Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn
Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories.
Surgery restores hand function in US patient
For the first time, US surgeons have used a new type of operation called nerve transfer to restore hand function in a patient who was paralyzed by a neck injury, said a study published Tuesday.
HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study
People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found.
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer’s
The Obama administration is adopting a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's disease, with an ambitious goal of finding some effective treatments by 2025.
Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.
St Jude is latest to launch blood pressure device
(Reuters) - St Jude Medical Inc said it won European approval to begin selling a device that lowers blood pressure by creating tiny scars along the renal nerves, joining a growing number of medical technology companies developing hypertension treatments. The St Jude device, called the EnligHTN Renal Denervation System, is intended for patients whose high blood pressure is resistant to drug therapy, or about one quarter of those who have hypertension. An estimated 68 million Americans, or one in three, have high blood pressure, considered a risk factor for heart disease, the world's No. ...
Two-Drug Combo Helps Teens With Migraines
TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- A two-drug combination that relieves migraines in adults also works well in adolescents, new research indicates.
U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines
TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- "Team-based care" should be used to improve patients' blood pressure control, the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommended on Tuesday.
U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study
TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The lives of more than 740,000 people in nine African countries were saved between 2004 and 2008 by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a new study indicates.
Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight
"Should I, shouldn't I?" That's the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he's considering getting circumcised.
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