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Health hot topics
Sleepwalking is more widespread than commonly believed, according to a recent study led by Stanford University, and has been linked to... Would you try to lose weight by 'feeding tube' diet?It is perhaps today's most maligned diet — assailed as "crazy" and "gross" since pictures emerged last month of... |
Weekly health headlines
Researchers eye saliva for patient testingNo one likes to get stuck with a needle. But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other... |
Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believedThe story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist to speak out about the... |
Calcium supplements increase risk of heart attacksTaking calcium supplements increases the risk of having a heart attack, Swiss and German researchers reported Wednesday. The finding adds to... |
In daughter's illness, mom learns lessons of parentingAbout 200 children in the United States each year develop the kind of tumor 4-year-old Caitlin has. They are serious because they intertwine... |
Robots useful in hysterectomiesA common operation in the United States, hysterectomies are now going high-tech as many surgeons embrace robotics as another tool to help... |
Lasers take aim at brain tumorsLasers have been used in cancer surgeries since the mid-1970s, but only in the last few years have they been used in brain cancer. The FDA... |
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