UnitedHealth in plan for low-cost health insurance
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
U.S. insurer UnitedHealth Group will participate in a program to sponsor an array of low-cost health insurance options to extend health coverage to uninsured…
Heavy metals warning for ayurvedic herbs is a distraction from the real threats to your health
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 27 05
The headlines were recently ablaze with warnings about Ayurvedic herbal products. A survey of such herbal remedies sourced from India and Pakistan found that…
ConocoPhillips, US reach Clean Air Act settlement
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday ConocoPhillips, the largest domestic refiner, will pay a $4.5 million fine and spend $525 million to…
Antibody curbs late anthrax illness, in rats
• Infections • Jan 27 05
Synthetically produced antibodies that target a component of the anthrax toxin may reduce illness and death due anthrax exposure, even after shock has set…
Bill would restrict cold pills to fight ‘meth’
• Flu • Jan 27 05
Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on…
Quit smoking or quit your job, U.S. company says
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 27 05
The owner of a Michigan company who forced his employees to either quit smoking or quit their jobs said on Wednesday he also wants…
Glucose not sole risk for diabetic nerve problem
• Diabetes • Jan 27 05
Many patients with diabetes develop numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness in their hands or feet, a condition called diabetic neuropathy. While good control of…
Pregnancy outcomes worsening for diabetic women
• Pregnancy • Jan 27 05
Women with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for several poor pregnancy outcomes compared with the general population, and with women who have…
Secret ingredient for elderly romance
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 27 05
A mystery chemical isolated from the sweat of young women seems to act as a romance booster for their older counterparts.
When the…
Middle-age spread owes a lot to genes - study
• Genetics • Jan 27 05
Middle-aged men may be able to lay a hefty share of the blame for their expanding bellies on their parents, study findings suggest.
The…
Bruise patterns may point to child abuse
• Children's Health • Jan 26 05
Some patterns and locations of bruising are suggestive of abuse and warrant further investigation, researchers in Wales report.
Bruising is the commonest feature of…
New treatment relieves men’s chronic pelvic pain
• Urine Problems • Jan 26 05
Chronic inflammation of the prostate can lead to constant pain that is hard to treat, but a new approach seems to hold out promise.
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Red Cross raises record $1.2 bln in tsunami aid
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
The Red Cross federation, the world’s biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a record $1.167 billion in just 30 days for…
Many black Americans may believe in HIV conspiracy
• AIDS/HIV • Jan 26 05
A sizable number of African Americans believe in various HIV conspiracy theories, and it may be deterring some men from using condoms, a…
Radiation seeds may be enough for prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • Jan 26 05
Implanting tiny radioactive “seeds” in the prostate, a treatment called brachytherapy, may be all that is needed to combat low-risk forms of prostate cancer,…
Chirac proposes international tax to fight AIDS
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday proposed the creation of an international tax to help fight AIDS, saying such a measure could raise $10…
Thinning bones linked to Alzheimer’s risk
• Neurology • Jan 26 05
People with low bone mineral density (BMD) are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report. Low BMD is also associated with…
700,000 AIDS patients get drugs, funds short
• AIDS/HIV • Jan 26 05
The number of AIDS patients receiving life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000 from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on…
Return to sport possible after temporary paralysis
• Surgery • Jan 26 05
Athletes who have suffered spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their sport,…
Britain’s Brown to promise $1.8 bln for vaccines
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
British finance minister Gordon Brown will propose on Wednesday giving $1.8 billion over the next 15 years to a campaign to get life-saving vaccines…
Did Britain’s “Dr Death” kill even more patients?
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
A public inquiry into how a British family doctor murdered over 200 mostly elderly patients will reveal on Thursday whether he claimed another 137…
N.J. gov. urges Bush to end stem-cell restrictions
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
New Jersey’s Acting Governor Richard Codey on Tuesday urged President George W. Bush to lift restrictions on federal funding for stem-cell research given a…
Boozy Britain gets even more time at the bar
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
Vomit on the pavement. Scantily clad teenage girls staggering into oncoming traffic. Fights in the street as police sirens wail.
This is Britain on…
Couples in poor nations having fewer children - UN
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 26 05
Men and women in developing nations are marrying later, having fewer children and having them later in life, U.N. demographers reported on Tuesday.
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S. Africa Catholic Church attacks condom promotion
• AIDS/HIV • Jan 26 05
Promoting condoms has failed to stem the spread of AIDS and may have increased promiscuity, the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa said on…