Reuters – Soft drink makers should invent and market a new category of semi-sweet beverages that will help wean Americans off their reliance on sugary drinks, nutrition experts said on Monday.
Reuters – An Australian study shows that fewer women are using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for relief of menopause symptoms. Instead, women are turning to untested; un approved "alternative" treatments.
Reuters – Among middle-age and older men, physician-detected invasive melanomas tend to be thinner than those discovered by patients or their domestic partners.
Reuters – Some "herbal" weight-loss products may in fact contain powerful drugs that could put consumers at risk of serious side effects, according to researchers.
AP – Ever since campus counseling centers were established in the 1940s, college officials have known that the prevalence and severity of students’ mental health problems were rising. They just didn’t know by how much.
Reuters – Lowering the eligibility age for the federal Medicare health insurance plan for the elderly could reduce racial health disparities and help blacks and Hispanics live as long as whites, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — You might be able to cut down on
snacking by chewing more sugarless gum.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a variety of
advanced cancers who had been faring poorly on less finely tuned therapies
did better when they received treatments that were targeted to their
tumors' specific characteristics.
HealthDay – SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — Someday, a simple urine test
might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, scientists report.