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| | Recommendations say evidence doesn't support benefit of low daily doses to prevent fractures | TUESDAY, June 12 A leading U.S. government advisory panel has proposed that postmenopausal women not take low-dose calcium and vitamin D supplements daily to ward off bone fractures. But the jury is still out on higher doses of these supplements, stated the U... » Read the full article |
| | Study looked at common gene variant and brain disruption | TUESDAY, June 12 A common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain function in healthy older women but has little effect in men, a new study has found. People with two copies (one from each parent) of the ApoE4 gene variant are at extremely high ris... » Read the full article |
| | But it will outpace economic growth in years to come, government researchers say | TUESDAY, June 12 Health care spending in the United States from 2011 to 2013 is expected to grow 4 percent, which is slightly more than the historic low of 3.8 percent in 2009, government officials said Tuesday. According to the experts at the U.S. Centers for Medica... » Read the full article |
| | But it's not clear if they're needed or overused | TUESDAY, June 12 The number of advanced diagnostic scans, such as CTs and MRIs, has zoomed upward since 1996, greatly boosting the amount of estimated radiation that patients receive, according to a new analysis of the medical records of millions of Americans in HMO health pla... » Read the full article |
| | Experts concur parents should not be alarmed by finding, as problem is typically temporary | TUESDAY, June 12 Infants delivered by Cesarean section are three times more likely than babies delivered vaginally to fail their first hearing test, which is performed shortly after birth, new research from Israel finds. However, the researchers noted that parents sh... » Read the full article |
| | Review of Minnesota records finds 22 percent error rate | TUESDAY, June 12 Routine newborn screening failed to identify about one-fifth of infants with an adrenal gland disorder called congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a new study has found. This genetic disorder is characterized by a deficiency of the hormones aldosterone an... » Read the full article |
| | Positive airway pressure even helps patients who fail to use the treatment as prescribed, study finds | TUESDAY, June 12 Positive airway pressure, which is used to treat obstructive sleep apnea, may also help ease symptoms of depression among people with the sleep-related breathing disorder, a new study suggests. Although depression is common among people with sleep ap... » Read the full article |
| | Women especially reported more fatigue with Pravachol, Zocor | MONDAY, June 11 Statins -- the popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs -- significantly increase the risk of experiencing a drop in energy or becoming unduly tired when exercising, according to new research. The finding stems from work... » Read the full article |
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