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Friday, Apr. 30th 2010
Not All Women Follow Mastectomy With Breast Reconstruction By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 30, 2010 — Fewer than one in three women eligible for breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy for breast cancer undergo the procedure, according to a small snapshot from four counties in California.
But doctors in other areas of the country tell WebMD that more than
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Friday, Apr. 30th 2010
Gulf Coast Oil Slick Could Have Impact on Seafood and Air Quality By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 30, 2010 — The Deepwater Horizon incident occurred about 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., on April 22 after an explosion and fire damaged a Transocean oil rig, causing it to burn for hours and sink. There were approximately 700,000 gallons of fuel onboard before the fire, and exactly
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
Doctors Say Nausea Might Not Be the Only Side Effect of a Roller-Coaster Ride By Katrina Woznicki
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 30, 2010 — People sometimes complain of dizziness or an upset stomach after a riding a roller coaster, but now a new report suggests the high speeds and sudden turns of this popular ride can also cause ear damage.
In one of the first case studies of its kind
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
Alair System Treats Asthma by Delivering a Type of Thermal Energy to Airways By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 29, 2010 — The FDA has approved the first non-drug, device-based treatment for adults with severe asthma whose medications aren’t providing enough relief.
The device, called an Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System, uses a catheter with a tip that delivers a form
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
But Study Shows Exercise May Offset the Fibromyalgia Risk of Obese Women By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 29, 2010 — Overweight and obese women — especially those who do not exercise at all or exercise for less than an hour a week — are at higher risk for developing the widespread pain disorder fibromyalgia, according to new research in the May issue of Arthritis Care & Research
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
Study Shows Men and Women Have Different Risk Factors for Abuse of Prescription Painkillers By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 29, 2010 — Gender appears to play a role in the risk of abuse of prescription pain drugs, a study shows.
Predictors of such abuse are different in men and women, researchers say, and knowing this could help doctors adopt treatment plans that are
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
Study Shows Why You Might, and Might Not, Want to Know Your Genome By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 29, 2010 — Do you really want to know all of the information encoded in your genes? A thought-provoking new study shows why you might — and why you might not.
It’s not science fiction. It now costs less than $10,000 to learn your own personal genome. Soon it will cost
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Starting at Age 30-45 Reduces Deaths, Costly Health Complications By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 29, 2010 — Early screening for type 2 diabetes not only saves lives, but it could save money in the long run through early intervention.
A new study shows that starting screening for diabetes between the ages of 30 and 45 would prevent a significant
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
More Than Half of Men Say Hair Loss Treatments Not Effective By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 6, 2010 — Most baldness cures just don’t cut it, according to a new Consumer Reports magazine survey of more than 8,000 men and women who have personal experience with hair loss.
Of the respondents, nearly 40% of women and 27% of men said they had tried a treatment
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Thursday, Apr. 29th 2010
What You Need to Know About Radiation Risks From CT, Other Scans By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 31, 2010 — In a sometimes contentious two-day meeting, the FDA has put forward its plan to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from CT scans, nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy.
These medical imaging techniques represent only about a fourth of imaging tests that
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