Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1690 Most Emailed - Health en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1690 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/ushealthcancer afp/20080821/ushealthcancer AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:57:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/ushealthcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niw02.210808075705.photo00.photo.default-512x376.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=ehKGvaATpA178FUWX3ir1w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Mother puts sunscreen on her daughter's skin as they sunbath at a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/ushealthcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niw02.210808075705.photo00.photo.default-512x376.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=ehKGvaATpA178FUWX3ir1w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Mother puts sunscreen on her daughter's skin as they sunbath at a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_he_me/medicare_drugs_doughnut_hole ap/20080821/medicare_drugs_doughnut_hole AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:29 GMT AP - Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/back_pain_dc nm/20080820/back_pain_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:29:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/back_pain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t032747_295x450_us_back_pain.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=OFnWqyWu_Z.iDfejtLnqkA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="A Chinese man grimaces in pain as he gets a massage treatment at a park in Beijing, July 9, 1997. (David Loh/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chronic back pain can be eased by teaching the Alexander technique, an alternative therapy involving learning better posture, British researchers said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/back_pain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t032747_295x450_us_back_pain.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=OFnWqyWu_Z.iDfejtLnqkA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="A Chinese man grimaces in pain as he gets a massage treatment at a park in Beijing, July 9, 1997. (David Loh/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_he_me/med_measles_outbreaks ap/20080821/med_measles_outbreaks AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:57:12 GMT AP - Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/obesity_drug_dc nm/20080820/obesity_drug_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:13:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/obesity_drug_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t210754_450x333_us_obesity_drug.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=EAUg4kVQR2dB.ZSZAQBZ3Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/obesity_drug_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t210754_450x333_us_obesity_drug.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=EAUg4kVQR2dB.ZSZAQBZ3Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_he_me/med_hpv_vaccine ap/20080821/med_hpv_vaccine AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:03:25 GMT AP - An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/79millionamericansstruggletopaymedicalbills hsn/20080821/79millionamericansstruggletopaymedicalbills HealthDay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:47:06 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Working-age Americans are facing mounting problems when it comes to affording health care, a result of what analysts are calling a "perfect storm" of economic woes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_he_me/med_arsenic_diabetes ap/20080820/med_arsenic_diabetes AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:23:20 GMT AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/pregnancy_kidney_dc nm/20080820/pregnancy_kidney_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:03:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/pregnancy_kidney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t151632_284x450_us_pregnancy_kidney.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=mit9w40f_e4Vb1opxgwd6g--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="A pregnant woman is seen behind a screen in a file photo. (Mykhailo Markiv/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure and other problems in 5 percent of pregnancies, can significantly increase the risk of kidney failure decades later, Norwegian researchers reported on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/pregnancy_kidney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t151632_284x450_us_pregnancy_kidney.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=mit9w40f_e4Vb1opxgwd6g--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="A pregnant woman is seen behind a screen in a file photo. (Mykhailo Markiv/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_he_me/irradiated_produce ap/20080821/irradiated_produce AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:37 GMT AP - Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/healthtipmonitorthemercuryinyourfood hsn/20080821/healthtipmonitorthemercuryinyourfood HealthDay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:26 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Mercury is found in many types of fish and shellfish. Because significant amounts of mercury can harm unborn babies and young children, women who are or may become pregnant, those who are nursing, and young children should avoid some kinds of seafood. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/environmentwaterasiaafricatoilets afp/20080821/environmentwaterasiaafricatoilets AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:49:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/environmentwaterasiaafricatoilets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja04.210808174642.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Mrdea9nWOfFYpkA8W0EKPg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Children file to go to the toilets in the Center of Community Action for Children (CACE) in Koumassi near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 2001. Some 1.2 billion people have no toilets and defecate outside, while aid workers find shame effective in getting them to use facilities once provided, experts meeting in Stockholm heard this week.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than one billion people worldwide have no toilet and defecate outside, while some have to be shamed into changing their habits when presented with conveniences, a conference was told.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/hl_afp/environmentwaterasiaafricatoilets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja04.210808174642.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Mrdea9nWOfFYpkA8W0EKPg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Children file to go to the toilets in the Center of Community Action for Children (CACE) in Koumassi near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 2001. Some 1.2 billion people have no toilets and defecate outside, while aid workers find shame effective in getting them to use facilities once provided, experts meeting in Stockholm heard this week.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/japanhealthgeneticstechnologycompanymatsushita afp/20080820/japanhealthgeneticstechnologycompanymatsushita AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:08:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/japanhealthgeneticstechnologycompanymatsushita"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nis34.200808160407.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=LVzY0urvnhqCgOHbNTwgWg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/japanhealthgeneticstechnologycompanymatsushita"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nis34.200808160407.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=LVzY0urvnhqCgOHbNTwgWg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/medicare_petscan_dc nm/20080820/medicare_petscan_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/medicare_petscan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t154623_450x300_us_medicare_petscan.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5y72W1_m4fsxKM.kuhkPGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A PET scan shows a brain tumor in a handout photo from the National Cancer Institute. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The medical imaging industry called for the Medicare government health plan to broaden its coverage of PET scans to additional cancer types, asking an advisory panel on Wednesday to recommend wider payments.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/medicare_petscan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t154623_450x300_us_medicare_petscan.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5y72W1_m4fsxKM.kuhkPGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A PET scan shows a brain tumor in a handout photo from the National Cancer Institute. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/experimentaldrugshowsearlypromiseagainstcysticfibrosis hsn/20080821/experimentaldrugshowsearlypromiseagainstcysticfibrosis HealthDay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:27 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that blocks the genetic flaw responsible for one form of cystic fibrosis has worked well in an early trial, Israeli researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthmaternitydiseaseschizophrenia afp/20080820/healthmaternitydiseaseschizophrenia AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthmaternitydiseaseschizophrenia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niu94.210808015446.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=3PYpk6gTk_uLIDjEPwLyiA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthmaternitydiseaseschizophrenia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niu94.210808015446.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=3PYpk6gTk_uLIDjEPwLyiA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/compressionstockingsoftenincorrectlyused hsn/20080821/compressionstockingsoftenincorrectlyused HealthDay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:47:07 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Compression stockings are used incorrectly in 29 percent of patients and sized incorrectly in 26 percent of patients, according to U.S. researchers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/ushealthenvironmentwaterarsenicdiabetes afp/20080820/ushealthenvironmentwaterarsenicdiabetes AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:24:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/ushealthenvironmentwaterarsenicdiabetes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin55.200808052337.photo00.photo.default-349x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=PwV9qZbx_pjTlNkOWgqVlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="This file photo shows a man drinking water from a public fountain. Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to a newly published study.(AFP/File/Andrej Isakovic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/ushealthenvironmentwaterarsenicdiabetes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin55.200808052337.photo00.photo.default-349x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=PwV9qZbx_pjTlNkOWgqVlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="This file photo shows a man drinking water from a public fountain. Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to a newly published study.(AFP/File/Andrej Isakovic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/addictiondrugcausesrapidweightlossinrats hsn/20080821/addictiondrugcausesrapidweightlossinrats HealthDay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:47:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/addictiondrugcausesrapidweightlossinrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t210754_450x333_us_obesity_drug.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=EAUg4kVQR2dB.ZSZAQBZ3Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Vigabatrin, a medication that holds potential as a treatment for drug addiction, has been found to cause rapid weight loss in animals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080821/hl_hsn/addictiondrugcausesrapidweightlossinrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t210754_450x333_us_obesity_drug.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=EAUg4kVQR2dB.ZSZAQBZ3Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (HealthDay)