- TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Smokers with a family history of
brain aneurysm are at extreme risk of suffering a stroke from a ruptured
aneurysm themselves, a new study shows.

The study, backed by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke and published in the Jan. 6 issue of
Neurology, found that [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who head south
each winter to escape the cold often feel better just thinking about the
warmer climes.

But there are adjustments to be made to make sure these “snowbirds”
stay healthy.

Spending more time outdoors, as well as more time socializing, boosts
mood and well being for 65-plus senior travelers, said [...]

- (HealthDay News) — When you begin to feel back pain, resist the
urge to stay in bed for a prolonged period. It's better to remain active,
according to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

As long as you don't have a serious underlying medical problem that's
causing your pain, the UMMC offers these suggestions for how [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Many children suck their thumbs, but it can
cause dental problems if children continue to suck their thumb beyond age
4.

Most children stop on their own, but continued thumbsucking could be a
sign of a behavioral problem, such as anxiety or depression.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers these suggestions to help
your child [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Hope is fading for the
elimination of measles in Europe by 2010, as a new report reveals
lower-than-optimal vaccination rates in five countries where outbreaks
have occurred in recent years.

Eighty-five percent of the more than 12,000 measles cases reported on
the continent during the years 2006 and 2007 [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

If you are 18 or older and have high blood pressure,
you may be eligible to participate in this study.

The research site
is in Lexington, Ky.

More information

Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/listings/studylist.aspx?CatID=85.

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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD - Pediatric)

If you have a teen child [...]

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

No Cause Given for Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak

The salmonella bacterium continues to sicken hundreds of Americans, and
the latest strain has caused an outbreak in 42 states during the past
three months, with a reported 388 cases.

USA Today reports that officials from [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Stemming an often fatal virus
linked to deer mice might mean focusing on the older and bigger mice.
They're the ones most likely to spread the disease, researchers from the
University of Utah have found.

Known as the Sin Nombre virus, the hantavirus — meaning a virus
spread by contact with rodent [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Teenage girls who spend
more than two hours of “screen time” a day watching TV, surfing the Web or
text-messaging are less likely to be physically fit, a new Australian
study finds.

Interestingly, boys who were part of the same study were more likely to
be able to “sit and be fit,” [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Digoxin, a drug used for
many years to treat irregular heart rhythms and heart failure, may also be
a cancer-fighting agent, researchers report.

Cancer cells need to create new blood vessels to survive. But many of
these cells are oxygen-deprived and need to switch on genes that produce a
protein called hypoxia-inducible [...]