HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma is an often deadly form of skin cancer. Protecting yourself from sun damage can help protect your skin.
[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:48 GMT]
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The decrease in cancer deaths in the United States since 1990 is the result of reduced tobacco use, increased cancer screening and improvements in treatment, according to an American Cancer Society study.
[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:34 GMT]
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Gay, lesbian and bisexual people living in states with institutional discrimination -- such as bans on same-sex marriage -- are at increased risk of psychiatric disorders, says a new study.
[Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:48:55 GMT]
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Reuters - People who are obese are at increased risk of becoming depressed, and people who are depressed are at increased risk of becoming obese, Dutch researchers have found.

[Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:16:26 GMT]
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AFP - More than 90 authors, including Nobel winner JM Coetzee, have condemned China for refusing an HIV-positive Australian writer entry to the country for a government-sponsored tour.

[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:19:28 GMT]
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Reuters - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.

[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:24 GMT]
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Reuters - Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests.

[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:37 GMT]
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that airway injuries account for the asthma that has afflicted many New York City Fire Department rescue workers who were exposed to dust from the World Trade Center collapse.
[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:48:59 GMT]
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma may affect more than your ability to breathe, it may also make you more prone to developing psychological problems, new research suggests.
[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:48:53 GMT]
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Nasal congestion, often called a stuffy nose, can be caused by a bacterial infection or virus, allergies or the common cold.
[Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:50:21 GMT]
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Reuters - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become "a hugely expensive public health disaster," its discoverer said on Wednesday.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:36 GMT]
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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a back-and-forth link between depression and obesity, say researchers who reviewed the findings of 15 studies that included nearly 59,000 people.
[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:51:23 GMT]
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AFP - The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.

[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:56:16 GMT]
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of treatment received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of specialist providing the patient's care, new research shows.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:48 GMT]
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Reuters - Young people who use marijuana (cannabis) are at increased risk of suffering hallucinations, delusions or other reality-distorting "psychoses." And the more time that's passed since first use, the higher the risk.
[Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:20:28 GMT]
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Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:51 GMT]
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A sinus headache usually is caused when the air-filled cavities around your nose, eyes and cheeks become congested and inflamed. Doctors call this condition sinusitis.
[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:49:31 GMT]
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:47 GMT]
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Reuters - Young people who smoke cannabis or marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on Monday.

[Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:31:54 GMT]
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AFP - Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:31:40 GMT]
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