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    September 6, 2010 headlines

    Memory problems in elderly more common in men
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Slight cognitive problems like forgetting people's names or misplacing items plague more older men than women, according to a Minnesota study.

    Exercise shoes focus attention on walking
    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Call them toners, shapers, or rocker bottoms, those exercise shoes with the distinctive thick, rounded soles are flying off the shelves and onto the feet of even the most clodhopper-averse walkers.

    Hormones won't cut older women's depression risk
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using hormone therapy won't prevent women from becoming depressed after menopause, new research shows.

    Robot doesn't make cancer surgery cheaper: study
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer is cheaper on a society-wide and hospital level than surgery done with a robotic system or a more invasive hysterectomy, according to a new study.

    Long-term knee function good after ligament repair
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have surgery to repair a common knee ligament injury show improvement in knee function as long as 15 years after undergoing the operation, new research shows.

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