Male hormones not tied to women’s libido
• Libido • Aug 08 05
Although recent reports have apparently shown that testosterone seems to affect women’s interest in sex, their levels of male hormones - androgens -…
Study questions extent of autism in the U.S.
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 08 05
Government figures that have been cited to prove that autism is rapidly increasing in the United States are not reliable and thus…
TV is bad for children’s education, studies show
• Children's Health • Aug 08 05
The more time children spend watching television the poorer they perform academically, according to three studies published on Monday.
Excessive television viewing has been…
Acupuncture may do little for fibromyalgia
• Pain • Aug 08 05
Acupuncture appears to relieve the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia no better than sham acupuncture procedures, according to new…
Family therapy may help boys who bully
• Children's Health • Aug 05 05
Aggressive teenage boys can be helped through family therapy to rein in some of their anger and improve their relationships with others, according…
DHEA may be no help for fibromyalgia
• Arthritis • Aug 05 05
The hormone supplement DHEA may be a popular choice for people with fibromyalgia, but a new study finds no evidence it actually…
Keeping ovaries at hysterectomy may boost survival
• Gender: Female • Aug 04 05
For a woman who undergoes hysterectomy for benign disease such as Fibroids, leaving both ovaries in place has long-term survival…
Alzheimer toxin may be key to slowing disease
• Neurology • Aug 04 05
Australian scientists say they have identified a toxin that plays a key role in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, raising hope that a drug…
Obese arthritis patients have lower death rates
• Arthritis • Aug 04 05
A study of almost 800 patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis has come to the paradoxical conclusion that a higher body mass index (BMI)…
Amphetamines may slow Parkinson’s disease
• Neurology • Aug 04 05
Amphetamines, including the party drug Ecstasy, have reversed the effects of Parkinson’s disease in mice, a new study suggests.
Bone loss puts older women at risk of tooth loss
• Dental Health • Aug 04 05
The combination of gum disease and thinning bones may put postmenopausal women at particular risk of tooth loss, new research shows.
New cleaning process reduces hospital risk of vCJD
• Infections • Aug 03 05
A new cleaning process can reduce the risk of hospital transmission of the human form of mad cow disease, scientists said on Wednesday.
Parents’ smoking may discolor kids’ gums
• Dental Health • Aug 03 05
If parents needed one more reason to quit smoking, a new study may provide it. Secondhand smoke, according to Japanese researchers, may discolor…
Bird flu could spread to European Russia - ministry
• Flu • Aug 03 05
A strain of the bird flu virus dangerous to humans found in Siberia may spread to the heavily populated European part of Russia, where…
Mail order drugs could save U.S. billions
• Public Health • Aug 02 05
Ordering prescription drugs by mail rather than at a store pharmacy could save the nation’s insurance program for the elderly and disabled up to…
Schizophrenia risk rises for babies born in famine
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 02 05
Children born during China’s 1959-61 famine were twice as likely to develop schizophrenia, confirming a link between nutritional deficiency and the mental…
Pfizer to add warning to Celebrex
• Drug News • Aug 02 05
Pfizer Inc. on Monday said the label of its Celebrex arthritis drug has been changed to add a prominent warning of possible cardiovascular risks,…
Altered sense of smell may point to Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Aug 02 05
A 10-item smell identification test seems to be useful for finding out if people with mild mental impairment are at increased risk of developing…
Girls abused by dates at higher STD risk
• Children's Health • Aug 01 05
Adolescent girls who have been shoved, hit, forced into any sexual activity or otherwise physically or sexually abused by a date are more likely…
EU agency recommends UCB’s Keppra for child use
• Epilepsy • Aug 01 05
Belgian drug maker UCB said on Monday a European committee had approved the use of its Keppra drug on children four years of age…
Medicaid cutbacks painful as US states push reforms
• Public Health • Aug 01 05
It was a Monday in late July and Mary Foster was almost out of medicine.
Because of new state Medicaid cutbacks that took effect…
Netherlands sees no threat from Russian bird flu
• Flu • Aug 01 05
The Dutch farm ministry played down fears on Monday that a strain of bird flu found in Russia could spread to the Netherlands, saying…
Cholera outbreak kills 58 in Guinea-Bissau
• Infections • Aug 01 05
Cholera has killed 58 people in Guinea-Bissau since the middle of June and infected more than 4,000 others, with the disease spreading…
Right-brain strokes harder to diagnose
• Neurology • Jul 29 05
The findings from a study in Germany suggest that because of differences in symptoms, Strokes affecting the right side of the brain…
Many stroke patients aren’t treated for hypertension
• Neurology • Jul 29 05
Although there is evidence that Stroke patients with high or even normal blood pressure can benefit from drug therapy to lower their…