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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health health Health News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:50 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_right_sizing ap/20120214/us_med_healthbeat_right_sizing AP health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:14:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_right_sizing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.36b44b892f3e4cb9a2de66eb77a5f528-36b44b892f3e4cb9a2de66eb77a5f528-0.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=uo1vIOX36eKuGLqa0p2MUQ--" align="left" height="66" width="130" alt="This undated two-picture combo provided by Aline Michelle Grüneisen, Lab Manager, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke University shows the same meal, but the photo at left shows a full serving of rice and the other a half serving of rice. A creative new experiment suggests paring down the side dishes might help a nation of over-eaters shave some calories. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles &mdash; even when the smaller amount cost the same. (AP Photo/Aline Michelle Grüneisen, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke University)" border="0" /></a>AP - Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_right_sizing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.36b44b892f3e4cb9a2de66eb77a5f528-36b44b892f3e4cb9a2de66eb77a5f528-0.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=uo1vIOX36eKuGLqa0p2MUQ--" align="left" height="66" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated two-picture combo provided by Aline Michelle Grüneisen, Lab Manager, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke University shows the same meal, but the photo at left shows a full serving of rice and the other a half serving of rice. A creative new experiment suggests paring down the side dishes might help a nation of over-eaters shave some calories. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles &mdash; even when the smaller amount cost the same. (AP Photo/Aline Michelle Grüneisen, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke University)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_he_me/eu_hungary_home_births ap/20120210/eu_hungary_home_births AP health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:13:37 GMT AP - A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_sc/us_med_artificial_knees ap/20120210/us_med_artificial_knees AP science Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:44:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_sc/us_med_artificial_knees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120210/capt.e394faffca034494b4e1a11277fa07b6-e394faffca034494b4e1a11277fa07b6-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=iHLcFfuxewnnrZxMdOvcHA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this Feb. 4, 2012 photo, Donna Brent, 63, works out her leg at her home in Deerfield, Ill. Brent says decades of racket ball, tennis, softball and other sports took a toll on her knees, but she got used to living with the pain, even when she became bowlegged and developed a limp. When pain started getting in the way of some of her sports, she gave in to her doctor's advice and had a knee replacement operation last June on her right knee. Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have bionic knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_sc/us_med_artificial_knees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120210/capt.e394faffca034494b4e1a11277fa07b6-e394faffca034494b4e1a11277fa07b6-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=iHLcFfuxewnnrZxMdOvcHA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 4, 2012 photo, Donna Brent, 63, works out her leg at her home in Deerfield, Ill. Brent says decades of racket ball, tennis, softball and other sports took a toll on her knees, but she got used to living with the pain, even when she became bowlegged and developed a limp. When pain started getting in the way of some of her sports, she gave in to her doctor's advice and had a knee replacement operation last June on her right knee. Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have bionic knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120214/hl_hsn/radiationafterlungcancersurgerydoesnthelpallstudy hsn/20120214/radiationafterlungcancersurgerydoesnthelpallstudy HealthDay health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:47:10 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- For older people with a certain type and stage of lung cancer, administering radiation treatment after surgery may not extend survival, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120214/hl_hsn/highercancerrateseeninchildrenwithjuvenilearthritis hsn/20120214/highercancerrateseeninchildrenwithjuvenilearthritis HealthDay health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:47:08 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer rate in children with juvenile arthritis is four times higher than in other children, a new study says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120214/hl_hsn/nocancerbenefitfromvitaminbomega3supplementsinheartpatients hsn/20120214/nocancerbenefitfromvitaminbomega3supplementsinheartpatients HealthDay health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:46:59 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with a history of heart disease will most likely not reduce their risk for developing cancer by taking vitamin B and/or omega-3 fatty acid supplements, a new French analysis suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120211/hl_hsn/whenmomhaspregnancydiabetesbreastfeedingcurbschildobesity hsn/20120211/whenmomhaspregnancydiabetesbreastfeedingcurbschildobesity HealthDay health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:47:11 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/us_nm/us_syracuse_coach_lawsuit nm/20120210/us_syracuse_coach_lawsuit Reuters health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:34:37 GMT Reuters - Allegations that the wife of former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine had sex with several Syracuse basketball players are irrelevant in a slander lawsuit against head coach Jim Boeheim, a judge ruled on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120213/sc_livescience/whitneyhoustonsaddictionshowcouplessharetheirdrughabits livescience/20120213/whitneyhoustonsaddictionshowcouplessharetheirdrughabits LiveScience.com health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:20:00 GMT LiveScience.com - Whether Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday (Feb. 11), had substance abuse problems before her marriage to the singer Bobby Brown, or whether she was influenced by his "bad boy" ways, one thing is clear: the fact that the couple shared a drug habit is not surprising, experts say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120214/hl_hsn/healthtipisyourchildanxious hsn/20120214/healthtipisyourchildanxious HealthDay health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:50 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Children who don't get enough time to play and relax -- or who are pushed beyond their comfort zone -- may become anxious, experts say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/hl_nm/us_usa_budget_healthcare nm/20120213/us_usa_budget_healthcare Reuters health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:53 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/hl_nm/us_mental_illness_diagnosis nm/20120209/us_mental_illness_diagnosis Reuters health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:59 GMT Reuters - including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes - may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120211/hl_hsn/prostatesizemaybecluetoseverityofcancer hsn/20120211/prostatesizemaybecluetoseverityofcancer HealthDay health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:47:02 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The size of a man's prostate gland may help doctors predict the severity of his prostate cancer, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120213/hl_time/httphealthlandtimecom20120120thechokinggame1in7collegestudentshastriedittexasstudyfindsixzz1k0m9efzixidrssfullhealthsciyahoo time/20120213/httphealthlandtimecom20120120thechokinggame1in7collegestudentshastriedittexasstudyfindsixzz1k0m9efzixidrssfullhealthsciyahoo Time.com health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:30:00 GMT Time.com - The potentially lethal Choking Game, which involves cutting off the blood supply to the brain, appears to be popular with some college students who think it's not as dangerous as using illicit drugs http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120211/hl_hsn/manygaymenwouldsupporthomehivteststudy hsn/20120211/manygaymenwouldsupporthomehivteststudy HealthDay health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:47:04 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Many gay men who regularly have risky sex would be willing to ask partners to use a new, rapid-result HIV test, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120214/hl_hsn/healthtipifyourediabeticandpregnant hsn/20120214/healthtipifyourediabeticandpregnant HealthDay health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:47:14 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It can take a "village" to help care for you and your baby during pregnancy, especially if you are diabetic. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120205/hl_ac/10928478_study_breastfeeding_strengthens_childrens_lungs ac/20120205/10928478_study_breastfeeding_strengthens_childrens_lungs ContributorNetwork health Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:26:31 GMT ContributorNetwork - A study published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reverses some earlier thinking that breastfeeding by mothers with asthma might increase the child's risk for the disease. The study found breastfeeding strengthens children's lungs, even if the mother has asthma. Here are details about breastfeeding and lung health in children.