Experts warn of rising AIDS stats from East Europe
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 17 04
A lack of information and public funding is helping fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS in several recent European Union entrants and threatens to become…
Non-profit drug research needs $1 bln injection
• Drug News • Sep 17 04
Non-profit groups developing new drugs and vaccines for neglected tropical diseases urgently need more than $1 billion in additional funding, according to a report…
Israeli doctors often give fake pills to patients
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 17 04
New research from a survey conducted in Israel suggests that doctors often give inactive “placebo” pills to their patients and, in most cases, tell…
School-based program cuts children’s diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Sep 17 04
Among Mexican-American children at high risk for developing diabetes, a school-based prevention program led to statistically significant increases in fitness levels and reductions in…
Teens often don’t outgrow problem drinking
• Children's Health • Sep 17 04
Teenagers who drink regularly or binge drink occasionally often continue the harmful habit into their 30s, new research reports.
U.S. investigators found that teenagers…
Liver transplant for hepatitis C has good outcome
• Surgery • Sep 16 04
The first detailed report of outcomes after 10 years for people given a liver transplant because of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection shows that…
Exercise, diet cut diabetes risk in sedentary men
• Diabetes • Sep 16 04
Vigorous exercise reduces the risk of diabetes among overweight, sedentary men, study findings suggest. And if these men reduce the amount of calories they…
Pneumo vaccination cuts kids’ hospital visits
• Children's Health • Sep 16 04
Giving young children the pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar has had a significant impact on pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumonia and middle ear infections, researchers report.
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US FDA OKs over-the-counter defibrillator sales
• Heart • Sep 16 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker’s request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.
Philips…
Risky sex uncommon among HIV patients
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 16 04
The results of large study of US residents infected with HIV show that the majority of them refrain from sexual activities likely to spread…
Drug may avert surgery for severe incontinence
• Gender: Female • Sep 16 04
Women awaiting surgery to relieve severe stress urinary incontinence may gain significant relief with the drug, leading some to reconsider surgery, a study indicates.
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Blood test detects early ovarian cancer
• Cancer • Sep 16 04
Ovarian cancer is much more curable if detected early, but the disease doesn’t usually produce symptoms until it is advanced and current blood tests…
CDC recommends full Prevnar series again for kids
• Infections • Sep 16 04
The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Gene deletion tied to prostate cancer onset
• Cancer: Prostate • Sep 16 04
Loss of a tumor suppresser gene called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate cancer, according to findings from experiments…
Fertility services may be denied to unfit parents
• Fertility and pregnancy • Sep 16 04
If people are believed to be incompetent to bring up children, is it ethical to turn them down for fertility treatments such as…
Cheek cells used to repair damaged corneas
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 16 04
Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported on…
U.S. automakers cautious on health reform calls
• Public Health • Sep 16 04
A decade after U.S. automakers supported Hillary Clinton’s failed plan to transform the U.S. health-care system, the car companies are taking a more cautious…
Elderly gamble a little, win good health
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 16 04
Gambling good for your health? Perhaps among the elderly, according to a new report.
A phone survey revealed that elderly people who said they…
U.S. to pay for brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer’s
• Brain • Sep 16 04
The U.S. government health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run PET brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease,…
Can’t talk during exercise? Slow down
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 16 04
If you can talk while exercising, you are likely doing it right, new research indicates.
U.S. investigators found that when exercisers on a treadmill…
Treating blood pressure pays for itself
• Public Health • Sep 15 04
Treating high blood pressure would save lives and pay for itself, experts said on Tuesday.
The report commissioned by the drug industry lobby…
UK develops bird flu tests
• Infections • Sep 15 04
Britain’s Health Protection Agency said on Wednesday it had developed two diagnostic tests to detect bird flu in case the outbreaks seen in poultry…
Stem cells save vision in mice with retinal malady
• Alternative Medicine • Sep 15 04
Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
In mice that develop the…
Endurance training may stave off heart failure
• Heart • Sep 15 04
Long-term training in endurance activities, such as running, swimming or cycling, may help prevent the stiffening of the heart that occurs with age, an…
Skin monitor gives frequent glucose readings
• Diabetes • Sep 15 04
Using a low-level electrical current across the skin, the GlucoWatch Biographer device can supply as many as three glucose measurements per hour.
Also, the…