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Monday, 10 November 2008 at 4:23 pm Posted by smp

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Studies: Elderly fare well in open-heart surgery (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:49 PM CST

AP - Eighty-year-olds with clogged arteries or leaky heart valves used to be sent home with a pat on the arm from their doctors and pills to try to ease their symptoms. Now more are getting open-heart surgery, with remarkable survival rates rivaling those of much younger people, new studies show.

Blood pressure gap leads to deaths of 8,000 blacks (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:44 PM CST

AP - The lives of nearly 8,000 black Americans could be saved each year if doctors could figure out a way to bring their average blood pressure down to the average level of whites, a surprising new study found. The gap between the races in controlling blood pressure is well-known, but the resulting number of lives lost startled some scientists.

Rerouting urinary nerves may help spina bifida (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST

Janice Kraser sits next to her nine-year-old son Billy Kraser at their Scranton, Pa., home Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at his computer where his dose his school work. Billy Kraser has spina bifida and has undergone an experimental surgery which reroutes his nerves in attempt to attain normal bladder and bowel function. (AP Photo/Jimmy May)AP - It's a delicate and daring experiment: Could doctors switch a leg nerve to make it operate the bladder instead? Families of a few U.S. children whose spina bifida robs them of the bladder control that most people take for granted dared to try the procedure — and early results suggest the surgery indeed may help, in at least some patients.

AMA acts against trans fats, texting while driving (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:56 PM CST

AP - The American Medical Association on Monday took a stand against two unhealthy habits — eating foods made with artificial trans fats and text-messaging while driving.

Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 01:46 PM CST

AP - Researchers trying to create the world's first malaria vaccine are launching a massive medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could be the largest such trial ever conducted on children in Africa.

Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing (HealthDay)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Change is coming to the lifesaving asthma medications known as "rescue" inhalers.

US legal battle over brain-dead child to resume on Thursday (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 06:18 PM CST

AFP - A Washington judge offered no final decision on Monday in the legal battle between a hospital that wants to take a "brain-dead" child off life support and his Orthodox Jewish parents who say their religion considers the boy still alive.

Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination (HealthDay)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Getting less than 7.5 hours of sleep a night may increase the risk of heart disease in elderly people with high blood pressure, say Japanese researchers.

Agent Orange exposure linked to prostate cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 11:16 AM CST

Reuters - A study of Vietnam War era veterans shows that exposure to Agent Orange is associated with more than a two-fold increased risk of prostate cancer, earlier disease onset, and prostate cancer with more aggressive features.

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