Lymph Node Removal Not Needed for Breast Cancer Patients Feb. 8, 2011 — Many women being treated for early breast cancer can keep the lymph nodes under their arms without fear that it will hurt their chances of survival or the increase the odds that their cancer will return, experts say. A new study shows [...]

2 Drugs Look Promising for Rare Pancreatic Cancer Feb. 9, 2011 — Two kidney cancer drugs show promise for the treatment of the rare type of pancreatic cancer that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was diagnosed with in 2004. In studies to be published tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that the [...]

Depression: Coping With Anxiety Symptoms Depression and anxiety might seem like opposites, but they often go together. More than half of the people diagnosed with depression also have anxiety. Either condition can be disabling on its own. Together, depression and anxiety can be especially hard to live with, hard to diagnose, and hard to treat. [...]

Pollution May Aggravate Skin Damage From Sun Feb. 8, 2011 (New Orleans) — Exposure to amounts of pollution typically found in urban environments may more than double skin damage from the sun, preliminary research suggests. Extreme weather and smoking may also increase the skin damage associated with ultraviolent (UV) radiation, the study suggests. Michelle Garay, [...]

Healthy Cooking Tricks If you feel like you’re losing the fight against food — scarfing chips and cookies when you should be munching on carrots — maybe it’s time you learned the rules of healthy eating and healthy cooking. Learning to feel more comfortable in the kitchen can help you feel closer to your food [...]

A Heart-Healthy Diet: Wining and Dining the Heart Wine and chocolate conjure up images of the good life, but they may also be part of a heart-healthy diet. Given the high rates of heart disease among Americans, researchers have taken a close look at numerous foods and supplements — from fatty fish to vitamin E [...]

Shingles Myth Busted: It Does Come Back Feb. 4, 2011 — People unlucky enough to suffer a painful shingles attack had one consolation: the belief it would never happen again. Now that comforting belief has been shattered. A new study shows that shingles is at least as likely to strike a person who’s already had [...]

Family Meals Linked to Improved Asthma in Kids Feb. 4, 2011 — Eating together at family meals may be an especially healthy habit for children with asthma. A new study suggests children with asthma who spend quality time with their families by eating together are healthier than those who eat alone, while watching TV, or [...]

1-Minute Sideline Test Predicts Concussions Feb. 4, 2011 — Should Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers have stayed in a crucial playoff game after taking a violent blow to the head? A Super Bowl berth was the ultimate outcome. But had Rodgers taken a new one-minute concussion test on the sidelines, his coaches would have [...]

FAQ: Pesky Rashes From Plants Feb. 4, 2011 (New Orleans) — What may start as a seemingly harmless day of gardening can quickly take a turn for the worse when common plants make their mark on your skin. While many of the skin reactions resulting from contact with a hazardous plant are more of a [...]