Antidepressant shows early promise against bulimia
• Drug News • Aug 12 04
Treatment with the antidepressant Zoloft may help women with bulimia curb their disordered eating behavior, preliminary research suggests.
The study of 18 women who…
Brazil plans 3 billion free condoms for AIDS fight
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 11 04
Brazil intends to distribute 3 billion free condoms every year, mainly to the poor and young, in a bid to prevent the spread of…
Nebulized Pulmicort verified safe for kids’ asthma
• Asthma • Aug 11 04
Inhalation of the corticosteroid budesonide (Pulmicort) via a nebulizer to treat asthma in children does not cause any problems with infection, cataracts, or growth,…
For heart surgery, experience counts
• Surgery • Aug 11 04
Previous reports have shown that high-risk patients undergoing heart bypass surgery do best when the surgeon and hospital have considerable experience with this operation.…
Older Americans unhappy with Medicare changes
• Public Health • Aug 11 04
Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that…
Viagra helps climbers deal with high altitudes
• Drug News • Aug 11 04
Mountain climbers may soon be putting Viagra in their backpacks - not for any obvious (albeit unlikely) reason, but to help them cope…
Post-trauma therapy helps children
• Children's Health • Aug 11 04
Treating children for traumatic stress appears to be more effective than routine care or no treatment, according to results of a new study.
“Despite…
HMOS bringing back cost controls
• Public Health • Aug 11 04
HMOs are bringing back some tried-and-true but highly unpopular methods to stem crushing medical costs, a nationwide survey of executives and officials released on…
Hodgkin’s therapy tied to later heart problems
• Cancer • Aug 11 04
People who undergo chest radiation therapy early in life to treat Hodgkin’s disease - a type of lymphoma - appear to be at increased…
Training volunteers to use defibrillators pays off
• Heart • Aug 11 04
Non-medical people can be taught to safely and effectively use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to treat cardiac arrests that occur outside the hospital.
According…
Not all children outgrow insect sting allergy
• Allergies • Aug 11 04
Most children who have allergic reactions to bee or wasp stings no longer have a reaction by the time they become adults, but about…
Group therapy not always best choice for men
• Depression • Aug 11 04
For depressed men seeking support for severe grief, group therapy may not be the best choice, new research suggests. A study of men and…
Shift work may have small effect on pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Aug 11 04
For pregnant women, working the late shift may be less than ideal, researchers report.
In a study from Denmark, pregnant women who worked the…
Flame retardants found in salmon
• Food & Nutrition • Aug 11 04
Farmed salmon, already found to carry higher levels than wild salmon of chemicals such as PCBs, may also contain higher levels of flame retardants,…
Dairy intake tied to lower body fat in girls
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 11 04
Girls who get enough dairy products in their diets may stay leaner than their peers, study findings suggest.
Researchers found that among 323 9-…
Vioxx worse for blood pressure than Celebrex
• Pain • Aug 10 04
The popular pain relief drug Vioxx (rofecoxib) seems to increase the risk of high blood pressure in older adults, whereas its main competitor [Celebrex…
New strep vaccine shows early promise
• Flu • Aug 10 04
An experimental vaccine designed to protect against group A streptococcal infection, which can cause strep throat and more serious diseases such as scarlet fever,…
Asthma rescue not so good after combo inhaler use
• Asthma • Aug 10 04
People with asthma who regularly use long-acting beta agonist inhalers may find that they have a delayed response when they need to use a…
Underactive thyroid tied to heart disease
• Endocrinology • Aug 10 04
It’s fairly common for people to have an under-functioning thyroid with no obvious ill-effects - a condition called subclinical hypothyroidism - but now…
US finds 2003 road deaths fewer than first thought
• Public Health • Aug 10 04
Fewer deaths than initially projected for the second half of 2003, helped by more seat belt use, pushed overall U.S. highway fatalities down for…
Fewer deaths than initially projected for the second half of 2003, helped by more seat belt use, pus
• Public Health • Aug 10 04
A vaccine prevents most cases of the chickenpox, and even when the vaccine fails, children tend to have a less severe case of the…
HK scientists sound alert on another bird flu virus
• Infections • Aug 10 04
A bird flu virus commonly found in chickens in Hong Kong’s markets could mutate and jump more easily to humans, possibly leading to the…
Diet, exercise offset heart risk at menopause
• Heart • Aug 10 04
A woman’s risk of developing heart disease rises considerably when she reaches menopause, but a healthy lifestyle can do much to reduce the risk,…
Breast cancer operations rare for most U.S. surgeons
• Cancer: Breast • Aug 10 04
Most women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States are operated on by surgeons who perform relatively few of these operations each year,…
Many children experience growing pains
• Pain • Aug 10 04
Approximately one in three children between the ages of 4 and 6 develops growing pains, according to new research.
Previous estimates of the frequency…