Pope Marks Ash Wednesday In Hospital
• Public Health • Feb 09 05
A Vatican spokesman said Pope John Paul II observed Ash Wednesday in his hospital room, receiving ashes and inviting his doctors to stay for…
UK respiratory patients need better care: study
• Respiratory Problems • Feb 09 05
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not receiving optimum care and more than 1 in 10 who are admitted to hospital die…
Many Parents with HIV Avoid Contact with Kids
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 09 05
Nearly 4 out of 10 parents with HIV infection avoid casual contact such as hugging, kissing or sharing utensils with their children out of…
Protein from red meat, dairy tied to heart risks
• Heart • Feb 09 05
Older women who eat a relatively large amount of protein from red meat or dairy products may have an elevated risk of dying from…
Blood pressure therapy boosts cerebral blood flow
• Brain • Feb 09 05
In elderly patients with elevated systolic blood pressure - the upper number in a blood pressure reading - effective blood pressure therapy increases blood…
Cancer society begins Daffodil Days sale
• Public Health • Feb 09 05
The American Cancer Society has begun its Daffodil Days sale to raise funds to aid research, education, advocacy and service.
The daffodils, which serve…
Long-acting insulin safe for type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • Feb 09 05
When patients with type 2 diabetes that is no longer controlled with oral medications begin insulin therapy, it is better to add once-daily glargine…
Many parents with HIV avoid contact with kids
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 09 05
Nearly 4 out of 10 parents with HIV infection avoid casual contact such as hugging, kissing or sharing utensils with their children out of…
Banking On Breast Milk
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 09 05
It’s a drink so beneficial that its claims include protection against infections and allergies, and even the possibility of making you smarter.
In a…
Children need to brush up on dental hygiene
• Dental Health • Feb 09 05
Muskegon County Health Department officials say more children are reaching school age with little knowledge of basic dental hygiene.
That lack of knowledge can…
Cancer raises blood clot risk by sevenfold
• Cancer • Feb 08 05
Cancer greatly increases the risk that the patients will develop a blood clot in a vein (venous thrombosis), especially in recently diagnosed patients, patients…
Study supports controversial blood-thinning drug
• Drug News • Feb 08 05
A blood-thinning drug not approved for the U.S. market because of questions about liver damage appears to be as effective as other common therapies…
Basic gun safety may reduce teen suicides
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 08 05
Keeping guns locked and unloaded and locking ammunition in a separate container appear to deter many suicidal teens from acting on their impulses…
Blood infection more likely in diabetics
• Diabetes • Feb 08 05
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of blood infections caused by a microbe called enterobacteria, Danish researchers have found. Frequently, these infections start…
Awareness may remain after severe brain injury
• Neurology • Feb 08 05
Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) - those with severe brain damage who demonstrate intermittent awareness of their environment - may retain some…
Patient factors predict asthma therapy response
• Asthma • Feb 08 05
Specific patient characteristics may help guide doctors in selecting the asthma medication most likely to lead to favorable responses in children with mild-to-moderate persistent…
Schwan’s expands recall of eggrolls, pizza, tacos
• Dieting • Feb 08 05
Schwan’s Food Manufacturing Inc. recalled an additional 191,033 pounds of frozen egg rolls, tacos and pizza twists that may contain glass fragments, bringing the…
Sweet drinks help some preschoolers pack on pounds
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Feb 08 05
Preschoolers who drink at least one serving of soda, fruit juice or other sweet beverage every day are likely to become overweight, new…
Girls may be undertreated for short stature
• Children's Health • Feb 08 05
New research indicates a possible gender bias in referrals for evaluation of short stature, such that the problem could be overlooked in girls and…
Patient risk level affects heart procedure outcome
• Heart • Feb 08 05
Patients undergoing treatment to clear blocked arteries in the heart who have a moderate-to-high risk of a recurrence of the blockage appear to have…
UK researchers get therapeutic cloning licence
• Public Health • Feb 08 05
Professor Ian Wilmut, who first cloned a sheep, Dolly, said on Tuesday he has been granted a UK licence to use cell nuclear replacement…
Egyptian twin doing well after U.S. skull surgery
• Surgery • Feb 08 05
One of a pair of formerly conjoined Egyptian twins underwent surgery on Monday to reconstruct his skull, in what doctors said was an important…
Asbestos bill delayed at Republicans’ request
• Public Health • Feb 08 05
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has requested a one-week delay in the introduction of a bill to create a $140 billion fund to…
Parkinson’s disease can impair driving
• Neurology • Feb 08 05
People with Parkinson’s disease may be poorer drivers than others their age, a small study suggests, but there is no clear way…
Britain may have found goat with BSE
• Public Health • Feb 08 05
Britain said Tuesday a goat diagnosed as having the brain-wasting disease scrapie in 1990 may have had mad cow disease, but it would take…