Obese Doctors Take Own Advice
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 27 04
At 6 feet and about 265 pounds, Dr. Michael Fleming is obese, a fact that becomes awkward when he has to tell a patient…
New pill helps breast cancer care
• Cancer: Breast • May 27 04
Women with breast cancer that has spread to the bone could benefit from a new pill they can take at home.
Bondronat helps to…
Acupuncture ‘beats headache pain’
• Headaches • May 27 04
Acupuncture is an effective treatment for chronic headaches and should be more widely available on the NHS, experts say.
Writing in the British Medical…
Brain chemical may help narcolepsy, study shows
• Brain • May 27 04
Replacing a missing brain chemical may help people with narcolepsy, a condition that causes patients to fall asleep involuntarily, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Drug-resistant TB ‘threatens EU’
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis poses a major threat to the European Union, a World Health Organization report says.
Researchers found rates of MDR-TB are very…
Obesity drug ‘may fight cancer’
• Cancer • May 27 04
A drug currently used to treat obesity may also be able to fight prostate cancer, a study suggests.
Scientists in the United States say…
HIV ‘raises heart disease risk’
• Heart • May 27 04
HIV infection may increase the risk of heart disease, research suggests.
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco found HIV patients had…
Madrid bomb trauma may linger years
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 27 04
Mental wounds from the Madrid bombings could linger for years and damage Spanish society if victims are not helped, psychologists who provided emergency help…
U.S. employers, insurers target pricey tests
• Public Health • May 27 04
U.S. employers and health insurers, strangled by double-digit medical care cost hikes, are increasingly putting controls on the big-ticket procedures and medications, according to…
Combo therapy could tackle drug-resistant cancer
• Cancer • May 27 04
Using two drugs instead of just one could help cancer patients whose tumours do not respond to standard treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Echinacea combo may prevent kids’ colds: study
• Flu • May 27 04
An herbal mixture of echinacea, propolis and vitamin C may lessen the blow of cold season for young children, a new study suggests.
Israeli…
Anti-Cigarette Ads Up In Smoke?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 04
An edgy ad campaign aimed at getting kids to stop smoking could be forced off the air because tobacco companies are refusing to keep…
Vatican Condemns Fertility Help
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 27 04
The Vatican issued a broad condemnation Tuesday of fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization, calling the destruction of embryos in the process a “massacre…
Parents don’t see obesity in their children: study
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Parents are so accustomed to seeing overweight youngsters that many fail to realize when their own children are obese, British researchers said on Wednesday.
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Woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins
• Childbirth • May 27 04
After struggling through three years of fertility treatments, Jeffery and Sheryl McGowen were blessed with identical twins. Twice.
Sheryl McGowen gave birth to two…
Health experts call for stockpiling anti-flu drugs
• Flu • May 27 04
Health experts called on Thursday for the creation of an international stockpile of life-saving antiviral drugs amid warning signs that a human influenza pandemic…
Nigeria state says polio vaccinations won’t resume
• Infections • May 27 04
A predominantly Muslim state in northern Nigeria said on Thursday it would not take part in a polio immunisation campaign despite assurances from the…
Obesity cuts diabetic life span
• Diabetes • May 27 04
Obesity can reduce life expectancy by eight years in people with Type 2 diabetes, research suggests.
A study by the University of Surrey and…
Many people not treated for pain
• Pain • May 27 04
At least half of patients in Europe with muscle or joint pain are not receiving treatment, research suggests.
Researchers surveyed almost 6,000 people with…
Seattle study offers non-prescribed birth control
• Pregnancy • May 27 04
Pharmacies in Seattle have started to offer birth control pills to women without a doctor’s prescription as part of a study to see…
FDA panel backs temporary artificial heart
• Heart • May 27 04
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Wednesday backed an artificial heart to keep the sickest patients alive while they wait for a…
Early sleep troubles, later drug problems?
• Children's Health • May 27 04
Boys who have trouble sleeping between the ages of 3 and 5 may be at higher risk of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and using…
Ohio has first 2004 U.S. West Nile case - report
• Infections • May 27 04
The first likely case of human West Nile infection in 2004 was reported in Ohio on Tuesday, health officials said.
The Ohio Department of…
Wisconsin’s governor urges making drug imports safe
• Drug Abuse • May 27 04
Lower drug prices in Canada and other countries will keep luring Americans, and the government needs to make sure the medicines people buy are…
FDA expands access to experimental melanoma drug
• Cancer • May 27 04
Maxim Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had allowed it to expand advanced testing of a drug for treating skin…