Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/time health Health - Time.com en-us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:35:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/time http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/hl_time/08599196056700 time/20100206/08599196056700 Time.com science Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:35:00 GMT Time.com - Two decades' worth of careful measurements of hardwood forests in Maryland show their growth has accelerated significantly over the past two decades. Is it good for global warming? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100203/hl_time/08599195874400 time/20100203/08599195874400 Time.com health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:00 GMT Time.com - With the Lancet's formal retraction of a flawed study linking childhood vaccines and autism, the question is whether the vaccine theory of autism may finally be put to rest http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100203/hl_time/08599195866800 time/20100203/08599195866800 Time.com health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:00 GMT Time.com - Getting a cancer diagnosis is a stressful and shocking experience. But is it stressful enough to increase a patient's risk of suicide and heart attack? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/hl_time/02880419533791953494195823100 time/20100202/02880419533791953494195823100 Time.com health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/hl_time/02880419533791953494195823100"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264257303222-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uTBnkf6B5CXOI2jVc91MXA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The seaport of Port-au-Prince was damaged by the earthquake on January 12. Seismologists say another earthquake is threatening to hit Haiti with as much, if not more force than the massive temblor that leveled Port-au-Prince.(AFP/MINUSTAH/File/Marco Dormino)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Geologists studying the deadly earthquake warn that its unusual patterns mean a second major quake, centered even nearer to Port-au-Prince, may be on the way</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/hl_time/02880419533791953494195823100"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264257303222-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uTBnkf6B5CXOI2jVc91MXA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The seaport of Port-au-Prince was damaged by the earthquake on January 12. Seismologists say another earthquake is threatening to hit Haiti with as much, if not more force than the massive temblor that leveled Port-au-Prince.(AFP/MINUSTAH/File/Marco Dormino)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/hl_time/02880419533791953494195823500 time/20100202/02880419533791953494195823500 Time.com health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMT Time.com - Advocates of "the triangle of life" say it is a better guarantor of survival than the traditional "drop, cover and hold on" approach. But it may depend on where you are http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/hl_time/08599195711400 time/20100202/08599195711400 Time.com health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMT Time.com - Important activity in the brain -- related in particular to memory and learning -- may occur when it is awake but at rest http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100201/hl_time/08599195765600 time/20100201/08599195765600 Time.com health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:50:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100201/hl_time/08599195765600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r1246603331.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=6PF3xOQLkEhOOgZ3VeM8fQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Doctor Andrew Wakefield speaks to the media after a hearing at the General Medical Council (GMC) in London January 28, 2010. The GMC ruled that Wakefield acted unethically in doing his research into a link between MMR vaccinations and autism. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted "dishonestly and with "callous disregard" for the children involved in his study</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100201/hl_time/08599195765600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r1246603331.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=6PF3xOQLkEhOOgZ3VeM8fQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Doctor Andrew Wakefield speaks to the media after a hearing at the General Medical Council (GMC) in London January 28, 2010. The GMC ruled that Wakefield acted unethically in doing his research into a link between MMR vaccinations and autism. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100129/hl_time/08599195749100 time/20100129/08599195749100 Time.com health Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:15:00 GMT Time.com - A new study by Australian researchers finds that overweight adults over 70 tend to outlive their thinner -- and much fatter -- peers http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195651700 time/20100126/08599195651700 Time.com health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:25:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195651700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.f3d859b94ea948f98e049379b9b77a5a.tiger_woods_golf_msrs107.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=eSPycMopFEXsdw5OY0hrpA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The entrance to the compound of the Gentle Path facility in Hattiesburg, Miss., is shown on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Celebrity Web site radaronline.com says the next issue of the National Enquirer will feature photos of the world's No. 1 golfer at Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg. The site posted eight photos on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, that purport to show Woods &mdash; wearing white shorts and a dark hooded sweatshirt &mdash; at the Pine Grove facility where the Gentle Path sexual addiction program is conducted. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - While Tiger Woods' recent admission to a Mississippi addiction center has shone a spotlight on the murky world of sex addiction, methods of treatment remain a little-known art</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195651700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.f3d859b94ea948f98e049379b9b77a5a.tiger_woods_golf_msrs107.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=eSPycMopFEXsdw5OY0hrpA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The entrance to the compound of the Gentle Path facility in Hattiesburg, Miss., is shown on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Celebrity Web site radaronline.com says the next issue of the National Enquirer will feature photos of the world's No. 1 golfer at Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg. The site posted eight photos on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, that purport to show Woods &mdash; wearing white shorts and a dark hooded sweatshirt &mdash; at the Pine Grove facility where the Gentle Path sexual addiction program is conducted. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195660800 time/20100126/08599195660800 Time.com health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:25:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195660800"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.cf00c41e49ff46c081395d413c1ef326.cavaliers_water_fountains_basektball_ohcle201.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=5r0tmRKG4i6QVL3ROOXLfA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="In this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 photo, Quicken Loans Arena has signs up where water fountains used to be for fans, photographed after the NBA basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks in Cleveland. Citing concerns over swine flu, the team said Monday, Feb. 8, that all drinking water fountains have been removed from the arena to reduce the spread of bacteria and communicable diseases. The team did not consult the city's health department, which does not recommend removing fountains as a health precaution, said department director Matt Carroll. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Tracy Boulian)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - After governments spent billions of dollars on H1N1 vaccines that are going unused, some politicians and health professionals are asking whether the threat of flu was overblown</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100126/hl_time/08599195660800"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.cf00c41e49ff46c081395d413c1ef326.cavaliers_water_fountains_basektball_ohcle201.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=5r0tmRKG4i6QVL3ROOXLfA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 photo, Quicken Loans Arena has signs up where water fountains used to be for fans, photographed after the NBA basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks in Cleveland. Citing concerns over swine flu, the team said Monday, Feb. 8, that all drinking water fountains have been removed from the arena to reduce the spread of bacteria and communicable diseases. The team did not consult the city's health department, which does not recommend removing fountains as a health precaution, said department director Matt Carroll. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Tracy Boulian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100123/hl_time/08599195563600 time/20100123/08599195563600 Time.com health Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:55:00 GMT Time.com - Men of the cloth have long debated what happens when we die. Dr. Jeffrey Long, author of the new book Evidence of the Afterlife says science provides definite answers http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100123/hl_time/08599195511200 time/20100123/08599195511200 Time.com health Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:10:00 GMT Time.com - A substance widely used to dilute cocaine supplies may cause a rare and life-threatening condition in some users http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100121/hl_time/08599195484200 time/20100121/08599195484200 Time.com health Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:20:00 GMT Time.com - Recurrent migraine headaches are enough to drive a person into depression, but new research suggests that the link between the two conditions is even more basic: genes http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100120/hl_time/08599195365300 time/20100120/08599195365300 Time.com health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:50:00 GMT Time.com - Medical professionals and parents are concerned about the proliferation of videos on the Web that demonstrate a dangerous choking game that some teenagers play to get a natural high http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100118/hl_time/08599195419000 time/20100118/08599195419000 Time.com health Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMT Time.com - More CO2 and a longer growing season could be good for plants. But the story is more complicated than that http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100117/hl_time/08599195417700 time/20100117/08599195417700 Time.com health Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:30:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100117/hl_time/08599195417700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100114/i/r1943405014.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Xp0m_BNqqZVVs93FDfIIKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child is seen inside a mosquito net in a mud hut in Mallay village, southern Sierra Leone, April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Katrina Manson" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Don't just vaccinate us; vaccinate the mosquitoes too</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100117/hl_time/08599195417700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100114/i/r1943405014.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Xp0m_BNqqZVVs93FDfIIKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A child is seen inside a mosquito net in a mud hut in Mallay village, southern Sierra Leone, April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Katrina Manson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100115/hl_time/08599195335100 time/20100115/08599195335100 Time.com health Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:15:00 GMT Time.com - Keeping up with women's health advice can be tough. The good news, say the authors of Live a Little! Breaking the Rules Won't Break Your Health, is that you can go right ahead http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100115/hl_time/08599195375100 time/20100115/08599195375100 Time.com science Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:15:00 GMT Time.com - Big, bad carbon dioxide gets most of the attention when it comes to greenhouse gases, but it's not the only one that's warming the Earth http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100113/hl_time/08599195320600 time/20100113/08599195320600 Time.com health Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:40:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100113/hl_time/08599195320600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.0d75e66a4a5c4f33a2cea6b5f233b932.adult_obesity_gfx739.jpg?x=65&y=130&q=85&sig=oyhDFE0YIjyV_l_twXlidQ--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="The nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But a vast majority of U.S. adults are still overweight. Chart shows prevalence of obese men and women since 1999." border="0" /></a>Time.com - The steady rise in the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children appears to have finally leveled off</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100113/hl_time/08599195320600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.0d75e66a4a5c4f33a2cea6b5f233b932.adult_obesity_gfx739.jpg?x=65&y=130&q=85&sig=oyhDFE0YIjyV_l_twXlidQ--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="photo" title="The nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But a vast majority of U.S. adults are still overweight. Chart shows prevalence of obese men and women since 1999." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100113/hl_time/08599195334700 time/20100113/08599195334700 Time.com health Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:05:00 GMT Time.com - Though scientists know where serious earthquakes are likely to happen, they're still unable to pinpoint the precise time