Florida Tech scientist wins patent for device to deliver X-ray irradiation
• Public Health • Feb 16 05
Florida Tech and Dr. Kunal Mitra, Florida Tech associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have just been assigned a U.S. patent for an…
New Tests Provide Clues to Fetal Health
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 16 05
Two new techniques, one using maternal blood and the other amniotic fluid, should give health-care providers new insight into the health of a baby…
HIV Migrants hist 1,000 in Britain
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 16 05
About 1,000 people in Britain have caught HIV from heterosexual intercourse with HIV-positive immigrants since Labour came to power, according to government figures to…
Mental Health workers help city kids
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 05
Mental health workers are being brought into Plymouth’s schools because so many children are suffering psychological problems.
Up to six specialist primary mental health…
Hormone therapy controversy raises drug safety issues
• Endocrinology • Feb 16 05
The history of hormone therapy drugs - once thought of as almost magic pills to keep women healthy, vital and young - shows why…
Alcohol has no nutritional value - Psychiatrist
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 05
Dr. Samuel Allotey, Chief Psychiatrist of the Ghana Health Service, said on Tuesday that alcohol adds no nutritional value to the body as widely…
Vietnam claims headway in avian flu battle
• Flu • Feb 16 05
Vietnamese and international officials concerned that the Lunar New Year would encourage the spread of avian influenza had some good news: the travel-heavy holiday…
Partial smoking ban seen as lacking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 16 05
Mayor Bill White’s proposal to ban smoking in restaurants but not bars wouldn’t do enough to protect patrons and employees from secondhand smoke, speakers…
Can Coffee Protect Against Common Cancers?
• Cancer • Feb 16 05
There’s more good news for the roughly 100 million Americans who couldn’t imagine getting through the day without their coffee fix. Recent studies have…
Hospital site to be smoke free
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 16 05
SMOKING at Milton Keynes Hospital is set to become a thing of the past.
As revealed in this paper two weeks ago patients will…
Jackson child abuse case postponed after singer is admitted to hospital
• Public Health • Feb 16 05
Michael Jackson added a new plot twist to his lurid legal soap opera yesterday by checking himself into hospital en route to his trial…
Scientist to withhold painkiller data
• Drug News • Feb 15 05
A veteran scientist at the Food and Drug Administration said Monday he had decided against presenting new data on the heart risk of pain…
Nutritional info may find a place on menus
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 15 05
Show a group of nutritionists a 10-ounce restaurant hamburger and a side order of onion rings and have them calculate the number of calories…
US to strengthen drug regulation
• Public Health • Feb 15 05
The US regulator is to beef up its procedures for overseeing the safety of drugs already in the marketplace.
The Food and Drug Administration…
U.S. herbal supplement leveling off
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 15 05
The surge in herbal supplement use in the U.S. may reached a plateau, but the love affair is not over, according to a…
New Jersey Experts Concerned About New Potential HIV Strain
• Drug News • Feb 15 05
Health experts in New Jersey are concerned about reports of a drug-resistant strain of HIV in neighboring New York.
Dr. Eddy Bresnitz, head…
Mothers’ Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Chromosome Damage in Babies
• Genetics • Feb 15 05
A new study of 60 newborns in New York City reveals that exposure of expectant mothers to combustion-related urban air pollution may alter the…
Smoking Not Worst Cause of Pollution
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 15 05
I do believe this smoking ban borders on the ridiculous.
So far, the Columbus health department had received several complaints on smoking violations. Apparently,…
Wine puts women’s hearts on song - study
• Heart • Feb 15 05
It’s official. A glass of wine a day keeps heart risk at bay - at least for women.
Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in…
FDA to Establish New Drug Oversight Board
• Drug News • Feb 15 05
The Food and Drug Administration will establish a new independent Drug Safety Oversight Board to monitor FDA-approved medicines once they’re on the market…
New pain relievers boost blood pressure more - study
• Drug Abuse • Feb 15 05
Arthritis drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors raise blood pressure more than older pain relievers, which may explain why the newer medicines have been linked…
Facelift Without Surgery? Patients Turn To Acupuncture
• Cosmetics • Feb 15 05
If you’re afraid of the surgeon’s knife, how are you with needles?
That’s a new question popping up for those who want a facelift…
Twin doctors accused of switching IDs, rape
• Public Health • Feb 15 05
An attorney has filed the latest in a series of civil lawsuits against twin physician brothers, accusing them of impersonating one another and sexually…
Study Links Prenatal Pollutant Exposure To Genetic Changes In Babies
• Children's Health • Feb 15 05
A study of New York City newborns suggests that prenatal exposure to air pollution may be linked to genetic changes associated with an…
8 On Your Side: Non-Surgical Facelifts
• Cosmetics • Feb 15 05
Tulsa - Many movie stars deny plastic surgery. But, that doesn’t mean they haven’t had a little help. 8 On Your Side investigator Cindy…