Docs will be in short supply in US, analysts say
• Public Health • Sep 15 04
Policymakers and the medical profession need to recognize and take immediate steps to avert a looming shortage of physicians, analysts told a forum on…
Canada warned U.S. imports may raise drug prices
• Drug News • Sep 15 04
A senior Canadian politician voiced concern on Wednesday that Americans buying cheaper prescription medicines from Canada could push up the drug prices north of…
Smoking, drug abuse rise as puberty progresses
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 15 04
The odds that adolescents will smoke, drink or use marijuana may have a lot to do with their physical development, regardless of their school…
With dying kids, parents find truth is best
• Children's Health • Sep 15 04
If you were the parent of a child with a terminal illness, would you talk to him or her about dying? New research reported…
Botox injections reduce voice tremor
• Neurology • Sep 15 04
Voice tremor responds to injections of Botox into the vocal cords, researchers have shown.
Voice tremor can be part of a common movement disorder…
Fewer women than men use rehab after heart attack
• Gender: Female • Sep 15 04
Many women, and seniors, do not enter a rehab program after having a heart attack. Yet, participation in cardiac rehabilitation markedly lowers the risk…
Antidepressants need stronger warnings - panel
• Drug Abuse • Sep 15 04
Antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children…
Energy drink, alcohol not an invigorating mix
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 14 04
This may be sobering news to some bar patrons, but a study out Tuesday suggests that mixing alcohol with an energy drink may not…
Breastfeeding protects against asthma, allergy
• Asthma • Sep 14 04
Children who are not exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a…
US experts link some antidepressants to suicide
• Depression • Sep 14 04
The use of some antidepressant drugs appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded…
Medicare out-of-pocket cost predictions questioned
• Public Health • Sep 14 04
The head of the U.S. Medicare program Tuesday said that newly released estimates on beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket spending on services covered by Medicare are being…
Monkey virus exposure did not raise lymphoma risk
• Cancer • Sep 14 04
Simian virus 40 (SV40), which contaminated polio vaccine widely distributed between 1955 and 1962, does not seem to have increased the likelihood of an…
Dieting teens often adopt risky practices
• Dieting • Sep 14 04
Among teens in one Los Angles public school, 60 percent reported dieting at some point in their lives - primarily before the age of…
Problems persist after prostate cancer therapy
• Cancer: Prostate • Sep 14 04
Urinary, bowel, and sexual problems arising from surgery or external radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer persist for at least five years, a new…
Transplant protects brain after stroke, in rats
• Brain • Sep 14 04
Transplanting brain cells, from a region called the choroid plexus, into rats that have suffered a stroke seems to reduce the damage that occurs,…
Testosterone may counter HRT’s cancer effects
• Cancer: Breast • Sep 14 04
When added to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a small study…
Dutch find greater threat to humans from bird flu
• Infections • Sep 14 04
Dutch scientists have determined bird flu can spread more easily among humans than was previously thought, researchers said on Tuesday.
Albert Osterhaus, a…
Heart drug reduces bone breaks
• Heart • Sep 14 04
Treatment with a beta-blocker drug - usually for high blood pressure or heart failure - significantly reduces the risk of bone fractures, according to…
High-risk breast cancer needs MRI detection - study
• Cancer: Breast • Sep 14 04
Women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography…
Americans suspicious of terror plans, survey shows
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 14 04
Most Americans would not cooperate as officials expect during a terror incident such as a smallpox or dirty bomb attack, U.S. researchers said on…
Breastfeeding not the key to quick fat loss
• Weight Loss • Sep 14 04
For new mothers trying to lose those extra pounds, breastfeeding may not be the surefire answer that many women consider it to be, according…
Moderate drinking can benefit heart patients
• Heart • Sep 14 04
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can curb recurrent narrowing of the coronary arteries in patients who have had heart surgery, researchers said on Tuesday.…
Study identifies risk factors for kids’ snoring
• Children's Health • Sep 13 04
A range of factors, from obesity to frequent infections, may promote chronic snoring in children, a study of German schoolchildren suggests.
Researchers found that…
Many don’t disclose foregoing drugs
• Drug News • Sep 13 04
Many chronically ill patients never tell their doctor or nurse they’ve had to cut back on prescription drugs because they are too expensive, and…
US reviewer says depression drugs, suicide linked
• Drug Abuse • Sep 13 04
A U.S. government medical reviewer told an advisory panel Monday that new findings confirmed his conclusion months ago that certain antidepressants increase the chances…