Health News http://content.bimedia.net/health RSS Feed for Health News en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:01:36 GMT Daily pill helped cure osteoporosis in mice, rats http://content.bimedia.net/health/83814057.html A once-a-day pill helped completely rebuild bone in rodents with severe osteoporosis, a finding that could lead to a new class of drugs to treat the brittle-bone disease in humans, U.S. researchers said. Men who eat soy may have lower lung cancer risk http://content.bimedia.net/health/83665357.html Men who don't smoke and eat a lot of soy may have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study. Study fails to link saturated fat, heart disease http://content.bimedia.net/health/83562347.html The saturated fat found mainly in meat and dairy products has a bad reputation, but a new analysis of published studies finds no clear link between people's intake of saturated fat and their risk of developing heart disease. Girls with ADHD show other mental health risks http://content.bimedia.net/health/83476617.html Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the time they reach adulthood, a new study suggests. Heart disease "will kill 400,000 Americans in 2010" http://content.bimedia.net/health/83265687.html Decades of progress in the United States on cutting cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking are being stalled by rising obesity rates, and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans this year, experts said on Monday. Family fat explains some of family diabetes risk http://content.bimedia.net/health/83046457.html Having type 2 diabetes in the family more than doubles a woman's own risk of developing the disease, new research shows. The best running shoe may be nature's own http://content.bimedia.net/health/82947422.html The best running shoe may be none at all, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Heart procedure beats drugs for irregular heartbeat http://content.bimedia.net/health/82814962.html Burning sections of the heart works far better than drugs at treating patients with an irregular heartbeat condition called atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 2 million Americans, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. One-fifth of U.S. teens have unhealthy cholesterol http://content.bimedia.net/health/82398242.html One in five American teens has unhealthy cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease in adults, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Salt reduction could save 92,000 lives a year http://content.bimedia.net/health/82266272.html Shaving 3 grams off the daily salt intake of Americans could prevent up to 66,000 strokes, 99,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths in the United States, while saving $24 billion in health costs per year, researchers reported on Wednesday.