Diabetes not tied to increased lung cancer risk
• Cancer: Lung • Mar 15 05
While studies have shown that the rate of some cancers is increased in patients with Diabetes, the risk of lung cancer apparently is not,…
Sudan tells U.N. to back up its Darfur death toll
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
Sudan demanded on Tuesday that the United Nations produce evidence to support a U.N. statement that said 180,000 people had died of disease and…
What are the symptoms of a stroke?
• Neurology • Mar 15 05
People at risk and partners or caretakers of people at risk for stroke should be aware of the general symptoms, and the stroke victim…
What are the risk factors for stroke?
• Neurology • Mar 15 05
New or recurrent strokes affect about 600,000 people every year. Although incidence of stroke has increased between 1988 and 1998, more people are surviving…
Forget the breath mints, eat yogurt instead
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 15 05
New study findings suggest that yogurt may be another weapon in the battle against bad breath.
“Yogurt intake may improve oral hygiene, namely tongue-coating…
Most women ill informed about stroke
• Neurology • Mar 15 05
Despite the fact that Stroke is one of the most common killers, most women - and particularly minority women - can’t recognize its…
Catholic leader doubts UK’s Blair over abortion
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
A senior Catholic leader made a rare intervention into Britain’s pre-election political fray on Tuesday to back Prime Minister Tony Blair’s main opponent on…
Bill Clinton released from hospital
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was released from the hospital on Monday, four days after surgery to remove fluid and scar tissue that accumulated…
Over 180,000 Darfur deaths in 18 months: UN envoy
• Emergencies / First Aid • Mar 15 05
The U.N. emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, estimates that more than 180,000 people have died in Sudan’s Darfur from hunger and disease over the…
EU obesity taskforce to fight “expanding waistline”
• Weight Loss • Mar 15 05
EU regulators joined forces with Europe’s advertisers and food industry Tuesday to tackle an alarming rise in Obesity, particularly among children.
Agri-food companies, consumer…
Food marketers to play up role of exercise
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
U.S. food companies will include more messages on exercise to youth in their marketing to dispel criticism of their role in childhood obesity, industry…
Doctors suspect bird flu killed Vietnamese man
• Flu • Mar 15 05
A Vietnamese man who died over the weekend may have been killed by the bird flu virus that has claimed the lives of…
Anthrax tests at Pentagon prove negative
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
Two Defense Department mail handling facilities were shut down on Monday after sensitive detection devices indicated the presence of anthrax, but mail at the…
AIDS virus entered UK six times, study shows
• AIDS/HIV • Mar 15 05
The AIDS virus entered Britain at least six separate times in the early and mid-1980s, not once as has been widely believed,…
Report raises questions about U.S. cattle feed ban
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
The effectiveness of the most important U.S. safeguard against mad cow disease was questioned on Monday when a government report accused the Food and…
Anti-cancer function of green tea explained
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 15 05
Spanish and British scientists have discovered how a compound in green tea helps prevent certain types of cancer.
Researchers at the University of Murcia…
Scientists put skin cancer cells into endless “coma”
• Cancer • Mar 15 05
Instead of removing skin cancer cells with surgery or killing them with drugs, scientists said Tuesday they have tricked them into a…
Mountain living good for heart and health, study shows
• Heart • Mar 15 05
If you want to live longer and lower the risk of Heart disease, a move to the mountains may help.
Research by scientists…
Sleep better with trospium for overactive bladder
• Urine Problems • Mar 15 05
In new study of drugs used to treat overactive bladder, trospium chloride appeared to have the least impact on sleep, according to…
Malt liquor drink of homeless and unemployed -study
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
Malt liquor, a type of beer that is higher in alcohol than other brews, is largely a drink of the homeless and unemployed,…
Major cause of blindness inherited: study
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 15 05
Age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of Blindness in older adults, is greatly influenced by a person’s genes, according to a study…
US government witness to urge tobacco execs ouster
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
A government witness scheduled to testify in the racketeering case against cigarette makers will recommend that the courts oust senior tobacco industry management, according…
AIDS, TB, malaria body warns “ad hoc” funding risky
• Public Health • Mar 15 05
A global fund dreamt up by U.N. chief Kofi Annan to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is facing a shortfall just…
Sudan fears meningitis epidemic by May
• Infections • Mar 15 05
Sudan fears it will face a meningitis epidemic this summer and is launching a campaign to fight Malaria, which kills up…
Treatment preserves fertility after uterine cancer
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 15 05
Treatments for cancer of the endometrium, or lining of the uterus, often prevent future pregnancy, but new research shows that a limited form…