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Diabetes, Hypertension Hasten Death in Alzheimer's Patients (HealthDay)
Date : 2008 11 03HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Having diabetes or high blood pressure may hasten the death of people with Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests. read more »
Study: War deployments make kids more aggressive (AP)
Date : 2008 11 03AP - Preschoolers with a parent away at war were more likely to show aggression than other young children in military families, according to the first published research on how the very young react to wartime deployment. read more »
HEALTHBEAT: Brain slows at 40, starts body decline (AP)
Date : 2008 11 03AP - Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older? Blame the brain, too: The part in charge of motion may start a gradual downhill slide at age 40. How fast you can throw a ball or run or swerve a steering wheel depends on how speedily brain cells fire off commands to muscles. Fast firing depends on good insulation for your brain's wiring. read more »
Study links teen pregnancy to sexy TV shows (Reuters)
Date : 2008 11 03Reuters - Exposure to some forms of entertainment is a corrupting influence on children, leading teens who watch sexy programs into early pregnancies and children who play violent video games to adopt aggressive behavior, researchers said on Monday. read more »
Wart virus caused 25,000 cancers in 5 years: CDC (Reuters)
Date : 2008 11 03Reuters - The human wart virus HPV caused 25,000 cases of cancer in the United States between 1998 and 2003, including not only cervical cancer but also anal and mouth cancers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday. read more »