- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has approved an extended release form of Keppra
(levetiracetam) as an add-on treatment for people with epileptic seizures
aged 16 and older, Belgian drug maker UCB said Monday.

“While many people with epilepsy are successfully treated with one or
more of the currently available anti-epileptic drugs, [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Physicians should offer drug
treatment to women and men who've been diagnosed with osteoporosis or low
bone density, says a recently issued clinical practice guideline by the
American College of Physicians (ACP).

In addition, doctors should consider drug treatment to prevent
fractures in patients at risk of developing osteoporosis.

The guideline [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Beta blocker drugs don't
prevent development of heart failure in people with high blood pressure
and should not be used as first-line treatment for the condition, an
analysis of studies indicates.

“For heart failure, beta blockers clearly are an integral therapy,”
said Dr. Marrick Kukin, a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia
University's [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — People with diabetes and those
with larger stomach pouches are less likely than others to have good
weight loss after gastric bypass surgery, according to University of
California, San Francisco, researchers.

In this procedure, surgeons restrict food intake by creating a smaller
stomach pouch that bypasses large sections of the digestive [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Human stem cells derived from bone
marrow can cut the brain damage caused by an interruption in blood supply,
such as what happens after a heart attack, scientists report.

Although these initial results were seen in mice, researchers are
hopeful the breakthrough will one day help humans struck by cardiac arrest
or [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — A test that uses immune
system biomarkers to detect lung cancer can identify the presence of the
disease a year before diagnosis, long before a patient experiences any
symptoms, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center in Seattle and the University of Michigan.

They noted the immune system [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Sweeping lifestyle changes including
a better diet and more exercise can raise the body's levels of
an enzyme closely involved in controlling the aging process,
U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

The small study involved 30 men with low-risk prostate
cancer who underwent three months of lifestyle changes. They
had blood levels of the enzyme telomerase 29 percent higher
after [...]

Superstar couple Angelina Jolie (L) and Brad Pitt, pictured in 2007, have donated two million dollars to help children affected by AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia, announced the nonprofit group Global Health Committee (GHC) announced Monday.(AFP/File/Max Nash)

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -
Superstar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated two million dollars to help children affected [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Drug-coated stents implanted into
clogged heart arteries are associated with a significantly
lower risk of death than bare-metal versions, researchers at
the Cleveland Clinic said on Monday.

Use of stents coated with drugs to prevent scar tissue from
reclogging arteries cleared of plaque has fallen as much as 50
percent in recent years due to concerns the tiny [...]

Evan Ewing, 4, works out in Placentia, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. It may sound like a grown-up workout, but more parents are turning to gyms to make sure their children get some exercise. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

NEW YORK - Like many parents, Diana Ennen had trouble getting her daughter Amber to exercise.
So [...]