Students, staff helping teacher cope with breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Feb 04 05
The students and staff at Robert Wilson Elementary School are going out of their way to support one of their teachers who’s undergoing chemotherapy.
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UN Treaty Writers Weigh Abortion Ban for Disabled
• Public Health • Feb 04 05
U.N. diplomats drafting an international treaty on the rights of the disabled debated a possible ban on the abortion of fetuses with disabilities in…
Flu Keeps Appleton Students Home
• Flu • Feb 04 05
The flu bug is taking quite a bite out of the student population in Appleton. It was so bad, Xavier High School cancelled all…
FDA Staff Questions Heart Risks of Merck’s Arcoxia
• Drug News • Feb 04 05
Merck & Co. Inc.‘s painkiller Arcoxia offers a “marginal” advantage in gastrointestinal safety but seems “worse than” other pain drugs in terms of deaths…
Constant worry may increase Alzheimer’s risk
• Neurology • Feb 04 05
People who have a tendency to worry or feel very stressed out may be more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease later in…
Bat saliva drug may improve stroke outcome
• Drug News • Feb 04 05
The results of a small study suggest that desmoteplase, an investigational clot-busting drug derived from vampire bat saliva, safely restores blood supply to the…
Somalia minister rejects Africa “AIDS” troops
• Public Health • Feb 04 05
African Union troops must not deploy in Somalia because they may take power and spread AIDS, a government minister said in remarks published on…
Britain told to prepare for blood shortages
• Public Health • Feb 04 05
Britain should prepare for shortages of blood because the number of donors is dropping and concerns about the human form of mad cow…
Supplement may slow marker of prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • Feb 04 05
A mix of dietary supplements including antioxidants and plant-based estrogens may slow the rise of a biomarker for prostate cancer progression in some men,…
Japan says GM rice could help combat hay fever
• Allergies • Feb 04 05
Bad case of hay fever? Eat more rice. Japanese scientists have developed a genetically modified strain of rice they say will help alleviate the…
WHO: Asia on track to halt polio spread by year-end
• Infections • Feb 04 05
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last three Asian countries where polio is endemic, are on track to halt its spread by year-end after halving…
Japan has first death from human mad cow disease
• Infections • Feb 04 05
Japan confirmed Friday its first case of the human variant of mad cow disease after the death of a man believed to have contracted…
Most preschoolers don’t get enough fiber
• Dieting • Feb 04 05
A national survey shows that most children between the ages of 2 and 5 don’t eat even close to the recommended amount of fiber,…
Poland records 22nd case of mad cow disease
• Public Health • Feb 04 05
Poland recorded a new case of mad cow disease on Friday, the 22nd discovered in a cow since tests began in 2001, a chief…
Vietnam donors to meet over bird flu fight
• Public Health • Feb 04 05
Vietnam, where the deadly bird flu has killed 13 people in the last month, is in “the emergency stage” of its war on the…
Steroid shots as good as surgery for carpal tunnel
• Arthritis • Feb 04 05
New research suggests that a couple injections of corticosteroids may work as well as surgery for many cases of carpal tunnel syndrome - at…
Alcohol, tobacco pose equal burden on global health
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 04 05
When it comes to causing death and disability, alcoholic drinks are as bad as tobacco and high blood pressure.
Alcohol is linked to more…
New Health Chief sees changes in aid for poor
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
President Bush’s budget will include $140 billion to expand health coverage for the uninsured but also will seek about $45 billion in savings from…
Predictors of sudden death in diabetics questioned
• Neurology • Feb 03 05
A problem with the nerves that control internal body functions, known as diabetic autonomic neuropathy, was always considered the main risk factor for sudden…
Rheumatoid arthritis raises heart death risk
• Arthritis • Feb 03 05
Rheumatoid arthritis seems to raise the risk of silent heart disease in patients, even before they are diagnosed with the chronic condition, U.S.…
Bush signals tougher embryo research limits
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
U.S. President George W. Bush plans to press for even stricter limits on human embryo research and has no intention of softening restrictions…
St. Louis Rams hit with drug-resistant bacteria
• Skin Care • Feb 03 05
During the 2003 football season, several members of the St. Louis Rams were diagnosed with skin infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant microbe called MRSA,…
Welders show elevated rate of Parkinson symptoms
• Neurology • Feb 03 05
Welders may have a higher-than-average rate of Parkinson’s disease symptoms, the results of a new study suggest.
Researchers found that among more…
Poverty worsening HIV among U.S. black women
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 03 05
Poverty, unemployment and other socioeconomic factors are helping to fuel a growing HIV problem among black women, a U.S. study released on Thursday suggests.
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Kidney disease tied to mental impairment
• Urine Problems • Feb 03 05
Menopausal women with chronic kidney disease have lower scores on tests of mental proficiency (cognitive function) than those without chronic kidney disease, according to…