Dutch close 140 livestock farms over dioxin scare
• Public Health • Nov 03 04
The Dutch agriculture ministry on Wednesday temporarily shut 140 cattle, pig, sheep and goat farms after cancer-causing dioxin was discovered in milk produced by…
Viagra May Help Women With Rare Heart Problem
• Gender: Female • Nov 03 04
Can a lifestyle drug also be a life-saving drug?
An announcement last week by the Pfizer Company, who makes Viagra, says they are hopeful…
Teens exercise less as they become adults
• Children's Health • Nov 03 04
Many teens do not get enough exercise and spend too much time in front of a television or computer screen. Yet, the few…
Optimism May Lower Heart Disease Risk
• Heart • Nov 03 04
Seeing the glass as half full rather than half empty may pay off in terms of a longer, healthier life, according to new research.
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Obesity Changes Heart Muscle
• Obesity • Nov 03 04
Being overweight or obese can hurt the heart, even in people who don’t have heart disease .
New research from Australia spotlights…
Cancer Drug Experiments Getting Safer for Humans
• Cancer • Nov 03 04
Early studies of experimental cancer drugs appear to be getting safer, according to a study that found a sharp drop in patient deaths…
Surgery receives flu vacines for vulnerable patients
• Surgery • Nov 03 04
THOUSANDS of flu jabs are available for patients at Tam’s Brig Surgery.
And this week medical staff have appealed to them to make sure…
Cholera kills 1,663 in Africa so far this year
• Public Health • Nov 03 04
Cholera outbreaks have hit three more African countries, bringing the number of people killed by the disease across the continent this year to 1,663,…
California voters back $3 billion stem cell measure
• Public Health • Nov 03 04
A controversial California ballot measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research with $3 billion in state money was headed for a…
Annual flu shot cuts all-cause deaths in elderly
• Infections • Nov 02 04
Compared with a first vaccination, yearly re-vaccination against influenza is associated with a reduction in the annual risk of dying from any cause among…
Shortage of 200,000 doctors predicted in US
• Public Health • Nov 02 04
Over the next two decades, the US could find itself short of 200,000 doctors unless steps are taken to curb current trends, according to…
Abdominal fat linked to women’s heart attack risk
• Obesity • Nov 02 04
In elderly women, there appears to be no association between obesity in itself and the odds of having a heart attack, researchers report. However,…
Statins seem beneficial during heart attack
• Heart • Nov 02 04
Patients suffering a heart attack may not fare as well if their cholesterol-lowering statin therapy is stopped in the first 24 hours, according…
Two Abbott HIV drug ads misleading, FDA says
• Drug News • Nov 02 04
Two Abbott Laboratories Inc. promotions for its HIV-fighting drug Kaletra exaggerated benefits and left out information about life-threatening safety risks, U.S. regulators charged…
Start gambling early, get a losing hand
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 02 04
Teenagers who gamble are more likely than other people their age to say they also drink alcohol and take drugs, new research reports.
Young…
Kidney transplant worth the wait
• Urine Problems • Nov 02 04
Even though patients are waiting longer for a kidney transplant, those who do get one live longer than those who remain on dialysis, according…
Fruits and veggies no help against cancer
• Dieting • Nov 02 04
Consuming a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables seems to reduce the risk of heart attack and strokes, but not cancer, according…
New vaccine helps guard against cervical cancer
• Cancer • Nov 02 04
Efforts to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer took a key step forward Monday with test results suggesting that it can…
Flu shots available for high-risk adults
• Public Health • Nov 02 04
Montgomery County, Md., recently held a lottery to distribute 800 unused doses of flu vaccine to high-risk candidates.
About 20,000 names were put in…
French Doctors Treating Arafat Rule Out Leukemia
• Public Health • Nov 02 04
A French hospital treating Yasser Arafat said Tuesday that the Palestinian leader’s condition was improving with treatment and ruled out leukemia.
Studies Show HIV Rising Among Migrant Workers
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 02 04
Two new studies have found that HIV infections are rising at a significant rate among migrant Mexican workers.
A study of 600 migrant workers…
Droppings can carry potentially fatal disease
• Infections • Nov 02 04
Numerous potentially fatal diseases are transmitted to humans by rats and mice. The transmission is usually indirect. What people need to fear most is…
Tamoxifen lowers risk of heart disease
• Gender: Female • Nov 02 04
Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from…
WHO: Africa needs 10-fold more cash to fight malaria
• Infections • Nov 02 04
Africa needs up to $2.5 billion a year to fight malaria, or 10 times the donor funds pledged for a campaign against the disease,…
Vaccine promising for certain lung cancer patients
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 02 04
A cancer vaccine for non-small-cell lung cancer (the most common type) appears to be effective for patients whose cancer has not spread to…