Health News from Reuters (Complete list)
Statins may help kidney transplant patients: study Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:33 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-fighting statin drugs, already known to help ward off heart attack and stroke, may help people who have received a kidney transplant live longer, researchers said on Wednesday.	Vaccination plan puts health care workers first Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:01:56 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Essential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday.
Lance Armstrong, top doctors launch cancer quest Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:52:50 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cyclist and testicular cancer survivor Lance Armstrong joined forces with four former U.S. surgeons general on Wednesday to urge Americans to do more to prevent cancer and get recommended screening tests.	Internet, alcohol and sleep tied to girls' weight Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:42:52 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls and young women who devote much time to the Internet, get too little sleep or regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their peers to put on excess weight, a new study suggests.
Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:51 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BOSTON (Reuters) - British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin drugs to fight "bad" cholesterol, they reported on Wednesday.	Teen smokers want to quit but often fail Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:15:55 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Novice teenage smokers often make repeated attempts to quit smoking soon after they start, but most are unsuccessful, according to research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society.
Psychological factors do not affect inflammation Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:42:15 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While psychological factors increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease, they do not affect inflammation, a factor also associated with the development of coronary heart disease, according to findings published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.	Government to release revised U.S. HIV estimates Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:42:03 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year.
L.A. fast-food moratorium one step closer to reality Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:14:21 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A moratorium on the opening of new fast food restaurants in one of the poorest areas of Los Angeles moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday in a measure aimed at countering obesity.	Vytorin makers say cancer results likely an anomaly Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:52:46 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer findings in a new study of cholesterol drug Vytorin are "likely to be an anomaly" unrelated to the drug, makers Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp said in a letter to doctors.