Jingle Luis, a 15-year-old girl from the Philippines who was born with severely clubbed feet, steps in to an elevator at New York’s Montefiore Medical Center under the watchful eye of Dr. Terry Amaral, Wednesday July 2, 2008. Doctors took off her post-surgical casts and replaced them with special support braces and her first pair [...]

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey officials have issued a health alert saying six people have been sickened by mistaking lamp oil for apple juice, including one person who died.
Bruce Ruck of the state Poison Information and Education System says the six drank small amounts of the oil, which resembles apple juice in color and is [...]

- (HealthDay News) — As a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer's,
administering their medication — and preventing missed pills or the wrong
dosages — can be a daunting responsibility.

The Alzheimer's Association offers these suggestions:

Learn about each medication before you administer it. Make sure you
know exactly what each pill is for, and its possible side effects.
In clear [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Headaches have a variety of causes and
triggers, but stress is a common factor in many types of headache.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers these suggestions to
lessen stress and reduce your chances of a headache:

Get plenty of sleep every night.
Maintain a healthy diet, including staying away from junk food.
Don't smoke.
Get [...]

- WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — The spiritual effects of a
substance in “sacred mushrooms” can last more than a year, Johns Hopkins
researchers claim.

The scientists said their investigations may lead to new ways to help
people with conditions such as cancer, depression and drug dependence.

In a previous study, the researchers gave psilocybin to 36 healthy,
well-educated [...]

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

Kroger Widens Ground Beef Recall

The Kroger grocery chain expanded its recall of ground beef sold in
Michigan and Ohio after the U.S. Department of Agriculture identified the
supplier of the products, which may be contaminated with E coli
bacteria, the Associated [...]

- WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans are
afflicted by breakouts of unsightly cold sores, caused by the herpes
simplex 1 virus, but new research is finally offering them the possibility
of a cure.

Scientists at Duke University say they've unlocked the mystery of how
herpes simplex 1 slips into dormancy and stays dormant — evading [...]

- WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Not as many men as women
make it to their 90s or beyond, but those who do have an advantage over
their female counterparts: Researchers found that males aged 90 and older
are more likely to avoid dementia than women of similar age.

There's no clear reason for the striking discrepancy, [...]

- WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — A new technique for finding
and analyzing stray cancer cells in the blood of lung cancer patients may
make it possible for doctors to one day not only determine the genetic
“signature” of particular tumors but to monitor changes in those cells and
adjust treatments accordingly.

“I think this is key [...]

- WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Injecting the
artery-constricting hormone vasopressin in addition to adrenaline did not
improve survival among people who had sudden cardiac arrest in an European
trial, but American cardiologists said the finding does not rule out use
of that treatment in some cases.

The report comes from a group, primarily French, that several years [...]