Add avian influenza to list of things to worry about
• Infections • Feb 27 05
I have a modest list of worries that includes, among other things, finding a job after graduation and the fact that girls don’t seem…
HIV teens taking extra risks
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 27 05
US teenagers with HIV are reportedly taking more risks.
A new study reveals that teens are having more risky sex with more partners since…
Learn About Holistic Health, Breast Cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Feb 27 05
Here’s a chance to learn more about holistic health and breast cancer.
In a JD Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser Monday night, you will learn…
Prescription for change
• Drug News • Feb 27 05
Nhs treatment is set to speed up with new rules expected on prescribing, according to Notts health service chiefs.
From March, more health workers…
Pope’s health improving
• Public Health • Feb 27 05
Pope John Paul II’s health “continues to be good”, he is eating regularly and has begun rehabilitation exercises for his breathing and speech following…
New Virus May Have Come from Monkeys, Experts Say
• Public Health • Feb 27 05
Two new retroviruses never before seen in humans have turned up among people who regularly hunt monkeys in Cameroon, researchers reported Friday.
Like the…
To Track Colitis, Listen to the Patient
• Bowel Problems • Feb 26 05
Review of symptoms just as accurate as endoscopy, study found.
When it comes to monitoring the progression of painful ulcerative colitis, doctors need…
Surgery Often Won’t Cure Back Pain
• Backache • Feb 26 05
Surgery for back pain is not the cure-all that many patients believe it to be, say orthopaedic experts.
Many patients who seek surgery for…
Genetic Test Can Detect HIV In Newly Infected
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 26 05
A major snag in tests for the virus that causes AIDS is that they often fail when people are newly infected. That may be…
Many Diet Studies Lack Key Data
• Dieting • Feb 26 05
Scientific studies that claim to support the effectiveness of weight-loss plans often leave out key facts that can influence the results, claims a new…
Rate of HIV infection doubles among blacks in U.S.
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 26 05
The HIV infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites - stark evidence of…
Migraine Pain Might Signal Deeper Problems
• Migraine • Feb 26 05
The lessons on migraine headaches leave some people wanting to learn more.
Medicines for treating migraine pain or preventing migraine attacks are improving all…
Mom’s Poor Diet Can Up Diabetes Risk in Child
• Diabetes • Feb 26 05
Nutrition might affect fetal pancreas, mouse study suggests.
Poor nutrition in moms-to-be could set their child up for diabetes later in life, new…
Yoga and Relaxation
• Alternative Medicine • Feb 26 05
I am often asked the question, “What has yoga done for you?”
As the value of the methods I am to explain rest…
MT’s Schweitzer Leads Charge Against Bush on Prescription Drugs
• Public Health • Feb 26 05
Around these parts, Montana’s new Democratic governor Brian Schweitzer has come in for a lot of (well-deserved) adulation. So it was with special interest…
Viruses are Vaccines’ New Anti-Cancer Weapon
• Cancer • Feb 26 05
The natural infectious power of four viruses could be the key to battling colon cancer, according to research underway at Duke University’s Comprehensive Cancer…
Carbondale hospital has brain surgeon again
• Public Health • Feb 26 05
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Memorial Hospital in Carbondale has recruited a new brain surgeon nearly a year after the resignations of the hospital’s last two…
Pope’s hospital message shows spiritual ‘heart and soul’ of papacy
• Public Health • Feb 26 05
After being shot in St. Peter’s Square in 1981, Pope John Paul II was said to beseech the Virgin Mary for strength and later…
HIV-positive women compete in Miss Stigma Free beauty pageant
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 26 05
GABORONE, Botswana A dozen women infected with H-I-V are competing in a beauty pageant in Botswana aimed at fighting the stigma surrounding the virus…
Judge skeptical of tobacco argument in U.S. suit
• Public Health • Feb 25 05
A federal judge on Thursday voiced skepticism about a key argument that cigarette makers are using to defend themselves against government charges of…
New strain of HIV in New York City still worrisome
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 25 05
Scientists say they have so far been unable to figure out why a new drug-resistant strain of HIV identified in New York City progresses…
Flu shots effective in kids older than two
• Children's Health • Feb 25 05
Flu vaccines are effective in preventing the illness in children older than two years, according to a new report.
However, the researchers stressed that…
Men likelier than women to have bowel cancer test
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 25 05
Men are more likely than women to take up invitations for bowel screening, according to a large Cancer Research UK study published in…
Wash helps stop “mad cow” transmission in surgery
• Infections • Feb 25 05
British scientists said on Friday they had developed a cheap and effective detergent wash that virtually eliminates the risk of spreading variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob…
Eating breakfast may do a heart good
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 25 05
Mom may have been right when she said breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A small study suggests that skipping that…