March 10, 2010 — The U.S. is making gains on at least one war front, the “War on Cancer,” according to a new analysis of cancer death statistics

March 11, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help take the redness out of new stretch marks. New stretch marks were also softer and smoother in 54 women who used the cream for three months, says Zoe Draelos, MD, a consulting professor of dermatology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.

March 10, 2010 - Hospitals and professional societies should end bans that that keep many women who’ve had a C-section from opting for a natural birth in later pregnancies, an NIH advisory panel today urged. About 75% of women succeed in having a vaginal delivery after previous cesarean delivery, assuming that it’s not a multiple birth, that the baby is in the normal position, and that their previous C-section required only a single incision.

March 10, 2010 — Stromectal — a pill containing ivermectin, a drug used to prevent heartworms in dogs — kills head lice that are resistant to first-line treatment better than malathion-based lotion. The finding comes from a clinical trial sponsored by Merck, which makes the parasite-killing pill. When children bring home head lice, doctors usually recommend treatment with one of several brands of pyrethroid-based products, such as Elimite, Acticin, Nix,  A-200, Licide, Pronto, Pyrinyl Plus, Rid, and Tisit (although a recent study showed that a louse-smothering product called Ulesfia works well)

March 10, 2010 — Nearly 2 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with salmonella have been recalled, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.

March 10, 2010 – Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) — the latest, still-controversial treatment for tendon injuries — heals tennis elbow better than corticosteroid shots, a new study suggests. Because they get very little blood, injured tendons heal notoriously slowly. Blood platelets attract healing growth factors, so the idea of PRP is to inject a patient’s own platelets at the site of a tendon injury.

March 10, 2010 — A dangerous diarrhea-causing germ once thought to only affect the elderly and seriously ill is now affecting a growing number of healthy children in the U.S. A new report shows the rates of hospitalization for illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C.

March 9, 2010 — Sleep problems and sleep habits vary among different ethnic groups, according to a new national survey.

March 9, 2010 - A virus that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unharmed works against prostate cancer, a human study shows. The virus also blasts lymphoid, colon, ovarian, breast, pancreatic, brain, lung, head and neck, and other cancer cells

March 9, 2010 (Miami Beach, Fla.) — A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is the extract that gives Indian curry its distinctive flavor, scent, and deep orange color may help fade fine facial lines, wrinkles, and aging spots, studies suggest. The ingredient is turmeric, which has a long history of use in Indian Ayurvedic medicine to treat conditions ranging from indigestion to cancer because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, says Cheri Swanson, PhD