Learn more about Anaphylaxis - The Most Serious Allergic Reaction
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 08 04
Anaphylaxis refers to a rapidly developing and serious allergic reaction that affects a number of different areas of the body at one time. Severe…
Drug Interactions
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 08 04
Whenever two or more drugs are taken concurrently, there is a chance that there will be an interaction among the drugs. The interaction may…
S.E. Asia sets up task force to tackle bird flu
• Infections • Oct 08 04
Southeast Asian nations agreed on Friday to set up a task force to coordinate the fight against a deadly bird flu that has killed…
Many nations lagging on child health—UNICEF
• Fertility and pregnancy • Oct 08 04
More than half the world’s countries are falling behind in a U.N. campaign to reduce child deaths by two thirds by 2015, the U.N.…
Treatment may worsen head injury outcome
• Drug Abuse • Oct 08 04
Steroids are widely used to treat people who suffer severe head injury, but a new study indicates that the therapy does more harm than…
Utility cable fires may release poison gas
• Headaches • Oct 08 04
Buried utility cables can be a source of carbon monoxide poisoning when they are ignited, according to a report from the Centers for Disease…
“Weekend warriors” better off than couch potatoes
• Gender: Male • Oct 08 04
Cramming in the recommended weekly amount of exercise into the weekend appears to offer some health benefits for otherwise healthy men, new research reports.
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Gum disease tied to risk of premature delivery
• Fertility and pregnancy • Oct 08 04
Pregnant women with serious gum disease appear to have an increased risk of delivering prematurely, but whether this condition actually triggers early labor remains…
Pain in aging and pediatric populations: special needs and concerns
• Pain • Oct 08 04
Pain is the number one complaint of older Americans, and one in five older Americans takes a painkiller regularly. In 1998, the American Geriatrics…
A pain primer: what do we know about pain?
• Pain • Oct 08 04
We may experience pain as a prick, tingle, sting, burn, or ache. Receptors on the skin trigger a series of events, beginning with an…
Pain affects men and women differently
• Pain • Oct 08 04
It is now widely believed that pain affects men and women differently. While the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone certainly play a role in…
Long-term insulin use may raise colon cancer risk
• Diabetes • Oct 08 04
Long-term insulin use by patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, according to research reported in the…
Better access to oral health care needed: dentists
• Dental Health • Oct 08 04
U.S. policymakers need to take significant steps to help low-income Americans get access to treatment for their teeth and gums, the American Dental Association…
How is pain treated?
• Pain • Oct 08 04
The goal of pain management is to improve function, enabling individuals to work, attend school, or participate in other day-to-day activities. Patients and their…
Home nurse visits improve newborn health
• Childbirth • Oct 07 04
Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the…
Gulf War veterans not at risk for nerve problem
• Neurology • Oct 07 04
Contrary to what has been shown in other reports, Gulf War veterans and their spouses are not at increased risk for peripheral neuropathy, a…
U.S. and UK discuss Chiron flu vaccine crisis
• Drug News • Oct 07 04
U.S. and British drug regulators met on Thursday to discuss the closing of a flu-vaccine plant in northern England that has triggered an international…
Spanish clinic launches embryo adoption scheme
• Fertility and pregnancy • Oct 07 04
A Spanish fertility clinic launched a scheme on Thursday to let women adopt frozen embryos to save them from scientific research just as Spain…
Experts raise questions about Vioxx decision
• Drug Abuse • Oct 07 04
Two leading heart experts called for urgent investigations on Wednesday into whether all painkilling drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors may raise the risk of…
Kidney failure rate in US doubled in last decade
• Urine Problems • Oct 07 04
Between 1990 and 2001, the number of people with chronic kidney failure in the US rose from 697 to 1424 cases per million population,…
Too few older US adults screened for colon cancer
• Cancer • Oct 07 04
Many Americans are still failing to get two of the most effective tests for catching colon cancer early, according to researchers with the American…
For women, knee injuries can mean years of pain
• Pain • Oct 07 04
Some knee injuries appear to cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among female soccer players, a new study shows.
Among…
Arsenic exposure linked to melanoma risk
• Cancer • Oct 07 04
Chronic exposure to arsenic, which can be measured in toenail clippings, seems to be associated with an elevated risk of melanoma skin cancer, investigators…
Scientists find deadly component of 1918 flu virus
• Infections • Oct 07 04
Scientists who synthesised two genes from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic said on Thursday they have new clues about what…
Drugs prolong life in advanced prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • Oct 07 04
A drug used to treat advanced breast and lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer whose…