AP - An outbreak of a sometimes dangerous lung ailment that affected an unlikely group — associates of the American Lung Association — probably stemmed from a meeting they attended at the Iowa governor’s mansion, officials say.

Reuters - Women with lower urinary tract
symptoms, or LUTS, are more likely to have sexual problems than
women without LUTS, researchers reported here at the annual
meeting of the European Association of Urology.

Reuters - Whether a man is recovering
from cancer or helping his spouse to deal with cancer, how his
wife is coping emotionally will play a key role in his physical
health, a new American Cancer Society (ACS)-funded study shows.

AP - Chronic heartburn is a daily acid bath for the esophagus, and complications from it are on the rise.

Reuters - Lotrel, a pill combining two blood
pressure drugs in one, was so effective at preventing heart
attacks and other problems in a clinical trial that the study
was stopped early, and its findings may change the way
hypertension is treated, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Despite some doctors’
reluctance to do so, a new study finds that treating high blood pressure
in patients 80 age and older can reduce the rate of stroke, heart failure
and death from cardiovascular disease.

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Only half the women
diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer clearly understand the risks and
benefits of a mastectomy versus a breast-conserving lumpectomy plus
radiation, even after they have one of the procedures, according to a new
study.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

Reuters - Merck & Co said on Monday that
patients on its experimental obesity drug lost more than twice
as much weight as those on a placebo in a late-stage clinical
study.

AP - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.