health Tip: Have a Food Allergy? Health Highlights: Nov. 3, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 3, 2009 Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug Depression May Blur Memory of Aches and Pains World Trade Center Workers Twice as Likely to Have Asthma Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms Statins May Worsen Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Cancer Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive Deadly Stomach Bug Making Inroads Outside Hospitals Folate Levels in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD in Offspring Trauma Deadlier for Kids Without Insurance

November 4

Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs? Married With Children Paves Way to Happiness Health Tip: Getting Ready for Birth Health Highlights: Nov. 4, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 4, 2009 Sleepy Drivers a Menace on the Road Americans Gaining Awareness of COPD: Survey Fast Eating Limits Gut Hormones That Induce Fullness Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers Waiting, Wondering About Radiology Results Irks Patients PSA Reading Could Predict Post-Radiation Survival FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses New HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks Gene Discovery Gives Clues to Crohn's Disease, Colitis Will New Anemia Drug Top Current Treatments? Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery Rest Easy. When It Comes to Swine Flu, Your Pet Is Safe

November 6

Health Tip: What's Behind Hip Bursitis? Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas Health Tip: Follow Directions When Taking Medication Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps Health Fears Are Nothing to Sneeze At Health Highlights: Nov. 6, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 6, 2009 Poor Restroom Cleaning Causes Cruise-Ship Sickness Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick? Good Sleepers More Likely to Eat Right Wood Fires Can Harm the Youngest Lungs Breast-Feeding Benefits Moms and Babies: Report Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving New Smells 'Etched' in Brain: Study Istodax Approved for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Early Relapse of MS May Mean Fewer Issues Later Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can't Get It Stem Cells May Offer Alternative to Lung Transplants Pay Less for Prescription Drugs Singing in Pregnancy May Be Harder Work

November 10

November 11

Main Ingredients in Household Dust Come From Outdoors Health Tip: Signs That You Have Cataracts Health Tip: Check Your Blood Glucose BPA Tied to Impotence in Men Modern Wars, Modern Ills Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 11, 2009 Health Highlights: Nov. 11, 2009 For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better Dyslexia May Make It Tough to Tune Out School Noise Income Inequality Affects Quality of Life for All Sharing Prescriptions Can Bring Harm, Not Healing Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point Tamiflu Resistant Swine Flu Found in Canadian Father Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries Boys' Team Sports May Encourage Bad Behavior Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death

November 12

Health Tip: What Causes Urinary Tract Infections in Women? My 10-Day Ordeal With the Swine Flu Health Tip: Help Control Constipation Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 12, 2009 Health Highlights: Nov. 12, 2009 Gene Therapy Brings New Muscle to Monkeys Less HRT, Fewer Cases of Possible Breast Cancer Precursor What's for Dinner? Brain Chemical Helps People Decide Progress in Stamping Out Smoking Has Stalled Chocolate Soothes the Stressed-Out Soul Pneumonia Drug Promising Against Form of Muscular Dystrophy Study Links Yo-Yo Dieting to Addiction Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery Wireless Phones Alter Levels of Brain Chemical Lab Study Slows Breast Cancer Spread to Bone in Mice 22 Million Sickened by Swine Flu in 6 Months Laser Therapy Seems to Relieve Neck Pain

November 13

'The Pill' May Reduce Asthma Symptoms Bad Mood May Make Pain Worse Health Tip: Dealing With Peripheral Artery Disease Health Tip: Signs That You Might Be Malnourished Health Highlights: Nov. 13, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 13, 2009 Many Kids Feel Threatened in the Classroom Baby Boomers May Prove More Disabled Than Their Elders Medicare Part D: What to Expect This Open Enrollment Period Folic Acid Late in Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Kids Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver Web Giants Urge FDA to Update Ad Guidelines FDA Questions Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Another Swine Flu Vaccine Approved for Children Hip Fracture Odds Rise With Women's Age Kids Kept Indoors Due to Poor Clothing Choices New Understanding of How the Brain Detects Emotion Pot Might Ease PTSD: Study Facial Structure May Hold Clues to Aggression Tapping Into Curry's Health Benefits

November 16

Health Tip: Remedy a Hammer Toe Child Food Allergies on the Rise in U.S. Health Tip: Creating Your Birth Plan Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Study Touts Success With 'Female Viagra' Drug Health Highlights: Nov. 16, 2009 Migraine Increases Likelihood of Stroke Active Video Games Count as Exercise Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate Elderly Treated Less Aggressively for Heart Attack Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 16, 2009 Medical Tests Hit Heart Patients With High Doses of Radiation Why Watching TV Sports Increases Heart Attacks Immunity to Swine Flu May Be Broader Than Thought Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Heart Disease Teen Girls at Higher Risk for STDs: Report Guidelines Push Back Start of Mammograms to Age 50 Moderate-Fat Diet May Be Better at Reducing Heart Risks

November 17

Health Tip: When Baby Is Teething Uninsured Trauma Patients More Likely to Die: Study Health Tip: Make Your Home Fall-Proof U.S. Scores a 'D' on Preterm Birth Report Card 'Fearless' 3-Year-Olds Might Be Tomorrow's Criminals Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 17, 2009 Health Highlights: Nov. 17, 2009 Qutenza Approved for Post-Shingles Nerve Pain Biotech Soybeans Good Source of Omega-3 Could Plastics Chemicals 'Feminize' Boys' Play? Selenium Supplements May Pose Heart Risk Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect Incidence of High Cholesterol Drops in U.S. Benefits of Eating Fish May Depend on Preparation Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart Health The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses

November 20

Health Tip: Determining Migraines in Children No Immediate Changes Expected in Mammogram Coverage New Pap Test Guidelines: Start Later, Have Fewer Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating Disorders Health Tip: Managing Gestational Diabetes Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2009 Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2009 Unraveling the 'Mad Cow' Mystery Even Smokers Support Bans at Work Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some 'Hobbits' Were a Distinct Species, Study Concludes Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S. Three-Month Supply Lowers Drug Costs Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers Many Women Miscalculate Time to Full-Term Birth Text Messages Might Increase Sunscreen Usage

November 23

Smoking During Pregnancy, Lead Exposure Raise ADHD Risk in Kids Health Tip: Bonding With Your New Baby Health Tip: Treating Athlete's Foot Genetic Variant Slows AIDS Progression Weight May Not Drive Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study Health Highlights: Nov. 23, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 23, 2009 Depression May Up Death Risk to That of Smoking Quick Saliva Test May One Day Diagnose Diseases One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs Research Yields Clues to Severe Form of Sinusitis Day Care Boosts Kids' TV Time Vioxx Problems Known Years Before Recall Women Should Ignore New Mammogram Guideline, Ex-NIH Chief Says Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control Sleep Disorders Plague Cancer Patients Vigorous Exercise Cuts Stroke Risk for Men, Not Women Stifled Anger at Work Doubles Men's Risk for Heart Attack

November 24

Health Tip: Risks Associated With Unpasteurized Juice Traffic, Dust Linked to Asthma in Kids Recent Cancer Screening Changes Leave Many Confused Health Tip: The Skinny on Carbohydrates Childbirth May Slow Progression of Multiple Sclerosis Parents Worry About Their Kids' Safety on the Internet Health Highlights: Nov. 24, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 24, 2009 Family Financial Status Affects Child-Care Injury Rates Cholesterol Plays Role in Heart Failure Risk MRSA Creeping Into Hospitals From the Outside Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices Smokers Double Their Risk for Heart Disease Ginkgo Won't Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke in Elderly Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals Chronic Pain Trips Up Seniors Dangerous Toys Still on Store Shelves, Report Finds Some Prescription Meds May Raise Seniors' Risks of Falling

November 30

U.S. Records Increase in Kids With Down Syndrome Osteoarthritis Costs U.S. Over $185 Billion a Year Health Reform: What's in It for You? Beverage Can Tabs Remain a Risk for Kids Health Tip: Buying a Baby Gate Health Tip: Opt for Weight-Bearing Exercises Health Highlights: Nov. 30, 2009 Binge Drinking Not Just a Rite of the Young Lots of Exercise in Midlife May Lead to Osteoarthritis Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 30, 2009 Working Intensely Early on May Help Autistic Kids Cord Blood Stem Cells May Help Treat Heart, Lung Disorders CT Scan Patients May Get Unnecessary Imaging Exercise Guards White Blood Cells Against Aging Med Students Often Fail to Report Needlestick Injuries U.S. Swine Flu Cases Chart Sharp Decline Taxol Boosts Odds of Chronic Pain Birth in South Raises Stroke Risk for Life Rx for Office Pains: Strength Exercises

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