 | | | | This Week In Health Headlines | | | This week we learn that ginkgo supplements don't prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease, that family history is a good indicator of breast cancer risk, even in the absence of "breast cancer genes," and that vitamins C and E don't prevent cancer in men. We also learn that banning advertising for fast food could help cut childhood obesity rates.
This week we learn that obese children have clogged arteries and heart abnormalities that increase their risk of heart disease, that the HPV vaccine protects men from genital warts, and that statins decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some people with normal cholesterol and no other risk factors. We also learn that a bone marrow transplant may have cured one man of HIV infection and that vitamin supplements don't prevent heart disease.
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