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Mammogram Rate Drops Slightly In U.S. (Reuters Health)
A slight drop in the rate of women getting mammograms in the United States is "worrying," and might suggest it is becoming difficult to be tested, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.

January 23, 2007

Smokers Who Made Unsuccessful Quit Smoking Resolutions Offered Second Chance
On Jan. 23, more than $2.7 million worth of therapeutic nicotine, including full-size boxes of NicoDerm CQ®, Nicorette® or Commit ® 2 mg will be given away.

January 22, 2007

Blacks Likely To Get Less Experienced Surgeons (Reuters Health)
On the surface, it looks like good news. While black patients usually have less access than whites to the latest medical technologies, that doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to advanced heart bypass surgery performed while the heart is beating -- but there's a catch.

January 18, 2007

Sex Difference Seen In Risk Factors For Suicide After Depression (Reuters Health)
Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression differ between men and women, according to study findings published in the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

January 17, 2007

Protect Yourself From Stroke: What You Can Do
According to the American Stroke Association, every forty-five seconds in America, someone has a stroke. More than 157,000 people will die from a stroke this year, and 61 percent of those deaths will be women.

Cancer Deaths Finally On Decline In U.S.: Survey (Reuters Health)
About 3,000 fewer people died from cancer in the United States from 2003 to 2004, the American Cancer Society reported on Wednesday.

January 16, 2007

African-American Heart Attack Survivors Cite Experience As a 'Wake-Up Call' To Address Health And Life Issues
African-Americans who have suffered a heart attack consider their experience a “wake-up call” that leads to reevaluating priorities, growing closer to faith and recognizing the importance of strong heart health behaviors, according to new survey findings announced today by the National Medical Association (NMA).

January 11, 2007

The Danger of Childhood Obesity
Nothing looks cuter than a baby chubby with baby fat. Yet, that same baby fat should be cause for concern when it remains on a toddler.

January 10, 2007

Black Men in Focus in U.S. HIV Drug Trial (Reuters Health)
Much of the early AIDS research in the United States focused on gay white men because they were the first group affected and subsequently developed an effective lobbying voice.

January 09, 2007

Call Can Boost Cancer Screening in Minorities (Reuters Health)
Telephone outreach is an effective way to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among men and women in a predominantly African American urban minority population, a new study shows.