First solid data on health effects of a low-fat diet
• Dieting • Feb 10 06
Adopting a low-fat diet in later life and following such a regimen for nearly a decade does not appear to have a significant impact…
Urgent Need for Lethal Bacteria Disease Vaccine
• Children's Health • Feb 10 06
Children in developing countries are at far greater risk of contracting potentially lethal bacterial infections than was previously thought, new research reveals today.
The…
S.Koreans grumble, French pleased about sex: survey
• Sexual Health • Feb 10 06
Married South Korean women are the least happy with their sex lives, Japanese men are the most likely to try and dodge a certain…
Cocoa-derived medicines still years away: experts
• Drug News • Feb 10 06
Medications derived from a component of cocoa are still several years away despite studies suggesting it could help prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases in…
More girls than boys trying drugs for first time
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 10 06
More girls than boys are becoming first-time users of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, reversing previous trends, the U.S. drug czar said in a report…
Bird flu kills again, spreads to another country
• Flu • Feb 10 06
Avian flu was blamed for another death in Indonesia on Friday and spread to a new country after Azerbaijan said the lethal H5N1 strain…
Herbal remedies may calm irritable bowel
• Bowel Problems • Feb 10 06
Some traditional herbal medicines may - stress “may” - relieve the abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation that are the hallmarks of irritable bowel…
Virtual reality device aids people with MS
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
Virtual reality visual feedback cues can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk more quickly and lengthen their stride, Israeli researchers report.
Gait…
Researchers define a new “first step” that initiates sepsis
• Infections • Feb 10 06
A Mayo Clinic research team has challenged the accepted theory on the cause of sepsis - a condition in which the body’s cells generate…
Climate change may affect length of respiratory infection season
• Infections • Feb 09 06
Rising global temperatures over the past two decades may be responsible for a shortened season of a serious respiratory illness in the United Kingdom,…
Teens’ chronic headaches often untreated
• Headaches • Feb 09 06
Chronic daily headache is relatively widespread in adolescents, if a Taiwanese study is any indicator. In fact, the problem affects more than 2 percent…
Children Fare Better at Pediatric Trauma Centers
• Children's Health • Feb 09 06
A study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Children’s Research Institute concludes that the risk of death for injured…
Take Medications as Directed, Reduce Overall Healthcare Costs
• Public Health • Feb 09 06
Spend the money on medications now and save close to $4,000 in annual healthcare costs.
So says a new study of older adults who…
U.S. reviewing safety of Bayer heart-surgery drug
• Drug Abuse • Feb 09 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged doctors to limit the use of Bayer AG’s Trasylol heart-surgery drug while the agency reviews…
Saw palmetto does nothing for enlarged prostates
• Urine Problems • Feb 09 06
Saw palmetto berry extract, an herbal supplement used by millions of men to treat the bothersome symptoms of an enlarged prostate, is largely ineffective…
UK reports third ‘mad cow’ case from transfusion
• Infections • Feb 09 06
A third case of variant-CJD - the human form of mad cow disease - associated with a blood transfusion has recently been diagnosed in…
Sex: It’s costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe
• Sexual Health • Feb 08 06
The next time you mutter about the high cost of relationship maintenance, take comfort in knowing that microbes share your pain. In the first…
Tiniest babies can become functional young adults
• Children's Health • Feb 08 06
Once they reach their early 20s, people who were born at extremely low birthweight (ELBW) in the late 1970s and 1980s have almost as…
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical announce availability of 2 mg Abilify (aripiprazole)
• Drug News • Feb 08 06
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. today announced two newly available options of Abilify (aripiprazole) - a 2 mg tablet strength and…
FDA grants fast track status for ViroPharma’s Maribavir
• Drug News • Feb 08 06
ViroPharma Incorporated has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for maribavir, an oral antiviral drug candidate…
New technology for accelerating development of vaccines against H5N1 flu
• Flu • Feb 08 06
Technology that enables scientists to identify targets for the development of vaccines against viruses such as H5N1 in weeks rather than months has entered…
Women more sensitive to pain during periods of low estrogen
• Pain • Feb 08 06
Several recent studies have found that women are more sensitive to pain during periods of low estrogen.
Now researchers are going one step further…
Discovery of the molecular mechanism that inhibits HCV replication in vitro
• Infections • Feb 08 06
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide and leads to both acute and chronic liver diseases. Since its discovery…
Low-Fat Diet Has Little Effect on Reducing Risk of Breast Cancer
• Dieting • Feb 08 06
A major study that includes nearly 50,000 women followed over 8 years indicates that a diet low in fat, but high in fruit, vegetables…
Merck rushed unsafe Vioxx to market, lawyer argues
• Drug News • Feb 08 06
Merck & Co. Inc. rushed the painkiller Vioxx to market despite knowing its potential health dangers, an attorney said on Monday in opening arguments…