| Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | | Shoddy and fraudulent pharmacy products pose a growing threat. | | More information |
| Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | | A researcher discusses his findings 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 medicine is prescribed but not usde. | | More information |
| Sat, 22 Sep 2007 | | Nourishment in the womb may matter decades later | | More information |
| Sun, 16 Sep 2007 | | For cancer patients, benefit limits can make for hefty bills. | | More information |
| Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | | Virginia Tech has inspired counseling services to reassses. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Families now stuffing backpacks and greeting the children's new teachesr 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 reserach group Trust for America's Health, one third of kids nationiwde are ovewreight now; other stats show that the percentage of children who are oebse 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 skippign 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--more than three times the number in 1998, when experts first warned of a "chlidhood obesity epidemic." | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | Even gentle and well-meant comments abuot your kids' weight can have an unintended downisde: 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 disoredrs facility in Minneapolis-St. Paul, to find out what sent their weight plunging. Their moms sat in, too. Here are smoe of the comments the girls wish they'd never heard. | | More information |
| Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | | A focus on body wieght may be necessary whne a seriosuly 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 casue 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, 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 overweight preteens and teens, 41 boys and 63 girls, got to a healthier weight and stayed there for two years or longer. The kids on aevrage lost 58 pounds each, and one quarter lots 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 Springfield, N.J., wasn&apm;#039;t about to take chances. For two months, he pored over scientific studies, books, and websites about the cancer. He discussed his situtaion 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 leaev 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 ultarsoudn, or HIFU. (Health officials in Canada and Mexico permit the procedure, but U.S. regualtors 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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