Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/health Most Viewed - Health en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/health http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age ap/20100208/us_med_autism_mother_s_age AP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647466334-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=K9mVhsielYp1b4gii_JOKw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_mother_s_age"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647466334-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=K9mVhsielYp1b4gii_JOKw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/hl_nm/us_religious_healthier nm/20100208/us_religious_healthier Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:55 GMT Reuters - A number of studies over the past two decades have shown that religious people tend to be healthier. But a new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease and clogged arteries, attending religious services or having spiritual experiences may not protect against heart attacks and strokes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama afp/20100209/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama AFP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer afp/20100209/healthdrinkcancer AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*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/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/med_africa_malaria_drugs ap/20100208/med_africa_malaria_drugs AP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:31 GMT AP - High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality &mdash; including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal &mdash; raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_baby_blood ap/20100208/us_med_healthbeat_baby_blood AP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:08:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_baby_blood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.ac16d47c17094466a52f4ff74da4c9e8.healthbeat_baby_blood_wx201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nRa7rNHC32faDlsnZPa.dQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a phenylketonuria (PKU) test at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. A critical safety net for babies &mdash; that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn &mdash; is facing an ethics attack. States increasingly are storing the leftover blood samples for later medical research, often without parents' knowledge or consent &mdash; prompting lawsuits in two states and work in many others to give parents a greater say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - A critical safety net for babies &mdash; that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn &mdash; is facing an ethics attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_baby_blood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.ac16d47c17094466a52f4ff74da4c9e8.healthbeat_baby_blood_wx201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nRa7rNHC32faDlsnZPa.dQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a phenylketonuria (PKU) test at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. A critical safety net for babies &mdash; that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn &mdash; is facing an ethics attack. States increasingly are storing the leftover blood samples for later medical research, often without parents' knowledge or consent &mdash; prompting lawsuits in two states and work in many others to give parents a greater say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/hl_nm/us_obese_needle nm/20100208/us_obese_needle Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:37:28 GMT Reuters - Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor's needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/healthtipgettinghelpforneckpain hsn/20100210/healthtipgettinghelpforneckpain HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:22 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Neck pain can be caused by a simple injury or strain, or a more serious health problem. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/icupatientsatriskforrareheartrhythmproblem hsn/20100210/icupatientsatriskforrareheartrhythmproblem HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:15 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors and other health-care professionals need to be aware that certain medications can cause a rare, potentially deadly heart rhythm problem called Torsade de Pointes (TdP), says a joint scientific statement by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/stemcellresearchmakesanotheradvance hsn/20100209/stemcellresearchmakesanotheradvance HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've developed a new and easier way to create what's known as pluripotent stem cells -- cells that can develop into one of many cell types for use in regenerative medicine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/inflammatorybowelupsriskforbloodclots hsn/20100210/inflammatorybowelupsriskforbloodclots HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:21 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with active inflammatory bowel disease are much more likely to develop blood clots than people without the condition, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone livescience/20100209/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone LiveScience.com health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/testsshowtoptunabrandshavehighmercurylevels hsn/20100205/testsshowtoptunabrandshavehighmercurylevels HealthDay science Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:36 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Tests on more than 300 samples of canned tuna from the top three brands in the United States revealed that more than half contained mercury levels above what's considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/medicarecostsavingmovescanbackfire hsn/20100210/medicarecostsavingmovescanbackfire HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:20 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After Medicare sweetened payments for simple office-based endoscopic procedures, doctors in one New York City practice performed many more in-office bladder biopsies, but the volume of hospital procedures stayed roughly the same, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*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/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sc_nm/us_ageing_genes nm/20100209/us_ageing_genes Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sc_nm/us_ageing_genes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1699654902.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=bIiMCKeZoJo8UAHq.qQbaw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Elderly women exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" at a temple in Tokyo September 17, 2007. REUTERS/Issei Kato" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sc_nm/us_ageing_genes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1699654902.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=bIiMCKeZoJo8UAHq.qQbaw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Elderly women exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" at a temple in Tokyo September 17, 2007. REUTERS/Issei Kato" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedhl/*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.