(HealthDay News) -- Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that, if acquired by a pregnant woman, can threaten the fetus.

(HealthDay News) -- Certain painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may cause stomach problems, especially if you need to take them consistently over long periods.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- The availability of hospice care for dying patients in the United States is strongly associated with a local area's average household income, a new study says.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who are more sensitive to the rewarding effects of alcohol may be at increased risk for greater consumption of alcohol and for alcoholism, researchers report.

SATURDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer in U.S. veterans exposed to the herbicide in Vietnam, a new study suggests.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Gay men have a lower health-related quality of life than other men after prostate cancer treatment, a new study finds.

SUNDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking increases the risk of advanced kidney cancer, researchers report.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- In men who've had their prostate surgically removed due to prostate cancer, smoking seems linked to a rise in blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) -- a measure of the risk of cancer recurrence.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who undergo angioplasty to unblock a clogged artery have better odds of survival if they participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program afterwards, researchers report.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of those who develop Alzheimer's disease before the age of 60 are initially misdiagnosed when the first signs of the disease are symptoms other than memory problems, a small study suggests.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A daily dose of the antioxidant selenium doesn't appear to elevate "bad" cholesterol levels, and may in fact prompt a very modest boost in "good" cholesterol, a new British study reveals.

SATURDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep problems are associated with erectile dysfunction and urologic conditions such as incontinence, according to the results of two new studies.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical in smoke from cigarettes, forest fires and cooking/heating fires may pose a health risk, a new study indicates.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma patients who delay seeking emergency medical care when the condition flares can suffer worse outcomes, including hospitalization.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine -- the care of patients by health care professionals located remotely -- may benefit intensive care unit patients, new U.S. research shows.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Children taking drugs to control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder appear to be at no greater risk for heart problems than kids not taking ADHD medications, a new study finds.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A new Spanish study links binge drinking in college students to a lowered ability to remember lists of words, although the research doesn't prove alcohol is at fault and the drinkers did fine on a separate memory test.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Dermatologists sometimes see patients who insist their skin is infested by parasites despite clinical evidence to the contrary.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Amid the controversy swirling around the value of PSA testing as a screen for prostate cancer, new evidence emerges that there may be ways to fine-tune the screening so it benefits more men, while avoiding unnecessary biopsies and treatment.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- For men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer who have also failed chemotherapy, the new drug Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) along with the steroid prednisone appears to increase survival modestly, a new study reports.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- When general doctors refer patients to a specialist to investigate a suspicious skin lesion, it's more often another lesion that turns out to be cancerous, a new study finds.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Half of children with sleep apnea who also wet the bed might stop their bedwetting if their tonsils or adenoids are removed, new research suggests.

MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Victrelis (boceprevir) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic hepatitis C, in tandem with the two additional drugs, pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin.