HealthDay – THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of obesity
and inactivity, especially among women, explain why arthritis is more
common in the United States than in Canada, according to a new study.
HealthDay – THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Endometrial cancer patients
at medium to high risk for cancer recurrence are more likely to survive if
both the pelvic lymph nodes and para-aortic lymph nodes are removed,
rather than just the pelvic lymph nodes, say Japanese researchers.
AP – The U.S. Justice Department has begun a review of whether the use of electric shock therapy by a Massachusetts special needs school violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
AP – People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse. Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week’s workout into less than an hour. Those regimens — also called interval training — were originally developed for Olympic athletes and thought to be too strenuous for normal people.
