KBCI - News - Healthcast http://www.kboi2.com/news/health RSS Feed for KBCI - News - Health en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:48:14 GMT Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87803462.html If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87803337.html Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients' DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital. Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87803242.html A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87738862.html New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87656612.html Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87656337.html Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects. Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87621562.html Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday. Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87591307.html Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. FDA warning: some patients cannot process PlavixA http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87492347.html The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner. Experts say U.S. doctors overtesting, overtreating http://www.kboi2.com/news/health/87485937.html Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are being overtreated.