Diabetes screening seen to be worth the cost in US
• Diabetes • Feb 23 05
The cost of routinely screening older Americans for type 2 diabetes every three years would be acceptable, researchers report.
“Screening people 45 years of…
Abuse of some illegal drugs on rise globally
• Drug Abuse • Feb 23 05
Abuse of many kinds of illegal drugs, boosted by online sales, is growing across the world, international drug regulators said on Wednesday.
“There is…
Deadline looms for UK recall of “cancer risk” food
• Cancer • Feb 23 05
Britain has a set a deadline of Thursday morning for the country’s food industry to remove 420 products containing an illegal dye that…
Clue found to how HIV invades cells
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 23 05
Scientists said Wednesday they have discovered a key clue to how HIV mutates to evade the immune system that could advance the search for…
Cipro better than Augmentin for bladder infection
• Urine Problems • Feb 22 05
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is more effective than amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin) as a treatment for bladder infections in women, even when the microbe is susceptible to the…
‘Sartan’ improves blood flow in diabetic kidneys
• Urine Problems • Feb 22 05
Treatment with the blood pressure drug Benicar not only reduces blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes but also improves kidney perfusion, according…
Surgery tie-in improves statin drug use
• Surgery • Feb 22 05
Sending heart surgery patients home with a prescription for statin drugs, such as Lipitor or Zocor, seems to increase the use of these…
Incontinence not helped by estrogen therapy
• Endocrinology • Feb 22 05
Estrogen is not a useful treatment for a leaky bladder in postmenopausal women. In fact, this hormone therapy seems to increase the risk of…
New HIV cases rise 17 pct in HK in 2004
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 22 05
Hong Kong recorded 268 new HIV cases in 2004, up 17 percent from 2003, the government said on Tuesday.
The number of new cases…
Global warming could worsen U.S. pollution: report
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Global warming could stifle cleansing summer winds across parts of the northern United States over the next 50 years and worsen air pollution, U.S.…
General Mills says will continue marketing to kids
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 22 05
General Mills Inc., maker of Cheerios cereal and Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, does not plan to stop marketing to children, even as concerns about…
U.N. says Asian tsunami dislodged hazardous waste
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Hazardous waste, dislodged by the Asian tsunami, poses health risks to affected nations, a U.N. report said on Tuesday, citing people in Somalia suffering…
Battle against deadly bird flu far from won - U.N
• Flu • Feb 22 05
Bird flu experts from around Asia were gathering in Vietnam on Tuesday to figure out how to kill off a virus one leading…
Feeding must continue for Florida woman
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A Florida court ordered continued feeding for a severely brain-damaged woman on Tuesday, shortly after an appeals court said the feeding tube could be…
US study criticizes infection-prevention practices
• Infections • Feb 22 05
Infection risks after surgery are often dealt with improperly because patients fail to get timely doses of the right medications, U.S. researchers said on…
Thai doctors acquitted on murder-for-organ charges
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Three Thai doctors were acquitted on Tuesday on charges of conspiring to murder patients for their kidneys, after a trial that spanned three years.
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Snoring may not signal breathing problems - study
• Respiratory Problems • Feb 22 05
A physical examination of the mouth and throat can’t alone identify those whose snoring signals a more serious sleep-breathing problem, researchers said on Monday.
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A little meat adds a lot to poor kids’ diets
• Dieting • Feb 22 05
Including a few bites of meat in the diets of poor children from developing countries improves both their health and their performance in…
Cancer care good under managed care, study shows
• Cancer • Feb 22 05
Wider adoption of managed care as a way to keep down health care costs has minimal effects on the quality of treatment for…
US top court rejects bid to reopen Roe v. Wade
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The Texas woman once known as “Jane Roe,” whose case led to the ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion, lost…
Top court to decide US appeal in Oregon suicide law
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether the Bush administration can stop Oregon doctors from helping terminally ill patients…
More evidence ties marijuana to stroke risk
• Neurology • Feb 22 05
The case of a young man who suffered a stroke more than once after smoking marijuana adds to evidence that the drug can, in…
Severed penis retrieved from toilet, reattached
• Surgery • Feb 22 05
A 44-year-old Anchorage man had his penis surgically reattached after it was cut off by an angry girlfriend and flushed down a toilet, local…
Picture phones may make a doctor’s house calls
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Next up for cell phones with built-in digital cameras: making house calls for doctors.
Researchers in Switzerland reported on Monday the devices could be…
Japan found bird flu in flies from 2004 outbreak
• Infections • Feb 22 05
Japanese researchers found flies infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in Japan last year, a Health Ministry official said…