Cholesterol drug prevents heart disease in diabetics
• Diabetes • Aug 20 04
Diabetics can ward off heart disease and live longer by taking the anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor (atorvastatin), even if they do not have particularly high…
Nicotine patch helps teens cut back on cigarettes
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 20 04
Nicotine replacement therapy can help teens quit or at least cut back on smoking, research suggests.
In a study of teenage smokers who used…
FDA sees changes to antidepressant labels
• Drug News • Aug 20 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to update antidepressant labels to reflect studies that suggest a link between the drugs and suicide in…
Breathing training helps with cystic fibrosis
• Respiratory Problems • Aug 20 04
In a new study, eight weeks of high-intensity training focused on the muscles that control breathing dramatically improved lung function and exercise capacity in…
Kids do OK emotionally with patch for lazy eye
• Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 20 04
Children with “lazy eye” - technically called amblyopia - may resist wearing an eye patch or glasses to correct the condition, but these treatments…
Drugs helpful for boys with breast enlargement
• Children's Health • Aug 20 04
Many teenage boys experience some degree of enlargement of the breasts around the time of puberty. When the condition is troublesome, anti-estrogen drugs seem…
Memantine cost-effective for severe Alzheimer’s
• Drug News • Aug 20 04
The cost of treating patients with moderately severe to severe Alzheimer’s disease with the drug memantine are more than offset by overall savings, European…
Hysterectomy not tied to urinary incontinence
• Gender: Female • Aug 20 04
Among women treated for heavy menstrual bleeding, those who undergo a vaginal hysterectomy do not appear to have an increased risk of urinary incontinence,…
New diabetes drug doesn’t increase weight
• Diabetes • Aug 20 04
Insulin, Glucotrol, and drugs like Avandia and Actos are all effective treatments for diabetes, but they can produce weight gain. In contrast, an experimental…
Careful watching OK for some prostate cancers
• Cancer: Prostate • Aug 19 04
Some men with prostate cancer that hasn’t spread may not need to undergo treatment, as long as a watchful eye is kept on their…
High intake of linoleic acid may cut cancer risk
• Cancer: Prostate • Aug 19 04
In a study of middle-aged men, high intake of linoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid found in certain plants and vegetables, seemed to lower…
Possible West Nile cases from dialysis - CDC
• Infections • Aug 19 04
In a new report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Division of Public Health describe what may be…
Even short smoking breaks might lower heart risk
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 19 04
In chronic smokers who stop smoking, there is a rapid increase in the number of circulating cells that aid in the repair of the…
Fuel stations may pose child cancer risk
• Cancer • Aug 19 04
Living near a fuel station may quadruple the risk of acute leukemia in children, research published on Thursday showed.
French scientists who carried…
Counseling prevents STDs in those most at risk
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 19 04
Even a couple brief sessions with a counselor may help prevent cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among people at greatest risk,…
Older boys really are a bad influence, study finds
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 19 04
Parents who forbid their daughters to date older boys may be on the right track. A study published on Thursday finds that teenage girls…
New genetic link found to SIDS
• Genetics • Aug 19 04
A collection of genes involved in early development may help explain why black babies are more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome than…
Study finds no proof cannabis induces schizophrenia
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 19 04
There is no scientific proof that cannabis use induces schizophrenia, Dutch scientists say, questioning recent research and an argument the Dutch government uses to…
Florida on guard for West Nile outbreak after Charley
• Infections • Aug 19 04
Floridians are being urged to drain standing pools of water to cut the risk of an outbreak of West Nile or other mosquito-borne disease…
Mass hysteria strikes small rural U.S. high school
• Neurology • Aug 19 04
Ten healthy female students at a rural, co-ed North Carolina high school had repeated bouts of seizures, swooning and hyperventilation over a four-month period…
Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics
• Epilepsy • Aug 19 04
Treatment with the anti-epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) appears to reduce alcohol craving and drinking in alcoholic adults, new research suggests.
Unlike existing drugs for…
Late start may delay toilet training
• Children's Health • Aug 19 04
The average age when children are successfully toilet trained is going up, and new research has identified certain factors related to this trend.
Children…
Extended rehab after hip fracture can improve function
• Trauma & Injuries • Aug 18 04
In elderly patients with hip fracture, six months of outpatient rehabilitation and progressive resistance training is better than home exercise in improving physical performance…
Anti-pollen cream helps with hay fever
• Flu • Aug 18 04
A cream that blocks allergic substances from entering the nose seems to reduce symptoms in patients with hay fever, new research shows. The cream,…
Sex change can cause headache
• Headaches • Aug 18 04
New research involving male-to-female transsexuals lends further credence to the theory that sex hormones are involved in migraine generation, physicians report in the medical…