Alcohol not good for lactation, despite folklore
• Children's Health • Apr 11 05
New study findings provide more evidence to dispute the common wisdom that a breast feeding women should have one or two drinks…
Diabetes ups urinary infection risk in older women
• Urine Problems • Apr 09 05
Rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) are higher among postmenopausal women with Diabetes than among those without diabetes, researchers report.
Dr. Edward…
‘Good’ bacteria help with eczema in infants
• Allergies • Apr 09 05
Mixing a type of beneficial or “probiotic” bacteria, Lactobacillus GG (LGG), into food helps reduce symptoms in allergic infants with the skin condition The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project, designed to decrease exposure of children to asthma triggers in the home through in-home visits by healthcare workers,…
About half of all first-time strokes in patients being treated for high blood pressure result from the pressure not being adequately controlled,…
While physical activity strengthens bones, high-impact activity can markedly increase the risk of stress fracture among adolescent girls, recent findings suggest. “As with many…
Diets that have a high “glycemic index” - that is, they produce high blood sugar levels - may increase the risk of President George W. Bush’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday canceled a controversial program to test the effects of bug spray…
People with peanut allergy may also be allergic to lupin flour, which is increasingly being added to human food products, British investigators report in…
GlaxoSmithKline Plc is recalling so-called starter kits of its Lamictal drug in the United States due to incorrect dosing, Europe’s largest drugmaker said on…
A cheap and easy-to-use combination pill for Malaria is being readied for launch next year, giving doctors fresh ammunition to fight the deadly mosquito-borne…
Australian health officials apologised on Friday to the family of a stillborn baby which was mistakenly taken away from a hospital in a pile…
A prominent consumer advocate and an outspoken FDA scientist welcomed the suspension of Pfizer Inc.‘s painkiller Bextra, but said some or all doses of…
The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for stepping up measures in Angola to halt the further spread of the deadly Marburg virus, which…
Tanzania revised its HIV infection rate downwards to 7 percent Friday, from a previous estimate of 12 to 15 percent, but said the number…
Antidepressants may do more than improve the mental health of people with both HIV and depression. New study findings suggest the treatment may also…
A water-damaged workplace may trigger Asthma and other breathing problems in employees, and be a substantial source of sick days, new research suggests. In…
Painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors, which U.S. health officials restricted on Thursday, can not only damage the heart and blood vessels but may also suppress…
Following a so-called Mediterranean diet - high in vegetables, olive oil and fish - appears to help people live longer, according to new study…
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is common in refugees in Western countries and could be up to 10 times higher than in the general…
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with the potent TNF-alpha blocking drugs - such as Enbrel and Remicade, for example - is linked to an increase…
Medical experts on Thursday defended a study that led to the widespread use of a single AIDS drug called nevirapine to protect…
Eating beans or lentils at least twice a week may reduce a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, according to a report…
Onions can spice up your meals - and maybe strengthen your bones, preliminary study findings suggest. Investigators from the University of Bern in Switzerland…
Contaminated Roma tomatoes were the likely cause of a string of salmonella outbreaks that made 561 people sick in the United States and Canada…
Project shows indoor asthma triggers can be curbed
• Asthma • Apr 09 05
Poor blood pressure control ups stroke risk
• Neurology • Apr 09 05
Active teen girls run risk of stress fracture
• Gender: Female • Apr 09 05
High carb diets may raise breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Apr 09 05
EPA scraps controversial pesticide testing program
• Public Health • Apr 09 05
Peanut allergy linked to lupin flour allergy
• Allergies • Apr 09 05
Glaxo recalls Lamictal kits in US due to wrong dose
• Drug News • Apr 08 05
Cheap new combination pill to help fight malaria
• Drug News • Apr 08 05
Apologies after stillborn foetus taken with laundry
• Public Health • Apr 08 05
Some say FDA should have sought Celebrex removal too
• Drug Abuse • Apr 08 05
Marburg spreads in Angola as death toll hits 174
• Public Health • Apr 08 05
New study reduces Tanzanian HIV prevalence to 7 Pct
• AIDS/HIV • Apr 08 05
Depression therapy may help HIV treatment
• Depression • Apr 08 05
Water-damaged buildings tied to workers’ asthma
• Asthma • Apr 08 05
COX-2 drugs may suppress immune function-study
• Drug Abuse • Apr 08 05
Eat like the Greeks, live a longer life
• Dieting • Apr 08 05
Refugees in West suffer from post-traumatic stress
• Depression • Apr 08 05
Skin lesions seen with newer arthritis drugs
• Skin Care • Apr 07 05
Panel defends study behind AIDS drug for babies
• AIDS/HIV • Apr 07 05
Eating beans may stave off breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Apr 07 05
A dash of onion halts bone loss in rats
• Trauma & Injuries • Apr 07 05
Roma tomatoes linked to US, Canadian salmonella outbreaks
• Infections • Apr 07 05