FINDINGS: Researchers found that Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese low-impact mind-body exercise, provided significant health benefits for adults suffering from tension headaches. Compared with a control group, patients who participated in a 15-week Tai Chi program were helped not only with headache pain, but also perceived improvement in other areas, reporting increased energy, emotional well-being, social functioning and improved mental health. [click link for full article]

Researchers are calling for the creation of a collaborative registry to assess the risk of serious injuries when treating children using spinal manipulation.A recent study done in part by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, concludes that although serious adverse events have been identified when spinal manipulation is used to treat children, their true incidence remains unknown, and these events must be better reported. [click link for full article]

Congress and President Bush this year should approve legislation to end a “subsidy for private Medicare coverage that rewards inefficiency and offers no guarantee of quality,” a “modest course correction” for the program that would “force the private plans to compete according to the quality of their care,” a Baltimore Sun editorial states. [click link for full article]

The Discovery Channel has a new documentary, Living With Cancer, which takes an honest look at the reality of “Living With Cancer” from the perspective of patients, survivors, family, caretakers, and doctors. [click link for full article]

Twenty oncologists from 14 countries with limited resources have been awarded The ASCO Foundation International Development and Education Award (IDEA). The award helps cover expenses associated with the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 43rd Annual Meeting, June 1-5, in Chicago. The 20 awards represent more than $100,000, and provide funds to cover meeting registration, airfare, hotel accommodations, and meals. [click link for full article]

Every fifteen minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with bowel cancer - with the disease claiming fifty lives every day in this country. Indeed, it is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, affecting men and women equally. However, bowel cancer is highly treatable, if detected in its early stages - and, when treated early, around nine out of ten people will survive. [click link for full article]

A new treatment for Candida species of fungi which can cause thrush and sepsis (a lifethreatening infection leading to fever, hypotension, and shock) has proven as effective as the existing treatment in a drug trial. But the new drug has fewer side effects, claims an Article published Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. [click link for full article]

A technology that allows women to have ovarian tissue removed and transplanted back into their ovaries when they want to become pregnant is becoming an “intriguing option” for women who want to delay pregnancy, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, the technique involves removal of the outer shell of the ovary, which contains immature eggs. The shell is then divided into strips and frozen. [click link for full article]

ResMed, the second largest manufacturer of CPAP machines in the U.S., has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 300,000 specific CPAP machines known as the S8 series. The problem with the S8 is the potential for the devices to short circuit in the power supply connector due to a problem with a component ResMed says it purchased from another vendor. [click link for full article]

The Center for Medicare Advocacy and the National Senior Citizens Law Center announce a new affiliation called the “Justice Partnership”. The groups are planning a major conference in Washington, DC to focus advocates and policymakers on the challenges facing lower income older people and people with disabilities. The conference will take place this October. [click link for full article]