Health News Archive - June 21, 2006
By Jon Hurdle PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Americans are less interested in spending time in natural surroundings like national parks because they are spending more time watching television, playing video games and surfing the Internet, according to a study released on Tuesday.
PRAGUE (Reuters) - More than 3 million babies have been born following fertility treatment since the birth of the first IVF child nearly three decades ago, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Men should freeze their sperm before having a vasectomy in case they change their mind about having children because the procedure may damage sperm, a fertility expert said on Wednesday.
By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking a 'statin' cholesterol-lowering drug may be good for the eyes as well as the heart.
Heroin users should avoid the drug because some supplies have been tainted with a powerful painkiller blamed for hundreds of deaths nationwide since mid-April, law enforcement officials urged on Tuesday .
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little squirt of a hormone that relaxes women during childbirth and breastfeeding helped lower stress in both men and women who were quarreling, a researcher reported on Tuesday.
Up to 53 million people worldwide could be carrying the deadly superbug MRSA, scientists said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Being fired is not just bad news, it could be fatal -- especially if the individual is middle aged, according to a study published on Wednesday.
It's normal to feel sadness and grief with the passing of a loved one, but an intense and persistent yearning for the person who died, difficulties "moving on" with life after a period of time, and a sense that life and the future are meaningless and purposelessness, are signs of "complicated grief," warns a group of Dutch doctors.
