Diseases/Conditions News

Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps

HealthDay - Fri Nov 6, 11:48 PM ET

FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found.

  • Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas HealthDay - Fri Nov 6, 11:48 PM ET

    FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that living near a volcano puts people at higher risk of getting a type of thyroid cancer.

  • Mom's antidepressants tied to child health risks Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 4:59 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests.

  • Utah AG Shurtleff suspends US Senate campaign AP - Wed Nov 4, 12:54 PM ET

    SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday suspended his campaign for U.S. Senate, saying he needs to spend more time with a daughter who is experiencing severe mental health problems.

  • AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.(AFP/File)
    Human Rights Watch slams Uganda AIDS bill AFP - Fri Nov 6, 12:03 PM ET

    KAMPALA (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.

  • Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease AP - Thu Nov 5, 5:12 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.

  • A child is seen staring behind a belly of his pregnant mother. Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.(AFP/File/Choi Won-Suk)
    Australian study links folic acid intake to asthma AFP - Wed Nov 4, 3:20 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.

  • Health Tip: Have a Food Allergy? HealthDay - Tue Nov 3, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- A food allergy -- commonly to edibles such as shellfish, nuts, wheat, eggs or milk -- often has telltale warning signs.

  • World Trade Center Workers Twice as Likely to Have Asthma HealthDay - Tue Nov 3, 11:49 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- World Trade Center rescue and cleanup workers have asthma rates twice that of the general population, a new study shows.

  • Health Tip: What's Behind My Asthma and Allergy Symptoms? HealthDay - Wed Oct 28, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- While allergies and asthma usually are chronic, symptoms can flare from exposure to certain triggers.

  • Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)
    Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study AFP - Fri Nov 6, 5:17 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.

  • Depression May Blur Memory of Aches and Pains HealthDay - Tue Nov 3, 11:49 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Depressed people tend to report more physical symptoms than they actually experience, a new study finds.

  • Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)
    Shrinking AIDS funding threatens gains: aid group AFP - Thu Nov 5, 3:26 PM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.

  • Moderate exercise may lower prostate cancer risk Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 3:25 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds.

  • Treating depression in teens has lasting benefits Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 4:18 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Longer-term treatment of depression for adolescents is associated with persistent benefits, even after treatment ends, according to results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS).

  • A nurse prepares doses of brand name and generic HIV-AIDS drugs for patients in Thailand's Lopburi Province February 17, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
    Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding AP - Thu Nov 5, 6:32 AM ET

    JOHANNESBURG - A medical aid group says funding for AIDS is threatened, and that could set back "dramatic" progress in decreasing HIV illness and death.

  • Harvest labourers sort freshly picked apples at an orchard in Marquardt, eastern Germany in August 2009. An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)
    Fibre may keep asthma, diabetes at bay, study finds AFP - Wed Oct 28, 1:35 PM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.

  • A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
    Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases, group says Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 7:52 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

  • A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to researchers at University College London.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)
    Processed food link to depression: research AFP - Mon Nov 2, 10:41 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to British research published on Monday.

  • Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases OneWorld.net - Tue Nov 3, 11:25 PM ET

    CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.

  • Stubborn asthma may signal poor use of meds Reuters - Fri Oct 23, 2:27 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with difficult-to-control asthma are often not taking their anti-asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor, new study findings indicate.

  • Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer HealthDay - Thu Nov 5, 11:49 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study appears to add to growing evidence that green tea might help protect against cancer.

  • Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD HealthDay - Thu Oct 29, 11:49 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- As daylight hours dwindle, people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can often feel the onset of wintertime depression, but a new study suggests one type of remedy may work better than another at banishing the SAD blues.

  • Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon is seen here in Mexico City, in August, during the XVII International AIDS Conference. Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)
    UN urges nations to lift HIV travel ban AFP - Sat Oct 31, 10:12 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.

  • Health Tip: Signs of an Asthma Attack in Your Child HealthDay - Thu Oct 22, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- There may be warning signs before your child has a full-blown asthma attack.

  • Hamburgers are seen on a barbecue in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Newscom/Handout
    Red, processed meats linked to prostate cancer Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 12:34 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who limit such foods, a large study of U.S. men suggests.

  • A bottle of medication pills. Children and teenagers that took what specialists call "second generation" anti-psychotic medicine were at risk for obesity, according to a study in a US journal out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    Kids using anti-psychotic drugs gained weight: study AFP - Wed Oct 28, 3:53 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Children and teenagers that took what specialists call "second generation" anti-psychotic medicine were at risk for obesity, according to a study in a US journal out Wednesday.

  • President Barack Obama hugs Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, Friday, Oct. 30,2009,  in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV AP - Fri Oct 30, 10:27 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.

  • Neurotic? It could lead to asthma Reuters - Thu Oct 22, 3:20 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are neurotic -- they tend to worry a lot and to have emotional ups and downs -- seem to be at increased risk of developing asthma, a new study hints. Those who suffer through a divorce or other relationship conflict are also at risk for asthma, according to the study.

  • Experimental vaccine cures pre-cancer vulvar growths Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 4:35 AM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major improvement in nearly four out of five, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.

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