Diseases and Conditions
Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) emphasizes the need to screen heart patients for depression. More »
HIV Outbreak Began Decades Earlier Than Thought (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading in humans around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study claims. More »
AIDS virus leapt the species barrier early last century: study (AFP)
AFP - The AIDS virus, previously thought to have been transmitted from chimps to humans in the 1930s, may have leapt the species barrier more than a century ago in west-central Africa, scientists said on Wednesday. More »
HIV up sharply among women, gay men in China (Reuters)
Reuters - HIV infections jumped 8-fold over the past few years in parts of China among gay and bisexual men, according to new data from southern China. More »
Cyberonics unable to get partner for depression therapy (Reuters)
Reuters - Medical-device maker Cyberonics Inc said it could not get a partner for its brain stimulation treatment in the depression indication, sending its shares down as much as 10 percent. More »
Study links birth size and breast cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who were bigger and longer babies may be more likely to develop breast cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday. More »
Scams and Shams That Prey on Cancer Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients often turn to the Internet as a source of information and hope. But all too often, those hopes are betrayed by purveyors of so-called cancer "cures" that are anything but, experts say. More »
Study Suggests How Cancers Spread to Lungs (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cancers typically spread -- or metastasize -- to specific, predictable locations. Now researchers have a deeper molecular understanding of why, at least for lung metastases in mice. More »
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- In children and teens, individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy helps reduce depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma symptoms, say U.S. researchers who reviewed of dozens of studies on the subject. More »
Health Tip: Eating Out With Food Allergies (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you are allergic to one or more foods, dining out does include possible risks. But food allergies don't mean you have to stay home to stay safe. More »