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• Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products (STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, do increase the user's risk of cancer -- just not as much as smoking does.
• New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation slows the progression of metastatic thyroid cancer in some patients, an international study finds.
• Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Taking prescription medications can help reduce violent behavior in some schizophrenia patients, Duke researchers report.
• Antipsychotics curb violence in some schizophrenics (Reuters)
  Reuters - Some people with schizophrenia become less prone to violence when they take their antipsychotic medications as prescribed by a doctor, but those with a history of antisocial behavior in childhood continue to pose a higher risk even with treatment, research shows. In these individuals, other medications and interventions are likely to be needed.
• Freeze-Dried Formula May Block HIV Virus in Breast Milk (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- In developing countries where breast-feeding is a necessity, and HIV is rampant, the risk of disease transmission through breast milk might be reduced if infants were first fed a freeze-dried formula full of good bacteria that could capture and potentially destroy the deadly virus.
• Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for HIV-infected people lucky enough to get their hands on antiretroviral medications have decreased dramatically since the introduction of these drugs in 1996, new British research shows.
• Cesarean delivery may increase kids' asthma risk (Reuters)
  Reuters - Babies born by Cesarean section may have a moderately increased risk of developing asthma compared with those born naturally, Norwegian researchers report after investigating this link in a population-wide study.
• Caregivers often expose asthmatic kids to smoke (Reuters)
  Reuters - Secondhand exposure to cigarette smoke is an asthma trigger in children and a new study shows that smoking by the primary caregiver and daycare provider are important sources of smoke exposure in children with asthma.
• Health Tip: Rid Your Home of Dust Mites (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Creating a clean environment will help rid your home of dust mites, making breathing easier in people with allergies and asthma.
• WHO suggests checklist to prevent surgery errors (Reuters)
  

  Reuters - Mark the surgical site. Ask about allergies. Count the sponges. Count the needles.

  
  
• Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new technique for finding and analyzing stray cancer cells in the blood of lung cancer patients may make it possible for doctors to one day not only determine the genetic "signature" of particular tumors but to monitor changes in those cells and adjust treatments accordingly.
• FDA Approves Generic Risperdal (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The first generic versions of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal (risperidone) were approved Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• People with HIV living longer, study shows (Reuters)
  

  Reuters - People with HIV in the developed world are no more likely to die in the first five years following infection than men and women in the general population, British researchers said on Tuesday.

  
  
• Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample (Reuters)
  Reuters - An experimental process that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, researchers reported on Wednesday.
• Health Tip: Depression Among Teens (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- With all of the physical, emotional and hormonal changes in their lives, some teens are especially prone to depression.
• Bush praises faith-based groups for helping needy (AP)
  

  AP - President Bush said Saturday that religious charities, partly financed with federal money, have helped reduce homelessness, found jobs for former inmates and helped combat malaria and HIV/AIDS overseas.

  
  
• Long-standing hay fever may impede nasal airflow (Reuters)
  Reuters - People with persistent allergic rhinitis -- better known as hay fever -- may experience a progressive worsening of nasal airflow depending on how long they have the disorder, according to Italian researchers.
• Tumor-starving pill helps thyroid cancer: study (Reuters)
  Reuters - Amgen's once-a-day pill to starve tumors can help many patients with hard-to-treat thyroid cancer, either by shrinking tumors or slowing their growth, researchers reported on Wednesday.
• A Healthy Mind Can Help Fight HIV (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Stress and depression may make a great difference in the health of people infected with HIV, according to three new reviews of the data on the subject.
• NYC urges docs to do routine HIV testing on adults (AP)
  

  AP - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.

  
  

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