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Bodybuilders Bulk Up Using ... Cancer Drugs?

While steroids are all-stars among performance-enhancing drugs, breast cancer drugs are a lesser-known staple of doping regimens, as are some investigational agents that aren't available on any regulated market.

FDA Flags Risk of Nuclear Stress Test Drugs

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two agents used in cardiac nuclear stress tests may carry a greater risk of heart attack and death than previously believed, the FDA said Wednesday.

Exercise May Allay Anxiety, Depression

SAN DIEGO -- Exercise may have modest benefits as a treatment for patients suffering from anxiety or depression, researchers reported here.

Yoga May Be Good for COPD

CHICAGO -- With its focus on breathing exercises, yoga may improve some of the symptoms of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) along with boosting quality of life, researchers said here.

AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a Disease

CHICAGO -- Obesity should be called a disease and not simply a condition, the American Medical Association's policy-making House of Delegates voted on Tuesday, ignoring a recommendation by one of its own councils.

Obesity Not a Disease, AMA Council Says

CHICAGO -- Obesity is hard to define and diagnose, and partly because of that is not a disease, an American Medical Association council said in a report issued here Monday.

How Much Exercise to Burn Off a Burger?

Menus displaying the amount of exercise required to burn off calories in a meal had some impact on food choice, researchers found.

Afib Benefits Seen with Yoga, Acupressure

Blood pressure and heart rate declined significantly in patients with atrial fibrillation after 3 months of weekly yoga sessions, results of a small clinical study showed.

'Rugby' Iron Pills Pulled Due to Drug Mix-Up

锘縒ASHINGTON -- The manufacturer of an iron supplement has recalled one lot of the product due to bottles of the affected lot potentially containing anti-nausea tablets instead.

Working with Weights May Help Stroke Rehab

Resistance training -- which is often overlooked in stroke rehab -- may help improve thinking and memory in stroke survivors, researchers found.

Weight Gain After Bypass Not Affected by Diet

SAN ANTONIO -- Lifestyle factors -- including dietary intake, physical activity levels, and treadmill time -- were not predictive of weight regain from 2 to 6 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, researchers found.

Playing Sports Helps Teens Fight Fat

Team sports may fight weight problems better than other forms of exercise among high schoolers, researchers found.

Muscle Massage Rubs Out Inflammation

Heavily stressed muscles responded to massage therapy with a variety of biologic changes associated with reduced inflammation, analysis of tissue specimens showed.

Docs Contradict NCAA on Sickle Cell Trait Tests

The American Society of Hematology is challenging the major college sports organization over its policy on sickle cell trait testing for athletes.

Training Technique Stresses Athletes' Spines

CHICAGO --The squat lift, an exercise that has long been a standard training technique for athletes, puts inordinate stress on the spine and likely is the cause of chronic stress fractures in young athletes.

Ornish, Pritikin Cleared for Medicare Payment

Medicare will pay for intensive diet and exercise programs developed under the Ornish and Pritikin brands for reducing cardiovascular event risk, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced.

ASCO: Cancer Survivors Get Benefit from Yoga

CHICAGO -- Gentle stretching, breathing, and other exercises in a regular yoga program may ease sleep and fatigue problems common among cancer survivors, a randomized trial found.

Weight-Loss Trial Final Report: 52 Pounds of Fat Melted Away

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The official results are in: My ending weight was 231 pounds -- a loss of 52 pounds from my starting weight of 283 pounds in January 2008.

Diastolic Dysfunction Predicts Reduced Exercise Capacity

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Exercise may be good for the heart, but good diastolic function also appears to protect the capacity for exercise, researchers found.

Recall of Three Little Words Helps Quick Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment

ATLANTA -- Mild cognitive impairment can be determined in less than five minutes with a three-word memory test and a clock- drawing task, according to researchers here. The words are apple, penny, and table.

Certain Exercise Proposed to Reduce Hip Fracture Risk in Elderly

CAMBRIDGE, England-If hip fractures in the elderly are caused by thinning of the femur that leads to bone buckling in a fall, as a team here contends, cycling, rowing or gymnastics might strengthen the femoral neck and reduce the fracture risk.

Swimming After a Fourth Cookout? Maybe Not

LITTLE FALLS, N.J.-It turns out mothers were giving sound advice when they told their children to avoid swimming right after eating, but not for the reasons they thought.

Obesity Putting Pressure on the Knees

SALT LAKE CITY-Americans are buckling under their own weight insofar as their knees are concerned.