Violations of Prescription Drugs’ Black Box Warnings in Outpatient Settings
• Drug Abuse • Feb 14 06
Less than 1 percent of outpatients who received medication in 2002 were prescribed a medication that violated a prescription drug’s black box warning,…
Civil Partnerships Likely to Boost Health of Gay and Lesbian People
• Public Health • Feb 14 06
Gay marriage could boost the mental and physical health of gay and lesbian people, suggests an analysis in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…
Less Is More, Gene Study Shows
• Genetics • Feb 14 06
Humans and chimps share most of their genes, yet they differ dramatically in many ways -their walk, the sizes of their brains and their…
20 percent of people with chronic pain do not seek help
• Pain • Feb 14 06
A Rochester-based study has found more than 20 percent of people with chronic pain did not seek physician help for their pain. The study…
Study looks at why many couples tend to look similar to each other
• Cosmetics • Feb 14 06
A new study to examine facial preference, has found that people are attracted to facial characteristics indicative of personality traits similar to their own.
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Second-hand smoke levels still worryingly high throughout all areas of pubs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 06
UK scientists have questioned the use of partial smoking bans in pubs and clubs, following alarming new figures about how much non-smokers actually breathe…
Women find G.S.O.H. in men attractive, study shows
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 06
It’s a trait often requested in lonely hearts ads and scientists have now shown that a good sense of humour is important for women,…
Students embracing virtual sex
• Sexual Health • Feb 14 06
Call it a sexual revolution of the virtual kind - young Canadians are practicing a new style of safe sex and the only touching…
New sensor to provide early warning of oxygen loss to unborn children
• Childbirth • Feb 14 06
Researchers at the University of Warwick, and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, have devised a new sensor which dramatically improves the…
Japanese women bitter at Valentine chocolate duty
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 14 06
Japanese women are fed up with a longstanding Valentine’s Day custom requiring them to give chocolates to men without getting any in return.
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Risk of Alzheimer’s 80% genetic
• Neurology • Feb 14 06
In the largest twin study to date, researchers in the U.S. looked at the Swedish Twin Registry to see which factors lead to Alzheimer’s…
Preservative-free eye drops may be contaminated
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 14 06
There is a risk of microbial contamination of preservative-free eye drops in multiple application containers, warn doctors in a report in the British Journal…
Study Finds Some People in Pain Unlikely to Seek Treatment
• Pain • Feb 13 06
A Rochester-based study has found more than 20 percent of people with chronic pain did not seek physician help for their pain. The study…
Few Stroke Patients Get to Hospital in Time for Treatment
• Stroke • Feb 13 06
Few people who are having a stroke get to the hospital in time to receive the clot-busting drug that reduces the chance of disability,…
Biopsy Remains Best Way to Verify Mammography Results
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 13 06
Biopsy remains the gold standard for evaluating women who have abnormal mammography findings, according to a government report that found noninvasive imaging tests such…
Common genetic variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene and half…
Statins show beneficial effect on rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 13 06
Statins, a class of drugs widely used to treat high cholesterol, have also recently been studied for their potential role in inflammation and other…
Control interventions crucial for stopping the spread of bird flu in Africa
• Flu • Feb 13 06
The outbreak of the deadly Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (H5N1) in Nigeria confirms the fears expressed by FAO for quite some time that…
Cellular discovery suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney disease
• Urine Problems • Feb 13 06
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have reported a discovery at the cellular level that suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney…
Simple diagnostic imaging procedure changes treatment for lower back pain
• Backache • Feb 13 06
A simple diagnostic imaging procedure can help identify patients with lower back pain who would benefit from spinal injections and spare those who would…
Program gets adolescents to eat better, move more
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
A home-based program that combines a doctor’s advice with computer assessment, mailings and phone calls may help teens become more active and improve their…
Vardenafil improves peripheral blood flow in Raynaud disease
• Drug News • Feb 12 06
The phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor vardenafil (Levitra) improves symptoms and digital blood flow, both at room temperature and during a cold-exposure test, in…
Alfuzosin safe for older patients with cardiovascular disease
• Drug News • Feb 12 06
Older age, cardiovascular comorbidity and the use of antihypertensive medication do not affect a patient’s tolerance of alfusozin, an alpha-1-blocker used to treat lower…
Parental Conflict Produces More Than Fleeting Distress for Children
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 10 06
Six-year-olds whose parents displayed frequent disagreements in their relationship responded to subsequent parental conflicts with elevated distress and negative thoughts, according to a team…
Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
In a large study of twins, Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable and genetic factors may also influence timing of the disease, according…