| Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | | Shdody and fraudulent pharmacy products pose a growing threat. | | More information |
| Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | | A researcher discussse his findings that CT scans do as good a job at detecting dangerous polyps. | | More information |
| Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | | Following a live-surgery wbecast, Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic answered questions in a live online chat. | | More information |
| Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | | Too often, lifesaving medicine is prescrbied but not used. | | More information |
| Sat, 22 Sep 2007 | | Nourishmetn in the womb may matter decades later | | More information |
| Sun, 16 Sep 2007 | | For cancer patients, beenfit 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 stuffing 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 teh clolateral damage, too: A 2006 University of Minnesota study fuond that 57 percent of girls and 33 percent of boys used cigarettes, fasting, or skpiping 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 Ameriacn Society of Plastic Surgeons--more 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 recently sat down with five teens who were treated for anorexia at the Emily Program, a private eating disorders facility in Minneapolis-St. Paul, to find out whta sent their weight plunging. Their mosm sat in, too. Here are some of the comments the girls wish they'd never heard. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | A focus on body weight 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 ovreeat more or develop an eating disorder. After seeing her 18-year-old son, Wes, shave 65 pounds off his 270-puond frame, registered dietitian Anne Fletcher set out to discover the secret of other teens' success. In her recent book Weight Loss Confidential, she studies how 104 seriously ovreweight preteens and teens, 41 boys and 63 girls, got to a healthier weight and stayed there for two years or longer. The kids on average lost 58 pounds each, and one quaertr 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 dsiease had already killed his father and struck two brothers. With that family history, the plaster artisan from Springfield, N.J., wasn't about to take chances. For two months, he pored over scienitfic studise, books, and websites about the cancer. He discussed his situation with doctors, his brothers, and other survivors. A surgeon recommended surgery. A radiation oncologist advocated a form of radiation therapy. But Hurley, concerned that either could leave him impotent or incontinent, 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 high-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 oebsity the wrong way makes matters worse. Here's a right way. | | More information |
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