November 2005 Health Briefs
November 2005 Health Briefs (Newswise)
Learn more about safer treatment options for epilepsy, tips for heartburn-free holidays, healthy eating tips for diabetics during the holidays, tips for serving safe leftovers after Thanksgiving, important questions to ask your doctor about diabetes, and helpful tips for men's health screenings.
Better ways to spend campaign bucks (Trentonian)
Taken together, and including the primaries, Doug Forrester and Jon Corzine have spent nearly $75 million -- of their own money, of course -- in an effort to get you to vote for them come Tuesday.
ABC News' Dr. Tim Answers Questions About Smoking (ABC News)
Nov. 2: Responses to Viewer Questions
Kristine Turck's cancer will just have to wait (Yakima Herald-Republic)
In a waiting room full of cancer patients at North Star Lodge, Kristine Turck stands out. She's the one in the brown hat that matches her fall- pattern jacket.
Genius, Not-Genius, and The Dental Floss Way of Bike Repair (Cyclingnews.com)
Somebody had to try it, and if my buddy JT's experimental dental floss tire repair had worked, it would have been HUGE.
Kick nicotine for faster bone healing? (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
WASHINGTON Smokers' broken bones take a lot longer to heal. But scientists now are studying whether giving up cigarettes for even a week or two after a fracture might make the difference between a speedy recovery and months of easy-to-reinjure mushy bones.
Blood Clots, Heart Attacks, Strokes, Spontaneous Pre-Term Births, Low Birth Weight, Rectal Cancer, Diabetes are All (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The first study of its kind, not only linking high C-reactive protein levels to periodontal disease but also the most effective new treatment to drastically and quickly reduce deadly C-reactive levels will be given by dentist Dr.
Bell's 'D' has edge for Suns (The Arizona Republic)
SALT LAKE CITY - Raja Bell was back Thursday doing what helped him earn his keep in the NBA - sticking to Kobe Bryant like gum on Bryant's shoe. In 2001, Bell was the rookie who barely cracked the NBA with Philadelphia on a 10-day contract. He wound up covering Bryant in the 2001 NBA Finals.
Chewing Gum Speeds Surgery Recovery (HealthCentral.com)
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research has given doctors and their patients something to chew on: Patients who use chewing gum have shorter hospital stays after laparoscopic colon surgery than those who don't.
Kicking the habit (Pharos-Tribune)
CHATTER: American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout is Nov. 17. After lighting up for more than 40 years, Keith Johansen has turned a new leaf, so to speak.
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