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Back Injuries

Health Tip: Packing a Backpack (09/06/2012, HealthDay)
Overloaded Backpacks Can Injure Kids (08/26/2012, HealthDay)
Health Tip: When Lugging Luggage (07/24/2012, HealthDay)
See also Back Injuries

Back Pain

Soaring U.S. Spinal Care Spending Due to Specialists (09/13/2012, HealthDay)
Health Tip: Packing a Backpack (09/06/2012, HealthDay)
Workers Counseled on Back Pain Return to Job Sooner (08/09/2012, HealthDay)
See also Back Pain

Bacterial Infections

'Superpowered' Bacteria May Lurk Behind Sinus Infections (09/12/2012, HealthDay)
Could Bacteria in Skin Mites Help Cause Rosacea? (08/30/2012, HealthDay)
Microbiology and Genome Experts Quell Deadly Bacteria Outbreak (08/22/2012, HealthDay)
Rare Drug-Resistant Bacteria Spotted in U.S. Hospital (06/21/2012, HealthDay)
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infection (06/19/2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
See also Bacterial Infections

Bedbugs

Health Tip: Help Keep Bed Bugs at Bay (08/10/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bedbugs

Bedwetting

Health Tip: If Your Older Child Wets the Bed (08/02/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bedwetting

Biopsy

New Guidelines Issued for Biopsy Use in Melanoma Patients (07/09/2012, HealthDay)
See also Biopsy

Bird Flu

Once-Banned Bird Flu Study Yields Sobering Findings (06/21/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bird Flu

Birth Control

Male Birth Control Drug Shows Promise in Mice (08/16/2012, HealthDay)
More U.S. Women Choosing IUDs for Birth Control (08/02/2012, Reuters Health)
More Than a Third of Births 'Unintended': CDC (07/24/2012, HealthDay)
Gel Shows Promise As Future Male Contraceptive (07/02/2012, HealthDay)
No Link Seen Between Contraceptives and Higher HIV Risk (06/21/2012, Reuters Health)
See also Birth Control

Birth Defects

High-Potency Pot in Pregnancy May Cause Brain Damage (08/16/2012, HealthDay)
For Parents Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Social Networks Can Give A Different Picture Than Doctors (07/23/2012, American Academy of Pediatrics)
Parents of Severely Disabled Kids Say They Enrich Their Lives (07/23/2012, HealthDay)
Can a Parent's Job Raise Odds for Birth Defects in Baby? (07/18/2012, HealthDay)
See also Birth Defects

Bladder Cancer

Another Study Links Diabetes Drug Actos to Bladder Cancer (07/03/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bladder Cancer

Bleeding Disorders

Pregnancy May Raise Risk of Cerebral Bleeding in Some Women (08/14/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bleeding Disorders

Blood

Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds (08/14/2012, HealthDay)
See also Blood

Blood Pressure Medicines

High Blood Pressure and PregnancyVideo (09/11/2012, HealthDay)
Some Blood Pressure Drugs Might Help Slow Alzheimer's (09/11/2012, HealthDay)
More Pregnant Women Taking High Blood Pressure Drugs, Yet Safety Unclear (09/10/2012, American Heart Association)
Heart-Lip Link?Video (08/07/2012, HealthDay)
Effects of High Blood Pressure Drug May Mimic Celiac Disease (06/22/2012, HealthDay)
See also Blood Pressure Medicines

Blood Thinners

Adding Plavix to Aspirin Doesn't Help Guard Against Second Stroke (08/29/2012, HealthDay)
New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix At Preventing Heart Trouble: Study (08/27/2012, HealthDay)
Clot-Busting Stroke Drug Safe for Many Who Take Warfarin (06/26/2012, HealthDay)
Three Therapies May Reverse Action of New Blood-Thinning Drug (06/20/2012, American Heart Association)
See also Blood Thinners

Blood Transfusion and Donation

Study Uses Stem Cells to Boost Red Blood Cell Production (08/07/2012, HealthDay)
Heart Surgery Safe in Jehovah's Witnesses (07/02/2012, Reuters Health)
See also Blood Transfusion and Donation

Body Weight

Kids Who Can Resist Sweets Might Be Slimmer as Adults (08/16/2012, HealthDay)
Normal-Weight People with Type 2 Diabetes Have Higher Death Risk (08/07/2012, HealthDay)
Many Americans in Denial Over Weight Gain (08/01/2012, HealthDay)
Medications Target Long-Term Weight Control (07/17/2012, Food and Drug Administration)
Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many (07/11/2012, HealthDay)
Motherhood, Breast-Feeding May Affect Long-Term Weight (07/10/2012, HealthDay)
Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients (07/05/2012, HealthDay)
Extra Weight Comes with More Knee Pain, Stiffness (06/28/2012, Reuters Health)
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Weight Gain in Older Women (06/26/2012, HealthDay)
Weight DebateVideo (06/26/2012, HealthDay)
See also Body Weight

Bone Density

Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off Osteoporosis (08/24/2012, HealthDay)
A Toast to Bone Health?Video (07/12/2012, HealthDay)
NIH Study Finds HIV-Positive Young Men at Risk of Low Bone MassFrom the National Institutes of Health (06/19/2012, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
See also Bone Density

Bone Diseases

A Few Hours of Weekly Exercise May Help Women's Bones (08/15/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bone Diseases

Bone Grafts

Complications and In-Hospital Deaths More Frequent among Patients Who Undergo Anterior Rather Than Posterior Spine Fusion (07/01/2012, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
See also Bone Grafts

Bone Marrow Transplantation

HIV Undetectable in Two Men After Bone Marrow Transplants (07/26/2012, HealthDay)
HIV Drug May Prevent Bone Marrow Transplant Complication (07/11/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bone Marrow Transplantation

Bowel Incontinence

Health Tip: If Bowel Control Is a Problem (08/30/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bowel Incontinence

Brain Aneurysm

Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows (08/30/2012, HealthDay)
See also Brain Aneurysm

Brain Cancer

Strategy Developed to Improve Delivery of Medicines to the BrainFrom the National Institutes of Health (09/07/2012, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Gene Might Predict Brain Tumors' Aggressiveness (08/27/2012, HealthDay)
Multiple Brain Tumors Even More Malignant (08/24/2012, HealthDay)
See also Brain Cancer

Brain Diseases

Even 'High-Normal' Blood Sugar Tied to Brain Shrinkage (09/04/2012, HealthDay)
Chronic 'Butter Flavoring' Exposure Linked to Harmful Brain Process (08/06/2012, HealthDay)
See also Brain Diseases

Breast Cancer

Some Screens Miss Spread of Breast Cancer (09/12/2012, HealthDay)
'Chemo Brain' After Breast Cancer Backed by Study (09/07/2012, HealthDay)
X-Rays May Up Breast Cancer Risk for Women with Certain Genes (09/07/2012, HealthDay)
Breast Cancer Patients with High Density Mammograms Do Not Have Increased Risk of DeathFrom the National Institutes of Health (09/06/2012, National Cancer Institute)
Face-Down Position May Be Safer During Radiation for Breast Cancer (09/06/2012, HealthDay)
Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought (08/30/2012, HealthDay)
Breast Cancer and WeightVideo (08/27/2012, HealthDay)
Daily Aspirin May Help Fight Prostate Cancer, But Not Breast Cancer (08/27/2012, HealthDay)
Extra Pounds Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence, Death (08/27/2012, Reuters Health)
Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths (08/20/2012, HealthDay)
Newer Bone Drug Better for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients (08/14/2012, HealthDay)
Study Questions Guidelines on Radiation for Older Breast Cancer Patients (08/13/2012, HealthDay)
When Partner Has Breast Cancer, Men Find Their Own Ways to Cope (08/09/2012, HealthDay)
Breast Cancer Drug Duo Wins out in Study (08/01/2012, HealthDay)
High-Carb Diet Tied to Breast Cancer Risk for Some (07/26/2012, Reuters Health)
FDA Approves Afinitor for Advanced Breast Cancer (07/20/2012, Food and Drug Administration)
Most Women Return to Work After Breast Cancer (07/20/2012, Reuters Health)
Mammograms Have 'Limited or No Effect' on Breast Cancer Deaths (07/17/2012, HealthDay)
Study Ties Infant Birth Weight to Mothers' Breast Cancer Risk (07/17/2012, HealthDay)
Obesity Might Hinder Treatment of Some Breast Cancers (07/16/2012, HealthDay)
Estrogen After Ovary Removal Safe for Young Women (07/11/2012, Reuters Health)
Moderate Exercise Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Risk (06/25/2012, Reuters Health)
IVF in Young Women Tied to Later Breast Cancer (06/22/2012, Reuters Health)
See also Breast Cancer

Breast Feeding

Bottle-Feeding May Raise Baby's Risk for Intestinal Trouble (09/03/2012, HealthDay)
Breastfeeding, Early Milk Not Tied to Puberty Timing (08/23/2012, Reuters Health)
Breast-Milk Compound May Shield Babies from HIV (08/17/2012, HealthDay)
Breastfeeding Report Card - United States, 2012 (08/01/2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Motherhood, Breast-Feeding May Affect Long-Term Weight (07/10/2012, HealthDay)
See also Breast Feeding

Bullying

Food BullyingVideo (09/14/2012, HealthDay)
Almost Half of Teens with Autism Bullied (09/03/2012, Reuters Health)
Special-Ed Students at Greater Risk of Bullying, Being Bullied (07/03/2012, HealthDay)
See also Bullying

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