THURSDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Too much Wheel of
Fortune and CSI may not be good for seniors' mental state, new
research suggests. …
» More: Older Folks Watch More TV, Get Less Out of It

Former world hot-dog eating sensation Takeru Kobayashi of Japan wants to compete in this weekend’s annual Fourth of July contest on Coney Island, but still can’t agree to a contract with the organizers. …
» More: Report: Japan hot-dog king hungry for July 4 win

Novartis AG's cancer drug Afinitor has been rejected for patients with kidney cancer by Britain's health costs watchdog, which says it is too pricey for the country's taxpayer-funded National Health Service (NHS). …
» More: UK health body rejects Novartis kidney cancer drug

Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the world's richest men with a combined fortune of over $100 billion, announced a joint effort on Monday that will bring basic preventive health care to poor people in southern Mexico and Central America. …
» More: World's richest want better health in Latin America

Reuters – Fish oil supplements could lower blood pressure in slightly overweight teenage kids, a new study suggests, and their hearts may reap the benefits years later. …
» More: Should some kids take fish oil supplements? (Reuters)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Walk a little, and your body
will thank you. Walk a lot, and it will really thank you. …
» More: More Steps a Day Lead to Better Health (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — A major French study links
moderate drinking to a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, but
challenges the notion that moderate drinking gets the credit. …
» More: Study Challenges Notion That Moderate Drinking Protects the
Heart (HealthDay)

Reuters – Two research teams have found a new way to increase levels of so-called “good” cholesterol in mice, they said on Thursday in a finding that could lead to better ways to prevent heart disease in humans. …
» More: New way found to boost good cholesterol in mice (Reuters)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — In 1977, Jimmy Carter was
president, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was in theaters and
smoking was still permitted in most public buildings. That was the year
Lawrence Golding, now 81, a professor of kinesiology at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, started a no-frills, boot-camp-style exercise class for
men, held weekdays at lunchtime in a building on campus. …
» More: With Long-Term Exercise, Being 80 Is Just a Number (HealthDay)

HealthDay – MONDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — An analysis of studies has
produced what its authors describe as a precise description of the
beneficial effects of nut consumption on cholesterol and other
heart-related fats. …
» More: Eating Nuts May Help Cholesterol Levels (HealthDay)