Heavy ex-smokers remain at high risk for stroke
• Stroke • Feb 24 06
People who smoked heavily in the past before quitting carry a long-term risk for stroke, warned doctors at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke…
Dyslexic children exhibit a different pattern of brain activity while reading
• Children's Health • Feb 24 06
Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good…
Hand-held device brings speech to impaired
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
A middle-aged woman makes plans over the telephone to get together with a friend, even though she cannot talk after suffering a stroke.
She…
Surgery, exercise may offer Parkinson’s hope
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
Dr. David Heydrick does not tremble anymore. His pain is gone and he even threw a fast pitch to his son the other day.
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Research points to a novel approach to treating serious Strep infections
• Infections • Feb 24 06
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that so-called flesh-eating “Strep” bacteria use a specific enzyme to…
Australian researchers design portable diagnostic system to identify bird flu in a human sample with
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute are conducting urgent research into bird flu.
Avian Influenza (commonly known as bird flu) poses a serious threat to…
Britain to buy H5N1 vaccine from Baxter, Chiron
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Britain said on Friday it was ordering around 3.5 million doses of H5N1 bird flu vaccine from manufacturers Baxter International Inc. and Chiron Corp.
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Concern Over Institutional Care for Children in Europe
• Public Health • Feb 24 06
Researchers in this week’s BMJ express concern over the largely hidden extent of institutional care for children in Europe.
Institutional care for young children…
Study shows brain anticipates taste
• Brain • Feb 24 06
As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality.
This is seen, for example,…
Morphine nasal spray relieves postop pain: study
• Pain • Feb 24 06
An intranasal form of morphine (Rylomine, Javelin Pharmaceuticals) provides similar pain relief, is easier to administer, and is as safe as intravenous morphine in…
Bulgarian man tests negative for H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Feb 24 06
A Bulgarian man has tested negative for bird flu after doctors isolated him when two of his ducks died and he began showing flu-like…
Spain at risk from migrating birds, no flu cases yet
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Spain will be particularly exposed to possible cases of bird flu in migrating birds returning from Africa in the coming weeks, but there are…
Second test shows no H5N1 in German farm bird
• Flu • Feb 24 06
A second test on a German farm bird shows it did not have the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, German officials said on…
Study finds gene variant is no strong risk factor for osteoporosis
• Gender: Female • Feb 24 06
Variations in a number of different genes and environmental factors affect an individual’s risk for osteoporosis. Several gene variants have been linked to osteoporosis,…
PSA Campaign About Risky Sexual Behavior a Success
• Sexual Health • Feb 23 06
Media campaigns that remind parents to talk with their children about sex are effective, according to a pediatric researcher at Brenner Children’s Hospital and…
New molecular target for potential drugs to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Respiratory Problems • Feb 23 06
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have identified a molecular target, or receptor, for potential drugs to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome…
Cell growth and cell division genes identified
• Genetics • Feb 23 06
A recent study shows that hundreds of genes contribute to cell growth and cell division. For the first time these genes, many of which…
Itopride effective for abdominal pain
• Pain • Feb 23 06
Treatment with itopride can reduce the pain and fullness associated with functional dyspepsia, also referred to as indigestion, according to the results of a…
Discovery of molecule that may hold key to learning and memory
• Brain • Feb 23 06
Independent research teams from Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston have identified a master protein that sheds light on one of neurobiology’s biggest…
Women from Venus love chocolate from Mars
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 22 06
CocoaVia the long-awaited chocolate from confectionery giant Mars is about to hit the market.
It is the first in a list of products which…
Teens think oral sex is not sex
• Sexual Health • Feb 22 06
According to a new national survey almost a quarter of sexually active Canadian teens between the ages of 14 and 17 have unprotected sex…
World’s poor at huge risk from bird flu
• Flu • Feb 22 06
ActionAid International, one of the UK’s charity largest development charities which works with over five million of the world’s poorest people, has warned that…
Alzheimer’s decline faster in more educated people
• Neurology • Feb 22 06
The rate of mental decline seen with in patients with Alzheimer’s disease is directly related to the educational level of the affected individual, according…
US panel endorses rotavirus vaccine for infants
• Public Health • Feb 22 06
A new oral rotavirus vaccine that protects 98 percent of infants against severe diarrhea should be added to the schedule of immunizations for babies…
Diagnostic Indicator for Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Identified
• Neurology • Feb 22 06
Claire Collier went to see her doctor shortly after she started experiencing cramping and other symptoms. This started a series of referrals and seemingly…