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October 2009

October 1

Older Women May Sleep Better Than Men Health Tip: Reduce the Risk of Preterm Labor Health Tip: Preventing Varicose Veins Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Psychotic Symptoms in Kids Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 1, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 1, 2009 Oldest Skeleton in Human Family Tree Surprises Scientists Swine Flu Could Create Hospital Bed Shortage Children's Belly Aches Don't Disappear With Antidepressant Pre-Birth Exposure to 1918 Flu Raised Heart Risks, Study Finds Alcohol May Help Protect Trauma Patients Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality Children Need Seasonal Flu Vaccine, Experts Say More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy 28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula

October 2

Health Tip: Getting Cancer Support Health Tip: Help Prevent Childhood Migraines Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs Half of U.S. Babies Living Today May Reach 100 Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug Health Highlights: Oct. 2, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 2, 2009 Daily Dose of Vitamin D Helps Prevent Falls in Seniors New Classification Proposed for Stomach Cancers Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes Consciousness Helps the Mind and Body Work Together Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery Daily Candy in Childhood Linked to Violence in Adulthood Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men Fresh Blood Boosts Survival in Trauma Patients Uncertainty Surrounds Testing for Alzheimer's Simple Test Might Detect 'Silent' Heart Disease

October 5

Autism May Be More Common Than Thought Health Tip: What's Causing My Laryngitis? Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function Health Tip: Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet Health Highlights: Oct. 5, 2009 Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy Tiny Batteries Can Cause Big Problems for Young Children Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study Noise Hurts Men's Hearing More, Study Shows Sinus Infections Push Millions to U.S. Doctors Each Year Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 5, 2009 Cocaine Addiction Vaccine Shows Limited Success Mercury in Fish Linked to High Blood Pressure New Test Assesses Individual Breast Cancer Risk Schools Provide Less Junk Food Today: CDC Do Preemies Benefit From High-Tech Measures? Mediterranean Diet May Help Prevent Depression Early H1N1 Vaccination Saves Lives, Cuts Costs: Study Antidepressants May Be Linked to Birth Problems

October 6

Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer Health Tip: Soothing a Colicky Baby Plastics Chemical Tied to Aggression in Young Girls Teens With ADHD, Depression Risk Internet Addiction Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies Health Highlights: Oct. 6, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 6, 2009 Burn Rate in Kids Has Dropped, But Still Causes Concern Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection Exercise in Adolescence May Cut Risk of Deadly Brain Tumor Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors Gene Test Might Predict Tamoxifen's Effectiveness Cow's Milk Protein Could Help Save Preemies' Lives Officials Stress Safety as Swine Flu Vaccine Arrives Pain Robs Years From Folks at Mid-Life Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Lessen Swine Flu Impact Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk

October 7

Health Tip: Why Do I Get Muscle Cramps? Nutrition Still Not 'A' Grade in U.S. Schools: Studies Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID Troubled Minds Can Mean Wider Waistlines Study Upends Comfort-Food Theory Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 7, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 7, 2009 Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study Long-Term Back Pain Not Inevitable, Study Finds Sebelius Urges Americans to Get Swine Flu Vaccine Trial Shows Heart Attack Education Makes Little Difference Potential Pieces of Autism Puzzle Revealed 2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients 'Lab on a Chip' Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring Many Doctors Still Don't Disclose Consulting Fees Liver Cancer Patients May Get Hope Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine

October 13

Health Tip: Bringing Baby Home Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research Many Americans Still Leery of Swine Flu Vaccine Health Tip: Use Cosmetics Safely Soothing Imagery May Help Rid Some Kids of Stomach Pain Health Highlights: Oct. 13, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 13, 2009 Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's Baby Names Prone to Boom-and-Bust Cycles Study Suggests Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors Many Hospitalized With Swine Flu Had Been Healthy Impaired Vision May Shorten Life Span Phone Counseling Helps Teens Quit Smoking Eye Problems Increasing in Preemies Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery

October 14

Health Tip: Manage Pain Without Drugs Are Commercial Genetic Tests Worth Taking? If You Want Help From a Chimp, You'll Have to Ask Shared Bed May Raise SIDS Risk Health Tip: Help Control IBS Symptoms Health Highlights: Oct. 14, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 14, 2009 Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer As More Cyclists Hit the Road, Serious Injuries Rise Supervised Exercise May Relieve Fatigue During Chemotherapy Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson's Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation More MRI Machines May Mean More Back Surgeries Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs: Study Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal Dyslexia More Complicated for Chinese Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients

October 19

Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Might Increase Cancer Risk Hangovers May Be Tougher for Migraine Sufferers Health Tip: The Importance of Folic Acid Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases Health Tip: Putting Baby to Bed Health Highlights: Oct. 19, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 19, 2009 Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea? Scientists Find New Key to Lupus Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain Micardis Given Wider Approval Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana Mercury Levels Not Abnormal in Autistic Children More Doctors Need to Learn to Spot Skin Cancers PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu Hospital Workers May Trigger Dangerous Outbreaks Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males Childhood ADHD Linked to Criminal Behavior in Adults

October 20

Existing Drug May Lead to ALS Treatment Health Tip: Detecting Head Lice Health Tip: Preparing for a Mammogram Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 20, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 20, 2009 Votrient Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars The Brain Comes Alive With the Sounds of Music School Meals Need to Get Healthier: Report Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved for Children Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Depressed Heart Patients Swine Flu Still Strikes Younger People Hardest Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease Heart Failure Treatment Underused Study Forecasts More Young Doctors in Future New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time

October 21

Health Tip: Signs You May Have Sinusitis Health Tip: You Need Vitamin B-12 Prolonged Use of Pacifier Linked to Speech Problems With Microdermabrasion, Rough Seems to Work Better Brain Protein Tied to Retardation Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 21, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 21, 2009 Worldwide Vaccine Availability Reaches All-Time High: Report Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke Radiation Treatments Made Safer for Cancer Patients Sex With a Partner Makes Evolutionary Sense: Study CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery Alternative Treatments May Boost IVF Success American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson's For Obese, Weight Gained in Pregnancy May Not Leave Intensive Dialysis Doesn't Save Lives of the Sickest Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism

October 22

Health Tip: Soothe the Pain of Breast-Feeding Swine Flu Parties? Send Your Regrets, Experts Say Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child CT Scans Surpass X-Rays for Swine Flu: Study Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 22, 2009 Rotavirus Vaccine Cutting Infection Rates Among Kids Assessing Embryo Metabolism May Aid IVF Success Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later Money Woes Keeping Many Couples From Fertility Treatments Red-Grape Compound May Improve Diabetes Some Parts of Human Genome Get Lost Health Highlights: Oct. 22, 2009 Long-Acting Insulin Works Best for Many Diabetics Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine Psychiatric Meds for Infants Linked to Later Behavior Problems Scientists Discover Gene Key to Human Speech

October 23

Health Tip: What's Causing Urinary Incontinence? Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart Health Tip: Warning Signs of Scoliosis Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients Constant Light Linked to Symptoms of Depression Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 23, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 23, 2009 Heavy Patients Get Little Respect From Doctors Chimps Show Signs of Culture After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study Coffee May Slow Liver Disease Babies Spot Human Speech at 5 Months Light Touch Helps Grip of MS Patients Bladder Problems May Often Be Related to Mental Health Cocaine Use in Pregnancy Linked to Impulsivity in Sons Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure Scientists Zero in on Brain's 'Stopwatch' Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply HPV Vaccine No More Painful Than Other Shots

October 26

6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D Blacks at Greater Risk for Colorectal Cancer Health Tip: Leave Jet Lag Behind Sperm May Play Role in Transmission of HIV Health Tip: Dietary Needs of Aging Women Health Highlights: Oct. 26, 2009 Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 26, 2009 Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It World Trade Center Workers Have More Cases of Acid Reflux Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks Where You Put on Pounds May Influence Clot Risk Does Diabetes Slow Alzheimer's? Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows Fitness Fades Fast After 45 Cell Phone May Reduce Bone Density in Hips Sleep Apnea Episodes May Trigger Irregular Heartbeat

October 27

Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring Short-Term, High-Dose Vitamin D2 May Ease Deficiency Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth Health Tip: Foot Care for People With Diabetes Health Highlights: Oct. 27, 2009 Arzerra Approved for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 27, 2009 Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary Mapping the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer Herbicides, Fibrate Drugs May Block Taste Receptors Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise Access to U.S. Burn Centers Varies by Region Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids More Swine Flu Vaccine Coming Soon All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds For Tourette Syndrome, Implanted Device May Help Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk Adding Chemo Helps Head, Neck Cancer Patients

October 28

Health Tip: What's Behind My Asthma and Allergy Symptoms? Even Light Smoking Affects Young Adults' Arteries Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study Health Tip: Exercise During Pregnancy Violence Between Couples May Not Be Spontaneous Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 28, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 28, 2009 Takes a Pro to Make Offices Pain-Free Meditation May Reduce Stress in Breast Cancer Patients Stem Cells Coaxed to Make Precursors to Egg, Sperm Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Other Ills 1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand One Embryo as Good as Two in Second IVF Attempt Preventive Antibiotics Help Some Kids Fend Off Urinary Infections Gene Variants Behind Vulnerability to Yeast Infections Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study

October 29

Health Tip: Screening for Cancer Health Tip: At Risk for Another Heart Attack? Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors After Age 55, Workplace Stress Seems to Decline Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 29, 2009 Health Highlights: Oct. 29, 2009 Better Drug Emerges for Steroid-Induced Bone Loss Is There a 'Bad Driver' Gene? Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Passed Person-to-Person in U.S. 17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance Millions of Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer Stroke Centers May Offer Best Shot at Recovery Almost 6 Million U.S. Cases of Swine Flu in First Few Months Laying Still Raises Artificial Insemination Success

October 30

Health Tip: Managing Your Emotions Health Tip: Angry? When Clocks Change, Body May Need Time to Adjust Flu Shot in Pregnancy Protects Baby Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure Health Highlights: Oct. 30, 2009 Whooping Cough Immunity Lasts 30 Years or More Scientist Throws Curve Into Breaking-Ball Debate Undocumented Hispanics Face Health Care Roadblocks in U.S. Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth Pumpkin May Fight Yeast Infections Traveling While on Dialysis Could Be Risky Patients More Likely to Die While in ICU in U.S. Than in England At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia

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