Parades mark AIDS day, Africans told ‘abstain’
• AIDS/HIV • Dec 01 04
Across the world, activists and governments marked World AIDS Day on Wednesday with events drawing attention to the disease and promoting prevention.
The…
Milk protein may reduce high blood pressure
• Heart • Dec 01 04
A section of a protein derived from milk appears to reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension, results from a small study suggest.
After…
Poor childhood nutrition tied to behavior problems
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 01 04
Nutritional deficiencies early in life may predispose children to behavioral problems into their teenage years, new research suggests.
The study of nearly 1,600 children…
What is Pain?
• Pain • Dec 01 04
Pain is the body’s warning system, alerting you that something is wrong. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines it as an…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Overview
• Arthritis • Dec 01 04
Definition
Carpal tunnel syndrome can be caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist, which can lead to pain and weakness in…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • Dec 01 04
Definition
A chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints and surrounding tissues, but can also affect other organ systems.
Alternative Names
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What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)?
• Arthritis • Dec 01 04
We don’t always know what causes carpal tunnel syndrome. In fact, in most cases no obvious cause can be found.
However, any condition that…
What Are The Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)?
• Arthritis • Dec 01 04
Symptoms of CTS tend to appear gradually. They include:
- Numbness, tingling, or burning sensations in the thumb and fingers, particularly the…
What Is Ankylosing Spondylitis?
• Arthritis • Dec 01 04Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis that primarily affects the spine. Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebrae, which are the building blocks…
Muscle training often useful for leaky bladder
• Urine Problems • Nov 30 04About half of women with stress urinary incontinence, a type of urine leakage that occurs with actions like coughing or laughing, benefit from training…
Device useful for excessive menstrual bleeding
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04A tiny device that is placed inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem…
Dental X-rays could screen for osteoporosis: study
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04Dentists may be able to help screen women for osteoporosis by looking at X-rays that they are taking anyway, Japanese researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Job exposure to pesticide linked to lung cancer
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 30 04Workers exposed to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may have an elevated risk of lung cancer, U.S. government researchers reported Tuesday.
Scientists at the National…
Arthritis improves with Remicade plus methotrexate
• Arthritis • Nov 30 04For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, combined therapy with methotrexate and infliximab (Remicade) is more effective than treatment with methotrexate alone, according to a…
Longer Evista use lowers breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Nov 30 04Taking Evista (raloxifene) for longer than four years reduces the risk of invasive breast cancer beyond that already found in earlier studies that…
Immune drugs useful for psoriasis
• Skin Care • Nov 30 04New research shows that tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus cream, which suppress the immune system, are effective treatments for intertriginous psoriasis, a form of the…
High cholesterol in diabetes may harm vision
• Diabetes • Nov 30 04Aggressive treatment to lower high cholesterol in patients with type 1 diabetes, also known as “juvenile diabetes,” an autoimmune disease that typically develops at…
Hair loss in men
• Endocrinology • Nov 30 04Definition:
Male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in men. It usually follows a typical pattern of receding hairline…
Brazil plans to break patents on foreign AIDS drugs
• Drug News • Nov 30 04Brazil will break the patents next year on between three and five foreign drugs used in the anti-AIDS combination therapy central to its innovative…
Willow bark shows no benefit in arthritis study
• Arthritis • Nov 30 04Though it’s widely used as an alternative pain remedy, willow bark extract may not bring much relief to people with arthritis, a new study…
Glaxo braves fire over HIV drug trials in orphans
• Drug News • Nov 30 04GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday defended trials of HIV drugs in orphans, saying “clinical trials involving children and orphans were legal and not unusual.”
A BBC…
India to begin trials of HIV vaccine on humans
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 30 04India, home to the world’s largest number of HIV infections after South Africa, is set to begin human trials of a new vaccine in…
Nuclear medicine can trigger security alarms: study
• Public Health • Nov 30 04Patients treated with radioactive material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation detectors, a…
Iraq War is public health disaster
• Public Health • Nov 30 04War in Iraq has caused a public health disaster that has left the country’s medical system in tatters and increased the risk of disease…
Cipla HIV drugs back on WHO approved list
• Drug News • Nov 30 04Two generic drug products by the Indian drug maker Cipla for treating HIV/AIDS have been reinstated on the World Health Organisation’s recommended list six…