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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Saturday, November 05, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's Health News: Withdrawn drug may help in Crohn's disease Osteoporosis screening, therapy is cost effective Pulse pressure predicts stroke recurrence Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes Low blood sugar a risk for active diabetic kids Waist and hips best heart attack checks for obese Trichomoniasis: a common STD in young US adults Probe Finds Dose Fatal to Calif. Patient US OKs generic AIDS drug for children's use abroad Alcohol may help preserve brain health New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors Withdrawn drug may help in Crohn's disease Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:55 pm PST Reuters - A drug pulled from the market by the manufacturer following reports of serious side effects in patients with multiple sclerosis may help some sufferers of Crohn's disease, a new study showed. Full Story Top Osteoporosis screening, therapy is cost effective Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:32 am PST Reuters - Screening all postmenopausal women for osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones, using bone densitometry and treatment of women found to have this condition is highly cost effective, regardless of age. Full Story Top Pulse pressure predicts stroke recurrence Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:16 pm PST Reuters - An increase in 24-hour pulse pressure in patients who have undergone a first stroke indicates an increased risk of experiencing another within a year, Greek researchers report. Full Story Top Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:17 pm PST Reuters - The long-lasting weight reduction achieved with laparoscopic gastric banding, a minimally invasive type of weight loss surgery, can help in the prevention and remission of type 2 diabetes in obese patients, according to a report in the journal Diabetes Care. The surgery also helps stave off high blood pressure. Full Story Top Low blood sugar a risk for active diabetic kids Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:37 am PST Reuters - Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to have an overnight drop in blood sugar on days when they get exercise, according to a new study. Full Story Top Waist and hips best heart attack checks for obese Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:11 pm PST Reuters - Measuring the ratio between waist and hip sizes is the best way of checking for the risk of heart attack in the obese, a global study showed on Friday. Full Story Top Trichomoniasis: a common STD in young US adults Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:17 am PST Reuters - More than 2 percent of young adults in the United States have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) called trichomoniasis -- including more than 10 percent of young black women, according to a new report. Full Story Top Probe Finds Dose Fatal to Calif. Patient Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:59 pm PST AP - State health regulators cited a second Kaiser Permanente hospital in the South Bay for giving the wrong medication this summer to a patient who later died. Full Story Top US OKs generic AIDS drug for children's use abroad Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:14 am PST Reuters - U.S. health regulators approved a generic liquid version of GlaxoSmithKline's AIDS drug Epivir for use under the nation's program to help fight the disease in other countries, officials said on Friday. Full Story Top Alcohol may help preserve brain health Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:15 am PST Reuters - Elderly men and women with a history of mild-to-moderate drinking may experience less mental decline over time than seniors who do not consume alcoholic drinks, study findings suggest. The findings imply that mild-to-moderate alcohol consumption may play a role in helping preserve cognitive function. Full Story Top New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered a promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme -- one of the most common and deadliest types of brain tumor. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.