Nerve block cuts hot flashes after breast cancer - Reuters

TopNews Nerve block cuts hot flashes after breast cancer Reuters - 8 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blocking parts of the nervous system that regulate body temperature can reduce hot flashes and improve sleep in survivors of breast cancer, researchers reported on Thursday.

Exercise when young may cut breast cancer - Los Angeles Times

KVAL Exercise when young may cut breast cancer Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago Women who exercise regularly between ages 12 and 35 may cut their risk of breast cancer by 23%, according to information gleaned from 65000 women enrolled in the Nurses Health Study II, a prospective study of registered nurses.

GAO Faults State Nursing Home Inspections - U.S. News World Report

GAO Faults State Nursing Home Inspections U.S. News & World Report - 6 hours ago The woes of nursing homes and, more importantly, those in their care continue. Already facing a major reform bill in Congress that has divided the industry, nursing homes came under fire this afternoon in a new report from the Government Accountability .

FDA Not Worried About BPA but Critics Demand Moratorium - Consumer Affairs

Javno.hr FDA Not Worried About BPA but Critics Demand Moratorium Consumer Affairs - 5 hours ago By Mark Huffman The controversy over the use of bisphenol A -- or BPA -- in many consumer plastics isn't going away, and the US Food and Drug Administration may have further inflamed it.

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food - Washington Post

Pravda Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food Washington Post - 5 hours ago By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- An outbreak of Salmonella infections in people has been traced to contaminated dry dog food, the first time such a link has been uncovered, US officials said Thursday.

Study: US educational 'death gap' widens - United Press International

ChattahBox Study: US educational 'death gap' widens United Press International - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- The death gap between US adults with less than high school education and those with college degrees increased rapidly from 1993 to 2001, a US study said.

Adults get vaccines too - Chicago Tribune

dBTechno Adults get vaccines too Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago Last year, when the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases looked at the issue, about half of the people surveyed (49 percent to be exact) knew there was a vaccine for the flu. CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60 Washington Post CDC recommends shingles vaccine for older adults Boston Globe Food Consumer - Reuters - CNNMoney.

Healthcare industry, foundation offer reform plans - Reuters

Healthcare industry, foundation offer reform plans Reuters - May 13, 2008 By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing health plans and hospitals proposed health insurance reforms that would revise payment systems on Tuesday, clashing with a respected private foundation that proposed much more extensive reforms.

Child-killing virus hits Beijing - CNN

Javno.hr Child-killing virus hits Beijing CNN - 9 hours ago BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The death toll in China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case Wednesday, state media said.

Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition - eFluxMedia

eFluxMedia Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition eFluxMedia - 9 hours ago By Anna Boyd An experimental gene therapy had positive effects in slowing the progression of Batten disease, or Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a team of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine Center .