Obesity surgery seen as diabetes cure (AP) AP - A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were patients who had standard diabetes care, according to Australian researchers.
Source: news.yahoo.comDriving Skills Decline Among People With Early Alzheimer's (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (
HealthDay News) -- People with early Alzheimer's disease were involved in more traffic crashes and performed worse on road tests than drivers without cognitive impairment, a new study finds.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndian battles bird flu, UN sounds alarm over Bangladesh (AFP) 
AFP - Bodies of chickens were left to rot Thursday in India as the country battled its worst bird flu outbreak while a UN agency warned the virus also posed a health threat in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Source: news.yahoo.comBirth pill has prevented 100,000 deaths from ovarian cancer: study (AFP) 
AFP - The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of ovarian cancer and 100,000 deaths from this disease since its introduction nearly half a century ago, according to a study published in next Saturday's Lancet medical journal.
Source: news.yahoo.comHeart bypass best for multiple blockages (AP) AP - Bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with more than one clogged artery, according to the first big study to compare bypass with drug-coated stents. The new research dims hopes that the less drastic stent procedure would prove to be just as good for people with multiple blockages.
Source: news.yahoo.comCDC: Too few adults get their vaccines (AP) AP - Vaccines aren't just for kids, but far too few grown-ups are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal
health officials reported Wednesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comHealth Tip: Pack for the Hospital Before Giving Birth (HealthDay) HealthDay - (
HealthDay News) - Long before labor pains start, you'll want to pack your bags for the hospital.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: The Pill protects against cancer (AP) AP - Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British researchers found that women taking the pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, and that the risk remained low more than 30 years later, though protection weakened over time. The findings were published Friday in The Lancet.
Source: news.yahoo.comDoctors report transplant breakthrough (AP) 
AP - In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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