Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1690 Most Emailed - Health en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:57:19 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1690 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd ap/20091120/us_med_predicting_ptsd AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.f244f3d713b249adb07d1a244c6819ab.predicting_ptsd_ny307.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=GCFvvbwqRYe1LYg0MFB9nA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.f244f3d713b249adb07d1a244c6819ab.predicting_ptsd_ny307.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=GCFvvbwqRYe1LYg0MFB9nA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu ap/20091120/us_med_swine_flu AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r2006647457.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=wVLIohYM19j6.bNNQ33fxA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Allene Diaz (L), 11, and her mother, Christina, wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Texas October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r2006647457.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=wVLIohYM19j6.bNNQ33fxA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Allene Diaz (L), 11, and her mother, Christina, wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Texas October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091122/hl_hsn/whensleepsufferssodoesdecisiveness hsn/20091122/whensleepsufferssodoesdecisiveness HealthDay health Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:43:37 GMT HealthDay - SATURDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_fewer_pap_smears ap/20091120/us_med_fewer_pap_smears AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:26 GMT AP - First mammograms. Now &mdash; in an apparent coincidence &mdash; Pap smears. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_he_me/us_breast_cancer_screening_healy ap/20091122/us_breast_cancer_screening_healy AP health Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:43:04 GMT AP - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/hl_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091122/us_usa_healthcare Reuters health Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:41:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/hl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r568930774.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=nlBzl.USEeYC9a2Xr_qHuw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/hl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r568930774.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=nlBzl.USEeYC9a2Xr_qHuw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/spraymaydelayejaculation hsn/20091120/spraymaydelayejaculation HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:42 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthchildrendiseasetelomere afp/20091120/healthchildrendiseasetelomere AFP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthchildrendiseasetelomere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258745459849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=554NAj84bSFQ8gObbO0dLw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthchildrendiseasetelomere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258745459849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=554NAj84bSFQ8gObbO0dLw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/dietcognitiveabilitymayplayroleinheartdisease hsn/20091120/dietcognitiveabilitymayplayroleinheartdisease HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:45 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/genitalherpesmaynevergodormant hsn/20091119/genitalherpesmaynevergodormant HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:45 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/morphinemayhelptumorsspreadincancerpatients hsn/20091119/morphinemayhelptumorsspreadincancerpatients HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/asthmacomboseemslessinfluencedbygenes hsn/20091120/asthmacomboseemslessinfluencedbygenes HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:30 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People's genetic makeup has been shown to affect how they respond to asthma medications, but a new study finds that many people respond well to a particular combination treatment regardless of their genes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091114/hl_hsn/folicacidlateinpregnancytiedtoasthmainkids hsn/20091114/folicacidlateinpregnancytiedtoasthmainkids HealthDay health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:48:56 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to women who take folic acid in late pregnancy are at increased risk for asthma, Australian researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/greatamericansmokeout09timetoquit hsn/20091120/greatamericansmokeout09timetoquit HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:43 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The less you smoke, the more birthdays you'll have, says the American Cancer Society as it encourages smokers to quit on Thursday, the day of the 34th Great American Smokeout. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_cancer_screening_list ap/20091120/us_med_cancer_screening_list AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:25 GMT AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_health_overhaul_abortion ap/20091120/us_health_overhaul_abortion AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_health_overhaul_abortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.73956497d6114c0db9e43485297197a3.catholic_bishops_mdrc103.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=YA24kuznkzOTBpVoJiVd0A--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Chicago Cardinal Francis George, left, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, left, and Monsignor David Malloy, general secretary, address members during the group's fall meeting Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_health_overhaul_abortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.73956497d6114c0db9e43485297197a3.catholic_bishops_mdrc103.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=YA24kuznkzOTBpVoJiVd0A--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chicago Cardinal Francis George, left, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, left, and Monsignor David Malloy, general secretary, address members during the group's fall meeting Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091103/hl_hsn/americansgetfailinggradeondiabetesawareness hsn/20091103/americansgetfailinggradeondiabetesawareness HealthDay health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:21 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Though someone is diagnosed with diabetes every 20 seconds, many Americans lack basic knowledge about the potentially life-threatening disease, according to a new survey from the American Diabetes Association. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_en_tv/us_winfrey_show_ending ap/20091121/us_winfrey_show_ending AP health Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_en_tv/us_winfrey_show_ending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.baeb046ba2dc47af83022a5ab419320f.winfrey_show_ending_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=L0PVXH6kKdHVysiad5PGlA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_en_tv/us_winfrey_show_ending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.baeb046ba2dc47af83022a5ab419320f.winfrey_show_ending_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=L0PVXH6kKdHVysiad5PGlA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/parentalmonitoringcancurbteenmarijuanause hsn/20091120/parentalmonitoringcancurbteenmarijuanause HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:44 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who take the time to know what their teenage children are up to and have strong anti-drug views can be effective in reducing their children's marijuana use, a new study says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/healthtipwheninfantsgetdiarrhea hsn/20091120/healthtipwheninfantsgetdiarrhea HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:47 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diarrhea in infants is common, often a quick bout caused by a virus. But in some cases among young children, diarrhea can quickly become dangerous, says the U.S. National Library of Medicine.