Vol. 138 No. 2777, February 2010
Index
- A bad deal in store for America's young adults.
- Drug-resistant bacteria invade U.S. hospitals.
- Threat increasing from deadly superbug.
- Breast cancer patients who have a poor relationship with their spouse may face a more difficult road to recovery than would other women.
- How does the swine flu virus work?
- Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia allows patients to administer their own pain medication.
- Look in the mirror.
- More than 1,700,000 visits to hospital emergency departments across the nation were associated with some form of substance misuse or abuse.
- New drug cripples deadly bacteria.
- People who have torn their anterior cruciate ligament--responsible for rotational stability in the knee--are more likely to have a smaller ligament than similarly sized individuals who never have sustained the injury, suggests a study by Ajit Chaudhari, assistant professor of orthopedics at Ohio State University, Columbus.
- Small-bowel transplant.
- There appears to be a new strategy for mending broken hearts.
- Bed rest wouldn't do for pioneering feminist.
- Poor adult health created in childhood.
- Positive feelings for private parts.
- Estrogen improves lung function.
- The wrinkly beauty of self-acceptance.
- Adolescents: smoking riskier than drugs.
- Boys work harder and longer for caffeine fix.
- Drugs take toll on good and bad kids alike.
- Diesel exhaust feeds solid tumors.
- Embarrassment and fear put off patients.
- Noninvasive treatment may be on the horizon.
- Do you believe in miracles?
- Apnea therapy improves golf game.
- Medical literacy comes to the new world.
- Mystery disease has no diagnosis--or cure.
- Broccoli helps you breathe easier.
- Employ these sure-fire weight-loss boosters.
- Injured youngsters need to stay involved.
- Overuse of NSAIDs harms athletes.
- Try collagen injection if surgery fails.
- When words are as important as deeds.
- Effects do not always stop with the skin.
- Exercise helps ease aching and swelling.
- Same surgery, different discomfort.
- Ways to get the most out of running.
- Bone marrow injection reverses damage.
- Mouth-to-mouth not needed, oxygen is.
- Portable device replaces ventilator.
- Surgical quality difficult to evaluate.
- Hairstylists can help elderly in need.
- Overseas care no match for U.S.
- Prepare for medical bills beyond belief.