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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1422 health Diseases/Conditions News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:43 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/20091107/hl_hsn/earlymorningcolonoscopiesmayfindmorepolyps hsn/20091107/earlymorningcolonoscopiesmayfindmorepolyps HealthDay health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:43 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091107/hl_hsn/thyroidcancerhigherinvolcanicareas hsn/20091107/thyroidcancerhigherinvolcanicareas HealthDay health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:41 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that living near a volcano puts people at higher risk of getting a type of thyroid cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/hl_nm/us_correction_antidepressants_risks nm/20091105/us_correction_antidepressants_risks Reuters health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:59:35 GMT Reuters - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_co/us_shurtleff_us_senate ap/20091104/us_shurtleff_us_senate AP politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:54:26 GMT AP - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday suspended his campaign for U.S. Senate, saying he needs to spend more time with a daughter who is experiencing severe mental health problems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw afp/20091106/ugandaaidsrightslaw AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525662941-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=PN1O7.njZ0N5ok2LbtyEzg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525662941-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=PN1O7.njZ0N5ok2LbtyEzg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy ap/20091105/us_med_gene_therapy AP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:12:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257462468841-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BB3FTV6oIld1aKd.bC1FDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257462468841-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BB3FTV6oIld1aKd.bC1FDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/hl_afp/healthaustraliapregnancyfolateasthma afp/20091104/healthaustraliapregnancyfolateasthma AFP health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:20:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/hl_afp/healthaustraliapregnancyfolateasthma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257322816423-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=.mcT7faCKowVtXaWZHPyNg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A child is seen staring behind a belly of his pregnant mother. Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.(AFP/File/Choi Won-Suk)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/hl_afp/healthaustraliapregnancyfolateasthma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257322816423-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=.mcT7faCKowVtXaWZHPyNg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="A child is seen staring behind a belly of his pregnant mother. Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.(AFP/File/Choi Won-Suk)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/healthtiphaveafoodallergy hsn/20091104/healthtiphaveafoodallergy HealthDay health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:19 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A food allergy -- commonly to edibles such as shellfish, nuts, wheat, eggs or milk -- often has telltale warning signs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/worldtradecenterworkerstwiceaslikelytohaveasthma hsn/20091104/worldtradecenterworkerstwiceaslikelytohaveasthma HealthDay health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:11 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- World Trade Center rescue and cleanup workers have asthma rates twice that of the general population, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091029/hl_hsn/healthtipwhatsbehindmyasthmaandallergysymptoms hsn/20091029/healthtipwhatsbehindmyasthmaandallergysymptoms HealthDay health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:49:09 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- While allergies and asthma usually are chronic, symptoms can flare from exposure to certain triggers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/depressionmayblurmemoryofachesandpains hsn/20091104/depressionmayblurmemoryofachesandpains HealthDay politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:12 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Depressed people tend to report more physical symptoms than they actually experience, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo afp/20091105/healthaidsngo AFP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:26:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257452666293-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=sFPsKjPLjQEt71OAjikDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257452666293-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=sFPsKjPLjQEt71OAjikDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_health_prostate nm/20091106/us_health_prostate Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:25:51 GMT Reuters - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/hl_nm/us_treating_benefits nm/20091103/us_treating_benefits Reuters politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:18:17 GMT Reuters - Longer-term treatment of depression for adolescents is associated with persistent benefits, even after treatment ends, according to results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding ap/20091105/af_south_africa_aids_funding AP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r1369675630.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=UCdVO3be.322VxPGEL2mpQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A nurse prepares doses of brand name and generic HIV-AIDS drugs for patients in Thailand's Lopburi Province February 17, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif" border="0" /></a>AP - A medical aid group says funding for AIDS is threatened, and that could set back "dramatic" progress in decreasing HIV illness and death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r1369675630.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=UCdVO3be.322VxPGEL2mpQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse prepares doses of brand name and generic HIV-AIDS drugs for patients in Thailand's Lopburi Province February 17, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/healthaustraliafibre afp/20091028/healthaustraliafibre AFP health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:35:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/healthaustraliafibre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091028/capt.photo_1256751275023-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=1nFxciXRKzjoQgWA.57Zgw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Harvest labourers sort freshly picked apples at an orchard in Marquardt, eastern Germany in August 2009. An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/healthaustraliafibre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091028/capt.photo_1256751275023-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=1nFxciXRKzjoQgWA.57Zgw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Harvest labourers sort freshly picked apples at an orchard in Marquardt, eastern Germany in August 2009. An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity nm/20091106/us_cancer_obesity Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/hl_afp/lifestylebritainhealthresearch afp/20091102/lifestylebritainhealthresearch AFP health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:41:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/hl_afp/lifestylebritainhealthresearch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257175977410-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=Z0Sn0MMJ.3jD7opUlMJVEA--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to researchers at University College London.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to British research published on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/hl_afp/lifestylebritainhealthresearch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257175977410-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=Z0Sn0MMJ.3jD7opUlMJVEA--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="photo" title="A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to researchers at University College London.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091104/wl_oneworld/world3678631257308785 oneworld/20091104/world3678631257308785 OneWorld.net health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:25:55 GMT OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.