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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions health Diseases/Conditions News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/hl_nm/us_cancer_lung_mutations nm/20100210/us_cancer_lung_mutations Reuters health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:10 GMT Reuters - Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/paxilblockstamoxifenlowerssurvivaloddsagainstbreastcancer hsn/20100210/paxilblockstamoxifenlowerssurvivaloddsagainstbreastcancer HealthDay politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:24 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who take both tamoxifen and the antidepressant Paxil may increase their risk of dying because Paxil reduces tamoxifen's effectiveness, Canadian researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_depression_work nm/20100209/us_depression_work Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:29 GMT Reuters - Workers with depression stay home sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/financialwoesaddanxietytobreastcancerdiagnosis hsn/20100209/financialwoesaddanxietytobreastcancerdiagnosis HealthDay politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:35 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv hsn/20100210/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:05 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids afp/20100208/africaushealthaids AFP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(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/nm/20100208/hl_nm/us_asthma nm/20100208/us_asthma Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:46 GMT Reuters - Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/herbalsnottheanswerforasthmastudyshows hsn/20100206/herbalsnottheanswerforasthmastudyshows HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:21 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many asthma patients who use herbal remedies experience increased symptoms and poorer quality of life, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/lifestylehealthenvironmentautojustice afp/20100203/lifestylehealthenvironmentautojustice AFP science Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:08:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/lifestylehealthenvironmentautojustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208786220-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=x6Db5lN1xde31aratcnxuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Vehicles are caught in a heavy traffic on the main expressway in Seoul, in 2008. A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea's government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution.(AFP/File/Jeon Young-Han)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea's government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/lifestylehealthenvironmentautojustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265208786220-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=x6Db5lN1xde31aratcnxuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Vehicles are caught in a heavy traffic on the main expressway in Seoul, in 2008. A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea's government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution.(AFP/File/Jeon Young-Han)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/healthtiphavecleanairathome hsn/20100202/healthtiphavecleanairathome HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Polluted air inside the home can aggravate asthma and allergy symptoms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers hsn/20100210/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:10 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists have discovered there are genetic profiles that play a part in prognosis with non-small cell lung cancers, and those profiles differ depending on the age and gender of the patient. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/hl_nm/us_aids_focus nm/20100205/us_aids_focus Reuters health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:22 GMT Reuters - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco nm/20100209/us_cancer_tobacco Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2943550170.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Yr7HM4k1MXpOz6gtYFOZVQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_tobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2943550170.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Yr7HM4k1MXpOz6gtYFOZVQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin afp/20100209/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/blackandhispanicinfantsmuchmorelikelytohavehiv hsn/20100205/blackandhispanicinfantsmuchmorelikelytohavehiv HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:40 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of HIV infection in infants are significantly higher among blacks and Hispanics than whites, and preventive measures are needed to reduce the disparity, a new government report says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/hl_nm/us_asthma_pregnancy nm/20100202/us_asthma_pregnancy Reuters health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:50:20 GMT Reuters - U.S. researchers have linked mothers' infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/softdrinkscouldboostpancreaticcancerrisk hsn/20100209/softdrinkscouldboostpancreaticcancerrisk HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:41 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People who down two or more soft drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression livescience/20100209/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression LiveScience.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_us_aids ap/20100204/af_south_africa_us_aids AP health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:10:35 GMT AP - U.S. and South African AIDS workers say putting more of the decision-making in local hands can help stretch donor money, amid concerns international giving will be limited because of the global recession. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100129/hl_hsn/toolittlevitamindmayworsenasthma hsn/20100129/toolittlevitamindmayworsenasthma HealthDay health Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:49:39 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- People with asthma who have low levels of vitamin D fare worse than those with high levels of the "sunshine" vitamin, a new study finds.