Birth ‘rarely causes head injury’
• Childbirth • May 27 04
Brain haemorrhages in babies over a month old are unlikely to be caused by problem births, researchers say.
Difficult deliveries are sometimes cited as…
Hope for new alcoholism treatment
• Brain • May 27 04
Scientists have identified a key mechanism involved in how alcohol affects the brain.
Researchers from Scripps Institute, California, say the discovery suggests a possible…
Bad teeth blamed on fizzy drinks
• Dental Health • May 27 04
Fizzy drinks are the main cause of increasing tooth erosion among teenagers, research suggests.
A study in the British Dental Journal found a strong…
HIV treatment cuts drug cocktail
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
A new HIV treatment will reduce the number of pills patients have to take, researchers say.
Patients prescribed Reyataz (atazanavir) would take three pills…
‘How drink ruined my life’
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
With the government set to publish its strategy to tackle alcohol misuse, BBC News Online’s Melissa Jackson talks to a recovering alcoholic about the…
Obesity: Who is to blame?
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
Around 300m people around the world are obese and that figure is predicted to rise sharply in the years ahead. Who, if anyone, is…
Taking a step toward fitness at work
• Weight Loss • May 27 04
Boyd Rutherford gets a lot of reading done as he climbs the stairs.
Most days after returning from lunch, he hikes up 15…
Some can’t wait to see spa dentist
• Dental Health • May 27 04
If the dentist’s words “open wide” fill you with fear, help may be on the way.
A number of dentists, hoping to relieve…
High-level job linked with excessive drinking in women
• Gender: Female • May 27 04
Women in high-ranking jobs are more likely to have a drinking problem than are women in lower-ranked positions, according to new research from the…
Heavy asthmatic kids not sicker, but get more meds
• Asthma • May 27 04
Overweight children with asthma report more exercise limitations than normal-weight kids with asthma, even though their asthma is not necessarily more severe, according to…
Britain is in smoking ‘timewarp’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 04
Britain is not doing enough to stop people from smoking, public health experts have warned.
Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, the researchers…
Obese Doctors Take Own Advice
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 27 04
At 6 feet and about 265 pounds, Dr. Michael Fleming is obese, a fact that becomes awkward when he has to tell a patient…
New pill helps breast cancer care
• Cancer: Breast • May 27 04
Women with breast cancer that has spread to the bone could benefit from a new pill they can take at home.
Bondronat helps to…
Acupuncture ‘beats headache pain’
• Headaches • May 27 04
Acupuncture is an effective treatment for chronic headaches and should be more widely available on the NHS, experts say.
Writing in the British Medical…
Brain chemical may help narcolepsy, study shows
• Brain • May 27 04
Replacing a missing brain chemical may help people with narcolepsy, a condition that causes patients to fall asleep involuntarily, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Drug-resistant TB ‘threatens EU’
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis poses a major threat to the European Union, a World Health Organization report says.
Researchers found rates of MDR-TB are very…
Obesity drug ‘may fight cancer’
• Cancer • May 27 04
A drug currently used to treat obesity may also be able to fight prostate cancer, a study suggests.
Scientists in the United States say…
HIV ‘raises heart disease risk’
• Heart • May 27 04
HIV infection may increase the risk of heart disease, research suggests.
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco found HIV patients had…
Madrid bomb trauma may linger years
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 27 04
Mental wounds from the Madrid bombings could linger for years and damage Spanish society if victims are not helped, psychologists who provided emergency help…
U.S. employers, insurers target pricey tests
• Public Health • May 27 04
U.S. employers and health insurers, strangled by double-digit medical care cost hikes, are increasingly putting controls on the big-ticket procedures and medications, according to…
Combo therapy could tackle drug-resistant cancer
• Cancer • May 27 04
Using two drugs instead of just one could help cancer patients whose tumours do not respond to standard treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Echinacea combo may prevent kids’ colds: study
• Flu • May 27 04
An herbal mixture of echinacea, propolis and vitamin C may lessen the blow of cold season for young children, a new study suggests.
Israeli…
Anti-Cigarette Ads Up In Smoke?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 04
An edgy ad campaign aimed at getting kids to stop smoking could be forced off the air because tobacco companies are refusing to keep…
Vatican Condemns Fertility Help
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 27 04
The Vatican issued a broad condemnation Tuesday of fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization, calling the destruction of embryos in the process a “massacre…
Parents don’t see obesity in their children: study
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Parents are so accustomed to seeing overweight youngsters that many fail to realize when their own children are obese, British researchers said on Wednesday.
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