Liposuction May Not Aid Health
• Weight Loss • Jun 17 04
Liposuctioning your waistline can make you look just fabulous, but it won’t necessarily make you healthier.
Researchers at St. Louis’s Washington University have found…
Buying drugs online can be risky - report
• Drug News • Jun 17 04
People who buy prescription medicine on the Internet risk taking drugs without proper instructions or even getting counterfeits, according to a new U.S. government…
Mouth rinse may work just as well as flossing
• Dental Health • Jun 16 04
People who don’t floss their teeth may get the same benefit from regularly rinsing their mouth with the antiseptic Listerine, according to recent study…
WHO Nixes 2 Approved HIV Drugs
• AIDS/HIV • Jun 16 04
The U.N. health agency has removed two versions of antiretroviral drugs - commonly used in developing countries - from its list of approved HIV…
No Decline In U.S. Obesity
• Obesity • Jun 16 04
Despite the sounding of the alarm in recent years, the latest government figures show no decline in the U.S. obesity rate, with 31 percent…
In-person license renewal cuts road deaths
• Neurology • Jun 16 04
States that require drivers to renew their licenses in person have a 17 percent lower fatality rate among drivers 85 and older, according to…
Warning: Playing in sand can be dangerous to kids
• Children's Health • Jun 16 04
Although it rarely happens, children can be killed while playing in sand. “Sand dunes, beach digging, and other areas of substantial sand buildup, including…
Morning-after pill sparks controversy in Peru
• Childbirth • Jun 16 04
A move by Peru’s health minister to allow free distribution of the morning-after pill has sparked protests in the Roman Catholic country where abortion…
‘Da Vinci Diet’ Digs Carbs
• Drug News • Jun 16 04
A baker who lost nearly half his customers to the low-carb craze has tapped Dan Brown’s best-selling novel for an Atkins alternative called the…
Liposuction cuts fat but not disease risks
• Weight Loss • Jun 16 04
Liposuction may let doctors extract body fat, but it doesn’t trim the risk of heart disease or diabetes the same way losing weight would,…
Morning-after pill sparks controversy in Peru
• Drug Abuse • Jun 16 04
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, responding to a lawsuit claiming it suppressed negative data about its antidepressant Paxil, published results of trials showing the drug is broadly…
Being downsized may increase stroke risk
• Neurology • Jun 16 04
Losing a job is always tough, but for people nearing retirement age, it may also be harmful to their health, results of a new…
Obesity order!
• Obesity • Jun 15 04
Doctors laughed at the American Medical Association annual meeting when one of their own stood up to admit his girth, but the subject was…
Experts warn delayed aid damages hearts
• Heart • Jun 15 04
Aggressive new guidelines published Monday call for quick treatment of a common form of heart attack marked by chest pain and shortness of breath.
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Researcher boasts breakthrough in AIDS test
• AIDS/HIV • Jun 15 04
A new test for the AIDS virus that detects proteins inside the microbe may be more sensitive than existing tests, U.S. researchers said.
The…
Tear in aorta more deadly for women than men
• Heart • Jun 15 04
A sudden tear in the inner lining of the aorta is always a medical emergency, but for women it’s especially dangerous.
Women are more…
Cholesterol-lowering drugs cut glaucoma risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 15 04
Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins appear to reduce the risk of developing the most common type of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, researchers…
Doctors urge easier access to ‘morning after’ pill
• Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 15 04
The largest U.S. doctor’s group on Monday endorsed efforts to increase access to the “morning after” contraceptive pill and urged federal regulators to reconsider…
Botswana races to immunize children in polio scare
• Children's Health • Jun 15 04
Health workers backed by helicopters and dugout canoes raced on Tuesday to immunize children across Botswana against polio after the first case in a…
New AIDS test may be more sensitive
• AIDS/HIV • Jun 15 04
A new test for the AIDS virus that detects proteins inside the microbe may be more sensitive than existing tests, U.S. researchers said on…
Women with short legs at heart disease risk
• Gender: Female • Jun 15 04
Women with short legs have a greater risk of developing heart disease, according to a team of doctors at Bristol University in the UK.
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Patients control video with thought alone in study
• Neurology • Jun 15 04
Using thought alone and with some electrodes placed on the surface of the brain, four volunteers were able to control a video game, U.S.…
Fitness boosts removal of “bad” cholesterol
• Fat, Dietary • Jun 15 04
Being physically fit boosts levels of “good” HDL cholesterol and improves the removal of “bad” forms of cholesterol, researchers in Australia report.
HDL cholesterol…
Marital status matters in pregnancy outcome
• Pregnancy • Jun 15 04
Unmarried couples who live together may have a higher rate of pregnancy complications compared with those who are legally wed, according to a Canadian…
Joint effort announced to prevent 4 big diseases
• Public Health • Jun 15 04
The American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association today announced a unified set of health recommendations for the public -…