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Tuesday, 9 December 2008 at 4:21 pm Posted by smp

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Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST

Vasiliki Kostoula, a Greek breast cancer patient, listens to her doctor after a radiological medical examination in an Athens hospital October 29, 2008. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)AP - Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said in a report released Tuesday. Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be a huge reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40 percent of the world's smokers now live.

Scientists find nutty risk reducer: Eat more nuts (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 07:59 PM CST

HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 P.M. EST; graphic shows study results of people who have metabolic syndrome and how a mediterranean diet with nuts help control it; 1 c x 3 5/8 in; 46.5 mm x 92.075 mm; 2 c x 2 in; 96.3 mm x 50.8 mmAP - Here's a health tip in a nutshell: Eating a handful of nuts a day for a year — along with a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish — may help undo a collection of risk factors for heart disease.

Study: Gender gap remains for heart attack care (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 07:59 PM CST

AP - Women hospitalized with heart attacks still don't get the treatment they need and are more likely to die than men if they suffer a massive heart attack, a new study of U.S. hospitals shows.

Weight loss easier when you get paid for it (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:37 PM CST

Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Losing weight is easier when there is money on the line, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

FDA panel set to weigh new female condom (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:14 PM CST

Reuters - A new, potentially less expensive version of the female condom faces U.S. regulatory review this week when a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel weighs whether they adequately prevent pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy (HealthDay)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs don't interfere with rituximab, a medication used to treat lymphomas, say Mayo Clinic researchers, who also found that statins may actually slow progression of some kinds of lymphomas.

Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk (HealthDay)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who were given the steroid dexamethasone after a tonsillectomy had less nausea and vomiting, but they also faced an increased risk of bleeding that was significant enough to end the trial early for safety reasons, a new study shows.

Experimental Drug Fights Bone Marrow Cancers (HealthDay)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug called CYT387 blocks an enzyme that causes bone marrow cancers called myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), according to U.S. researchers who conducted tests in mice and human cells.

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