http://www.bnd.com/living/health/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Health 60 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:12:33 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564382.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564382.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:11 CST What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564333.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564333.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:11 CST More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564248.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564248.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:32 CST The Cleveland Clinic says it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564118.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564118.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:17 CST Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe, effective and ready for routine use, but published research doesn't support that "overoptimistic" picture, the study authors said. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/563986.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/563986.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:22 CST The Saudi government has found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in powdered milk imported from China and lower concentrations in chocolate wafer cream made in Malaysia. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564048.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/564048.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:22 CST CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - An agile mind may be as important as strong limbs when it comes to the crucial task of preventing falls. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/563005.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/563005.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03 CST A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562861.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562861.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:42 CST Faith was breathing for Hope. So when the newborn conjoined Williams twins were separated, it turned out that Hope couldn't live without her sister. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562675.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562675.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:07 CST Doctors-in-training are still too exhausted, says a new report that calls on hospitals to let them have a nap. Regulations that capped the working hours of bleary-eyed young doctors came just five years ago, limiting them to about 80 hours a week. http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562649.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562649.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:10 CST Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating.