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MADISON, Wis. -- Americans who consider cancer to be just one of those things, a disease that is essentially random and capricious, are significantly more likely to become a statistic, found researchers here.

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Chronic pain interferes with the brain's ability to keep information in mind while working on other tasks that require attention, researchers here found.

NEW YORK -- The Wall Street Journal suggested today that the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) may be tempting its members to buy low or sell high, on the sly, by sending them advance confidential copies of its annual meeting abstract book.

CAMPERDOWN, Australia -- Aspirin therapy during pregnancy may modestly reduce pre-eclampsia risk, but unknown long-term effects require weighing the decision with each patient, researchers said.

PHILADELPHIA -- In what may be good news for the bald, researchers here have shown that mice can regenerate hair follicles in much the same way that newts and salamanders can regrow body parts.

BOHEMIA, N.Y. -- A maker of shark cartilage capsules has issued a nationwide recall after routine product testing revealed potential Salmonella contamination.

TURIN, Italy -- ACE inhibitors reduced the risk of progressive kidney disease by 20% in children and young people with early-stage IgA nephropathy and moderate proteinuria, researchers here reported.

SEATTLE -- Prostate cancer risk is unaffected by lycopene, and beta-carotene appears to triple the risk for aggressive forms of the malignancy, a large study showed.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Sixteen years after activist Erin Brockovich first suggested that hexavalent chromium in drinking might be a health hazard, a federal scientific panel has agreed with her.

CHICAGO -- Infants with bronchiolitis are 42% more likely to be successfully discharged from the emergency department when they are treated with nebulized albuterol rather than epinephrine.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Supplementation with calcium and vitamin D may help some postmenopausal women avoid weight gain, researchers here reported.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Men who take multi-vitamin supplements more than once a day are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer as men who never take supplements, researchers here confirmed.

KONYA, Turkey -- So-called light cigarettes are no less harmful to cardiovascular circulation than the regular kind, researchers here reported.

BALTIMORE -- Medicare has reacted to an FDA black box on erythropiesis stimulating agents by drawing a red line on the coverage of treatment for cancer patients.

ORLANDO -- When palliative surgery is not possible, percutaneous aortic valve replacement may be an option for high risk patients, researchers reported here.

LOS ANGELES -- Testosterone supplements are safe and well-tolerated in men with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, according to researchers here.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Eating fatty fish and drinking milk may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, researchers reported.

HONG KONG -- For arthritis patients with a history of upper-GI bleeds, adding the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole (Nexium) to celecoxib (Celebrex) significantly reduced the rate of such events, researchers reported here.