Title: Health Highlights: Oct. 29, 2007
Category: Health News
Created: 10/30/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2007

Title: Fetal Surgery Saves Baby After Early ‘Water Break’
Category: Health News
Created: 10/30/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2007

Title: Health Tip: Women and Antibiotics
Category: Health News
Created: 10/30/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2007

Title: Health Tip: Get Regular Eye Exams
Category: Health News
Created: 10/30/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2007

AP – Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly — at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.

Reuters – Breast cancer has risen sharply in
China’s capital and its top financial centre during the last
decade due to unhealthy diets, a poor environment and increased
stress at work, state media reported on Tuesday.

AP – Devil’s Revenge. Spontaneous Combustion. Hot sauces have names like that for a reason. Now scientists are testing if the stuff that makes the sauces so savage can tame the pain of surgery.

Reuters – Watching too much television may not
only help make children fat, it may also raise their blood
pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

AP – Loyola University Medical Center on Monday announced plans to start testing all incoming patients for a drug-resistant staph germ and isolating those who carry the dangerous bacteria.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) – Antibiotics are safe and effective medications
prescribed to treat bacterial infections.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) – Antibiotics are safe and effective medications
prescribed to treat bacterial infections.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to make it easier for
pediatricians to spot and begin early treatment for children with autism
spectrum disorders, the American Academy of Pediatrics has released two
new reports with recommendations for identifying and managing these
conditions.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) High-dose precision radiation therapy
doesn’t harm the sexual function of prostate cancer patients, U.S.
researchers say.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) — Maintaining normal zinc
concentrations in the blood may help prevent pneumonia in elderly nursing
home residents, a new study shows.

AP – The Bush administration is recruiting about 1,200 doctors nationally to remove the paperwork from their medical practice in return for higher Medicare payments.

AP – A waterborne disease spread through animal urine has killed nine people and sickened more than 1,600 in storm-stricken Nicaragua, health officials said Monday.

The recommendations are intended to help primary care physicians sort through the options available to diagnose and treat this common condition.

Several states are asking insurers to pay for children they cover and investigating alternate financing strategies.

As millions of playthings are recalled, physicians are reminded that the risks of lead exposure continue for young patients.

Title: Stay Ahead of Head Injuries
Category: Health News
Created: 10/28/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Older Women Gain From Good Post-Fracture Care
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: A Happy Halloween Means Safety First
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Natural Protein May Hurt Vision
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Exercise Helps Overweight Youngsters Learn
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Precancerous Lesions Raise Cervical Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Some Female Athletes Risking Weaker Bones
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Drug Lessens Heart Attack Injury
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Health Tip: If You Have Seizures
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Health Tip: Eating After Weight-Loss Surgery
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Diabetes Heart Help Without Surgery
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: House Passes New Children’s Health Bill
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: What Women Don’t Know About Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Boiled Peanuts Whip Other Peanuts
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: New Guidelines Should Improve Ovarian Cancer Detection
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007

Title: Health Highlights: Oct. 28, 2007
Category: Health News
Created: 10/29/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2007 2:00:01 AM

AP – With waning cigarette sales due to concerns about health, smoking bans and price increases, Philip Morris USA is staking its future in a new research center meant to develop products to reduce the risk of tobacco use.

AP – Don’t assume that your complicated medical bill is correct. Errors on bills for doctors, medical tests or hospitals can result in overcharges that run from a few dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

Reuters – A U.S. based anti-cancer group said
international musicians had staged the world’s highest rock
concert on the icy slopes of Mount Everest to raise awareness
about the disease.

AFP – Children whose mothers smoked even in early stages of pregnancy are at nearly three times greater risk of obesity later in life, according to a Japanese study.

AP – The country’s leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don’t babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don’t point to toys.