Nuvelo drug breaks up catheter clots faster
• Drug News • Dec 06 04
Nuvelo Inc.‘s experimental blood clot dissolver restores function in patients with blocked catheters faster than existing therapy, the company said on Saturday.
The catheters,…
China SARS vaccine passes first hurdle - state media
• Public Health • Dec 06 04
Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for…
New leukemia drugs work better, studies show
• Drug News • Dec 06 04
Next-generation leukemia pills, designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug Gleevec, work even better than doctors had hoped, researchers said on…
HIV - A Worldwide Problem
• AIDS/HIV • Dec 05 04
Delegates at a conference in London will debate today how to tackle HIV, after the United Nations called for more work to combat complacency…
The Management of Pain
• Pain • Dec 05 04
The Management of Acute, Chronic and Cancer Pain
For thousands of years, doctors have been helping to relieve their patients’ pain with a variety…
China SARS Vaccine Passes First Hurdle - State Media
• Infections • Dec 05 04
Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for…
Medications for managing pain
• Pain • Dec 05 04
Due to rapid advances in medicine, a wide variety of medications and treatments are available for acute, chronic and cancer pain. Patients often will…
At F.D.A., Strong Drug Ties and Less Monitoring
• Drug Abuse • Dec 05 04
When federal drug officials suspected in 1992 that a popular allergy pill might cause heart problems, they turned to their own scientists. Their trial…
Smoking and the Thrill-Seeking Gene
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 04
Some people crave the buzz of a cigarette; others cringe at the idea of lighting up. The difference? Nonsmokers may have a gene which…
Addiction: The Other Side of Fame
• Public Health • Dec 04 04
For some reason, perhaps because it’s far removed from the L.A.-N.Y. continuum, celebrities’s siblings are drawn to Central Florida. Not only that, but they…
Why Our Ancestors Said Yes to Drugs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 04
Narcotic plants such as betel nut, coca and tobacco may have been used throughout the ages to ward off hunger and fatigue, such…
Whimperers Anonymous
• Public Health • Dec 04 04
If illness is metaphor, then what is therapy? It’s the new lay religion, says a chorus of psychologists and psychiatrists concerned about rampant abuse…
Medicare a model for health system
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED why health care is so expensive. Or you may not have wondered, since the media pretty scrupulously avoid pointing…
Young Kids Listen to Sun Protection Advice
• Children's Health • Dec 03 04
Education programs can help convince primary school children and adults at the beach to use sun-protective hats and clothing to reduce their risk of…
Anthrax, flu, Medicare overhaul mark Thompson’s years at HHS
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
Anthrax attacks and a flu vaccine shortage troubled the first and last years of Tommy Thompson’s tenure as Health and Human Services secretary. A…
Lynden police track flu shots incident
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
The Lynden Police Department is to be commended for its swift action in tracking down a woman who apparently ran her own flu shot…
Vaccine given by nurse to be tested
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
A vial of a questionable flu vaccine a registered nurse gave to more than 100 people in Whatcom County grocery stores - and possibly…
AIDS/HIV : Will America reflect world rates?
• AIDS/HIV • Dec 03 04
America can no longer consider itself immune from the growing worldwide threat of AIDS.
As shown by The Clarion-Ledger article Wednesday, “HIV: ‘Nobody’s exempt’,”…
Malpractice, Medicaid shaping 2005 Congress agenda
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
Republicans’ long-sought curbs on medical malpractice awards are likely to top the congressional health care agenda when lawmakers return in January, even as Democrats…
FDA chief to meet with top lawmaker about Vioxx
• Drug News • Dec 03 04
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican lawmaker about the agency’s handling of…
Gene therapy curbs fibroids, in mice
• Genetics • Dec 03 04
Experiments in mice show that treating uterine fibroids with gene therapy that inactivates the fibroid’s estrogen receptors causes them to shrink. This might lead…
Don’t dump your old PDA, donate it!
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
A mobile medical information company is collecting used personal digital assistants (PDAs) to send to doctors in Africa, and outfitting the devices with…
Bone-boosting drug helps very elderly women
• Drug News • Dec 03 04
A drug used to restore the strength of brittle bones by reducing the process of bone resorption has been shown to benefit women…
Ethnicity affects impact of vitamin D on diabetes
• Diabetes • Dec 03 04
As blood levels of vitamin D increase, the risk of diabetes decreases in non-Hispanic whites and Mexican Americans - but not in blacks…
Tamoxifen works similarly in black and white women
• Cancer: Breast • Dec 03 04
In women who’ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research…