Fitness Boosts Brain Power in Multiple Sclerosis Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise appears to protect the brains of people with multiple sclerosis, new study findings suggest.

Realistic Physical Goals Can Make You a Winner (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- For those feeling inspired by the performance of athletes at the Winter Olympics, the National Athletic Trainers' Association has some tips about how to get started on your own race to better fitness and endurance.

Biking to School Boosts Kids' Fitness (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New British research suggests that kids -- especially girls -- who ride bicycles to school are in better shape than those who walk and take buses or cars.

As Kids Age, Secondary Schools Offer Less Support (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer than one in four U.S. parents give their local secondary schools an "A" grade for how they deal with students who have behavioral, emotional or family problems, a new survey shows.

Fewer Childhood Deaths From Rheumatic Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for U.S. children with rheumatic diseases are much lower than previously reported, a new study has found.

Approval Expanded for Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval for Tykerb (lapatinib) to include postmenopausal women with hormone- and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer who require hormone therapy.

Haiti health chief calls for shelter ahead of rain (AFP)
AFP - Haitian Health Minister Alex Larsen said the government is "moving as fast as possible" to shelter quake-hit refugees ahead of heavy rains due as soon as next month that could trigger a public health disaster.

Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia (Reuters)
Reuters - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.

Santa Not the Best Role Model for Kids' Health (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Is Santa Claus really public health enemy No. 1?

House Democrats Approve Health-Care Reform Bill (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- After a year of fierce partisan debate, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives late Sunday night passed the landmark $940 billion health-care reform bill, which would extend health insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting medical conditions and cut the federal deficit by an estimated $138 billion over the next decade.