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Tobacco smoke causes immediate damage: US report Reuters A man looks into a store window as he smokes in the street in New York June 22, 2009. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cigarette smoke causes immediate damage to the lungs and to DNA, and President Barack Obama's administration will make stop-smoking efforts a ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Study: Estrogen-Only Therapy May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk ABC News By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit For years, doctors have warned women that taking hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, may be linked with an increased risk of breast cancer. Now, a controversial new paper suggesting that a particular form of HRT ... See all stories on this topic »

Edwards funeral to be picketed by controversial church msnbc.com A church that pickets funerals to protest what it calls American immorality says its members will be picketing the service this Saturday for Elizabeth Edwards, who died of breast cancer on Tuesday. Based in Topeka, Kan., the Westboro Baptist Church ... See all stories on this topic »

Aretha Franklin, pancreatic cancer -- and research to benefit everyone Los Angeles Times By Mary Forgione Los Angeles Times Singer Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, it was revealed Wednesday, has pancreatic cancer. And though few details of Franklin's disease are known at this time, the cure rate for this cancer isn't good. ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

40 Million in U.S. Driving Drunk or Drugged U.S. News & World Report By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Despite massive efforts to curb drunk driving, some 30 million Americans are driving drunk and another 10 million are driving drugged each year, federal officials report. ... See all stories on this topic »

Weight Lifting Not Linked To Arm Swelling Among Breast Cancer Survivors Medical News Today Breast cancer survivors who take part in a supervised weight training program do not have a higher risk of arm swelling and discomfort (lymphedema), researchers from the University of Pennsylvania reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical ... See all stories on this topic »

Drug to prevent HIV brings promise and questions San Francisco Chronicle AIDS advocacy groups and public health leaders cheered the news from a study last month that an anti-retroviral drug used to treat HIV can also prevent infections - but it's a celebration complicated by questions of ethics and efficacy. ... See all stories on this topic »

Some health insurers raising rates again San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco resident Scott Morgan has scene his health insurance rates climb 29 percent this year and was just notified of another 34 percent increse by Blue Shield early next year. Tuesday Dec 7, 2010 Some health insurers are bumping up rates yet ... See all stories on this topic »

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