Diseases and Conditions
Red wine may ward off lung cancer: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Drinking red wine, but not white wine, may reduce lung cancer risk, especially among current and ex-smokers, new research indicates. More »
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with kidney cancer, regardless of age, seem to benefit from and tolerate sorafenib drug therapy equally well, a new study says. More »
NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer, a new review suggests. More »
Some depressed patients opt for assisted suicide (Reuters)
Reuters - The results of a survey in Oregon suggest that the Death with Dignity Act enacted in the state in 1997 does not always prevent patients with depression, a treatable condition, from receiving a prescription for a lethal drug. More »
Parents' beliefs impact kids' asthma control (Reuters)
Reuters - Asthma control in over one in three children with asthma is not as good as it could be, and in many cases the suboptimal control relates to potentially modifiable beliefs of the parents, new research suggests. More »
Health Tip: Coping With COPD (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) describes a number of conditions that obstruct airflow in and out of the lungs. Examples include acute bronchitis, emphysema and asthmatic bronchitis. More »
Financial crisis to increase mental health woes: WHO (Reuters)
Reuters - Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bi-polar disorders and the current market meltdown could exacerbate feelings of despair among people vulnerable to such illnesses. More »
New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Breaking complex cancers down to the single-cell level to study the key signaling events needed for the disease to form and progress may hold hope for improved diagnoses and treatments in the future, a new report says. More »
Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law may not adequately protect the one in four terminally ill patients with clinical depression, a new study says. More »
Mice overcome fear, depression with natural Prozac (Reuters)
Reuters - The brain can produce antidepressants with the right signal, a finding that suggests that meditating, or going to your "happy place," truly works, scientists reported on Wednesday. More »