Obesity, Lack of Exercise Heighten Arthritis Risk for Women (HealthDay)
Obesity, Lack of Exercise Heighten Arthritis Risk for Women
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of obesity and inactivity, especially among women, explain why arthritis is more common in the United States than in Canada, according to a new study. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
PM Report: Health Summit, Progress or Politics?
PM Report: Health Summit, Progress or Politics? -
In an effort to rescue his health-care overhaul, President Obama calls lawmakers to a summit. WSJ's Jerry Seib joins the News Hub to discuss whether any progress was made of it was just political theater. Plus, North Dakota is in the midst of an oil boom. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Hospitals to be Paid to Harvest Organs
Hospitals to be Paid to Harvest Organs -
Hospitals across Australia could be paid to harvest the organs of dead patients under a $17 million federal program. Video courtesy of Sky Australia. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
New Weight Loss Aid? (HealthDay)
New Weight Loss Aid?
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- An amino acid called isoleucine may play an important role in weight loss, a new study suggests. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
Kidneys From Older Donors Suitable for Seniors (HealthDay)
Kidneys From Older Donors Suitable for Seniors
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Too many American seniors who need a new kidney have to wait longer than necessary for a transplant, researchers say. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
Device Helps Kids With Single-Sided Deafness (HealthDay)
Device Helps Kids With Single-Sided Deafness
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Bone-anchored hearing aids provide noticeable hearing improvement for children and teens with single-sided deafness, a new study finds. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
Scientists Spot Genetic 'Fingerprints' of Individual Cancers (HealthDay)
Scientists Spot Genetic 'Fingerprints' of Individual Cancers
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found a way to analyze the "fingerprint" of a cancer, and then use that fingerprint to track the trajectory of that particular tumor in that particular person. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
Video Animation: How Stents Work
Video Animation: How Stents Work -
Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Thursday for a stent procedure after reporting chest pains. See a computer animation showing how angioplasty and stents work to open narrowed coronary arteries. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Ultrasound Machines Go Portable
Ultrasound Machines Go Portable -
Paul Glader looks at a new class of ultrasound machines that are small enough to fit in a doctor's lab-coat pocket. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Many patients may not fill new prescriptions: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Many people whose doctors start them on medications for conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure may never fill those prescriptions, a new study suggests.
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