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What your heart needs, at every age (CNN)
The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.
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Tennessee: FDA warns against several diet pills (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
After the Food and Drug Administration last week condemned more than two dozen diet aids and warned consumers not to take them, some Southeast Tennessee pharmacies and nutrition shops said they don’t stock those products or advise their use.
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The family sleep cure (MSNBC)
Everyone tosses and turns for different reasons. Here's how to make sure the whole clan gets the Zzzs they need to stay happy and healthy.
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Nutrition news: the good, the bad and the ugly (The Globe and Mail)
This year, we were shaken by food-safety scares, we found out which vitamin supplements work and we learned that mom was right - breakfast is the most important meal of the day
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Weight loss motivation at boot camp (Akron Beacon Journal)
Exercisers embrace grueling cardio workouts at Fit 4 Life in Akron's Romig Square Plaza Exercises modified for those who need it
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Ohio clinic pays for surgery Ga. denied to Atlantan (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
An Atlanta woman has received an intestinal transplant through charity care at the Cleveland Clinic, after Georgia's Medicaid program denied coverage for her operation.
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The Checkup: Health in the News and in Your Life (Washington Post)
Face to Face With Controversy Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic recently transplanted about 80 percent of a dead woman's face onto a woman whose face had suffered massive damage. When the first such operation was reported in France in 2005, it triggered massive criticism. People were worried that the...
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U.S. FDA seeks more study of diabetes drug heart risk (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Drug companies need to more thoroughly study potential heart-related risks of new diabetes medicines before they reach the market, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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Heart Attack Deaths Drop in U.S. as Smoking, Diet, Drugs Help (Bloomberg)
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Heart attacks and stroke deaths dropped by a third in 2006 from 1999 as more people stopped smoking, ate better and used medications such as Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Plavix to keep blood flowing freely within arteries.
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US FDA seeks more study of diabetes drug heart risk (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Adds FDA, researcher comments) By Lisa Richwine WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Drug companies need to more thoroughly study potential heart-related risks of new diabetes medicines before they ...
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