(12 stories) Kylie 'may adopt or use surrogate'

Health - News February 22, 2011 See Health Weather Kylie 'may adopt or use surrogate' (Andover Advertiser) Pop star Kylie Minogue has revealed that she could adopt or use a surrogate mother to have a child. Brain Pacemakers May Zap Psychiatric Disease (WPBF) Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases - if scientists can figure out just where in all that gray matter to put them. Early Appendectomy for Children Better than Waiting (KVOR-AM Colorado Springs) An early appendectomy is better than postponing surgery for children with a perforated appendix, a new study says. Gastric bypass more effective than other procedures, studies find (Myphl17) Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration approved the marketing of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery to 11 million new patients, a pair of studies has found that a different, older procedure is more effective and no riskier than either the Lap-Band or another less-drastic surgery, sleeve gastrectomy. Alcohol deaths predicted to rise (Sunderland Echo) Experts have warned that "as many as a quarter of a million people will die from alcohol abuse over the next two decades unless the government takes the problem as seriously as it did smoking," reported The Daily Telegraph. Climate change creates longer ragweed season (WNFL-AM Green Bay) A changing climate means allergy-causing ragweed pollen has a longer season that extends further north than it did just 16 years ago, U.S. scientists reported on Monday. Sheen: I pray for my son Charlie (Hampshire Chronicle) Veteran actor Martin Sheen has revealed he is praying for his troubled son Charlie and wants to appear on screen with him again. Conscience Clause Allowed Docs to Deny Care to Gays--But No More (EDGEprovidence Health/Fitness Feed) A Bush-era law that allowed physicians to deny care to patients on moral grounds has been almost entirely undone by the Obama administration, the Washington Post reported on Feb. Cuba reports cigar sales up 2 percent last year (Deseret Morning News) The exclusive seller and exporter of Cuban cigars said Monday that sales of the island's coveted smokes rose 2 percent in 2010, rebounding slightly after falling for two straight years amid the global economic crisis. 'Man Bag' Fad May Lead to Back Bother, Chiropractors Say (Fox News) Sporting a weighty man bag may be the latest fashion for fellows but it can cause back pain and poor posture, British chiropractors said this month. Beware the Cafeteria Diet (hivehealthmedia) According to the latest research , a cafeteria diet is the perfect diet for producing high levels of: In fact, not only was the cafeteria diet more efficient than the standard rat chow diet at turning lab rats into obese diabetic lab rats, it was even better than a diet consisting of 45% lard. A cardiac-crisis survivor's story (KSWB-TV San Diego) From an early age, congenital heart problems have given Bruce Lowen a will to survive that drew open admiration from his doctors and cemented a tight bond between him and his mother. More Health News...

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