A man shows off a bag of allegedly contaminated Sanlu milk powder, believed to have caused his baby to be hospitalised in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, September 13. Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of China's latest food scare, has apologised for its contaminated milk powder which has killed two babies and made [...]

Pigs are seen at a farm in a file photo. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
A treatment for varicose veins
helped cut the appetites of healthy, growing pigs and might
offer a less radical alternative to weight-loss surgery for
obese people, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

They injected a chemical into blood vessels supplying a
very specific part of the stomach [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Gastric electrical stimulation
using the Tantalus system (MetaCure Ltd) can potentially
improve glucose control and induce weight loss in obese type 2
diabetic patients who are poorly controlled with oral
antidiabetic medication, according to preliminary study results
reported at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
in Rome.

The Tantalus system is a device that induces [...]

ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) -
The results of a study presented
on Monday show that Avastin combined with gemcitabine-cisplatin
chemotherapy improves the time lung cancer patients live
without progression of the disease, according to Swiss
drugmaker Roche. There was also a positive trend to extended
survival.

Patients with previously untreated, advanced non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) survived up to 30 percent longer without
disease progression [...]

A man shows off a bag of allegedly contaminated Sanlu milk powder, believed to have caused his baby to be hospitalised in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, September 13. Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of China's latest food scare, has apologised for its contaminated milk powder which has killed two babies and made [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
A drug compound showed promise at
reversing Huntington's disease in mice without the toxic
effects seen in similar compounds, raising hope for a treatment
for this fatal, hereditary brain disorder, U.S. researchers
said on Monday.

The team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla,
California, studied HDACi 4b, a modified form of a group of
compounds known as [...]

Doctors and nurses assist in the preparation of a patient during a breast implant and skin reduction surgery in Monmouth, New Jersey October 30, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Surgical residents at a large teaching
hospital who worked shorter shifts were less likely to make
mistakes during gallbladder surgery, U.S. researchers said on
Monday.

The study offers some of [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Some stress is unavoidable, but there are
things you can do to prevent stress from taking over your life and making
health problems worse.

The Cleveland Clinic offers these suggestions:

Stick to a healthy diet, get plenty of exercise, avoid smoking and
limit the amount of alcohol you drink.
Don't allow others to make demands [...]

- (HealthDay News) - When a loved one is recovering from a major
illness, he or she may need a lot of help and support.

The American Heart Association offers these suggestions:

Offer plenty of support and encouragement, and look for support groups
for both of you to join.
Go along for doctor appointments. Ask questions and take notes, [...]

- MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Increased expression of a gene
called SIRT1 in cancer cells is a major factor in the development of
resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, says a National Cancer
Institute study.

In healthy people, the SIRT1 gene regulates a number of important
cellular processes, including nutrient use and metabolism. In cancer
patients, the gene [...]