What's Good for Your Heart Is Good for Your Brain

What's Good for Your Heart Is Good for Your Brain

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• What's Good for Your Heart Is Good for Your Brain
• Doc Offers High-Heel Wearers Tips to Prevent 'Hammertoe'
• Philippine city holds mass circumcision for youths
• Mourinho banned for 5 Champions League games
• Health risk from troubled Japan nuclear plant
• Computer beats doctors in finding hormone disorder
• FDA expands use of Abbott Labs' neck stent
• Sexually transmitted diseases go up in Alaska
• Hepatitis C cases rising among Massachusetts youth
• Study pushes to expand "prediabetes" label
• Hot flashes may last a decade or more: study
• Marchers aim to debunk sexual assault stereotypes
• FDA approves Novartis pancreas cancer drug
• Earlier flu shot better for pregnant women: study
• Many investors lost out on healthcare gains
• Darwin's travels may have led to illness, death
• Afinitor Approved for Rare Pancreatic Cancer
• Health Highlights: May 6, 2011

What's Good for Your Heart Is Good for Your Brain Posted: 07 May 2011 06:03 AM PDT SATURDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Some simple precautions and activities can help keep your mind sharp and your brain healthy throughout your life, an expert says.

Doc Offers High-Heel Wearers Tips to Prevent 'Hammertoe' Posted: 07 May 2011 06:03 AM PDT SATURDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Many women wear high heels because they like the way they look, but these shoes can cause foot problems such as hammertoe, a condition in which the toes painfully bend in on each other, experts warn.

Philippine city holds mass circumcision for youths Posted: 07 May 2011 02:08 AM PDT Hundreds of boys in a Philippine city turned out Saturday for a daylong "circumcision party" to provide a safe, free procedure for a rite of passage that most local males undergo as preteens.

Mourinho banned for 5 Champions League games Posted: 06 May 2011 08:23 AM PDT Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was banned for five Champions League games Friday after accusing European soccer's governing body of conspiring to help Barcelona.

Health risk from troubled Japan nuclear plant Posted: 06 May 2011 11:23 AM PDT Radioactive substances have been leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for nearly two months, and the plant is likely to continue emitting radiation into the atmosphere, and possibly into the ocean and ground wat...

Computer beats doctors in finding hormone disorder Posted: 06 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT If you show people's faces to a computer, it does better than doctors at recognizing the signs of a rare hormone disorder, researchers report in a new study.

FDA expands use of Abbott Labs' neck stent Posted: 06 May 2011 10:36 AM PDT Federal health officials have expanded approval of an artery-opening stent from Abbott to a larger group of patients at risk for stroke caused by plaque buildup in the neck arteries.

Sexually transmitted diseases go up in Alaska Posted: 06 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT Alaska has the nation's highest rate of Chlamydia and second-highest rate of gonorrhea as the sexually transmitted diseases spread in rural areas, according to the Alaska Division of Public Health.

Hepatitis C cases rising among Massachusetts youth Posted: 06 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT Hepatitis C infections are rising quickly among white youth in Massachusetts, fueled by increases in the use of heroin and other injection drugs, local and federal health researchers said Thursday.

Study pushes to expand "prediabetes" label Posted: 06 May 2011 02:23 PM PDT Having normal blood sugar levels is no guarantee against developing type 2 diabetes down the road, according to Italian researchers.

Hot flashes may last a decade or more: study Posted: 06 May 2011 01:16 PM PDT Hot flashes that are common during and after menopause may last an average of more than 10 years, suggests a new study.

Marchers aim to debunk sexual assault stereotypes Posted: 06 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT The dress code is casual, but the message is serious: no matter what you are wearing, no one invites sexual assault.

FDA approves Novartis pancreas cancer drug Posted: 06 May 2011 02:22 PM PDT Novartis AG's cancer drug Afinitor has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a rare type of pancreatic cancer that has few treatment options.

Earlier flu shot better for pregnant women: study Posted: 06 May 2011 01:14 PM PDT Experts recommend that pregnant women get a flu shot each year, and now a new study suggests that the earlier they do it, the better.

Many investors lost out on healthcare gains Posted: 06 May 2011 01:15 PM PDT Healthcare funds posted nearly 20 percent gains over the past year -- and have outperformed all other sectors in 2011 -- but many investors may have missed out on the profits as they worried over the fallout from the U.S. healthcare overhaul.

Darwin's travels may have led to illness, death Posted: 06 May 2011 05:11 PM PDT The very travels that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and shaped modern biology may have led to one of the illnesses that plagued the British naturalist for decades and ultimately led to his death, a gastroenterologist said Friday.

Afinitor Approved for Rare Pancreatic Cancer Posted: 06 May 2011 08:48 PM PDT FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Afinitor (everolimus) has been expanded to include people with progressive neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas (PNET) that have spread to other parts of the body ...

Health Highlights: May 6, 2011 Posted: 06 May 2011 08:48 PM PDT Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

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