 | | | | This Week In Health Headlines | | | This week we learn that C-sections should be scheduled within a week of the due date, that implanted electrodes carry both greater benefits and greater risks compared to medication for Parkinson's disease, and that anti-psychotic drugs may increase death risk in elderly Alzheimer's patients. Also this week, the Food and Drug Administration supported the use of the drug Vytorin to lower LDL cholesterol.
This week we learn that obesity surgery can reverse type 2 diabetes in young people, that smoking bans mean fewer heart attacks, and that family reactions affect at-risk behavior in young gay people.
This week we learn that overusing painkillers could make migraines worse, and that many older adults may be taking dangerous combinations of medications.
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