Flu exposure in womb may raise schizophrenia risk
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 02 04
Infants who have been exposed to influenza in the womb during the first half of pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of schizophrenia,…
Gender disparities in academic medicine persist
• Gender: Female • Aug 02 04
Women in academic medicine in the United States do not advance as rapidly as men of similar achievement, and they are not compensated as…
Study shows babies born slightly early are at risk
• Childbirth • Aug 02 04
Babies born a few weeks prematurely are at increased risk of health problems, such as jaundice and low blood sugar, so expectant mothers should…
Vitamin E alone does not help control asthma
• Asthma • Aug 02 04
Six weeks of dietary supplementation with vitamin E adds no benefit to the standard treatment of mild-to-moderate asthma in adults, according to researchers in…
Cloning experiment shows cancer reversible
• Cancer • Aug 02 04
The results of a cloning experiment show that the body may have the ability to reverse cancer, U.S.-based researchers said on Saturday.
They…
For kids, dad can buffer mom’s depression
• Depression • Aug 02 04
Living with a mentally stable father can help reduce the negative impact of a mothers’ poor mental health the children, according to new findings…
Many high school girls report dating violence
• Fertility and pregnancy • Aug 02 04
Nearly one in five sexually active teenage girls in the U.S. say they have been physically abused by a date in the past year,…
Smoking during pregnancy linked to facial clefts
• Pregnancy • Aug 02 04
Findings from a UK study confirm previous reports linking smoking during pregnancy with an increased risk of cleft lip. In contrast with some earlier…
S’pore to host congress on alternative medicine
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 31 04
FOREIGN and local experts will attend an inaugural scientific congress on alternative medicine here next year, with topics as cutting edge as DNA profiling…
Acupuncture now in a pill
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 31 04
A Singapore government-backed biotechnology firm says it is on track to developing an acupuncture pill, claiming to have put the traditional Asian method of…
Diet-only diabetes strategy not ideal
• Dieting • Jul 30 04
British doctors could do a lot better in their efforts to manage patients with type 2 diabetes, say the authors of a report in…
Seizure drug helps reduce cancer pain
• Pain • Jul 30 04
A drug used to prevent seizures can improve pain relief for some people taking opioids for cancer pain, European researchers report.
There have been…
Tamoxifen doesn’t alter endometrial cancer outcome
• Cancer: Breast • Jul 30 04
For breast cancer patients who later developed endometrial cancer, prior treatment with tamoxifen does not reduce the chances of survival, researchers report.
Women…
Breast-feeding cuts genetic breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Jul 30 04
The well-known risk of breast cancer for women who harbor mutations in the BRCA1 gene is significantly reduced among those who have breast-fed for…
At last, a plus for weight gain: healthier babies
• Pregnancy • Jul 30 04
Women who put on a small amount of weight between pregnancies and add on enough pounds while pregnant are less likely to give birth…
Benefits short-lived with arthritis lotions
• Arthritis • Jul 30 04
Based on data from previous studies, the use of externally applied NSAIDs - a group of anti-inflammatory drugs that includes ibuprofen and ketoprofen -…
Pregnancy after heart repair may be harmful
• Pregnancy • Jul 30 04
Women who have had an operation in infancy to correct a congenital heart defect can have a successful pregnancy, but it carries a risk…
New pill may help recovering alcoholics stay sober
• Drug News • Jul 30 04
A new pill that aims to keep alcoholics from drinking again after they have quit could hit the shelves by the end of this…
Carpal tunnel screening not good for bottom line
• Pain • Jul 30 04
Companies that test potential employees for their risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome may be wasting their money, a new study suggests.
Researchers say…
Heart enlargement appears early in type 1 diabetes
• Diabetes • Jul 30 04
Children and adolescents with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes, particularly girls, show early signs of changes in the heart, a research team in Belgium has…
Therapy soon after hip surgery improves mobility
• Surgery • Jul 30 04
Elderly people who undergo surgery for a broken hip are more mobile two months later if they begin physical therapy immediately following surgery rather…
Acne bacteria genome mapped
• Allergies • Jul 30 04
German researchers have completely sequenced the genome of the organism Propionibacterium acnes, which is implicated in acne and other diseases.
Ultimately, this knowledge will…
Chickenpox vaccination may not prevent infection
• Infections • Jul 30 04
During an outbreak of chickenpox in Minnesota in the fall of 2002, more than half the children who became infected had been immunized with…
India’s AIDS Children Shunned
• AIDS/HIV • Jul 29 04
Sitting cross-legged on the cement floor of a home for abandoned children, 7-year-old Rupa - one of at least 60,000 Indian children infected with…
School cafeterias resist low-carb pressure
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 29 04
Low-carb diets like Atkins and South Beach are changing the contents of grocery stores and the orders at fast-food restaurants.
But in school lunch…