Belleville News Democrat: Health 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 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:29:22 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com California rocket firm has its first space tourist 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. Doctors separating joined twins in London http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562861.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562861.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:58 CST British doctors were conducting surgery to separate twins joined at the chest on Tuesday, hospital officials said. Report: Young doctors still too tired for safety http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562675.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562675.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:48 CST Doctors-in-training are still too exhausted, says a new report that calls on hospitals to let them have a nap. Brain waves are window into autism language woes 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. Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562505.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562505.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:28 CST Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much. Both sensations, however, felt real to most participants in a Swedish science project exploring how people can be tricked into the false perception of owning another body. Cooling brain may offer anesthesia protection http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562190.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562190.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:10 CST Researchers at Washington University may have come up with a cool way to prevent brain damage in young surgical patients. Living with AIDS: Events mark 20th World Aids Day, Bethany Place anniversary http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562246.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562246.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:05 CST Jerry Coombs had just been named aircraft commander at Scott Air Force Base in September 1987 when he found out he was HIV-positive. Medicare drug plan help offered http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562238.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562238.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:15 CST A little help is on the way for those who are doing their annual head-scratching over which Medicare prescription drug plan to choose for 2009. Patient photos aid docs reading faceless CT scans http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562123.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/562123.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:35 CST Imagine sitting in a dark room all day, evaluating CT scans and other medical images on a computer screen but never actually seeing real patients. That's life for many radiologists. Dirty teeth reveal ancient diet http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/561783.html http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/561783.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:06 CST Thanks to poor dental hygiene, researchers are getting a more detailed understanding of what people ate thousands of years ago in what is now Peru.