Key senator vows work on diet supplement bill
• Drug News • Jun 22 04
A Republican author of the 1994 law that governs dietary supplements said on Monday he would work with Democrats on legislation to improve reporting…
Weekend peak in SIDS persists
• Children's Health • Jun 21 04
Despite a dramatic overall drop in the number of cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) following the “Back to Sleep” campaign, a relatively…
Bangladesh begins immunisation against anthrax
• Infections • Jun 21 04
Bangladesh launched an immunisation drive on Sunday against anthrax in a southeastern region after a wild elephant died of the disease and triggered a…
Exercise cuts fall risk for women with thin bones
• Genetics • Jun 21 04
Exercises that boost strength and agility may help elderly women with brittle bones lessen their odds of falling, a new study suggests.
Canadian researchers…
High court limits patient suits against HMOs
• Public Health • Jun 21 04
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that patients cannot sue health insurance companies under state law for refusing to pay for doctor-recommended…
Gas cooking linked to respiratory ills in young
• Respiratory Problems • Jun 21 04
Young children who live in homes with gas cooking stoves may be at increased risk for respiratory illnesses, research from Hong Kong suggests.
“Gas…
Doctors find SARS virus in tears of patients
• Infections • Jun 21 04
Tears might spread SARS, but analysing samples taken from tear ducts could also help with detecting the virus early, doctors in Singapore said on…
Mental impairment common with breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Jun 21 04
More than a third of women with breast cancer may have some degree of cognitive impairment before undergoing chemotherapy, according to a new report.…
Environment hazards a big killer of children - study
• Children's Health • Jun 18 04
Environmental hazards such as pollution, unsafe water, poor sanitation, lead poisoning and injuries are the cause of one third of child and adolescent deaths…
Colonial Brain Surgery?
• Brain • Jun 18 04
Archaeologists combing through a dig at historic Jamestown said they have unearthed a human skull fragment that shows markings that could bear evidence of…
Cholesterol drug helpful for people with arthritis
• Arthritis • Jun 18 04
Treatment with Lipitor - one of the cholesterol-lowering “statin” drugs - appears to reduce disease activity in people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, according to…
Death penalty poses ethics quandary for doctors
• Public Health • Jun 18 04
Some death penalty abolitionists in the United States have a new target - the doctors who help with lethal injections at executions, a complex…
Being heavy cuts angioplasty complications
• Surgery • Jun 18 04
Innumerable studies have laid out the dire health consequences of obesity, but there’s one situation where being overweight seems helpful: coronary angioplasty.
Analysis…
Strong hips make for a long golf drive
• Neurology • Jun 18 04
Above-par hip strength may be one secret of a lower golf handicap, new research findings suggest.
The study of 82 golfers found that those…
Smokers, quit early to regain health
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 18 04
People who quit smoking before the age of 35 can eventually live as long and healthy lives as people who never smoked, a new…
Infections seen after overseas cosmetic surgery
• Cosmetics • Jun 18 04
Twelve women from the U.S. who had cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic developed a rare bacterial skin infection, according to the Centers for…
Thai Hotel Segregates HIV+ Guests
• AIDS/HIV • Jun 17 04
Activists were up in arms Thursday after a Bangkok hotel hosting an AIDS workshop moved all the participants - half of them HIV positive…
Pacifiers don’t affect breastfeeding of preemie
• Childbirth • Jun 17 04
When preterm infants make the transition from tube feeding to oral feeding, starting them on a bottle seems to interfere with how well they…
School Smoking Lowest In 10 Years
• Children's Health • Jun 17 04
Smoking among high school students has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade as fewer students say they’ve tried the habit,…
Better nutrition could save millions of kids
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 17 04
Malnutrition is to blame for more than half of all the deaths of children around the world - including deaths caused by diarrhea, pneumonia,…
Fewer high school students smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 17 04
Smoking rates among U.S. high school students sank to their lowest levels in at least 13 years, according to a study released on Thursday,…
Waiting too long to have a baby may not be wise
• Gender: Female • Jun 17 04
Women who delay having a child until their late 30s can’t necessarily rely on artificial techniques to help them become pregnant, a new study…
Study finds many kids deficient in vitamin D
• Children's Health • Jun 17 04
Vitamin D deficiency may be a common but unrecognized problem among U.S. adolescents, new study findings suggest.
Researchers found that among 11- to 18-year-olds…
Girls, more than boys, seek vengeance
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 17 04
Among children aged 8 through 14 injured in fights, girls are more likely than boys to get into a brawl in retaliation for previous…
Scientists ‘predict menopause age’
• Menopause • Jun 17 04
Scientists have developed a method that aims to predict how fast a woman’s biological clock is ticking and when she is likely to go…