A woman holds her three year old son Navish Ram who suffers from hydrocephalus and skin cancer in some 250 kms west of Chandigarh(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)

BATHINDA, India (AFP) -
In India the “cancer express” is a train on which cheap cancer treatment is offered on the move.
It's a 10-hour ride from a district in Punjab with a [...]

A child suffering from malnutrition in Jakarta. Climate change has helped push malnutrition in the Indonesian half-island of West Timor to levels “higher than in Africa,” aid group Church World Service said(AFP/File/Adek Berry)

JAKARTA (AFP) -
Climate change has helped push malnutrition in the Indonesian half-island of West Timor to levels “higher than in Africa,” aid group [...]

- WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Men who keep their cholesterol
down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a
protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says.

“Prostate cancer is controlled by the male hormone testosterone. The
main molecule that forms testosterone is cholesterol,” said Dr. Murugesan
Manoharan, an associate professor [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Asthma in children can have many different
physical and behavioral symptoms. Paying close attention to your child can
help you spot the early warning signs of asthma.

Here's a list of common symptoms, courtesy of the American Lung
Association:

Coughing that is not related to an illness, especially at night.
Frequently clearing of the throat.
Irregular breathing.
Wheezing, [...]

- THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — The first national print
advertising campaign focusing on the quality of care in American hospitals
was launched this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.

The ads, which began appearing May 21 in 58 major daily newspapers,
promote the department's Hospital Compare Web site, which is designed to
help consumers [...]

- THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Standard cholesterol
evaluations may help predict which women are at risk for heart problems
while taking hormone replacement therapy, and which women are not.

Simply put, those with good cholesterol levels experience no increased
risk for heart attacks while taking hormone therapy, while women with high
levels do have a heightened risk, [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

If you are 18 or older and have histologically
confirmed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, you may be eligible to
participate in this study.

The research site is in Newark, Del.

More information

Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat203.html.
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Epilepsy

If you have been diagnosed with epilepsy, have had two
to 40 seizures [...]

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

U.S. Creates Drug and Medical Device
Surveillance System

The U.S. government will establish a surveillance system to help
monitor the safety of drugs and other medical products on the market.

The system will analyze Medicare claims data for signs of problems with
medicines and [...]

- THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Green tea may counter the
cognitive problems that come with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a new
study suggests.

Green tea polyphenols (GTP) appear to negate the increased oxidative
stress that affects brain tissue in areas involved in learning and memory
in people with OSA, reports the study, published in the second [...]

- THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — New insights into lung
disease and lung function in young adults are provided in two new
studies.

The researchers analyzed data from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute's CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young
Adults) observational cohort, which recently completed 20 years of health
assessments in more than 5,000 young [...]