- SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — A sweeping genetic analysis
suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to
predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and
which do not.

But the findings also underscore the difficulty of making such
predictions, especially in the case of people with the earliest forms [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Alzheimer's patients given a popular
rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic
improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that
the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and
their families.

The study, reported on Sunday in the journal BioMed Central
BMC Neurology, involved 12 patients who had greatly improved
language recall shortly after treatment with Enbrel, [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
U.S. and Canadian researchers have
taken steps toward developing a gene test to determine whether
a patient's lung cancer is especially aggressive, or whether
radical treatment can be avoided.

The researchers reported on Sunday that they analyzed lung
cancer tissue from 442 people to confirm that measuring the
activity of certain genes can help predict early on which [...]

- SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — Spider and varicose veins in
women can be caused by a number of factors, including hormone
fluctuations, wearing high-heeled shoes, age, heat, obesity and type of
occupation, says the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS).

In 2005, U.S. dermasurgeons (doctors who specialize in skin and
vein-related conditions) performed almost 300,000 vein-related procedures,
of [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Every year, Chicago-based cardiologist
Ziyad Hijazi accompanies two or three children and their
families to his native Jordan for heart operations using
medical devices that are not approved in the United States.

In one such case, Hijazi implanted a device to close a hole
between the lower chambers of the heart in a child from
Massachusetts. The device, [...]

PARIS (AFP) - La poursuite des négociations entre syndicats de médecins libéraux et assurance-maladie, ainsi qu’une mobilisation des syndicats de cadres contre la réforme du temps de travail vont ryhtmer une semaine sociale plutôt allégée en cette période estivale.
Mardi, la troisième séance de négociations sur les cinq prévues entre la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (Cnam) [...]

Viele Babys und Kleinkinder reisen ohne Beschwerden, doch manchen Kindern wird schnell übel. Vor allem bei kurvenreichen Strecken im Auto oder bei einem unruhigen Flug müssen sie sich teilweise sogar übergeben. Ursache dafür kann eine übermäßige Reizung des Gleichgewichtsorgans im Ohr sein. Leidet ein Kind bei längeren Fahrten oder Flügen unter der Reisekrankheit, helfen leichtes [...]

A man stands at the counter inside a McDonald's restaurant at the Times Square in New York June 9, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) -
A new rule requiring New York chain
restaurants to post calorie information on their menus took
effect on Friday, marking a first for a U.S. city.

Starting on Saturday, health inspectors can slap [...]