Flu season slow so far, official says
• Public Health • Nov 08 04
The U.S. influenza season is starting slowly but it is still too early to tell how severe the outbreak will be as the nation…
Steelband musicians may suffer hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Nov 08 04
After years of entertaining crowds during annual Carnival festivals and other celebrations in the Caribbean and elsewhere, steelpan players are likely to experience hearing…
St. John’s Wort may interfere with cancer drug
• Cancer • Nov 08 04
The herb St. John’s Wort, used as an alternative therapy for mild depression, may hinder the effectiveness of a newer type of cancer…
Message on a bottle - Heineken backs drink restraint
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 08 04
Heineken NV is introducing messages encouraging “responsible drinking” on its bottles and cans worldwide, the Dutch brewer said on Monday.
The world’s fourth-largest brewer…
Drug duo slows heart failure in African Americans
• Heart • Nov 08 04
Adding the drugs isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine to conventional therapy for advanced heart failure increases survival and improves quality of life in black patients,…
Poor footwear ups diabetes-related amputation risk
• Diabetes • Nov 08 04
Among people with diabetes, wearing inadequate footwear triples the risk of lower-leg amputation, according to a report from Barbados.
Prompted by anecdotal reports of…
Exercise curbs diabetes more for some than others
• Diabetes • Nov 08 04
Despite similar levels of physical activity, white women appear to have a greater reduction in their risk of developing diabetes than women of…
Use of acetaminophen, NSAIDs, linked to hypertension
• Pain • Nov 06 04
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the School of Public Health (SPH) have shown that regular, frequent consumption of painkillers containing acetaminophen…
Radiation After Prostate Surgery Prolongs Lives
• Cancer: Prostate • Nov 06 04
Among men who have undergone radical surgery for advanced prostate cancer, early radiation therapy improves long-term survival, according to a report from Italy.
Dr.…
Depression Causes Heart Disease in Women
• Depression • Nov 06 04
U.S. researchers said young women with a history of depression are twice as likely to have a metabolic syndrome that raise the risk of…
High Protein Diet May Affect Female Fertility
• Dieting • Nov 06 04
Eating a high protein diet may make it more difficult for women to conceive, American researchers said on Monday.
Dr David Gardner, of the…
Georgia girl with rare disease doesn’t know pain - literally
• Pain • Nov 06 04
Ashlyn Blocker’s parents and kindergarten teachers all describe her the same way: fearless. So they nervously watch her plunge full-tilt into a childhood deprived…
Hair Loss and Its Causes
• Gender: Male • Nov 06 04
What is the normal cycle of hair growth and loss?
At any one time, about 10 percent of the hair on your scalp is…
Low Back Pain: Tips on Pain Relief and Prevention
• Backache • Nov 06 04
What can cause low back injuries?
Many things can cause low back injuries-muscle strain or spasm, sprains of ligaments (which attach bone to bone),…
Headache glossary
• Headaches • Nov 06 04
Abdominal Migraine - A type of migraine that mainly occurs in childhood, characterized by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes diarrhea, but with little…
Dopamine limits learning in Parkinson’s patients
• Neurology • Nov 05 04
Dopamine is the mainstay of treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease, but it comes with a down side. Dopamine-based therapy impairs the brain’s ability…
Pre-pregnancy multivitamins prevent prematurity
• Pregnancy • Nov 05 04
Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest.
According to the research,…
U.S. food labels need calorie clarity - FDA chief
• Dieting • Nov 05 04
How much did that afternoon snack cut into your daily allowance of calories?
The U.S. government wants food companies to make the answer clear…
Mutant mice help shed light on tobacco addiction
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 05 04
Genetically altered mice that are unusually sensitive to nicotine may help scientists nail down exactly how people become addicted to smoking, U.S. researchers said…
Does Arafat have AIDS?
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 05 04
With still no public diagnosis, some suggesting HIV may be cause
With doctors claiming they have still not diagnosed Yasser Arafat despite a…
Diabetic moms can have normal-weight babies
• Gender: Female • Nov 05 04
Pregnant women with diabetes tend to have overly large babies, which isn’t good for either party. An Israeli team has now shown that…
New drug looks good for treating overactive bladder
• Urine Problems • Nov 05 04
Once-daily treatment with a drug called solifenacin improves all the major symptoms of overactive bladder, according to a UK study.
“I think it…
Scientists uncover how bee venom eases arthritis
• Arthritis • Nov 05 04
Bee stings have long been known to relieve some of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, but only now has the reason for this been…
Fly control does not stop ulcer bug infection
• Children's Health • Nov 05 04
The stomach bug H. pylori has come to be seen as the cause of most if not all stomach ulcers, but just why so…
Vision problems slow recovery from hip fracture
• Eye / Vision Problems • Nov 05 04
Nearly one-quarter of elderly people undergoing rehabilitation following hip fracture have failing eyesight, and this impairment appears to impede their recovery, according to new…