Personal Health: Parents, Relax. Don’t Keep Them From School. It’s Just Lice.
Besides a sometimes itchy scalp from an allergic reaction to their saliva, scientists say, lice cause no physical distress and transmit no diseases. feeds.nytimes.com |
Personal Health: A Downside to Tai Chi? None That I See
The proper question to ask yourself may not be why you should practice tai chi, but why not. feeds.nytimes.com |
In US, Hispanics live the longest, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE 2010-10-13T16:03:43ZATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. Hispanics outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, according to the government's first calculation of Hispanic life expectancy.... hosted.ap.org |
Breast Cancer Seen as Riskier With Hormone
Hormone replacement therapy after menopause, which increases breast cancer risk, also makes the cancer worse. feeds.nytimes.com |
£600m cancer drug fund announced
Patients in England will benefit from a £600m fund to improve access to cancer drugs over the next three years, the government confirms. bbc.co.uk |