Medical buzz: Reuters eLine

Psychotherapy may help with diabetes control

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:29 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Integrating motivational enhancement therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy may help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their disease, British researchers report.

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Gender and age impact stomach cancer prognosis

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:28 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men and younger women fare worse with stomach, or "gastric" cancer than patients in other gender and age groups, research shows.

Smoking while pregnant harms baby's blood vessels

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:28 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke during pregnancy may cause permanent blood vessel damage in their children that may become evident as early as young adulthood and raise the risk for heart attack and stroke, Dutch investigators reported t...

Obama picks Daschle as health secretary-official

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:27 +0100

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama has chosen former U.S. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle as his top official to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, two Democratic sources said on Wednesday.

Avastin raises risk of blood clots in veins: study

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:25 +0100

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The popular cancer drug Avastin raises the risk of blood clots in the veins by a third when added to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.