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Menopause happens

TAMPA, Fla. - She could put up with the annoying hot flashes, even if they did wake her up three or four times a night. But when the panic attacks and unexplained crying started last December, Laurel … more

By Irene Maher
Tampa Bay Times | 5/21/12 | 72 views

Cancer guide: More scans for older, former smokers

CHICAGO (AP) — New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice applies only … more

By Lindsey Tanner
AP Medical Writer | 5/21/12 | 52 views

Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among … more

By Holly Ramer
Associated Press | 5/21/12 | 55 views

Rural doctors love small town life

ARTHUR, Ill. (AP) — Drs. Sherry Williams and Kenneth Brown enjoy practicing medicine in the small community of Arthur. Both family physicians sought out jobs close to home in proximity and … more

By Annie Getsinger
For The Associated Press | 5/21/12 | 53 views

1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

CHICAGO (AP) — One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical school nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing … more

By Lindsey Tanner
AP Medical Writer | 5/14/12 | 315 views | 1 comment

Dieting not always key to weight loss

Recent public appearances show that actor Jonah Hill has regained most of the weight he lost while on his well-publicized diet. So does dieting itself make you fat? Or are people genetically … more

By Tom Valeo
Tampa Bay Times | 5/14/12 | 391 views

W.Va. looking to expand Medicaid managed care

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is looking at changing the way Medicaid provides health care to some of its sickest people, and advocates for those who rely on this government program … more

By Lawrence Messina
Associated Press | 5/14/12 | 238 views

NY medical schools chart progress with stem cells

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Almost halfway through a $600 million state program supporting stem cell research, eight medical schools around New York are reporting progress on projects such as … more

Michael Virtanen
Associated Press | 5/7/12 | 373 views

Students plan ride to fight Alzheimer's disease

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Seven Western Kentucky University students hope to raise money and awareness of Alzheimer's disease this summer by riding across America. The students are members … more

5/7/12 | 305 views

Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk

Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests … more

Marilynn Marchione
AP Chief Medical Writer | 5/7/12 | 307 views