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Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors
May 8 2008 10:19PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year — a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by.
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More than half of US diabetics have arthritis
May 8 2008 3:39PM CT
ATLANTA (AP) - More than half of U.S. adults with diabetes also have arthritis, raising a serious obstacle for diabetic patients urged to exercise, according to a government study.
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Chantix recommended to quit smoking despite safety concerns
May 8 2008 3:57PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - The federal government's new advice to doctors for helping smokers quit recommends the drug Chantix, which has recently been linked with depression and suicidal behavior. The new guidelines mention the psychiatric risks but also say the popular Pfizer Inc. drug is the most effective at helping people get off cigarettes.
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Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study
May 8 2008 3:57PM CT
ATLANTA (AP) - People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies.
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New rule would limit insurers contact with elderly, disabled
May 8 2008 3:57PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agents selling private health insurance plans to the elderly and disabled would be barred from cold-calling, door-to-door solicitations and pitching their products outside hospital waiting rooms or pharmacies, under a federal rule proposed Thursday.
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