Senate leader raises doubts on asbestos plan
• Public Health • Aug 04 04
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has raised doubts about a Democratic proposal that would leave some asbestos claims in court while setting up…
Female basketball players at risk for knee injury
• Trauma & Injuries • Aug 04 04
Basketball is now the leading cause of sports-related injuries in the U.S., due in large part to a surge in knee injuries among female…
Migraine drugs OK in terms of stroke, heart attack
• Headaches • Aug 04 04
There’s reassuring news for people who have migraines: the modern “triptan” drugs that are effective for many sufferers do not increase the risk of…
Foot injury may be on rise in football players
• Trauma & Injuries • Aug 03 04
A potentially career-ending foot injury is occurring in increasing numbers among elite football players, according to research reported last week.
The particular foot injury,…
Atypical antipsychotics increasingly used in kids
• Children's Health • Aug 03 04
Atypical antipsychotic drugs are increasingly being prescribed for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and mood disorders, investigators report. However, there is little…
Diabetic foot ulcers linked with activity pattern
• Diabetes • Aug 03 04
Lower levels of activity, rather than higher levels, appear to precede the development of foot ulcers in people with diabetes, according to a new…
Heart patients often stop their medication
• Heart • Aug 03 04
You’ve survived a heart attack and made it out of the hospital. Wouldn’t you stick to the medication you’ve been prescribed? A surprising number…
Low “good” cholesterol may flag breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Aug 03 04
Among older overweight women, low levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol may signal an increased risk of breast cancer risk, research suggests.
Dr. Anne-Sofie Furberg…
Arthritis patients stay strong after training
• Arthritis • Aug 03 04
The benefit of an exercise program in terms of stronger muscles seems to be long lasting.
Follow-up of patients with rheumatoid arthritis shows that…
US kids without insurance miss doctor visits
• Children's Health • Aug 03 04
Nearly half of the 8.5 million U.S. children who lack health insurance have not seen a doctors or nurse for a medical check-up in…
U.S. OKs wrinkle-filler for HIV patients
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 03 04
HIV patients who suffer from facial wasting will be able to treat sunken cheeks, hollow eyes and other signs of the virus with a…
Study finds agreement on “ideal” nose
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Aug 03 04
People who opt for a nose job are no different from anyone else when it comes to their vision of the “ideal” nose, a…
Helping teens in HIV-affected families pays off
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 03 04
For adolescents whose parents have HIV, programs designed to help them cope with a parent’s illness may improve their own health and well-being, California…
U.S. approves two AIDS drug combinations
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 03 04
U.S. regulators on Monday said they approved two AIDS drug combinations designed to simplify treatment for patients in the United States and in poor…
Dietary neurotoxin linked with neurologic disease
• Neurology • Aug 02 04
Researchers believe they now know how the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA, found in seeds of the cycad tree native to Guam, may eventually cause…
Web sites promote unproven cancer therapies-expert
• Cancer • Aug 02 04
Internet Web sites are recommending unproven complementary medicines for cancer that could interfere with conventional treatments and be dangerous or deadly, a leading expert…
Get antioxidants from food, not pills
• Heart • Aug 02 04
Despite some reports that antioxidant vitamins have cardiovascular benefits, a panel of experts at the American Heart Association (AHA) has concluded that there is…
ER tramadol effective for osteoarthritis pain
• Pain • Aug 02 04
A once-daily extended-release formulation of Tramadolhydrochloride is a “robust analgesic” for treating osteoarthritis, results of a clinical trial suggest. “Significant differences from placebo were…
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,…