Genetic Breast Cancer Test Approved (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 (
HealthDay News) -- A new genetic test that helps assess the risk of tumor recurrence and long-term survival for patients with relatively high-risk breast cancer has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Source: news.yahoo.comU.S. to study bizarre medical condition (AP) 
AP - It sounds like a freakish ailment from a horror movie: Sores erupt on your skin, mysterious threads pop out of them, and you feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you. Some experts believe it's a psychiatric phenomenon, yet hundreds of people say it's a true physical condition. It's called Morgellons, and now the government is about to begin its first medical study of it.
Source: news.yahoo.comVitamin D May Curb Falls in High-Risk Older Women (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 (
HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D2 supplements may help reduce the risk of falls among high-risk elderly women, Australian researchers report.
Source: news.yahoo.comHot spots warn of diabetic foot ulcers (AP) AP - Diabetics, watch out: A hot spot on your foot can signal an ulcer is brewing, a wound that could cost your limb. New research shows that using a special thermometer to measure the temperature of their soles can give patients enough early warning to avoid one of diabetes' most intractable complications.
Source: news.yahoo.comBritish seek to boost organ donation (AP) 
AP - Britain said Wednesday that a series of procedural changes at hospitals could boost the rate of organ donation by 50 percent within five years. That would mean an extra 1,200 transplants a year, potentially saving thousands of lives.
Source: news.yahoo.com'Cuckoo's Nest' hospital cited by feds (AP) AP - Mental patients at the Oregon State Hospital, the setting for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," were exposed to threats ranging from infectious outbreaks to patient-on-patient assaults, according to a Justice Department report released Wednesday.
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