Health Tip: Practice Gardening Safety

(HealthDay News) -- Even in the garden, you should take precautions to protect yourself from injury, experts advise.

Health Tip: Exposure to Lead

(HealthDay News) -- Lead is a heavy metal that's found in many common sources. Prolonged exposure, particularly among children, may damage developing brain, kidneys and other organs.

Cancer Drug Safe for Late-Stage Pelvic Disease

WEDNESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- It's safe to use a new oral anti-cancer drug called vorinostat with short-term palliative radiation therapy in patients with advanced pelvic cancer, according to a phase 1 study.

Middle-Age Americans Less Mobile Than Ever

WEDNESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Physical disabilities that limit mobility are increasing among middle-age Americans, a new study reports, and experts say the trend could have serious long-term consequences for the U.S. health-care system.

'Electronic Nose' Sniffs Out Asthma

WEDNESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Using an artificial breath-sensor system dubbed the "electronic nose," Italian researchers were able to spot more cases of asthma than with traditional diagnostic tools.