Supplements cut post-stroke hip fracture risk
• Neurology • Mar 01 05
Dietary supplements of folate and vitamin B12 can reduce the risk of hip fracture in elderly patients following a stroke, according to a new…
Acupuncture Reduces Nausea and Vomiting, Pain After Major Breast Surgery
• Alternative Medicine • Mar 01 05
In the first such clinical trial of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that acupuncture is more effective at reducing…
Vegetarians’ health
• Alternative Medicine • Mar 01 05
Sir, There are millions of vegetarians and vegan adults and children worldwide whose healthy lives gainsay Professor Lindsay Allen’s claims that such diets can…
Three herbal pill brands withdrawn
• Alternative Medicine • Mar 01 05
Three herbal products were recalled today because they contain undeclared prescription medicines.
Director-General of Health Karen Poutasi named the Herbs Health brand of:…
Studies Address Issues of Risk and Survival in Rapidly Increasing Gastrointestingal Cancers
• Cancer • Mar 01 05
Studies published today by the American Gastroenterological Association shed new light on risk factors and predictors of survival associated with two types of cancer…
Smoking Ban Takes Hold in Rhode Island
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 01 05
Bars, restaurants and businesses became smoke-free early Tuesday, making Rhode Island the seventh state in the nation to ban puffing in most indoor public…
Vitamin D, dialysis means longer life for some
• Urine Problems • Mar 01 05
Giving vitamin D injections to people on dialysis may help them live longer, researchers said.
“We found that patients who are treated…
Study backs wider chemotherapy for breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Mar 01 05
Women 65 and older with breast cancer should consider chemotherapy even though doctors have been reluctant to use it in that age group because…
Ailing Elephant Gets Acupuncture
• Alternative Medicine • Mar 01 05
Singapore’s zoo is using an ancient Asian remedy to treat sick animals: acupuncture.
The latest patient is Tun, a 15-year-old Asian elephant whose…
Breakfast may be good for cholesterol, blood sugar
• Dieting • Mar 01 05
Breakfast may truly be the most important meal of the day. A small study suggests that skipping that morning meal may be a bad…
More teens, young adults on phone while driving
• Public Health • Mar 01 05
The number of teens and young adults talking on a cell phone while driving went up again last year, according to U.S. government research…
Graphic ads speed up decline in youth smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 01 05
New study findings suggest that adolescents are indeed influenced by antismoking ads on television that use graphic images about death and disease and expose…
FDA: Power to write drug labels could help public
• Drug Abuse • Mar 01 05
Information about serious side effects from drugs such as Merck & Co. Inc.‘s withdrawn Vioxx could get to the public quicker if regulators…
Britain sets up brain tissue bank to aid research
• Brain • Mar 01 05
A brain tissue bank that will allow researchers to study sudden deaths from a variety of causes will open in Edinburgh on Wednesday, scientists…
Plant derivative kills leukemia cells
• Cancer • Mar 01 05
Parthenolide, a chemical derived from the feverfew plant, destroys acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, leaving normal bone marrow cells relatively unscathed.
Moreover, the compound…
Asbestos bill at critical stage, Specter says
• Public Health • Mar 01 05
A proposal for a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund will be put in the “deep freeze” unless lawmakers soon agree on the details, Senate…
UK agency proposes ban on Alzheimer’s drugs
• Drug Abuse • Mar 01 05
Britain’s agency charged with assessing whether drugs and procedures are worth their cost has issued a preliminary ruling against all of the four main…
UK stockpiles Tamiflu in case of bird flu outbreak
• Drug News • Mar 01 05
Britain is buying 14.6 million courses of Roche’s antiviral drug Tamiflu to protect against a potential flu pandemic, the government said on Tuesday.
…
AIDS drugs might combat bird flu
• Flu • Mar 01 05
The anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors may be effective against the bird flu virus, according to an Italian researcher.
The H5N1 strain of…
Vietnam confirms 14-year-old girl has bird flu
• Flu • Mar 01 05
A 35-year-old Vietnamese poultry market cleaner and a 14-year-old girl, both in the north of the country, have contracted bird flu, which has killed…
US companies seek dismissal of Agent Orange lawsuit
• Public Health • Mar 01 05
Attorneys representing major U.S. chemical companies defended them against charges on Monday that the companies committed war crimes by supplying the military with Agent…
Cholera outbreak in southwestern Nigeria kills 51
• Infections • Mar 01 05
At least 51 people have died and hundreds hospitalised following a major outbreak of cholera in southwestern Nigeria, health officials said on Tuesday.
Five…
Most nipple, genital piercing problems not treated
• Skin Care • Mar 01 05
Most people who have their nipples or genitals pierced develop complications such as infections or irritation, but only a handful seek professional help as…
Hospitals get guidelines on reporting infections
• Infections • Mar 01 05
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines on Monday designed to help states track and alert the public to serious…
Nicotine patches, lozenges help heavy smokers, too
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 01 05
Even highly addicted smokers are helped in their efforts to quit when they use nicotine patches and lozenges to wean themselves off the habit,…