- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Blogs written by medical
professionals may pose a threat to patient privacy, because the authors of
the blogs may inadvertently reveal patient information, says a U.S. study
that's the first to examine the issue.

The researchers analyzed the contents of 271 medical blogs and found
that 56.8 percent contained enough information to [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — A widely used test to
monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes could help identify
millions of people with undetected diabetes, according to a consensus
statement released by a team of experts.

The hemoglobin A1c test (HbA1c) shows how much glucose red blood cells
have been exposed to in the [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Most people who have strokes
don't act quickly enough to get the clot-dissolving treatment that can
limit brain damage, a new study finds.

“One of the problems is that a lot of people don't realize that they
are having a stroke,” said Kathryn M. Rose, a research associate professor
of epidemiology at [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Many children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interact more easily with mechanical devices than
with humans, according to new reports.

Researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of
Engineering, who have presented their finding at various conferences in
the United States and in Europe this summer, found that Socially [...]

- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have discovered a
gene mutation that may cause a rare eye disease in dogs, and possibly
humans as well.

A specific variation on chromosome 5 was associated with cone-rod
dystrophy (CRD) in wire-haired dachshunds, according to a study in the
Aug. 8 online issue of Genome Research.

If the mutation is also [...]

A woman passes by a poster showing a big AIDS red ribbon at the Global Village in Mexico City. Children, long neglected in the fight against AIDS, still lack access to effective HIV detection programs and treatments, participants warned Thursday, at a six-day world AIDS conference.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)

MEXICO CITY (AFP) -
Children, long neglected in the fight [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
New research suggests that just
because a woman has family members with breast cancer, it does
not mean that she should undergo early screening for the
cancer. According to the report, there are certain factors
doctors can look for to determine whether early screening is
advisable.

“Breast cancer is very common. Familial clustering is also
rather common,” [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Results of a study in the
European Heart Journal indicate an association between heart
disease and lower thinking or “cognitive” performance in
middle-aged adults.

Using data from the Whitehall II study, Dr. Archana
Singh-Manoux, of INSERM, Cedex, France, and colleagues examined
the association between heart disease and cognition in 10,308
subjects who were 35 to 55 years [...]

Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans, February 14, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
More than 80 percent of Americans think
the U.S. health system needs either fundamental change or a
complete overhaul, according to a survey released on Thursday.

Access to care, better coordination between different
health providers and better flow [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Beauty shops are not just a
good place for a haircut anymore. In a new study, researchers
describe how they used beauty shops to get their message across
about stroke warning signs and risk factors.

The public is fairly uninformed about strokes and what the
early warning signs look like, Dr. Dawn Kleindorfer, from the
University [...]