Bacterial infection may cut esophageal cancer risk
• Infections • Feb 10 05
People who aren’t infected with Helicobacter pylori have a “markedly increased” risk of developing esophageal cancer, a new study shows. However, the findings don’t…
Flu vaccination rate up among high-risk children-CDC
• Children's Health • Feb 10 05
The number of toddlers vaccinated against influenza in the United States has jumped during the current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining…
Medicare cost estimates spark disputes in Congress
• Public Health • Feb 10 05
Rising cost projections for the new Medicare drug benefit alarmed U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday and set off renewed calls to restrain spiraling drug prices…
Mom’s work schedule affects child’s development
• Children's Health • Feb 10 05
Children whose mothers work nights, evenings or rotating shifts are more likely to be behind the curve in mental development at age 2 and…
Settlement reached in gene therapy death
• Genetics • Feb 10 05
The US scientist who ran a gene therapy study that ended with the death of an 18-year-old is barred from leading human research trials…
Court rejects $15 mln award in Kansas smoker case
• Public Health • Feb 10 05
A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $15 million punitive damages award to a lifelong smoker who sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.…
Canada suspends attention deficit drug Adderall XR
• Drug News • Feb 10 05
Britain’s Shire Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday that Canada has requested the suspension of sales of its attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment, Adderall XR (dextroamphetamine),…
Japanese bill recognises problem of elderly abuse
• Public Health • Feb 10 05
A proposed law to deal with abuse of the elderly was unveiled by Japanese lawmakers on Thursday, highlighting a problem in a society where…
Republicans ask for changes to asbestos plan
• Public Health • Feb 10 05
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked for further changes in a plan for a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund at a meeting to…
Pfizer, Microsoft sue over illegal Viagra
• Drug News • Feb 10 05
Pfizer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday they filed parallel lawsuits against Web site operators and spam advertisers that they say sell illegal…
Hormone spray helps low libido women, trial shows
• Libido • Feb 10 05
Young women with low libido had good sex more often after using a testosterone spray, Australian researchers said on Thursday.
The spray, designed by…
Seaweed’s estrogen effects suggest cancer benefits
• Cancer: Breast • Feb 10 05
More women may want to develop a taste for seaweed, if animal research is any indication of the food’s potential cancer-fighting ability.
In experiments…
Republicans to meet on key senator’s asbestos bid
• Public Health • Feb 09 05
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee plan to meet privately on Thursday to gauge support for their chairman’s embattled proposal to create a…
Vancouver clinic to offer heroin on prescription
• Drug News • Feb 09 05
Vancouver adds prescription heroin for hard-core addicts to its arsenal in the war against drugs this week, despite U.S. criticism that its trial is…
Doctors told to look out for ‘broken heart’ syndrome
• Heart • Feb 09 05
Extreme stress can trigger what seems to be a heart attack, but is really something known as “broken heart” syndrome, researchers said on Wednesday…
Doctors begin to separate “mermaid” baby’s legs
• Surgery • Feb 09 05
Doctors have successfully taken the first step toward separating the fused legs of Milagros Cerron, a 9-month-old Peruvian baby dubbed the “Little Mermaid” because…
High-protein infant diet could lead to wrong diagnosis
• Dieting • Feb 09 05
Certain high-protein infant diets may cause elevated levels of the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine, which may in turn produce a positive test result…
Pain disorders linked to patient’s perception
• Pain • Feb 09 05
Patients with chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities in the self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination of internally produced versus…
Flu vaccine safe for infants, but monitoring needed
• Children's Health • Feb 09 05
New information from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) provides “generally reassuring, although limited” data on the safety of trivalent influenza vaccine administration…
Cuba’s geriatric club claims world’s oldest man
• Gender: Male • Feb 09 05
Cuba’s “120 Years Club,” inspired by President Fidel Castro to help Cubans live to a ripe old age, on Wednesday claimed one of its…
U.S. baby said to be smallest to survive goes home
• Childbirth • Feb 09 05
A baby who may be the smallest infant ever to survive has been discharged from a hospital more than four months after she entered…
Smaller fixes could bolster Social Security -AARP
• Public Health • Feb 09 05
he U.S. retirement system does not need a major overhaul or private accounts and can be stabilized through a series of smaller fixes, the…
Rare muscle-forming cells found in newborn hearts
• Children's Health • Feb 09 05
Scientists have discovered very rare cells in newborn hearts that divide and develop into mature heart muscle and could provide a new approach to…
Ailment can be confused with Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Feb 09 05
The inability to finish a sentence, memory loss and walking with a shuffle all sound like symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. But, some people…
Periodontal bacteria linked to heart disease
• Heart • Feb 09 05
People who test positive for bacteria that cause periodontal disease also have increased thickness of the carotid artery, which suggests there is a direct…