Breast cancer risk less when mom smoked in pregnancy
• Cancer: Breast • May 05 05
Women whose mothers smoked while they were pregnant have a reduced likelihood of developing breast cancer, according to a new…
Prostate surgery often works after radiation fails
• Cancer: Prostate • May 05 05
“Salvage” surgery should be considered for men who have persistent Prostate cancer despite undergoing radiation therapy, US researchers contend.
In their 30-year…
Level head position best for stroke patients
• Neurology • May 05 05
When someone has suffered a Stroke, laying him or her flat seems best, a new study indicates.
According to a report in the medical…
Bowel disease ups blood cancer risk slightly
• Bowel Problems • May 05 05
Patients with Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of developing blood cancers, according to a report from Sweden, but the…
Bacterial meningitis outbreak in Delhi causes panic
• Infections • May 05 05
A strain of bacterial meningitis has killed nine people in the Indian capital and possibly affected 42 others, sending thousands of panicky…
Triptan better than ergot drug for migraine
• Migraine • May 04 05
Dihydroergotamine, an anti-migraine drug, is not as effective as sumatriptan as a single agent for the treatment of acute migraine headache,…
Review shows no benefit for routine episiotomy
• Surgery • May 04 05
Episiotomy, the incision used to widen the vaginal opening during delivery, should not be performed on a routine basis, according to a…
Folic acid may ward off colorectal cancer
• Cancer • May 04 05
New research hints that a suboptimal intake of folic acid may play a role in the development of Colorectal cancer, which points to a…
Female factors don’t predict pancreatic cancer risk
• Cancer • May 04 05
There is no consistent pattern linking reproductive factors, estrogen exposure, and the risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a new report.
“If we consider…
Stress and mood predict kid’s arthritis symptoms
• Arthritis • May 04 05
In children with Arthritis, stress and mood are important predictors of disease symptoms, research shows, suggesting that non-drug interventions, such as stress…
Scientists find molecule linked to infertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 04 05
An infertility molecule found in mice may help to improve the success rate of millions of women who have fertility treatments each year, an…
Marijuana behind 45 percent of U.S. drug arrests
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 05
Marijuana arrests account for almost half of all drug arrests in the United States, which spends $4 billion a year to catch, prosecute and…
Killer flu: Could the world cope?
• Flu • May 04 05
It is only a matter of time before a major outbreak of potentially deadly flu, according to scientists. Could the world cope?
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Fatal asthma attack fears ‘rife’
• Asthma • May 04 05
One and a half million people in Europe who have severe Asthma live in fear of a fatal attack, researchers have warned.
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Some prostate cancer best left alone
• Cancer: Prostate • May 04 05
Men diagnosed with the least dangerous, localized Prostate cancer have only a minimal risk of dying from the disease over the following…
Tsunami health lessons studied
• Public Health • May 04 05
The lessons learned from last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami will be discussed at a conference in Thailand over the next three days organised by…
Firefighter suddenly emerges from 10-year fog
• Brain • May 04 05
Doctors on Tuesday sought to understand why a brain-damaged firefighter snapped to attention after nearly a decade of sitting silently in a wheelchair and…
Cancer: The facts
• Cancer • May 04 05
One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.
The disease tends to affect older people - but…
Surgeon General testifies on combating smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 05
More needs to be done to combat Smoking and the disease burden it inflicts on society, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona testified on Tuesday…
Youths risk mental health with pot use
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 05
The earlier a young person uses marijuana the greater the risk for mental health problems later in life, the director of National Drug Control…
67-year-old has ‘fake pregnancy’
• Pregnancy • May 04 05
A 67-year-old Serbian is not pregnant as she claimed, although she displayed signs of pregnancy, doctors report.
Zlatija Jovic, from Gornje Birijanje…
Less-is-more tactic OK for some prostate cancers
• Cancer: Prostate • May 03 05
When Prostate cancer remains confined to the gland, it’s safe to take a conservative approach to treatment, new research suggests.
The findings…
Antidepressant may ease irritable bowel pain
• Bowel Problems • May 03 05
Low doses of the antidepressant amitriptyline seem to be effective in relieving the symptoms of Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to the results…
Test predicts who is helped by lung cancer drug
• Cancer: Lung • May 03 05
A test that checks for activity by a gene mutated in the most common form of lung cancer can help predict which patients will…
Study finds acupuncture, real or fake, aids migraines
• Migraine • May 03 05
A study found that acupuncture and a sham version of the same thing both helped reduce the frequency of migraine headaches, for…