Vol. 136 No. 2753, February 2008
Index
- Lowering BMI cutoff may reduce heart attacks.
- Medical boards fear aggressive prosecution.
- "Skinny gene" does exist.
- Gastric bypass extends lifespan.
- Antibodies associated with transplant rejection of otherwise healthy kidneys have been identified for the first time by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, collaborating with colleagues in Germany.
- Breast cancer is among the top 10 causes of death--more than 40,000 in 2007--in women in the U.S.
- For many with chronic headaches, the anxiety-laden anticipation of an episode could be as debilitating as the pain itself.
- Overweight toddlers most at risk.
- Pathological gambling appears to run in families, assert researchers at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, as their children are more likely to become pathological gamblers themselves.
- Poor options affect kids' weight gain.
- The ability to treat men who repeatedly abuse women may be improved through individualized therapy rather than the traditional group approach.
- The energy bill signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush may be a significant victory for environmentalists--mandating that auto manufacturers increase average mileage of cars, SUVs, and light trucks to 35 mpg by 2020.
- Opening doors for African-American surgeons.
- Pioneers of the O.R.
- Real food better than supplements.
- Mineral zinc linked to blindness.
- Drug marketing aids medical decisions.
- Gulf War vets more susceptible.
- Meth-laced ecstasy coming from Canda.
- Risk of opioid addiction remains low.
- Drawing blood no longer necessary.
- Options to prevent pounding pain.
- An "Expression of Hope" from the afflicted.
- Post-40 weight gain decreases survival.
- MRI reveals disease in "opposite" breast.
- Benefits of community health screenings.
- Constipation likely cause in children.
- Pill provides tasteless alternative.
- New technique better detects hearing loss.
- Preventive measures for high school sports.
- More effective method needed.
- Stress may leave your mouth a mess.
- Viable human blood substitute found?
- Chronic stress steals years from caregivers.
- Hospice use saves money for Medicare.
- Insulin pen saves thousands of dollars.
- Decision analysis of when to have child.
- Estrogen protects pregnant women.
- Maternal and newborn death rates rising.
- Sex ed programs actually can work.
- HIV-1 in U.S. traced back to Haiti.
- Microbicide design for AIDS prevention.
- Dark days for the dark continent.