Low-dose estrogen slows bone loss
• Gender: Female • Aug 31 04
Treatment with an ultralow-dose of the hormone estradiol, administered as a patch, reduces the rate of bone loss in older women without promoting the…
Chronic fatigue differs from depression
• Neurology • Aug 31 04
Chronic fatigue syndrome and depression have distinct biological features, researchers in Canada report, suggesting that the two conditions have unique causes.
Unlike patients with…
Little racial difference seen in atherosclerosis rates
• Heart • Aug 31 04
African Americans and Caucasians in the general U.S. population have a similar prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis, according to new study findings. Most previous studies…
Full-body scans raise cancer risk
• Cancer • Aug 31 04
People who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may, ironically, be raising their overall risk…
Mammography-detected cancers have better prognosis
• Cancer: Breast • Aug 31 04
Breast cancers detected by mammographic screening have a better prognosis than those found outside of screening, even when other factors that influence disease…
New benefit found from blood pressure drug
• Drug News • Aug 31 04
Doctors have unraveled a new way in which a widely used kind of blood pressure drug, known as an ACE inhibitor, can help prevent…
Improvements in women’s health have been mixed
• Gender: Female • Aug 31 04
Some countries have taken major strides to improve the rights and reproductive health of women, but more must be done to meet goals set…
Deconditioning may help athletes with heart condition
• Heart • Aug 31 04
A brief period of deconditioning in athletes with heartbeat irregularities, or “arrhythmias,” may help trainers and doctors identify athletes who should stop training and…
Death risk in breast cancer patients can vary widely
• Cancer: Breast • Aug 31 04
In women with breast cancer, the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to some other cause, can range from 3 percent to…
Make exercise a family affair, experts say
• Obesity • Aug 31 04
Parents should try to encourage their children to exercise by scheduling at least 30 minutes of family physical activities each day, according to the…
Cancer survivors’ quality of life below the norm
• Cancer • Aug 31 04
Even after more than a decade after diagnosis, cancer survivors may have a poorer quality of life and more health limitations than others their…
Counterfeit Cialis recalled in Britain
• Drug News • Aug 30 04
Health authorities in Britain have recalled two lots of counterfeit Cialis tablets after fake versions of the erectile dysfunction drug were sold in…
Cold weather snaps are bad for your heart
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Cold weather snaps can trigger heart attacks, particularly in people suffering from high blood pressure, researchers said on Monday.
The increased rate of…
Mental Marijuana
• Depression • Aug 30 04
Can reefers cure madness? There is some evidence that cannabis - or ‘green Prozac’ - has potential in the treatment of some psychiatric…
Anti-psychotic drugs useful for severe depression
• Depression • Aug 30 04
Treatment with anti-psychotic agents, such as Risperdal (risperidone) or Geodon (ziprasidone), is useful for patients with severe depression who have failed to respond to…
Quick statin dose marginally helps heart patients
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Putting patients with heart trouble on a high dosage of statin drugs quickly to lower their blood cholesterol levels offers only a marginal benefit…
Obesity linked to worse prostate cancer outcome
• Cancer: Prostate • Aug 30 04
Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels,…
Diabetes undetected in many heart patients
• Diabetes • Aug 30 04
Diabetes is an undetected and silent threat for many people who develop heart disease, according to new research reported on Monday.
Professor John…
Exercise may preserve immune response in older men
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 30 04
Older men who exercise regularly may not only keep themselves in good shape, they may also give their immune systems a boost, new study…
Most heart attacks easily predictable
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Virtually the entire risk of heart attack can be predicted and the impact of factors causing attacks is the same whether you live in…
Diabetes undetected in many heart patients
• Diabetes • Aug 30 04
Diabetes is an undetected and silent threat for many people who develop heart disease, according to new research reported on Monday.
Professor John…
Great outdoors may ease ADHD symptoms
• Children's Health • Aug 30 04
Parents may find some help for their children’s ADHD symptoms by going back to nature, new research suggests.
The study of 452 parents of…
Gov’t acts on hepatitis report
• Infections • Aug 30 04
The federal government has agreed to spend $80.7 million to address issues raised in a report on hepatitis C and the blood supply.
The…
‘Low-cost’ medical plan aims at NHS patients
• Public Health • Aug 30 04
HSA, the mutual health insurer which specialises in cash plans, will launch a new low-cost private medical insurance (PMI) policy this week aimed at…
Cholera kills 40 people in first outbreak in five years
• Infections • Aug 30 04
A cholera outbreak in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, has killed 40 people so far this month, a senior government health official told…