Treating mild iodine deficiency boosts brain power

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By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Iodine supplements may improve mental function in children with even mild deficiencies in the nutrient, a small study suggests. Iodine is a chemical element necessary for normal growth and development of the brain and body. Because the body does not make iodine, it must be obtained from the diet — from sources like seafood, dairy products, plants grown in... 

Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk

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By Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus. Coffee drinking seemed to particularly protect overweight and obese women, study co-author Dr. Emilie Friberg, at the Karolinska Intstituet in Stockholm, Sweden, told Reuters Health by email. Friberg’s... 

Steroid shots don’t help hip pain long-term

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Corticosteroid shots provide quick relief for people suffering from a common type of hip pain, but the benefits don’t last, a new study in The American Journal of Sports Medicine shows. Known as greater trochanter pain syndrome (the trochanter is the upper part of the femur where it joins the pelvis), this condition is typically treated with physical therapy, training error correction,... 

Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?

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By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Worried about what to do with fat you’ve had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here’s a more immediate use: Fat liposuctioned from other parts of the body can safely be used to increase a woman’s breast size, according to study findings presented this week at the Plastic Surgery 2009 meeting... 

Pregnancy complications tied to kids’ poor thinking

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Could high blood pressure-related complications during pregnancy be tied to thinking skills in children years later? A study from Denmark hints at “a modest association” between such complications and poorer reasoning, intuition, and perception skills in young adult men, report Dr. Vera Ehrenstein, at Aarhus University Hospital, and colleagues. The study compared intelligence...