Two more genes linked to common skin cancer

Reuters - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent.

Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- With the transition from summer to fall, doctors note an increase in bunions among their female patients, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.

Health Highlights: Oct. 12, 2008

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- New genetic links to male pattern baldness have been discovered by researchers in England and Germany.

Researchers find easier way to make stem cells

Mystery S.Africa disease may be rodent borne

Reuters - A disease that has killed three people in South Africa and forced others into isolation wards may be rodent borne, a health official said Sunday, SAPA news agency reported.

AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments

37 human anthrax cases in northern Iraq outbreak

Reuters - Thirty-seven people have been infected by anthrax in northern Iraq in the country's first outbreak of the disease since the 1980s, the health minister in the Kurdish autonomous region said Sunday.

Fliers Can Keep Blood Clots at Bay

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Acting U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Steven K. Galson recently released a "Call to Action" to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States.