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ATLANTA -- Horseback riding causes the highest proportion of traumatic brain injuries among sports-related recreational, activities, according to the CDC. For brain injuries, ice skating is next.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Enzyme replacement therapy plus two classes of renin inhibitors stabilized kidney function in patients with severe Fabry's nephropathy, researchers reported.

OXFORD, England -- The cardiovascular risk of rofecoxib (Vioxx), the now-withdrawn Cox-2 inhibitor, increased from the start of treatment rather than after an 18-month delay, found researchers here.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Partial thrombosis of the false lumen created after a dissection in the descending aorta is a strong predictor of death after hospital discharge, researchers found.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Researchers here believe they've successfully tied a recent decline in breast cancer incidence to the rapid drop in use of hormone replacement therapy after 2002.

ATLANTA -- Americans are having trouble sifting fact from fiction on the causes of cancer, according to a survey released today.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Binge-drinking men consume inadequate amounts of essential fatty acids, possibly contributing to the adverse health consequences of too much alcohol, investigators here have concluded.

INDIANAPOLIS -- When metastatic testicular cancer progresses despite initial chemotherapy, including a cisplatin-based combination, a high-dose salvage regimen with stem-cell rescue can lead to relapse-free complete responses.

ROCKVILLE, Md. - An FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency approve raloxifene (Evista) for prevention of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women.

BOSTON -- Obesity tends to spread widely through a person's social and family ties, even as far as a friend's friend's friend, researchers found.

NEW YORK -- For clinically localized prostate cancer, the experience of the surgeon doing a radical prostatectomy may play a major role in avoiding a biochemical relapse, according to investigators here.

NEW ORLEANS -- Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged this city, a grand jury here refused to indict Anna M. Pou, M.D., in the deaths of four elderly patients at Memorial Medical Center.

LOS ANGELES -- Exposure to the sun may be a risk factor for skin cancer, but it seems to have a protective effect against multiple sclerosis, according to a twin study.

BOSTON -- Only a minority of older breast cancer survivors undergoes recommended yearly surveillance mammography, but for those who do, the risk of dying from the disease is cut by almost a third, researchers found.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The old guard in medical education who predicted that shortened work hours for residents would lead to shoddy training of young physicians are claiming vindication.

BOSTON -- Hip protectors designed to lessen the impact of falls for older adults do not appear to reduce the incidence of hip fractures, researchers here found.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- Pulmonary artery catheterization decreased by 65% for all medical admissions in the U.S., from 1993 to 2004, researchers here reported.

BOSTON -- Intense lipid-lowering may raise the threat of cancer as it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large meta-analysis.