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Radiation Therapy Harms the Brain, Causing Memory and Attention Problems

(NaturalNews) Radiation therapy for the treatment of brain tumors may lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to a study conducted by researchers from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and published in The Lancet Neu…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Natural, Natural Health |

Heroes of Children’s Hospital

What does it take to become a doctor? Take a look at one of the most intense jobs on the planet: A year in the life of a medical resident. Dateline NBC goes behind the scenes and catches all the stresses and successes of the residents of Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
 

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

NYT: At 78, Willie Mays decides to tell his story

As the forthcoming book makes clear, the legend’s life, in baseball and out, was dotted with difficulties. Like other blacks, he was a target of racism. He had persistent money woes, and especially in the second half of his career, persistent physical ones.
 

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Experimental vaccine extends life of men with prostate cancer

A vaccine that primes the immune system to attack prostate cancer can extend the lives of men in the advanced stages of the disease, researchers say. Men who had the experimental vaccine lived on average 8 to 9 months longer than men who had inactive, placebo injections.What do we know already?About 35,000 men are diagnosed [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Lifeline Live: Elizabeth Edwards tells her sister: ‘I’ve had it.’

After three years of standing by her husband, Elizabeth Edwards, 60, has decided to try life on her own, reports People magazine.A “She said, ‘I’ve had it.A I can’t do this.A I want my life back,’” her sister, Nancy Anania, tells People A in its Feb…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Response: I have Huntington’s disease, but I can still live life to the full

Since being diagnosed I’ve married and am expecting a child. There’s no need for despairIhave a lot of sympathy for Charlotte Raven: like her I was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease in 2006 (To be or not to be?, 16 January). But I was dismayed by the tone of her article and in particular its introductory [...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Report: Elizabeth and John Edwards are separated

After meeting the child that rocked her 32-year marriage to one-time presidential candidate John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards has had enough. “She said, ‘I’ve had it. I can’t do this. I want my life back,’ ” her sister, Nancy Anania, said.  The couple now occupy separate residences.
 

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Famed 79-year-old jewel thief faces charges

A 79-year-old woman whose life as a jewel thief inspired a Halle Berry movie has pleaded not guilty to trying to steal a coat in Southern California.
 

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Woman alive but declared dead in West Bengal hospital

Furious relatives of a patient admitted in a state-run hospital held an impromptu agitation after it wrote out a wrong death certificate when she was actually battling for her life.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health, India |

Saab gets another lease on life

Saab was rescued from the scrap yard of auto history on Friday when GM agreed to sell the struggling unit to Dutch sports-car maker Spyker Cars NV.
 

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |