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.

Health Tip: Start Your Day With a Good Breakfast (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Your mother's edict that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" is true, experts say.

Who's Been Using My Keyboard? Check the Germ Trail (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- The germs you leave behind might serve as the equivalent of fingerprints, giving forensic scientists a new way to identify who's been where.

Health Tip: Prevent a Fungal Nail Infection (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A fungal infection of the fingernails or toenails can make them hard, brittle and discolored.

A New Way to Zap Away Uterine Fibroids (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Focused ultrasound is an effective way to get rid of uterine fibroids, the noncancerous but troublesome tumors that can grow inside the uterus, new research shows.

DNA Test May Cut Hospitalizations Caused by Blood Thinner (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- A simple genetic test that helps doctors determine the best dose of the blood-thinner drug warfarin for individual patients could reduce hospitalizations by one-third during the early dose-adjustment phase, a new study has found.