WRAL.com Health Team

Daycare might help prevent childhood leukemia

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:30:24 -0400

Those runny noses your kid picks up at daycare might actually lower the risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new study.

Tiny camera can view intestinal ducts

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:21:48 -0400

The latest camera can fit inside the tiny bile duct near the small intestine.

Hair restoration treatment gets results

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:32:39 -0400

A childhood accident left Vonette Chisholm with balding and white scarred skin.

Duke gets funds for brain tumor research

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:44:12 -0400

Duke University announced the receipt of a $6 million grant for research into pediatric brain tumors Wednesday.

Coupled with mammography, ultrasound finds more breast cancers

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:16 -0400

Undergoing breast ultrasound in addition to mammography can detect more cancers in high-risk women, according to a new study.

Consumer group: Keyboards dirtier than toilet seats

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:28:10 -0400

A London consumer group found computer keyboards to have five times more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat.

Ibuprofen-packing pain meds could lower Alzheimer's risk

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:22:50 -0400

Study participants who took ibuprofen daily for five years had a 40 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's.

Procedure offers breast reconstruction with a tummy tuck

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:20 -0400

Treating breast cancer is an ordeal causing some women to undergo radiation, chemotherapy and a mastectomy. When it is time for breast reconstruction, women want something as close as possible to what they had.

Procedure hopes to give stroke victims extra time for treatment

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:39:50 -0400

When a person is having an acute stroke, every minute of delayed treatment means a higher risk of permanent brain damage. A new procedure, available at UNC Hospitals, hopes to increases a person’s window of treatment up to eight hours.

State denies Rex Hospital expansion

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:06 -0400

State officials denied Rex Healthcare's plan to build urgent care facilities in Holly Springs and in the Panther Creek area of west Cary Wednesday.