People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

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Calcium pills pose ‘heart risk’

Hundreds of thousands of heart patients could benefit from new blood thinning drugs to cut their risk of stroke, guidelines recommend

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New clot drug for heart patients

Although some European officials talk of “managing” a Greek exit from the euro, the political and financial costs, and risks of panic and contagion, would represent a fundamental challenge.

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Greek Crisis Poses Hard Choices for Western Leaders

Two new studies associate a common disorder of sleep that causes pauses in breathing with a higher risk of cancer.

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Well: Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk

Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

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Dieting ‘safe for pregnant women’

(Health.com) – Drinking a daily cup of coffee – or even several cups – isn't likely to harm your health, and it may even lower your risk of dying from chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests. The relationship between coffee drinking and health has been a hot topic in recent years, but research has produced mixed results. Some studies have linked coffee consumption to better health and a lower risk of premature death, while others suggest that coffee – or rather caffeine – might contribute to heart disease through negative effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate. The new study is by far the largest of its kind to date. As part of a joint project with the AARP, researchers from the National Institutes of Health followed more than 400,000 healthy men and women between the ages of 50 and 71 for up to 13 years, during which 13% of the participants died. Read the full story on CNN Health:  “Coffee drinking linked to longer life”

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A cup of joe a day keeps the Grim Reaper away

All federal government organizations are potentially at risk for workplace violence, not just those in high-crime areas or dealing with violent members of the public, according to an agency studying the issue. Read full article > >

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Risk of violence in federal workplace examined

Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children’s lives at risk, a survey five years after the death of baby Peter Connolly suggests.

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Social work cuts ‘risking lives’

People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.

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HDL ‘Good Cholesterol’ Found Not to Cut Heart Risk

Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.

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Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death

In an unusual move by a studio executive, Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson recently introduced his risky $211 million film, “Battleship” to film exhibitors by emblazoning in bold letters on screen some of the negative zingers the press has already slung at the board-game-inspired action movie. Read full article > >

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Press-scorned ‘Battleship’ hopes to avoid death in choppy U.S. waters

Babies born after labour is induced have less risk of dying but a higher risk of admission to a special-care unit, a study has found.

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Induction ‘cuts baby death risk’

A drug already approved for treatment of AIDS might one day be approved for prevention of the deadly disease in individuals at high risk.

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FDA panel recommends anti-HIV drug

With 50,000 new H.I.V. cases each year in the United States, government advisers said Truvada, an antiviral medicine, should be approved for use in healthy people at high risk of infection.

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F.D.A. Panel Backs Preventive Use of H.I.V. Drug Truvada

A s more sordid details emerge in the trial of former U.S. senator John Edwards (D), one question lingers: Why on earth did this man, who had so much going for him, risk everything — including a shot at the presidency of the United States — to have an affair with a woman best described as unpredictable? It’s hard not to wonder, as details are being recounted in a North Carolina courtroom of the frantic efforts to stash Edwards’s pregnant mistress from his dying wife (and the rest of the world) and how Edwards hit up a 101-year-old heiress for more money even as he was being investigated for campaign finance violations (for which he is now on trial). Read full article > >

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John Edwards and Harry Thomas Jr.: They didn’t think anyone would notice?