Women wary of tamoxifen to cut breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Apr 12 05
Among women at increased risk of breast cancer, fewer than 1 in 5 of those surveyed were prepared to take tamoxifen to…
Angola launches Marburg campaign as toll tops 200
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
Angola launched a massive public information campaign on Tuesday in a bid to stamp out the killer Marburg virus as the toll from the…
Clinton group to spend $10 mln for kids with AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • Apr 12 05
Former President Bill Clinton on Monday said his foundation would spend some $10 million this year to help treat 10,000 children afflicted with…
Potassium, in any form, lowers blood pressure
• Drug News • Apr 12 05
Potassium citrate has similar blood pressure-lowering effects as the best-studied potassium compound, potassium chloride, according to a UK study.
In comments to Reuters Health,…
Iranian parliament gives green light to abortion
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament has approved abortions in cases where the mother’s life is in danger or the child would be handicapped, the…
Teen girls’ tricks to lose weight often backfire
• Weight Loss • Apr 12 05
If adolescent girls purge in one way or another to control weight, they’re likely to gain more pounds than they lose, according to…
Abnormal CT scan may encourage smokers to quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 11 05
A health scare can focus the mind on dealing with bad habits, it seems. Smokers who have a chest CT scan and…
Tobacco CEO testimony self-serving
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 11 05
A federal judge on Monday discounted as “self-serving” the testimony of Philip Morris USA Chief Executive Officer Michael Szymanczyk in the government’s racketeering case…
High folate intake tied to mental drop in elders
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 11 05
Older adults with high intakes of the B vitamin folate may have a faster rate of mental decline than others their age, researchers reported…
Silica in drinking water may prevent Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Apr 11 05
A high concentration of silica in drinking water seems to protect against Alzheimer’s disease, a study in France suggests.
Dr. Sophie Gillette-Guyonnet,…
‘Lazy eye’ may be treatable in older kids
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 11 05
It’s widely believed that children with a so-called lazy eye have to be treated quite early in life, before the brain’s ‘wiring’…
German lawyer says preparing class action vs Pfizer
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
German lawyer Michael Witti and U.S. firm Nagel Rice & Mazie are preparing a class action suit against drugs giant Pfizer over claims relating…
Restless leg syndrome runs in families, study says
• Genetics • Apr 11 05
A study of 19 French-Canadian families whose members have a tendency to have Restless Legs Syndrome confirmed at least one gene is…
Blood pressure benefits of exercise limited
• Heart • Apr 11 05
Moderate exercise alone has little effect on systolic blood pressure - the upper number in a standard reading - in older adults, new research…
Grandma’s smoking may up kid’s asthma risk
• Asthma • Apr 11 05
The risk of Asthma from smoking could cross generations, it seems. New evidence suggests that having a grandmother who smoked during pregnancy may increase…
Eritrea launches polio vaccine campaign by camel
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
Eritrea launched a campaign on Monday to inoculate 500,000 children against polio, using camels to deliver vaccines to more remote corners of the country.
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Arcoxia comparable to ibuprofen for arthritis
• Arthritis • Apr 11 05
New research indicates that Arcoxia (etoricoxib) is a well-tolerated treatment for arthritis and relieves pain as well as ibuprofen, the active ingredient in Motrin…
Kraft recalls Jell-O over undeclared pistachios
• Food & Nutrition • Apr 11 05
Kraft Foods Inc on Monday recalled about 150,000 packages of Jell-O pudding, which may contain pistachios not listed among the ingredients on the label.
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Most older adults use alternative medicine
• Alternative Medicine • Apr 11 05
More than 70 percent of adults aged 50 or older use some type of alternative therapy, such as herbal medicine, meditation, or seeing…
Attacks briefly halt WHO campaign in Angola
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
World Health Organization (WHO) teams fighting an outbreak of Marburg virus in Angola were forced to temporarily suspend work in one area after scared…
U.S. FDA advisers consider breast implant safety
• Cancer: Breast • Apr 11 05
Silicone breast implants, banned for most U.S. women since 1992 due to health concerns, came under scrutiny again on Monday as a panel…
Fear, ignorance fuel Marburg outbreak in Angola
• Infections • Apr 11 05
Fear and ignorance are fueling the world’s deadliest outbreak of Marburg fever in Angola, where locals are too suspicious of medics in “astronaut”…
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu, Asia toll now 51
• Flu • Apr 11 05
An eight-year-old Cambodian girl has died of bird flu, the 51st known victim of the deadly virus since it swept across Asia at the…
Extra oxygen may help stroke patients
• Neurology • Apr 11 05
For some patients suffering a sudden Stroke , extra oxygen therapy improves their clinical symptoms deficits and brain abnormalities seen on an
Spitzer to probe centers on drug tampering fears
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Sunday that an investigation of the drug wholesaling business centers on possible drug tampering and…