World cycling champion Lance Armstrong and four former U.S. surgeons general urged Americans on Wednesday to do more to prevent cancer and get recommended screening tests.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington, the seven-time Tour de France winner asked the surgeons general to develop goals to reduce the medical, economic and social burden of the disease. Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer, urged people to adopt healthy lifestyles, screening tests, education and better care for survivors

An electronic diabetes registry will be ready by next spring to assist patients and healthcare teams in Ontario to manage their disease. By 2015, diabetics in the province will have individual electronic health records.

The high-tech approach is part of an ambitious $741 million program launched by the Ontario provincial government on Tuesday to strengthen its battle against diabetes

Children born prematurely are more likely to have medical and social disabilities in adulthood, new research says. The factors can hinder the preemies from getting a well-paid job and starting a family, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Over the last four decades, the advancement in medical science has led to better survival in premature babies but studies suggest that it may come at the cost of disabilities and hurdles in adult life

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a nearly $5 million grant to the Johns Hopkins Children's Center for the establishment of a basic and translational research center that will consolidate research, treatment and care of adult and pediatric patients under one roof, speeding up the time between research and treatment.

"This center will be a marriage of all aspects of science and treatment, from basic science and clinical research to patient care and public health research, all part of the quest to treat and ultimately cure sickle cell disease," said lead investigator Dr. James F. Casella in a statement

Brain injuries from falling account for half of all elderly deaths, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. In 2005, brain injuries accounted for 50 percent of unintentional fall deaths and 8 percent of nonfatal fall-related hospitalizations among older adults.

Traumatic brain injuries, which are caused by a bump or blow to the head due to a fall, caused nearly 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older, the study found