KFC pulls two menu items in China tainted with dye
• Public Health • Mar 17 05
KFC has pulled two chicken dishes off its fast food restaurant menu across China, its owner’s second-most profitable market, after discovering they contained a…
Fatal rabies cases caused by infected organ donor
• Infections • Mar 16 05
This week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine carries a paper describing previously reported cases of fatal rabies infection in patients who…
UCLA to start $20 mln stem cell research center
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
The University of California at Los Angeles will spend $20 million over five years to establish a stem cell research institute and compete for…
X chromosome shows why women differ from men
• Genetics • Mar 16 05
Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the female X chromosome, which is linked to more than 300 human diseases and may help to…
HHS Secretary defends Medicaid proposals
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
The joint federal-state Medicaid program for the poor would not be cut under President Bush’s budget proposal, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael…
Anti-HIV drugs help prevent AIDS-related cancers
• Cancer • Mar 16 05
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a combination of drugs used to treat HIV infection, can help prevent cancers that are associated with AIDS, new…
Improper medication use varies widely in Europe
• Drug Abuse • Mar 16 05
The degree to which elderly home-care patients in Europe are prescribed potentially inappropriate medication varies widely between countries, according to a report in the…
Some herbs may help ease children’s ills
• Children's Health • Mar 16 05
Certain herbal supplements show promise for treating children’s colds, skin allergies and sleep problems, according to a new research review.
On the other hand,…
Food additive prevents pre-diabetes in animals
• Diabetes • Mar 16 05
If new animal research pans out, a common food additive could one day make cheeseburgers and pizza less likely to promote Diabetes.
The…
Clinical rules don’t predict osteoporosis in women
• Gender: Female • Mar 16 05
Clinical prediction rules used by doctors to identify patients who will develop Osteoporosis, which take into account various risk factors, are not useful in…
Topiramate may impair cognitive function
• Epilepsy • Mar 16 05
Among the newer anti-seizure drugs, topiramate (Topamax) apparently impairs cognitive performance - to a degree that may affect daily function - whereas gabapentin (Neurontin)…
Osteoarthritis improves with self-management program
• Arthritis • Mar 16 05
Patients who participated in a cognitive-behavioral-based program to help manage their arthritis had sustained improvements in pain and daily functioning in Osteoarthritis…
Vitamin E linked to increased risk of heart failure
• Heart • Mar 16 05
The results of a seven-year study examining the potential benefit of vitamin E in preventing cancer and cardiovascular events in older patients…
Pacemakers not usually affected by power lines
• Heart • Mar 16 05
New research indicates that it is rare for magnetic fields associated with power lines to interfere with cardiac pacemakers. However, there is some evidence…
Immune response may contribute to meth binges
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
Methamphetamine stimulates an immune response that may induce tolerance in users, according to a presentation Tuesday at the 229th national meeting of the…
Disparities in heart health persist in the US
• Heart • Mar 16 05
The American Heart Association’s goal of reducing Heart Disease and Stroke by 25 percent by the year 2010 is broadly challenged by…
Pentagon mail center tests positive for anthrax
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
Samples collected from a Defense Department mail center near the Pentagon building have tested positive for deadly anthrax bacteria in a preliminary…
Brown promises UK national stem cell network
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
Britain aims to consolidate its position as a world leader in stem cell research with the establishment of a new national network for investigating…
Pentagon sees “no evidence” of mail center anthrax
• Public Health • Mar 16 05
Tests on filters and equipment at two shut-down postal centers that serve the Pentagon have turned up no evidence of deadly anthrax,…
Death toll from bootleg booze rises in Turkey
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 16 05
The number of people killed by a batch of bootleg raki, Turkey’s national drink, has risen to 25 after a man died of alcohol…
Radiation for breast cancer now less toxic to heart
• Cancer: Breast • Mar 16 05
Radiation therapy for breast cancer is known to raise the risk of death from heart disease, but new research shows that…
Europe needs to be more family-friendly, EU says
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 16 05
If Europe wants to fight the problem of ageing populations, it must introduce family-friendly policies that encourage people to have more children, the European…
Heart patients may fare as well with drugs: study
• Heart • Mar 16 05
Treating first-time Heart attack patients with aspirin and other drugs is less costly and can be just as beneficial as performing invasive…
PCB exposure tied to menstrual cycle length
• Gender: Female • Mar 16 05
Exposure to PCBs, even at everyday environmental levels, may affect women’s menstrual cycles, according to a new study.
The findings support…
More children may be more cavities for mom
• Dental Health • Mar 15 05
For women, a bigger brood brings a bigger risk of dental problems, new research reports.
The study found that U.S. women who had more…