» Bladder trouble tied to depression, anxiety
09/05/08 19:44 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who suffer from "dysfunctional voiding" -- like having to urinate often and having difficulty voiding -- experience a greater degree of depression and anxiety compared to women without these symptoms, resea..

» Antidepressant may calm teens' irritable bowels
09/05/08 18:33 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline can reduce symptoms and improve quality of life in adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome (known as IBS), the results of a small study suggest.

» Prostate cancer deaths fall after screening program
09/05/08 18:32 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate cancer deaths fell substantially in the decade after one Austrian state began free PSA screening tests for all men ages 45 to 75, according to a new study.

» Tree-lined streets may cut city kids' asthma risk
09/05/08 18:32 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - City blocks boasting plenty of trees aren't only more pleasing to the eye; they may be healthier for children's lungs, according to research conducted in New York City.

» Child safety seats should be centered in back seat
09/05/08 18:31 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants' and toddlers' injury risks by nearly half, a new study suggests.

» U.S. clears new version of Novo Nordisk clot therapy
09/05/08 18:12 from Reuters: Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk won U.S. approval to sell a new formulation of a genetically engineered protein therapy that helps the blood clot, regulators said on Friday.

» Canadian train in quarantine after death, illness
09/05/08 17:30 from Reuters: Health
TORONTO (Reuters) - One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday.

» Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk
09/05/08 16:56 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest.

» Mom's infection may boost epilepsy risk in offspring
09/05/08 15:28 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to certain maternal infections in the womb increases the odds of epilepsy in childhood, according to an analysis of data from a Danish study. Among the infections cited were cystitis (inflammation of the..

» Prior assault boosts PTSD risk after combat
09/05/08 15:27 from Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and women who were assaulted before entering military service are more than twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after combat deployment, Navy researchers report.