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AFP - British lawmakers could vote Tuesday to lower the 24 week time limit for women to terminate a pregnancy in what would be the first major change to abortion laws here in nearly 20 years.

AP - Google’s online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public Monday, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns.

Reuters - A new analysis of data from a key
prostate cancer study has strengthened the view that a drug
that is now sold as a generic may be a valuable weapon to
prevent prostate cancer, researchers said on Monday.

Reuters - The U.S. Medicare program may expand
reimbursement for bariatric surgery for the obese, in light of
a study that found the treatment can help reverse diabetes, the
agency said on Monday.

AFP - A blood test for certain genes may be more effective at detecting early stage lung cancer than current methods such as CT scans and biopsies, researchers said Monday.

AP - They’re the cold cases of medicine, patients with diseases so rare and mysterious that they’ve eluded diagnosis for years.

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — Findings from two studies of
men with diabetes add to the evidence that erectile dysfunction can be a
powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease.

AP - More than two-thirds of young drivers and passengers killed in nighttime car crashes aren’t wearing seat belts — deadly proof of what can happen when young people don’t heed parents’ pleas and authorities’ threats to “click it.”

Reuters - The frustrating process of
getting young children to pass urine for a specimen is not made
much easier with the aid of a vibrating bladder stimulator,
doctors report.

AP - Woodrow Wilson’s secret stroke. Grover Cleveland’s secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference.

Reuters - The pattern of active genes in
white blood cells can accurately distinguish people with
early-stage lung cancer from cancer-free people, researchers
report. They are hopeful that such a test may one day be used
alongside lung CT scanning in patients with suspected lung
cancer.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — The prospect of surgery can scare child a
great deal, so it’s important to fully prepare the child before you head
to the hospital.

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — Compared to a decade ago,
kidney cancer patients in the United States are much more likely to be
diagnosed with smaller tumors in the earliest, most treatable stage of the
disease, resulting in a slightly higher survival rate.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours.
The STOP Diabetes project was created by investigators at the Jean Hailes Foundation for […]