Drug use in strict Singapore waning, gov’t says
• Drug News • Feb 03 05
Drug use in Singapore is waning after aggressive police crackdowns netted a “high society” cocaine ring last year and targeted synthetic “club drugs,” such…
Bexxar effective first-line treatment for lymphoma
• Drug News • Feb 03 05
The Bexxar therapeutic regimen (GlaxoSmithKline), which combines the anti-CD20 antibody tositumomab with radioactive iodine, can induce prolonged remissions in patients with follicular lymphoma when…
Whooping cough kills six Afghans, 200 ill - paper
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
Six Afghans have been killed by an outbreak of whooping cough in the remote central province of Ghor, a government newspaper said on Thursday.
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BP control key to preeclampsia prevention
• Pregnancy • Feb 03 05
In pregnant women with high blood pressure, both the top measure (systolic) and the bottom measure (diastolic) of blood pressure are important predictors of…
U.S. to double AIDS-fighting support to Haiti
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 03 05
U.S. funding to fight HIV/AIDS will nearly double to $40 million this year in Haiti, where the United Nations says one in 10…
Stroke risk rises if stroke survivors stop aspirin
• Neurology • Feb 03 05
The risk of having another stroke is tripled within one month if aspirin therapy is discontinued, Swiss researchers reported here at the American Stroke…
Jury orders Brown & Williamson to pay $22 mln
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 03 05
A jury in Independence, Missouri on Wednesday ordered Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay $22 million to the family of a 73-year-old woman…
Canada’s blood supply wins top marks in study
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
Canada’s blood supply, rocked by a public health disaster in the 1980s when thousands were infected by tainted blood, is now one of the…
Highest number of road deaths in U.S. on 4th July
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
More people are killed in road accidents in the United States on July 4th, Independence Day, than any other day of the year, researchers…
Vietnam appeals for help in bird flu fight
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
Vietnam said on Thursday it has appealed for international help in its desperate battle against a rapidly spreading outbreak of bird flu, which has…
Vaccine program reduces chickenpox deaths
• Children's Health • Feb 03 05
Since the universal childhood varicella vaccination program was implemented in the United States in 1995, there has been a sharp decline in chickenpox-related deaths,…
European cancer patients using alternative therapy
• Cancer • Feb 03 05
Whether it is herbs, homeopathy or vitamin and mineral supplements, more than one third of cancer patients in Europe use alternative medicines.
Usage varies…
NY officials bar rabbi from circumcision ritual
• Infections • Feb 03 05
New York City health officials have gone to court to stop a rabbi from performing a type of ritual circumcision they believe may have…
England gets cleaner but London remains filthy
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
While parks and leafy lanes are getting cleaner, a survey published on Wednesday showed that London still holds the ignoble title as the dirtiest…
Silica issue clouds outlook for asbestos bill
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
A bill to establish a $140-billion asbestos compensation fund was undergoing a rewrite on Wednesday after warnings that a provision affecting claims for silica,…
Two New York Men Diagnosed With Rare Sexually Transmitted Disease
• Infections • Feb 03 05
A rare sexually transmitted disease that can scar the genitals has been found in two patients in New York, and the strain is the…
Rheumatoid Arthritis Attacks the Heart
• Arthritis • Feb 03 05
A new study confirms the strong link between rheumatoid arthritis and life-endangering congestive heart failure.
The 165 Minnesota residents in the study with rheumatoid…
Gilead HIV Combo Beats Glaxo Drug in Trial
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 03 05
Gilead Sciences on Thursday said preliminary data from a 48-week trial show that two of its two drugs, Viread and Emtriva, were better able…
Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death
• Arthritis • Feb 03 05
People with rheumatoid arthritis not only have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than those in the general population, but they have more…
Zoloft prescription unchanged!
• Drug News • Feb 03 05
A family doctor testified Wednesday that a teenager was taking a starter dose of the antidepressant Zoloft when the boy shot his grandparents…
Boy Has Successful Surgery On ‘Frank The Tumor’
• Surgery • Feb 03 05
A 9-year-old boy who named the growth on his brain “Frank the Tumor” has said goodbye to most of his unwanted companion.
David Dingman-Grover…
Doctors keeping an eye on pope
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
Pope John Paul II’s doctors were on guard for complications Wednesday, a day after the 84-year-old pontiff was hospitalized with the flu and breathing…
Two senior Vatican officials in charge while pope in hospital
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
Two men hold the keys to the Roman Catholic Church while an incapacitated Pope John Paul II remains in hospital - the Vatican’s Secretary…
Healthy eating scheme launched for low income families
• Children's Health • Feb 03 05
The government has unveiled a new scheme that allows parents of toddlers to claim free fruit and vegetables, in an attempt to give these…
Health chief hits at Malvern hospital hostility
• Public Health • Feb 03 05
A HEALTH chief has hit out at “hostility and opposition” to consultation over a proposed new Malvern hospital, by threatening to stop the public…