HealthDay – THURSDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) — Adding expensive MRI scans
to diagnose breast cancer won’t budge rates of repeat operations or the
need for further mastectomy procedures, a new British study suggests.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — Former President Bill Clinton
was said to be “in excellent health” and recovering at his suburban New
York City home Friday, one day after he was hospitalized to have two
stents inserted into a clogged heart artery.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Postpartum depression is a mental illness
that affects women after pregnancy.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — If your voice gets hoarse when you overuse it
or when you have a cold, the Center for Voice at Northwestern University
suggests how you can treat a croaky voice or prevent its recurrence:
Drink plenty of water.
If you smoke, quit and avoid secondhand smoke.
Avoid yelling, screaming and talking loudly for long periods.
Don’t whisper. It’s just as hard on your voice as talking loudly.
Avoid things that dehydrate the body, such as alcohol and
caffeine.
Keep your home humidified.
To keep your throat moist, suck on lozenges, chew gum or gargle with
salt water. …
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — A report last week that more than
half of samples of brand-name canned tuna contained more mercury than
deemed safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised
concern among tuna lovers everywhere.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News)– If competitors at the winter
Olympic Games opening in Canada Friday seem more on the ball than their
sedentary peers, they probably are. Heightened brain activity enables
elite athletes to see and react to their opponents’ moves faster than less
skilled players, a new study finds.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — It takes far less energy to
walk heel-first than to walk on the balls of your feet or on your toes, a
new study has found.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — The Web is filled with
products and practices that promise to “detoxify” the body through various
means, from extreme diets to spa treatments to sweating.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — One more study finds that the
measles vaccine — given alone or as part of the measles, mumps and
rubella (MMR) vaccine — does not increase the risk of autism in
children.