Reprogrammed HIV Can Hunt Down Cancer Cells
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 14 05
A harmless version of a major killer, the HIV virus, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.
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Alternative medicine guide published
• Alternative Medicine • Feb 14 05
A new guide to alternative medicines has been published in a bid to help consumers find safe and reliable treatments.
The 50-page booklet, published…
Cancer patient who committed suicide may have missed all-clear letter
• Public Health • Feb 14 05
British officials say a cancer patient who hanged himself may not have received a letter sent by doctors, saying he was clear of the…
US health agency chief seeks conflict summit
• Public Health • Feb 14 05
The head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health said he wants government and academic leaders to meet to address conflicts of interest in…
Personality, not values, makes the marriage - study
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 05
Shared moral values are less important than compatible personalities as a recipe for a good marriage, according to a study released on Sunday.
Married…
Bond Highlights Anti-Alzheimer’s Effort
• Neurology • Feb 14 05
A federal lawmaker from Missouri is pushing federal legislation he hopes bolsters funding for and awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.
Republican Senator Kit Bond calls…
New York warns of fast, resistant strain of HIV
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 14 05
One day after the discovery of a drug-resistant, fast-developing AIDS case in New York prompted city health officials to announce an alert, leading experts…
How to decrease your risk for cervical cancer
• Cancer • Feb 14 05
Are you getting appropriate cervical cancer screening? Dr. Judith Reichman explains simple tests that can aid prevention
Last year, 10,000 women in the United…
Editorial: Slowing Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Feb 14 05
Frank Broyles came home from his job as University of Arkansas athletic director one day to find his wife, Barbara, crying.
“She tried to…
Underactive Thyroid Cuts Breast Cancer Risk
• Cancer: Breast • Feb 14 05
Women with an underactive thyroid are less likely to develop breast cancer. For those that do get breast cancer, their chances are better that…
Scientists Trying To Find Source Of Possible HIV Strain
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 14 05
AIDS scientists are studying viruses isolated from two people to find out if either of them are the source of a possibly more aggressive,…
WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for N Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
• Public Health • Feb 14 05
Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Programme convenes meetings to analyse the global data on circulating influenza virus strains and make…
Cancer Patient Who Killed Self May Have Missed All-Clear Letter
• Cancer • Feb 14 05
British officials say a cancer patient who hanged himself may not have received a letter sent by doctors, saying he was clear of…
Science finds genetic link to origin of love
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 05
Is there a reason we fall in love with certain people? Does science have anything to do with love? One UConn student proposed a…
Women and heart attacks
• Heart • Feb 14 05
Heart disease remains the number one cause of death in this country, among men and women. But the symptoms of a heart attack are…
Mental Health Charity Calls for Cannabis Probe
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 13 05
A British health charity called on Saturday for an investigation into evidence that smoking cannabis may cause psychosis in people at risk of mental…
NYC health authorities find rare drug-resistant form of HIV
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 12 05
City health officials are working to track down sex partners of a man diagnosed with a rare strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that progressed…
Iowa’s DHS Says It Will Guard Mental Health Records
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 12 05
The Department of Human Services said it will tightly guard personal information on thousands of mental health patients.
The agency wants to collect names,…
Rare, drug-resistant HIV strain diagnosed in New York
• Drug News • Feb 12 05
A rare, highly virulent and drug-resistant strain of the HIV virus that leads to AIDS has been detected in a New York City man,…
Flu season may be peaking
• Public Health • Feb 12 05
Michigan officials report widespread cases of illness.
The flu season may be peaking in Michigan.
State health officials Friday reported “widespread” flu activity,…
Meningitis Drug Shortages Possible
• Drug News • Feb 12 05
Health officials are bracing for the possibility of shortages of a new shot that prevents the type of meningitis that often spreads on college…
Good news, bad news on teen vaccine
• Infections • Feb 12 05
New shot is better at stopping meningitis, but shortages are expected until factory gears up.
Health officials are bracing for the possibility of shortages…
Senator Says FDA Trying to Suppress Study on Painkillers
• Drug News • Feb 12 05
With the Food and Drug Administration set to hold hearings next week on the safety of popular painkillers like Bextra and Celebrex, a U.S.…
New ‘HIV’ strain found
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 12 05
A new strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that leads to the rapid onset of Aids has been detected in a New York man, it…
People can change some stroke risk factors
• Neurology • Feb 12 05
High blood pressure is a big risk factor for stroke, but people with normal blood pressure can have a stroke. In a new…