After-school time not a prime time for teen sex
• Sexual Health • Mar 03 06
Though parents may worry about what their kids are doing after school, a new study suggests that teenagers do not often use their unsupervised…
Topical Therapies Show Promise for the Treatment of Psoriasis
• Skin Care • Mar 02 06
Psoriasis, a chronic skin condition characterized by thick, red, scaly patches that itch and bleed, not only makes the activities of daily life difficult,…
Hair Loss in Women: More than Meets the Eye
• Gender: Female • Mar 02 06
At least half of women in the U.S. will experience some form of hair loss by the time they are 50 years old. The…
Excessive Sweating in Teens Can Cause Physical, Emotional Problems
• Children's Health • Mar 02 06
Few things can be harder for a teen than being different, especially when that difference is due to an embarrassing and isolating condition like…
Cognitive decline predicted by brain scans
• Neurology • Mar 02 06
Among normal, health elderly people, brain imaging can spot changes that suggest an impending decline in cognitive function, California-based researchers report.
This is important,…
Surgeons Perform Mid-south’s First Robotic Hysterectomy
• Surgery • Mar 02 06
The West Clinic Center for Gynecologic Oncology today announced that gynecologic oncologists, M. Patrick Lowe, MD and Todd D. Tillmanns, MD, recently performed the…
Chemotherapy treatment suggested for bird flu patients
• Flu • Mar 02 06
A chemotherapy treatment given to patients with an immune system disorder may work for human avian influenza, but it has not been tested in…
FDA approves Erbitux for head, neck cancer
• Drug News • Mar 02 06
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved ImClone Systems Inc.‘s colon cancer drug Erbitux to treat head and neck cancer in cases when surgery is not…
Pfizer acquires worldwide rights to Exubera
• Drug News • Mar 01 06
Pfizer has announced that it has acquired the sanofi-aventis worldwide rights to Exubera (inhaled human insulin). Pfizer received approval last month to market Exubera…
More Britons worried about eating chicken
• Public Health • Mar 01 06
Worries about eating chicken were mounting among Britain’s increasingly health-conscious consumers even before Europe’s latest bird flu scare, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Some…
The incidence, distribution, and control of tuberculosis
• Infections • Mar 01 06
A reduction in tuberculosis (TB) incidence, prevalence and death rate can be achieved by 2015 in most parts of the world, with the greatest…
While Incidence of Acute Renal Failure Rises, Risk of Death Declines
• Urine Problems • Mar 01 06
Although treatment advances have reduced the risk of death for patients with acute renal failure (ARF) since the 1990s, the number of patients hospitalized…
Eating and drinking Cocoa helps you live longer
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 28 06
According to Dutch researchers, men by eating or drinking cocoa lowered their risk of dying from heart disease by 50 percent compared to those…
Russia sets up HQ to fight bird flu
• Flu • Feb 28 06
The Russian government say it will set up a headquarters to combat the bird flu epidemic.
According to Russia’s agriculture ministry, the lethal bird…
For some with partial spinal cord injury, two different therapies show positive results
• Trauma & Injuries • Feb 28 06
Body weight-supported treadmill training isn’t more effective than conventional mobility rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a…
Eating seafood still beneficial in many ways
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 27 06
Though some species of fish around the world’s are likely to be contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins, the benefits of eating seafood…
Is persistent bacterial infection good for your health?
• Infections • Feb 27 06
Bacteria are bad. Mothers and doctors, not to mention the cleaning product industry, repeatedly warn of their dangers. But a Stanford University School of…
Criterion for Diagnosing Child Abuse Not Always Accurate
• Children's Health • Feb 27 06
When it comes to looking for damage to the eyes to prove child abuse, new research shows that things aren’t always as they seem,…
France starts poultry vaccination as bird flu spreads
• Flu • Feb 27 06
France began vaccinating more than 300,000 geese and ducks against avian flu on Monday while Niger became the second West African country to be…
Why people of African descent are more vulnerable to tuberculosis infection
• Infections • Feb 27 06
A team of scientists has identified a cellular mechanism that may help explain the puzzle of why people of African descent are more susceptible…
Suit may prevent maternal deaths during childbirth
• Children's Health • Feb 27 06
A re-usable, lightweight suit could help save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries who die each year during childbirth, researchers said…
Short-term Celebrex seems safe for osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 27 06
The COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) causes fewer gastrointestinal complications than traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers or NSAIDs, without raising the risk of cardiovascular events, according…
Pain patients often suffer in silence
• Pain • Feb 25 06
More than 20 percent of patients with chronic pain do not seek physician care for their pain, according to a report.
“We need to…
Criterion for Diagnosing Child Abuse Not Always Accurate
• Children's Health • Feb 25 06
When it comes to looking for damage to the eyes to prove child abuse, new research shows that things aren’t always as they seem,…
Glucosamine and chondroitin provide pain relief from arthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 25 06
Offering hope for millions of people who suffer the most from osteoarthritis, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has…