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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Report by Consumer Group Finds Many Companies Promote Unhealthy Foods to Kids By Todd Zwillich
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 9, 2010 — Most companies lack meaningful policies to curb the marketing of high-fat and high-sugar junk food to children, according to a report by a consumer watchdog group.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) gives failing grades to nearly three-quarters Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Study Shows Vaccine in Schoolchildren Indirectly Prevents Spread of Flu to High-Risk People By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 — New research confirms that giving flu shots to large numbers of school-age children can protect the community at large.
The finding adds to evidence in favor of so-called “herd immunity” — the idea that vaccinating the healthy and those Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Women, African-Americans Most at Risk, Report Finds By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 — One in six Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 have genital herpes and close to one in two black women are infected, new figures from the CDC reveal.
Rates of infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) — the sexually transmitted virus that causes most genital herpes Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Study Shows Better Health Linked to More Satisfying Sex Life in Older Years By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 — Good health may not only help you live longer, but it could also help you enjoy a longer, more satisfying sex life.
A new study shows people who are in good health are nearly twice as likely to be interested in sex in middle and older age and also more Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Study Shows People Who Donate Kidneys Have Good Long-Term Survival Rates By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 — Kidney donors fare just as well as non-donors over the long term, according to a new study.
Researchers compared survival rates of kidney donors to healthy adults who were not kidney donors and found kidney donation did not affect long-term survival rates.
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Creams Containing Turmeric Reduce Fine Facial Lines, Wrinkles By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is the extract that gives Indian curry its distinctive flavor, scent, and deep orange color may help fade fine facial lines, wrinkles, and aging spots, studies suggest.
The ingredient is turmeric, which Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th 2010
Reovirus Is Harmless — Except to Many Kinds of Cancers By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 – A virus that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unharmed works against prostate cancer, a human study shows.
The virus also blasts lymphoid, colon, ovarian, breast, pancreatic, brain, lung, head and neck, and other cancer cells.
The virus is called Read the rest of this entry »
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Monday, Mar. 8th 2010
Researcher Says Increase in Melanoma Cases Isn’t Just Due to Better Screening By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — While some researchers suggest the rising rate melanoma may simply reflect a change in how doctors diagnose melanoma and the increased availability of skin cancer screenings, a leading dermatologist says the increase is real.
The Read the rest of this entry »
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Monday, Mar. 8th 2010
Study Shows Stelara and Remicade Are Both Effective if Enbrel Stops Working By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 8, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — When the drug Enbrel stops working, people with psoriasis have two effective options, new research suggests.
One new study shows that the recently approved drug Stelara can helptreat moderate to severe psoriasis when Enbrel fails.
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Monday, Mar. 8th 2010
Sleep Problems, Habits Differ by Ethnic Group, but All Groups Are Sleep Deprived, Survey Finds By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 9, 2010 — Sleep problems and sleep habits vary among different ethnic groups, according to a new national survey. But among all ethnicities, there remains a common denominator. Many of us simply don’t get enough sleep.
“We found that all groups Read the rest of this entry »
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