Cynthia Preloh, with her husband Brian Preloh, rests in her hospital room after a kidney transplant at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Preloh underwent an unusual procedure that allowed her to receive a kidney from her son, a kidney that she would otherwise have rejected. Preloh wasn’t expected to [...]

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday Oct. 13, 2008. Wall Street snapped back Monday from last week’s devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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A male model walks the catwalk. Gene detectives on Sunday said they had netted two genetic variants that, together, boost the risk of male baldness sevenfold.(AFP/File)

- SUNDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) — New genetic links to male pattern
baldness have been discovered by researchers in England and Germany.

It's the second genetic connection to the kind [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Feeling particularly hungry is a common
symptom — with many possible causes.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list:

Stress or anxiety.
Premenstrual syndrome.
A side effect of taking certain medications, including some
corticosteroids or antidepressants.
Bulimia.
Graves' disease
Hyperthyroidism.
Diabetes.
Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

- (HealthDay News) — Keeping a health journal is a great way to
share your medical history with your doctors.

The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this advice on what to
record:

Any illness or injury.
Any surgery or procedure.
Any time you go to the hospital.
Any allergies to food, substances or medications.
A history, in your immediate family, [...]

- MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) - Infant victims of abuse whose
families don't have private health insurance are almost four times more
likely to die, compared with abused babies who are privately insured, a
new study finds.

In addition, abused infants from poor families are 3.5 to almost seven
times more likely to die compared [...]

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

Personal Music Players Pose Hearing
Threat

Personal music players could cause permanent hearing loss for as many
as 10 million of the estimated 50 million to 100 million Europeans who use
them, according to experts who conducted a study for the European
Union.

The specialists [...]

- MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) — The NeuroStar TMS
(Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system has been approved by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for people with major depressive
disorder who haven't seen satisfactory improvement from at least one prior
antidepressant medication, device maker Neuronetics said in a news
release.

TMS is a non-invasive therapy that involves stimulation of [...]

- MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) — Healthy cells in an embryonic mouse
heart can regenerate and replace diseased ones during development, but
they may not be able to completely offset the later onset of cardiac
problems, a new study shows.

The findings, previously observed only in non-mammals, give researchers
insight into how early onset cardiac disease may [...]

- MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) — The leading children's
medical organization in the United States on Monday announced that it has
doubled the amount of vitamin D recommended for infants, children and
adolescents.

The increase, from 200 international units (IU) to 400 IU per day,
starting in the first few days of life, was detailed in a news [...]