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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1422 health Diseases/Conditions News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:19 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1422 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/naturalsoycomponentmayhelptreatcoloncancer hsn/20091126/naturalsoycomponentmayhelptreatcoloncancer HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:19 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/cetuximabhelpstreatcolorectalcancer hsn/20091126/cetuximabhelpstreatcolorectalcancer HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:18 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumors and boost the odds of successful surgery in colorectal cancer patients with inoperable metastatic liver lesions, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma hsn/20091126/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:14 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A mother's depression can worsen her child's asthma, U.S. researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/someprescriptionmedsmayraiseseniorsrisksoffalling hsn/20091125/someprescriptionmedsmayraiseseniorsrisksoffalling HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:21 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who take antidepressants, sedatives and other psychotropic medications may be at increased risk for falls, a new review shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwehealthaidsmalariaglobalfund afp/20091125/zimbabwehealthaidsmalariaglobalfund AFP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:21:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwehealthaidsmalariaglobalfund"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259135280962-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=s_5ev2IHjBee6MSN5FU.HQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A nurse at a clinic in Harare. Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwehealthaidsmalariaglobalfund"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259135280962-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=s_5ev2IHjBee6MSN5FU.HQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse at a clinic in Harare. Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/as_china_aids ap/20091125/as_china_aids AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:32 GMT AP - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/trafficdustlinkedtoasthmainkids hsn/20091125/trafficdustlinkedtoasthmainkids HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:38 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to outdoor traffic pollution and indoor endotoxin are at increased risk for asthma, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091124/sc_mcclatchy/3364348 mcclatchy/20091124/3364348 McClatchy Newspapers science Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:03:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its crackdown on coal pollution with a new plan to cut sulfur dioxide &mdash; a move that would clean up the air for millions of Americans and bring some relief to people who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanadaministry afp/20091124/healthfluvaccinecanadaministry AFP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:51:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanadaministry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanadaministry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/swine_flu_vaccine_canada ap/20091124/swine_flu_vaccine_canada AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:22:55 GMT AP - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise hsn/20091126/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:16 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/depressionmayupdeathrisktothatofsmoking hsn/20091124/depressionmayupdeathrisktothatofsmoking HealthDay politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:55 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Being depressed might take as many years off your life as smoking does, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_africa_afp/safricaaidsdisease afp/20091124/safricaaidsdisease AFP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_africa_afp/safricaaidsdisease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259083934235-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nL3baqet1TDiAF0UK57.4g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg in 2008. Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_africa_afp/safricaaidsdisease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259083934235-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nL3baqet1TDiAF0UK57.4g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg in 2008. Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo hsn/20091126/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:13 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Neurological side effects are among the potential problems faced by long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/hl_nm/us_psychotropic_drugs nm/20091123/us_psychotropic_drugs Reuters politics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:02 GMT Reuters - A new analysis of studies including nearly 80,000 people aged 60 and older confirms that certain types of widely prescribed drugs, such as antidepressants and sedatives, can increase their risk of falling. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality nm/20091124/us_zimbabwe_mortality Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_diabetes_rituxan nm/20091125/us_diabetes_rituxan Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:13:13 GMT Reuters - Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/hl_nm/us_depressed_opioids nm/20091118/us_depressed_opioids Reuters politics Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:22:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/hl_nm/us_depressed_opioids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r2099404374.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D_mIkhHR.XAVCY_3vhGzXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Afghan man walks in a poppy field in a village outside Balkh province, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Kabul May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood" border="0" /></a>Reuters - People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/hl_nm/us_depressed_opioids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r2099404374.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D_mIkhHR.XAVCY_3vhGzXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan man walks in a poppy field in a village outside Balkh province, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Kabul May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report ap/20091124/eu_med_hiv_report AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:14:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3107008482.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=WopIc6BzspBF_UGGYPfuyQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS &mdash; about 33 million &mdash; has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_hiv_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3107008482.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=WopIc6BzspBF_UGGYPfuyQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada afp/20091124/healthfluvaccinecanada AFP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:41:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/hl_afp/healthfluvaccinecanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259066280180-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3AeuysyVdsadl7R3WoRROQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A person receives a A(H1N1) flu vaccine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)