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  1. Tanning Booths Increase Risk of Most Common Skin Cancer

    WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Dec 15, 2011

    The skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, looks like open sores, red patches, pink growths, or shiny bumps. This type of skin cancer is usually not lethal but can be disfiguring. Many previous studies have linked indoor tanning to melanoma, a… Full Story »

  2. Stem cell injection may help Katie Sharify

    San Francisco Chronicle: Health &bull Dec 14, 2011

    When Katie Sharify leaves Santa Clara Valley Medical Center today, she won't be walking out. She knows that she may never walk again. But she leaves a trailblazer - only the fifth person in the United States to be... Full Story »

  3. NTSB: Cell phones should not be used while driving

    San Francisco Chronicle: Health &bull Dec 13, 2011

    Using electronic devices behind the wheel is dangerous and no drivers should be allowed to use cell phones - even hands-free devices - while driving, the National Transportation Safety Board said today. The five-member... Full Story »


  4. Brooke Shields talks Christmas traditions

    She Knows: Celebrity Pregnancy &bull Dec 13, 2011

    In an article featured in the current issue Scholastic Parent & Child, celebrity mom of two Brooke Shields spoke about her important family connections and the traditions they share come Christmas time. On staying close and communicating well with her… Full Story »

  5. Brooke Shields: "No Cell Phones At The Table!"

    Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Dec 12, 2011

    Actress Brooke Shields covers the latest edition of Scholastic Parent & Child. Currently starring as Morticia in The Addams Family on Broadway, the actress/mom performs eight shows a week--three matinees plus five evening performances. The busy mom opens up about… Full Story »

  6. Top Doctor Topics of 2011

    WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Dec 7, 2011

    Concerns about drugs, both prescription and illegal, made headlines during 2011. The possibility of cancer from cell phones came into the spotlight as well. But not all news was about warnings and scares. The FDA approved a new drug for diabetes, linagliptin, giving people with type 2 diabetes another treatment… Full Story »


  7. A new step forward in stem cell research

    CNN: Women's Health &bull Nov 21, 2011

    Atlanta (CNN) -- A 50-year-old man from Trion, Georgia, is the first person to be injected with stem cells in the upper part of the spinal cord, making him yet another pioneer in the scientific quest to use stem cells to heal. Richard Grosjean received the treatment Friday. He is part of an ongoing FDA-approved clinical trial that is testing the safety of injecting stem cells into the spinal cords of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Grosjean's ALS was diagnosed a little over two years ago, his wife, Tracie, told CNN. He… Full Story »

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  8. Cops: Woman tried to smuggle drugs in hollow Bible

    San Francisco Chronicle: Health &bull Nov 21, 2011

    (11-21) 14:02 PST Lancaster, S.C. (AP) -- Deputies in South Carolina say a woman used two hollowed-out Bibles to try to smuggle weapons, drugs and a cell phone to a prison inmate. Sheriff Barry Faile said Monday... Full Story »


  9. Stem cells: Research funding and the 2012 elections

    Chicago Tribune &bull Nov 21, 2011

    Last week, as the 2012 election season heated up, three researchers reported on American attitudes toward federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Full Story »

  10. Texting May Be New Arena for Bullies

    WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Nov 21, 2011

    Nov. 21, 2011 -- Texting among U.S. children is increasing in popularity, and as a result, more kids may be harassed or bullied via text messages, a new study finds. The study included 1,588 young people aged 10 to 15… Full Story »


  11. Rik's desperate race to find a stem cell donor

    The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Nov 18, 2011

    When Rik Basra started feeling unwell a few months ago, he put it down to a heavy cold and overwork. As a police officer in Leicester, he had to be on duty during the summer riots. However, the 52-year-old father… Full Story »


  12. If your symptoms persist, then be persistent about investigating further

    The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Nov 18, 2011

    In medicine, as in life, there should be no more reliable rule of thumb than the necessity to think again when things do not work out as expected. But sometimes this is not straightforward, and has unfortunate consequences - as… Full Story »


  13. Cancer 'can go undetected for a decade'

    The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Nov 16, 2011

    Millions of people carry tumours which go undetected for a decade because they do not shed tell-tale substances into bloodstream, a study claims. But a mathematical study by Stanford University scientists in America indicates that it could take a cancer… Full Story »

  14. Geron exits stem cell research

    Chicago Tribune &bull Nov 16, 2011

    Biotech company Geron Corp. announced Monday that it would cease work on its stem cell programs, citing financial reasons. Full Story »

  15. CL goes undercover in a Charlotte 'crisis pregnancy center'

    Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Nov 15, 2011

    On a sunny morning in October, I walk into the Pregnancy Resource Center on East 4th Street, in the shadows of Presbyterian Hospital, to take a pregnancy test. Inside, the office is quiet -- by design. A sign in the lobby asks for silence and forbids conversation on cell phones or with other women waiting to be seen. Before coming here, I had checked the center's website, which advertises free pregnancy tests and notes that the facility does not perform abortions… Full Story »


  16. Professor Weissberg discusses the in roads being made into creating new heart cells

    The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Nov 14, 2011

    But, because the heart can't mend itself, many survivors are left with badly damaged hearts and heart failure, a debilitation condition that causes breathlessness on even the most ordinary day to day activities such as dressing and washing. The only… Full Story »

  17. Stem Cells Repair Heart in First-Ever Study

    WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Nov 14, 2011

    Nov. 14, 2011 -- The first use of heart stem cells in humans looks like a major breakthrough for people suffering heart failure after heart attacks. It's early -- results are in for only the first 16 patients -- but… Full Story »

  18. Health Highlights: Nov. 9, 2011

    MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Nov 10, 2011

    Doctors should appeal to young people's vanity in order to convince them to reduce their sun exposure, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says in draft recommendations released Wednesday. For example, showing youth ages 10 to 24 how too much sun exposure can affect their facial appearance now and later in life can be much more effective than warning them about skin cancer. We now have a reasonable level of evidence that we are able to change behavior in teens and… Full Story »

  19. Parents pray, jets grounded for Korea college exam (Reuters)

    Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Nov 9, 2011

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Jets will be grounded across South Korea and anxious parents will pray while their children take annual exams that could lead them to one of the country's top universities and eventually a good job for life. As… Full Story »

  20. Autism linked with excess of neurons in prefrontal cortex

    Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Nov 9, 2011

    The scientists discovered a 67 percent excess of cortical cells -- a type of brain cell only made before birth -- in children with autism. The findings suggest that the disorder may arise from prenatal processes gone awry, according to lead researcher Eric Courchesne, PhD, professor of neurosciences at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Autism Center of Excellence. Relying on meticulous, direct cell counting, the study -- to be published November 9 by the Journal of the American Medical Society (JAMA) and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health -- confirms a… Full Story »

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