Health News http://content.bimedia.net/health RSS Feed for Health News en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:22:41 GMT Soy may ease sleep problems in older women http://content.bimedia.net/health/102089748.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep, according to a small study. Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors http://content.bimedia.net/health/102089443.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. First-time mothers drive up c-section rate: study http://content.bimedia.net/health/102013948.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women should only have a cesarean delivery if there is a medical reason for it, and doctors should not switch a vaginal birth to a cesarean section sooner than recommended, conclude the authors of a new study. Unnecessary pre-op tests very common, and costly http://content.bimedia.net/health/102012868.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women scheduled for gynecologic surgery are very likely to undergo unnecessary tests before their operation, new research shows. Tight blood pressure curbs little help for kidneys http://content.bimedia.net/health/102012703.html BOSTON (Reuters) - Aggressively lowering blood pressure did little to prevent kidney damage in blacks, unless protein in their urine showed evidence of damage in the first place, researchers reported on Wednesday. Proposed diabetes test misses most cases: study http://content.bimedia.net/health/101913013.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new proposed diabetes test could miss millions of cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes and also over-diagnose black Americans if it was used as a screening tool, suggests a new study. Is genetically altered fish OK? FDA to decide http://content.bimedia.net/health/101912028.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates. Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women http://content.bimedia.net/health/101911523.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. When kids won't grow, doctors keep treating: study http://content.bimedia.net/health/101828143.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to treating very short kids with growth hormone, some doctors may be just as swayed by their own attitudes about being short as by data, suggests a new study. New moms get enough sleep, just not good sleep http://content.bimedia.net/health/101827748.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to popular belief, new mothers may often get a decent amount of sleep in their babies' first few months -- but it's not a good-quality sleep, a new study suggests.