Physical, emotional stress trigger heart attack
• Depression • Mar 22 05
A sudden surge of physical activity or bout of extreme emotional distress can precipitate a Heart attack in people at…
Report catalogs high death rate in Darfur
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Violence, starvation and disease are killing people in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan at a pace four to six times greater than the…
New contact lenses reduce risk of eye infection
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 22 05
A new generation of contact lenses can significantly reduce the risk of severe eye infections, researchers said on Tuesday.
Wearers who keep their…
U.S. judge refuses more feeding in Schiavo case
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
A federal judge refused to order the resumption of feeding for brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo on Tuesday in a blow to the parents,…
U.S. in talks to settle with tobacco companies
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 22 05
U.S. government lawyers have begun talks with cigarette makers to try to settle the government’s racketeering case against the industry, a source close to…
Polish MPs dilute govt’s health reform plans
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Poland’s lower house of parliament watered down the minority government’s health reform plans on Tuesday by passing an opposition bill on financing the cash-strapped…
Congress may focus on end of life issues
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
When Congress passed extraordinary legislation in the case of a brain-damaged Florida woman, it also paved the way for broader congressional debate on end-of-life…
Marburg virus blamed for 96 deaths in Angola
• Infections • Mar 22 05
An illness that has killed nearly 100 people in northern Angola was identified on Tuesday as Marburg virus, which is in the same family…
Skiing on powder snow gives faster tans: report
• Skin Care • Mar 22 05
Skiers get suntanned faster on new powder snow than on old, wet snow, which absorbs far more of the sun’s ultraviolet rays, according to…
Health activists urge India to review patent laws
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Health activists urged the Indian government on Tuesday to review a patent bill that makes it illegal to copy patented drugs, saying it would…
Iowa governor signs toughest U.S. anti-meth law
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Iowa on Tuesday enacted the strongest state measure yet restricting the sale of cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, an ingredient used illicitly to produce…
UK hospital “superbug” MRSA kills baby
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
A two-day-old baby has died from the hospital “superbug” MRSA, a British hospital said on Tuesday.
Luke Day was born on February 2 and…
Anthrax kills 2 chimps, 2 gorillas in Cameroon
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Anthrax has killed at least two gorillas and two chimpanzees in southeastern Cameroon, prompting fears that the highly infectious disease could spread…
Guns, alcohol drive S. Africa violent death rate
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
South Africans are more likely to be shot than suffer any other kind of unnatural death as gun crime pushes the country’s violent death…
Graco recalls toddler beds, fined $4 million
• Public Health • Mar 22 05
Graco Children’s Products Inc., a unit of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., has been fined $4 million for failing to report hundreds of incidents, some fatal,…
Pushy parents may be harmful for kids’ health: study
• Children's Health • Mar 22 05
Pushy parents could be doing more harm than good to their children’s health, researchers said in a study released on Tuesday. Well-meaning parents insisting…
Less frequent Pap tests may be safe for some with HIV
• AIDS/HIV • Mar 22 05
For HIV-positive women with functional immune systems, normal Pap test results and who test negative for Human papilloma virus (HPV), the interval…
Bigger hearts seen in teen athletes
• Heart • Mar 22 05
Highly trained adolescent athletes have hearts that are larger than average, but the sizes don’t reach those seen with dilated cardiomyopathy, a…
Light drinking improves health risk factors: study
• Heart • Mar 22 05
Consuming small amounts of alcohol appears to improve several factors associated with increased risk for Diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the few…
Benefits of allergen immunotherapy persist
• Allergies • Mar 22 05
A three- to five-year course of allergen immunotherapy remains effective for more than five years after discontinuation of the shots, suggest…
Endometrial cancer worse in African-American women
• Cancer • Mar 22 05
African-American women with advanced endometrial cancer appear to have more aggressive tumors than Caucasian women, which may explain worse outcomes even when…
Delaying food introduction won’t prevent allergie
• Allergies • Mar 22 05
Delaying the introduction of highly allergenic foods - other than milk - does not seem to be effective in preventing food allergies,…
Fatty acid-rich diet may block Alzheimer’s
• Dieting • Mar 22 05
Consuming a diet rich in the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexanoic acid (DHA) may help prevent or treat Alzheimer’s disease, findings from an…
Water: The Simple Solution
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 21 05
The human body needs six to eight glasses (eight ounces each) of water each day to maintain good health. Here are some compelling reasons…
Study finds anticonvulsant drug poses greater birth-defect risk than suspected
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 21 05
Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications.…