- CDC: Doctors Increasingly Prescribe Exercise
 A new report from the CDC shows that more patients are getting prescriptions for exercise from their doctors.
- Osteoporosis Medication Linked to Unusual Thigh Fractures
 Some drugs used to strengthen bones may increase the risk of an unusual type of fracture if patients take them on a long-term basis for multiple years, a new study shows.
- Some Men May Inherit a Higher Risk of Heart Disease From Dad
 Move over, estrogen. There's a new theory that helps explain why men are more likely than women to get heart disease.
- Tai Chi Improves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
 Tai chi, a kind of exercise that guides the body through gentle, flowing poses, may help some of the worst physical problems of Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows.
- Doctors’ Honesty Put to the Test
 Is your doctor always telling you the truth? Maybe not, according to a survey on doctor honesty. More than 1,800 doctors nationwide answered anonymously.
- Would You Like to ‘Downsize’ That?
 Forget “supersize” that. Tulane University marketing professor Janet Schwartz, PhD, would like fast-food restaurants to instead ask their customers if they’d like to “downsize” that.
- Gene Therapy Helps People With Inherited Blindness See
 Functionally blind for many years, Tami Morehouse calls the gene therapy that partially restored her sight nothing short of a miracle.
- FDA Approves No-Comb Treatment for Head Lice
 The FDA has approved Sklice, a no-comb, 10-minute treatment for head lice. The topical 0.5% ivermectin lotion can be used in kids as young as age 6 months.
- Rotavirus Vaccine Not Linked to Risk of Intestinal Disorder
 Despite studies showing that the rotavirus vaccine can reduce the number of children hospitalized for severe diarrhea, some U.S. doctors are slow to embrace it for fear that this vaccine may increase an infant’s risk of a life-threatening bowel blockage (intussusception).
- Bread and Other Common Foods Top List of Sodium Culprits
 About 90% of us get too much sodium every day, and most of it comes from common restaurant or grocery store items, the CDC reports. The No. 1 culprit? Bread and rolls.
- New Alzheimer’s Guidelines May Confuse Diagnosis
 Under recently revised criteria, nearly all people currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer’s disease dementia would be classified instead as having mild cognitive impairment, akin to slight memory loss, which could mislead patients and their families, according to a leading Alzheimer’s researcher.
- New Guidelines Debunk 'Economy Class Syndrome'
 New guidelines debunk evidence to support the existence of an “economy class syndrome” -- the idea that passengers in the cheaper seats with the least leg room have an elevated risk for developing deep vein blood clots.
- Kids Who Feel Left Out Are Less Active
 Children who feel left out, even for a little while, may be less active.
- Smoking in Men Speeds Up Mental Decline
 Men who smoke tend to have a more rapid mental decline than men who do not smoke, a new study shows. But the findings did not reveal a similar link between smoking and mental decline in female smokers.
- School Vending Machines Still Offer Too Many Sugary Snacks
 About half of elementary school students still have access to sugary snacks and other unhealthy options in school vending machines, according to a new study.
- Heart Hormone Linked to Calorie-Burning Brown Fat
 You may have heard about brown fat -- a unique type of fat that acts like a furnace in the body to burn calories instead of storing them as excess weight.
- Hard-Boiled Egg Recall Hits 34 States
 Listeria contamination of hard-cooked eggs has led to recalls of prepared salads, sandwiches, and other products in 34 states.
- Teens Exposed to Less Secondhand Smoke in Cars
 Secondhand smoke exposure in cars has declined in U.S. middle and high school students between 2000 and 2009.
- Does Online Dating Make You Luckier at Love?
A new study shows that Internet dating sites help us get together, but they probably don’t make us any luckier in love, despite some companies’ claims to the contrary.
- Little Blows to Head Add Up to Big Risk
 Small hits to the head may add up to injuries for high school football players, according to a new study by the Purdue Neurotrauma Group at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
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