Chewing tobacco may stress heart, blood vessels
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 25 05
Chewing tobacco may be smokeless, but it could be far from harmless to the heart and blood vessels, a small study suggests.
Chewing tobacco…
Obesity may hasten prostate cancer diagnosis
• Cancer: Prostate • Mar 25 05
Perhaps because of increased interaction with healthcare providers, overweight and obese men are more likely than their normal weight counterparts to be diagnosed with…
Hunters most at peril when tracking deer, turkeys
• Trauma & Injuries • Mar 25 05
When chasing wild game, turkey hunters are most likely to be injured, while deer hunters are most likely to die from their injuries, new…
Pregnancy-related diabetes rising in the U.S.
• Diabetes • Mar 25 05
The proportion of U.S. women who develop Diabetes during pregnancy - that is, gestational diabetes - appears to be increasing, which may…
Vietnam bird flu death toll rises to 35 - UPDATE 2
• Public Health • Mar 25 05
A 17-year-old woman became Vietnam’s 35th bird flu victim on Friday, although tests on a third Cambodian suspected of contracting the virus, which has…
Brazil probes Colombian rebels’ medical drugs link
• Public Health • Mar 25 05
Colombian rebels may have acquired government-supplied medical drugs in Brazil, possibly from health workers, to treat a disease plaguing their forces, Brazilian federal police…
Experts advise elderly to continue exercising
• Public Health • Mar 25 05
Elderly men and women may not be able to perform the same exercises as easily or comfortably as they did in their…
Alzheimer’s disease: Definition, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
• Neurology • Mar 24 05
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or senile dementia of Alzheimer’s type is a neurodegenerative disease which results in a loss of mental functions due…
Depression may up risk of dementia in men
• Depression • Mar 24 05
Men with a history of depression long before the onset of any memory or other cognitive problems have a substantially higher risk of developing…
Natural serum eyedrops relieve dry eyes
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 24 05
Eyedrops made from a person’s own serum are superior to artificial tear preparations for relieving signs and symptoms of severe dry eye disease, according…
CT for lung cancer may do more harm than good
• Cancer: Lung • Mar 24 05
Annual screening for lung cancer using computed tomography (CT) can help detect the disease at its earliest, most curable stage, but…
Healthcare workers risk getting asthma on the job
• Asthma • Mar 24 05
Healthcare workers are at risk for occupational Asthma, according to new data from four state-based surveillance systems that monitor work-related asthma cases. Latex and…
Months after mono, virus remains in saliva
• Infections • Mar 24 05
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus that causes mononucleosis - also known as mono or the kissing disease -persists at high levels in…
Hypertensives fare better early after heart attack
• Heart • Mar 24 05
Among individuals who have a heart attack for the first time, those with high blood pressure (hypertension) experience fewer in-hospital complications than…
Preventive mastectomy removes breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Mar 24 05
A new study provides more evidence that women who are at increased risk of developing breast cancer can significantly reduce their…
Officials argue over sex in prisons
• Public Health • Mar 24 05
South Africa’s jails watchdog and prison officials have locked horns in a public row over proposals to allow consensual sex behind bars.
The Department…
Scientists urge Africa to fund disease research
• Public Health • Mar 24 05
Cash-strapped African states should spend more money on research and training to tackle diseases like AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis,…
Africa lags in fight against TB, WHO report says
• Infections • Mar 24 05
Tuberculosis has reached “alarming proportions” in Africa, where co-infection with the widespread HIV virus makes a lethal combination, the World Health Organization…
Bird flu kills Cambodia man
• Flu • Mar 24 05
Bird flu has killed a 28-year-old Cambodian man, officials said on Thursday as authorities in neighbouring Vietnam tested dozens of people in a village…
U.S. starts human tests of avian flu vaccine
• Flu • Mar 24 05
U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they have started human tests of a vaccine against avian flu, which experts believe could kill tens of…
Let IVF parents choose baby’s sex - UK report
• Childbirth • Mar 24 05
Proposals to allow British parents having fertility treatment to choose the sex of their unborn baby split an influential group of lawmakers on Thursday,…
Kyoto protocol tough for emerging economies
• Public Health • Mar 24 05
It will be impossible for emerging industrial powers such as China and South Korea ever to comply with the U.N. Kyoto Protocol on curbing…
Warnings and alternatives boost sun protection
• Skin Care • Mar 24 05
Showing people pictures of how sun has damaged their skin and encouraging them to use sunless tanning lotions appear to give many people the…
Exercise helps control type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • Mar 24 05
Regular exercise among women with type 2 diabetes may not only reduce waist size, but may also reduce the…
Schiavo videotape misleading, experts say
• Public Health • Mar 24 05
The videotape that runs endlessly on television stations around the world shows an apparently smiling Terri Schiavo being caressed by her mother’s loving hand.
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