Vietnam checks if nurse caught bird flu from patient
• Flu • Mar 08 05
Vietnam’s latest bird flu case has prompted an investigation into whether a 26-year-old male nurse caught it directly from an infected patient, a top…
Gene therapy still benefits heart after 2 years
• Heart • Mar 08 05
People with severe angina given gene therapy to improve the blood supply to the heart continue to benefit 2 years after the treatment was…
Diabetes triples the risk of liver cancer
• Diabetes • Mar 08 05
It appears that Diabetes is a strong risk factor for Liver Cancer, raising the risk two- to three-fold, investigators report.
The study, using…
Newer drugs may cut stroke, heart attack risk
• Drug News • Mar 08 05
Patients with high blood pressure taking a combination of newer drugs may cut their risk of Stroke by 25 percent and dangerous heart complications…
Medicaid fails to check drug pricing - report
• Public Health • Mar 08 05
U.S. Medicaid officials failed to properly check the prices drug companies charge the health insurance program for the poor and disabled, according to a…
UN backs U.S. plea for total ban on human cloning
• Public Health • Mar 08 05
A divided U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday approved a nonbinding statement urging governments to adopt laws banning all forms of human cloning, including the…
Study: Vytorin tops Lipitor in high-risk patients
• Heart • Mar 08 05
A combination medicine by Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. was more effective in helping high-risk patients achieve stringent, new lower cholesterol goals than…
Lung cancer no longer just a man’s disease
• Cancer: Lung • Mar 08 05
The stereotype that lung cancer mainly affects men needs to be revised, new study findings show.
While the incidence of lung cancer declined…
Mini-stroke seen as urgent warning of major stroke
• Neurology • Mar 07 05
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), commonly called mini-strokes, typically occur just hours or days before a full-blown Stroke, leaving a narrow window of time…
U.S. defends opposition to addict injection rooms
• Public Health • Mar 07 05
American opposition to injection rooms and needle exchange for intravenous drug users is not undermining the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases that…
Kids safest strapped into car’s rear seat: study
• Children's Health • Mar 07 05
Children are least likely to be injured in a car crash when they are properly restrained and riding in the back seat, according to…
Fertility technique doesn’t affect development
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 07 05
Children born following so-called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) do not differ from children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or children conceived naturally in…
Some 545 Nigerians treated for horrid pregnancy injury
• Pregnancy • Mar 07 05
Some 545 Nigerian women were treated during a crash two-week campaign against obstetric fistula, one of the worst pregnancy-related disabilities that often goes untreated,…
Study shows why laughter is the best medicine
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 07 05
Watching a funny movie appears to improve blood vessel function, which may help explain why having a good laugh appears to have numerous health…
Men get prostate screen, balk at colon cancer test
• Cancer: Prostate • Mar 07 05
Men apparently find it quite acceptable to get a PSA test to screen for Prostate cancer, but don’t go along so readily…
Heavy drinking more common on campus than off - study
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 07 05
U.S. college students drink more alcohol and are more likely to binge drink than young adults who are not in college, but the nonstudents…
Baking soda helps kids during severe asthma attack
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 07 05
An intravenous infusion of a solution of sodium bicarbonate - better known as Baking soda - reduces respiratory distress and excessive acidity of…
Vietnam nurse infected with bird flu - doctor
• Public Health • Mar 07 05
A 26-year-old Vietnamese male nurse who tended a patient with bird flu has caught the virus that has killed 47 people in Asia, a…
Exercise, some calcium build strong bones - report
• Children's Health • Mar 07 05
Children who drink more milk do not necessarily develop healthier bones, researchers said on Monday in a report that stresses exercise and modest consumption…
Health crisis brews in Russia’s Chechnya
• Public Health • Mar 07 05
Viskhan Siriyev has not walked or talked since a bomb hit his house at the start of the Chechen war ten years ago. He…
Somalis call for help to clean up hazardous waste
• Public Health • Mar 07 05
Somali members of parliament called on Saturday for international help to clean up tons of hazardous waste dislodged by the Asian tsunami, which they…
TB vaccine shows promise for genital warts
• Urine Problems • Mar 07 05
BCG, which is usually used as a vaccine against Tuberculosis, apparently can clear up genital warts in about 90 per cent of cases,…
Aspirin therapy affects men, women differently
• Heart • Mar 07 05
Taking a baby aspirin may prevent heart attacks in men, but it does little to ward off a first Heart Attack in…
UK hospital superbug infections fall - govt
• Infections • Mar 07 05
Infections with the hospital “superbug” MRSA in England, which have been blamed in an increased number of patient deaths, have fallen to their…
Keeping An Eye On Workplace Eye Safety
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 07 05
2,000 U.S. workers suffer eye injuries each day, experts warn.
Safety glasses and goggles may fall short as a fashion statement, but…