Bottle, pacifier can misalign baby teeth
• Children's Health • Nov 19 04
Children who were bottle-fed or used pacifiers as babies are at risk of dental problems in preschool, a new study suggests.
Specifically, the researchers…
Many c-sections in US done for no medical reason
• Gender: Female • Nov 19 04
In the US, many mothers who have “no indicated risk” for a difficult vaginal birth are having caesarean deliveries - and the rate…
Brain area found to be smaller in cocaine addicts
• Brain • Nov 19 04
A part of the brain involved in both drug craving and judgment appears to be smaller in cocaine addicts than in healthy people, researchers…
Who smokes the most dope in Europe?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 19 04
Swiss teenagers smoke more cannabis than their peers in every other European country, a survey said Thursday, casting a pall over the country’s prim…
India’s Hetero takes AIDS drugs off WHO list
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 19 04
Hetero Drugs has withdrawn all six of its antiretroviral drugs from the WHO’s list of approved drugs following concerns about their laboratory tests, the…
New study to compare genetic make-up of Asians
• Public Health • Nov 19 04
Just how similar are the Japanese and Indonesians, apart from being Asians?
Although their physical appearances highlight a range of differences, their genetic makeup…
Polio outbreak in Sudan threatens Ethiopia
• Public Health • Nov 19 04
Ethiopia has launched an emergency polio immunization campaign, fearing an outbreak of the disease in neighboring Sudan could spread, the Health Ministry said on…
Transipeg effective for childhood constipation
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
A formulation of polyethylene glycol with electrolytes, known as Transipeg or PEG 3350, successfully relieves chronic constipation in kids while causing few side effects,…
Raccoon-borne parasite disease rare but serious
• Infections • Nov 18 04
Unexplained neurologic symptoms in a young child, especially brain inflammation with vision or hearing problems, may signal a disease called raccoon roundworm encephalitis, an…
Laser surgery ‘remodels’ tissue under aging skin
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
Laser skin resurfacing has become a popular way to wage war on wrinkles, and now a new study details how one type of laser…
Preemies seen prone to ‘pre-diabetes’
• Diabetes • Nov 18 04
Children who were born prematurely, regardless of their actual birth weight, have a reduction in insulin sensitivity - a pre-diabetic condition that can lead…
Congress told FDA failed public on Vioxx
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co Inc.‘s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and…
Supplements don’t affect mental powers of elderly
• Neurology • Nov 18 04
Supplementation with antioxidants, zinc or copper has neither a beneficial nor harmful effect on cognition in elderly people, a new study indicates.
“Oxidative pathways”…
Stomach surgery linked to throat cancer risk
• Dental Health • Nov 18 04
People who have had all or part of their stomach removed appear to have an increased risk of later developing cancer of the larynx,…
Mild hearing loss affects kids’ school performance
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Nov 18 04
Children with hearing problems, even minimal, are significantly more likely to have academic problems, experts said Thursday.
Kids with impairments such as a loss…
Post-flu shot syndrome often recurs
• Flu • Nov 18 04
A distinct reaction following a flu shot, which affects perhaps 3 or 4 people out of every 100 who are vaccinated, frequently occurs again…
Ultrasound may help dissolve deadly blood clots
• Public Health • Nov 18 04
Just like a spoon is used to stir sugar into a cup of tea, high-frequency sound waves may help doctors get rid of deadly…
Study suggests how COX drugs cause heart disease
• Heart • Nov 18 04
Painkillers suspected of causing fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
The drugs,…
FDA reviewer says five drugs need closer scrutiny
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
A Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on…
Rare blood infection surfaces in injured U.S. soldiers
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
An unexpectedly high number of U.S. soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in…
Hong Kong orders schools to step up fight against flu
• Flu • Nov 18 04
Hong Kong’s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
The latest…
Online tools can help chart family health histor
• Public Health • Nov 18 04
With health officials now urging Americans to dig into their family health history, experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools - and upcoming…
Allergies may raise blood cancer risk
• Allergies • Nov 18 04
In contrast to some earlier reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a Swedish…
Nursery rhymes have more violence than kids TV
• Children's Health • Nov 18 04
Children’s nursery rhymes contain ten times more violence than British television shows broadcast before the country’s 9 p.m. “watershed” after which more adult…
Pregnancy does not raise melanoma mortality
• Cancer • Nov 17 04
The survival of pregnant women who have malignant melanoma of the skin is no less than that of comparable women who are not pregnant,…