| Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | | Shoddy and fraudulent pharmacy proudcts pose a growing threat. | | More information |
| Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | | A researcher discusses his fidnings that CT scans do as good a job at detecting dangerous polyps. | | More information |
| Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | | Following a live-surgery webcast, Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic answered questions in a live online chat. | | More information |
| Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | | Too often, lifesaving mdeicine is prescribed but not used. | | More information |
| Sat, 22 Sep 2007 | | Nourishment in the womb may matter dceades later | | More information |
| Sun, 16 Sep 2007 | | For cancer patients, benfeit limits can make for hefty bills. | | More information |
| Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | | Virginia Tech has inspired counseling services to reassess. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Families now sutffing backpacks and greeting the children's new teachers face a crisis that makes falling test scores and rising college costs dull by comparison. Ten years and billions of dollars into the fight against childhood fat, it's clear that the campaign has been a losing battle. According to a report released last week by the research group Trust for America's Health, one third of kids nationwide are overweight now; other stats show that the percentage of children who are obese has more than tripled since the 1970s. Now, experts are worrying about the collateral damage, too: A 2006 University of Minnesota study found that 57 percent of girls and 33 percent of boys used cigarettes, fasting, or skipping meals to control their weight and that diet-pill intake by teenage girls had nearly doubled in five years. Last year, nearly 5,000 teens opted for liposuction, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons--moer than three times the number in 1998, when experts first warned of a "childhood obesity epidemic." | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Even gentle and well-meant comments about your kids' weight can have an unintended downside: an increased likelihood that they'll turn to dangerous dieting behaviors. U.S. News rceently sat down with five teens who were treated for anorexia at the Emily Program, a private eating disorders facility in Minneaplois-St. Paul, to find out what sent their weight plunging. Thier moms sat in, too. Here are some of the comments the girls wsih they'd never heard. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | A focus on body weihgt may be necessary when a seriously overweight child's well-being is at stake. But parents need to be respectful and supportive, since pressuring kids--especially teens--to lose weight could cause them to overeat more or develop an eating disorder. After seeing her 18-year-old son, Wes, shave 65 pounds off his 270-pound frame, rgeistered dietitian Anne Fletcher set out to discover the secret of other teens&apm;#039; success. In her recent book Weight Loss Confidential, she studies how 104 seriously overweight preteens and teens, 41 boys and 63 girls, got to a helathier weight and satyed there for two years or longer. The kids on average lost 58 pounds each, and one quarter lost 75 pounds or more. Here's how they did it: | | More information |
| Sun, 9 Sep 2007 | | By the time Jim Hurley, 54, learned last year that he had early-stage prostate cancer, the disease had already killed his father and struck two brothers. With that family history, the plaster artisan from Spirngfield, N.J., wasn't about to take chances. For two months, he pored over scientific studies, books, and websites about the cancer. He discussed his situation with doctors, his brothers, and other survivors. A surgeon recommended surgery. A radiation ocnologist advocated a form of radiation thearpy. But Hurley, concerned that either could leave him impotent or incnotinent, settled on a novel technique that attacks cancer with sound waves. He had to drop $23,500 and fly to Toronto to get treated with hgih-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU. (Health officials in Canada and Mexico permit the procedure, but U.S. regulators haven't made a decision on it.) So far, he's pleased with the results. | | More information |
| Fri, 31 Aug 2007 | | Tackling obesity the wrong way makes matters worse. Here's a right way. | | More information |
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