Study: U.S. suicides rising; risk high in middle age

Another sad statistic of the Bush administration will be the rise in suicides due to unemployment and foreclosures. During the depression of 1929 the suicide rate spiked and many Wall Street investors and brokers jumped from high rise buildings after the stock market crash....

NEJM Report Finds HPV Test More Effective Than Pap in Determining Cervical Ca...

"The study, which involved more than 10,000 Canadian women age 30-69, found that the HPV test's sensitivity -- its ability to accurately identify women with pre-cancerous cervical cells or cancer -- was 94.6 percent, compared to 55.4 percent for the Pap. HPV (humanpapilloma...

Low-Cost Ways to Protect Your Bones

"If you have osteoporosis -- or are at high risk -- odds are you're not getting the care you need. A 2004 Stanford study determined that more than half of all people with osteoporosis remain undiagnosed. What's more, even high-risk patients -- such as those who have already...