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health stories: 408 news summaries

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Is Your Cat Making You Neurotic?

Mar 15, 07 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A parasite that reproduces in cats, previously linked to schizophrenia in infected humans, has now, bizarrely, been implicated in mass personality changes in geographic areas where incidence of infection is high. A U.S. Geological Survey study of 39 countries shows that high infection rates of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite... More »

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pets • parasites • health • schizophrenia • infection • neuroticism • cat

Chemicals Linked to Obesity  

In mice, common chemicals trigger fat cells and "feed me" hormones

Mar 12, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chemicals found in everything from baby bottles to cleaning agents might be triggering the obesity epidemic, causing fat cells to grow and multiply out of control. A Centers for Disease Control study suggests that exposure of mice to chemicals like tributyltin—used in fungicides and plastics—increases fat cells, which... More »

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obesity • health • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • obesity epidemic • tributyltin • bisphenol A • chemicals and obesity • baby bottle • fat

Glowing Wounds Will Signify Infection

British-designed polymers to be used
to identify bacteria in moments

Mar 12, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bacterial infections could be diagnosed in moments with the use of glowing polymers developed by British scientists. The designer molecules are made to identify bacteria, bind to it, and then change shape, causing them to emit light that would give the wound a glow that's discernible to the naked eye... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • science • bacteria • research • infection

Is Dick Cheney's Heart the Culprit?

The VP's "darkening persona" may be linked to ticker troubles

Mar 12, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney watchers who've puzzled over the vice president's increasingly rigid, defiant, and tone-deaf behavior are beginning to consider whether could be his heart, literally, that's the culprit. With speculation about the Cheney's "darkening persona" an obsession in the capital, Michele Cottle explores the connection between long-term cardiovascular problems... More »

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Dick Cheney • cardiovascular disease • health • dementia • heart • stress • cognitive decline

Britney: It Was All Postpartum Depression

Spears, in rehab,
isn't copping to substance abuse

Mar 11, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears is doing time in rehab, but she's not toeing the line on why she's there. Spies at the pricey Promises clinic tell US Weekly that she caved to pressure from her family and manager to check herself in, but she's not copping to a substance abuse problem. More »

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Britney Spears • rehab • Promises Treatment Centers • post partum depression • health • depression • patient • celebrity

Lung Scans Fail To Cut Deaths

New study disputes  value of CT scans for early detection

Mar 7, 07 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - CT scans, once hailed as a breakthrough in early detection of lung cancer, fail to save lives, according to research published yesterday. In a study of 3,246 smokers or former smokers, the scans led to the discovery of more tumors—and more surgeries—than in a control group, but... More »

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cancer • technology • health • lung cancer • CT scans • medical study

Tech-Savvy Docs Get More Time With Patients

New software allows them to run "micropractices"

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A growing number of primary care doctors are opting out of hospitals and big medical groups to open up mom 'n' pop doc shops. Key to these "micropractices,"  reports the Wall Street Journal, is technology that allows doctors to schedule their own appointments, order prescriptions, and process... More »

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medicine • health care • technology • health care costs • health • micropractice • doctor

Plastic Surgeons
Cut a New Path
Down Under

Forget breast implants: The frontier in plastic surgery is below the belt

Mar 6, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - David Matlock, a flamboyant California gynecologist who's been a pioneer in cosmetic surgery aimed at giving women "a youthful, aesthetic look" for their nether regions, has unleashed a host of protégés now improving unsightly genitals all over the country. Despite being uninsured, the procedures are growing in... More »

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medicine • plastic surgery • medical breakthrough • vaginoplasty • David Matlock • health • women's health • gynecology • breast implants • cosmetic surgery

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