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Can saliva samples replace blood work?

Diagnostic Testing

Kids curious about genetic dads.

Donor Insemination - Brief Article

Home testing for rare disease.

Genetic Disorders

'Memory and other cognitive functions do not show significant decline in all elderly,' contends Beth Ober, professor of human development at the University of California, Davis.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Blood tests to determine the amount of cholesterol and the lipid triglyceride in the bloodstream, which are primary risk factors for heart disease, are nearly always conducted after a 12-hour fast.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Children living on pig farms.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Doctors appear willing to use intensive measures to lessen otherwise untreatable pain and severe symptoms in dying patients even if the treatment at least in theory, risks hastening the dying process.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Groups considered at high risk for the flu should consider getting a pneumonia vaccine as well.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Increased mortality following discharge.

Hospitalization

Interacting with and petting animals.

Health Beat - Brief Article

Mail order drugs tainted by heat.

Prescriptions

Sleep researchers from the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and colleagues report sleep loss and fatigue affect medical residents in several ways, including learning, job performance, and personal relationships.

Health Beat - Brief Article

The proportion of admissions to substance treatment programs for abuse of narcotic prescription medications, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine has increased in the past 10 years, while those for cocaine abuse declined.

Health Beat

Doctors now writing 'info' prescriptions.

Internet - Brief Article

Librarians give pointers for online searches.

Health Information

An apple a day may keep dementia away.

Alzheimer's Disease

Many tests and surgeries simply are a waste.

Health Care System

Memory loss but not Alzheimer's.

Neurology - Brief Article

Contributing gene finally found.

Autism

Many short kids happy as is.

Growth Hormones

Oral exposure boosting infection.

AIDS

Counseling improves immune system.

Breast Cancer

Cure-all drug remains risky.

Breast Tumors - Brief Article

Disease may be family affair.

Cancer - Brief Article

Cellular inflammation precursor to heart disease.

Endocrinology - Brief Article

Exhibition explores images of quacks and quackery.

Medicinal Artistry

Statins sustain cardiac victims.

Heart Medication - Brief Article

Don't be haunted by a toothless grin.

Periodontics - Brief Article

Former smokers survive longer.

Pulmonary Disease

Minimizing damage after a heart attack.

Cardiovascular System