- (HealthDay News) — Walking is a safe and easy way to get
exercise, but you should maintain proper form to prevent injury.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers these
suggestions:

Swing your arms as you walk.
Walk with your head up, and make sure your back is straight.
Keep your abdomen flat.
Point your toes straight ahead.
Walk with a [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Using the drug Rifampin to
treat people with latent tuberculosis saves time, money and lives, new
research shows.

“We found that using a therapy of four months of Rifampin instead of
the current nine months of Isoniazid costs significantly less for the
health-care system,” lead analyst Anne Aspler, of the respiratory
epidemiology and [...]

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., shows the results of a Google search of images of Tiananmen Square during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on global internet freedom on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. In China, the Google search for Tiananmen Square only displays tourist-type images rather than any [...]

- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Caffeine Before Breakfast May Increase Risk of
Type 2 Diabetes

Drinking caffeinated coffee before eating low-sugar cereal at breakfast
may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in some people, according to
researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada.

They had male volunteers [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — The cancer drug sorafenib
(Nexavar) shows promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension,
according to a University of Chicago Medical Center study.

During the study, nine patients took the drug for 16 weeks at doses
lower than those given to cancer patients. The patients also continued to
take their standard medications.

Eight of [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — The people who most need to
have repeat colonoscopies to detect precancerous growths are less likely
to get the potentially lifesaving procedures, new research shows.

“We are doing more colonoscopies among the low-risk groups and not
enough among the high-risk,” study author Dr. Adeyinka Laiyemo, a cancer
prevention research fellow at the [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that a
mechanical ventilator can ease suffering and help lung cancer patients
avoid sedation at the end of life.

A large percentage of these patients didn't want to have anything to do
with a ventilator, which requires them to wear an oxygen mask. But those
who were willing to [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Black men are less likely
than white men to have elective surgery to repair abdominal aortic
aneurysms, a new study shows.

Researchers analyzed Medicare data on men 65 and older who had elective
or urgent repairs between 2001 and 2003 to come to this conclusion.

An abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when there's [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — A national education program
in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis (bloodstream
infection) and septic shock led to improved guideline adherence and a
lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals, a new study says.

Severe sepsis accounts for one in five admissions to intensive care
units and is a [...]

- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of LDL
cholesterol “packets” that have undergone oxidation are associated with an
increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a constellation of
conditions that can lead to heart attack and stroke, a new study
finds.

Previous studies with animals and cell models have linked metabolic
syndrome to oxidized LDL cholesterol, the “bad” [...]