Atkins diet can harm
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Nov 14 04
PEOPLE who stay on the high-protein Atkins diet for too long could be harming their heart, kidneys and bones, Australian doctors have warned.
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Vaccine Stops Food Allergy in Dogs
• Allergies • Nov 14 04
Dogs with allergies to peanuts, milk and wheat experienced sharply fewer reactions after being vaccinated for those specific food allergens, researchers in California report.
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Natural Solutions for Acne
• Allergies • Nov 14 04
Conventional approaches to treating acne is to use antibiotics merely focus on treating the symptoms and virtually never address the cause. For resistant acne…
Drug Company’s Greed Coming Around to Bite Them
• Drug News • Nov 14 04
Merck faces not only Congressional and Justice Department investigations, but also potentially thousands of personal-injury lawsuits that could tie the company up in litigation…
Fight Childhood Obesity to Help Prevent Diabetes, Say WHO & IDF
• Diabetes • Nov 14 04
Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 22 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, and more than 17…
New Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients
• Neurology • Nov 14 04
Advances in treatment may slow dementia’s progression
Watching a loved one slowly succumb to the memory-robbing illness known as Alzheimer’s disease can be devastating.
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Officials Face Off on European Flu Vaccine
• Flu • Nov 14 04
From the sunny south to the chilly north, lines of those waiting outside clinics for flu shots may be slightly shorter this weekend because…
Vaccine stops virus tied to cervical cancer
• Cancer • Nov 12 04
It’s one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year, but scientists said on…
Euthanasia distorts medical ethics, Pope says
• Public Health • Nov 12 04
Pope John Paul called euthanasia a distortion of medical ethics on Friday, saying doctors should not decide “who can live and who must die.”
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Dutch re-open some farms after dioxin scare
• Drug News • Nov 12 04
The Dutch authorities on Friday re-opened 96 livestock farms out of nearly 200 it had sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin…
Smoking and salt bad for stomach reflux
• Bowel Problems • Nov 12 04
People who smoke or use high amounts of table salt on their food appear to be at increased risk for gastroesophageal reflux, a disease…
HIV rate higher than expected in London drug users
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 12 04
Due possibly to public health strategies implemented in the late 1980s, England had some of the lowest rates of HIV and hepatitis C virus…
“Kangaroo care"good for all premature infants: experts
• Childbirth • Nov 12 04
Continuous skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her premature infant appears to help them to thrive just as well as traditional care in…
Britain on public health warpath, targets smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 12 04
The British government will launch a long-awaited policy paper on public health next week with plans to curb public smoking, tackle obesity and…
Cholesterol drugs may not reduce risk of dementia
• Neurology • Nov 12 04
New study findings suggest that the cholesterol-lowering drugs know as “statins” do not appear to lower the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, except…
Paxil appears to be effective for OCD in kids
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 12 04
Paxil is a safe and effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents, according to the results of a short-term study published…
Plaques cut survival in young heart attack patients
• Heart • Nov 12 04
Blood vessel plaques and the heart’s pumping ability influence survival in people under 40 who’ve suffered a heart attack, new research shows.
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Blood transfusions at birth often unneeded
• Childbirth • Nov 12 04
A significant proportion of blood transfusions given to mothers around the time of birth may be unnecessary, Canadian researchers report in the journal Obstetrics…
Response to hepatitis C therapy can last for years
• Infections • Nov 12 04
A sustained response to successful treatment with interferon for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can persist for up to 12 years, according to a…
Tadalafil may interact with prostate medication
• Urine Problems • Nov 12 04
Tadalafil may increase the blood pressure-lowering effects of doxazosin, which is commonly prescribed for the treatment of enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia…
Chinese herb lowers cholesterol in new way
• Chinese Medicine • Nov 11 04
Berberine, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and works in a way that is distinct from statin drugs like…
Black-white differences in HIV care seen in US
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 11 04
The level of care given to black patients with HIV in the US seems to depend on the whether the doctor is black or…
Patch plus pill ups chances of quitting smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 11 04
Smokers can double the likelihood of kicking the habit by using the antidepressant drug nortriptyline along with a nicotine patch, new research indicates.
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DHEA cuts abdominal fat in elderly
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Nov 11 04
DHEA is a popular dietary supplement among older people, but its positive or negative effects are unclear. Now, there’s scientific proof that DHEA has…
Botox-type drug helpful for vaginal spasm disorder
• Gender: Female • Nov 11 04
About one woman in every 100 may suffer from vaginismus, a painful condition in which muscles around the vagina go into involuntary spasm with…