WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines.
Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S. But just how common is it? According to a new estimate, more than 2.1 million Americans were treated for 3.5 million cases of the cancers in 2006.
Since cases of non-melanoma skin cancer usually aren’t reported to cancer registries, experts must rely on estimates. Until this week, the most recent national estimate had been from 1994 – back then, researchers pegged the number of cancers at 900,000 to 1.2 million per year. Read More…
Men treated for ED should routinely be checked for cardiovascular problems, experts say.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
For the first time, researchers have shown that erectile dysfunction is a strong predictor of the likelihood that men will die of heart disease.
By AVERY JOHNSON
Although insurers generally oppose the Democrats’ health-care bill, an overhaul would give the industry a chance to boost its diminishing rolls with an influx of young customers who tend to be healthy and profitable to cover.
A diet pills firm wants to pay someone £23,750 a year to be a couch potato and gorge on junk food.
By CASEY MCNERTHNEY
A man who has been an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana was wounded early Monday but managed to shoot a burglar at a Kirkland house where he grew pot legally.
U.S. stocks traded lower Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 40 points to 10584, the Standard & Poor's 500 dropped 8 points to 1142 and the Nasdaq Composite Index slid 30 points to 2347. Among the companies whose shares are actively trading are Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX), Chordiant Software Inc. (CHRD) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMLN).
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — President Obama, declaring that “every argument has been made” on his health care overhaul, sought to seal the deal with Congress and the American people on Monday by focusing on a single patient: a self-employed cleaning woman who had dropped her costly insurance plan, only to discover she had leukemia. Read More…
New Technology Unveiled in U.K. Makes Common Cancer Treatable with Just a Brief, Less Painful, Hospital Visit
Researchers in Scotland unveiled Friday a new treatment for skin cancer that is almost as easy for patients to use, and doctors to administer, as a simple band-aid.
By David Derbyshire
Fertility doctors offering a human egg as first prize in a raffle were last night accused of commercialising the miracle of life.
One woman will win the chance to select their ideal donor egg based on its mother’s profession, ethnic background, hair colour, qualifications and upbringing.
As part of the free IVF cycle and egg prize – worth an estimated £13,000 – the winner of a raffle in London will also be able to view childhood pictures of potential donors before choosing one. Read More…
