U.N. health body warns against “kitchen killer”
• Children's Health • Oct 15 04
Some 1.6 million people, mainly small children, die each year from a “kitchen killer” - disease brought on by inhaling smoke from cooking stoves…
Half of older adults may face weak bones - report
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 15 04
Americans of all ages must do more to protect their bones now to protect themselves from fractures and other related problems later in life,…
Drug counters sleepiness from antidepressants
• Depression • Oct 15 04
Some people taking the newer class of antidepressants experience excessive sleepiness and fatigue, but this can be prevented with a drug that’s used to…
Speed gait training improves stroke rehab
• Neurology • Oct 15 04
When it comes to walking as part of stroke rehabilitation, faster is better, according to results of a small study.
Stroke survivors participating in…
Difficult asthma can often be well controlled
• Asthma • Oct 15 04
Most people with uncontrolled asthma can achieve good control over their disease using a combination of the inhaled steroid fluticasone and the long-acting beta-2-agonist…
US orders new youth warnings on antidepressants
• Depression • Oct 15 04
U.S. health officials on Friday ordered the makers of all antidepressants to include strong warnings explaining that the drugs increase the chances of suicidal…
Pfizer says Bextra, heart problems linked
• Drug News • Oct 15 04
Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two small clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients taking Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the…
New technique treats heart defect in babies
• Surgery • Oct 14 04
Cardiac surgeons at the University of Chicago have developed a technique for treating a severe congenital heart malformation that is less invasive than open…
U.S. worried by health disparities among Hispanics
• Public Health • Oct 14 04
Hispanics in the United States are more likely to be overweight or obese, develop diabetes and die from strokes, AIDS and…
Glaxo vaccine cuts malaria in African kids
• Infections • Oct 14 04
A pioneering vaccine can protect a significant proportion of African children against malaria, scientists said on Thursday, boosting hopes that the mosquito-borne disease may…
Abdominal fat tied to metabolic syndrome in women
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 14 04
The distribution of body fat appears to be more important than Obesity itself in terms of women’s risk for developing the metabolic syndrome -…
Blood glucose spikes impair mental function
• Diabetes • Oct 14 04
People with type 2 diabetes experience a decline in mental function and mood during episodes of hyperglycemia - an excessive rise in blood…
Price gouging reported for flu vaccine
• Drug News • Oct 14 04
US hospitals are being solicited by secondary pharmaceutical distributors offering flu vaccine at highly inflated prices, according to a new survey of hospital pharmacy…
Personality disorders change over time
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 14 04
Experts have long believed that personality disorders - types of mental illness in which people have trouble functioning with others - were relatively inflexible,…
FDA approves deep wrinkle filler
• Drug News • Oct 14 04
Inamed Corp. and Genzyme Corp. on Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a larger-particle version of its injectable gel…
Heart failure makes surgery risky for elderly
• Heart • Oct 14 04
Older patients with heart failure have a two-fold higher rate of mortality and re-admission after undergoing non-cardiac surgery than other patients in their age…
Growth hormone may help children with heart failure
• Children's Health • Oct 14 04
Although it’s rare, children can develop heart enlargement and heart failure, which ultimately makes a heart transplant necessary. Now, researchers report that treatment with…
Harvard seeks permission to clone human embryos
• Genetics • Oct 14 04
Harvard University researchers said on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning technology to make human stem cells.
They plan to use technology…
Nerve damage risk seen after obesity surgery
• Neurology • Oct 14 04
Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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New study looks into brains of Alzheimer patients
• Brain • Oct 14 04
A new study will look at the brains of Alzheimer’s patients to see if various scans can chart the disease and if new drugs…
New treatment for aortic aneurysm triggers debate
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 14 04
A cutting-edge way of repairing dangerously enlarged blood vessels in the abdomen is better than the traditional treatment, Dutch doctors said on Wednesday, but…
Mobile phones increase tumor risk, study says
• Cancer • Oct 14 04
Ten or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor on the auditory nerve, according to…
Body image matters to older breast cancer patients
• Cancer: Breast • Oct 14 04
Older women who undergo surgery for breast cancer often worry about their appearance afterward, and getting the treatment that best meets these concerns may…
Waist measurement key to diabetes, heart risks
• Obesity • Oct 13 04
Waist circumference, rather than overall weight, is the truest indicator of an increased risk of diabetes or heart disease, a leading British…
Number of overweight Americans holds steady
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 13 04
The number of overweight Americans is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat, an annual report by…