Lung Cancer Can Run in the Family
Lung Cancer Can Run in the Family
.- THURSDAY, Oct. 12-- While smoking is far and away the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, having a close relative who has been diagnosed with the disease nearly doubles your risk of developing the deadly disease.
Early lead exposure linked to teens' injury risk
.- Teenagers whose blood levels of
lead were relatively high as children may be more prone to
falls and injuries, a preliminary study suggests.
U.N. says bird flu awareness increases
. p>a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/ap_on_he_me/un_bird_flu">img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061012/capt.sge.bim19.121006144522.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=zBRHbdPUnApBvgPKa5U_VQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Photo dated February 2006 shows Joseph Domenech -- the Food and Agriculture Organization'schief veterinary officer. The FAO has opened a new crisis unit to enable a rapid response to outbreaks of bird flu and other animal or plant diseases threatening human health." border="0" />/a>AP - Bird flu awareness has increased worldwide since last year, but countries still must keep up surveillance and response plans against the disease, U.N. officials said Thursday./p>br clear="all"/>.
Study: Some Alzheimer's drugs very risky
. p>a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/ap_on_he_me/alzheimer_s_aggression">img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061012/capt.81c1e7ae9fee4d6a9a96b9c9b84b9eae.alzheimer_s_aggression_nyol935.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=Cnw5FkHaa3wPLAuJl3vRRA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="National Institute of Mental Health Director Dr. Thomas Insel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this September file photo. " border="0" />/a>AP - Widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs do not help most Alzheimer's patients with delusions and aggression and are not worth the risk of sudden death and other side effects, the first major study on sufferers outside nursing homes concludes./p>br clear="all"/>.