Gene deletion tied to prostate cancer onset
• Cancer: Prostate • Sep 16 04
Loss of a tumor suppresser gene called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate cancer, according to findings from experiments…
Fertility services may be denied to unfit parents
• Fertility and pregnancy • Sep 16 04
If people are believed to be incompetent to bring up children, is it ethical to turn them down for fertility treatments such as…
Cheek cells used to repair damaged corneas
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 16 04
Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported on…
U.S. automakers cautious on health reform calls
• Public Health • Sep 16 04
A decade after U.S. automakers supported Hillary Clinton’s failed plan to transform the U.S. health-care system, the car companies are taking a more cautious…
Elderly gamble a little, win good health
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 16 04
Gambling good for your health? Perhaps among the elderly, according to a new report.
A phone survey revealed that elderly people who said they…
U.S. to pay for brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer’s
• Brain • Sep 16 04
The U.S. government health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run PET brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease,…
Can’t talk during exercise? Slow down
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 16 04
If you can talk while exercising, you are likely doing it right, new research indicates.
U.S. investigators found that when exercisers on a treadmill…
Treating blood pressure pays for itself
• Public Health • Sep 15 04
Treating high blood pressure would save lives and pay for itself, experts said on Tuesday.
The report commissioned by the drug industry lobby…
UK develops bird flu tests
• Infections • Sep 15 04
Britain’s Health Protection Agency said on Wednesday it had developed two diagnostic tests to detect bird flu in case the outbreaks seen in poultry…
Stem cells save vision in mice with retinal malady
• Alternative Medicine • Sep 15 04
Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
In mice that develop the…
Endurance training may stave off heart failure
• Heart • Sep 15 04
Long-term training in endurance activities, such as running, swimming or cycling, may help prevent the stiffening of the heart that occurs with age, an…
Skin monitor gives frequent glucose readings
• Diabetes • Sep 15 04
Using a low-level electrical current across the skin, the GlucoWatch Biographer device can supply as many as three glucose measurements per hour.
Also, the…
Docs will be in short supply in US, analysts say
• Public Health • Sep 15 04
Policymakers and the medical profession need to recognize and take immediate steps to avert a looming shortage of physicians, analysts told a forum on…
Canada warned U.S. imports may raise drug prices
• Drug News • Sep 15 04
A senior Canadian politician voiced concern on Wednesday that Americans buying cheaper prescription medicines from Canada could push up the drug prices north of…
Smoking, drug abuse rise as puberty progresses
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 15 04
The odds that adolescents will smoke, drink or use marijuana may have a lot to do with their physical development, regardless of their school…
With dying kids, parents find truth is best
• Children's Health • Sep 15 04
If you were the parent of a child with a terminal illness, would you talk to him or her about dying? New research reported…
Botox injections reduce voice tremor
• Neurology • Sep 15 04
Voice tremor responds to injections of Botox into the vocal cords, researchers have shown.
Voice tremor can be part of a common movement disorder…
Fewer women than men use rehab after heart attack
• Gender: Female • Sep 15 04
Many women, and seniors, do not enter a rehab program after having a heart attack. Yet, participation in cardiac rehabilitation markedly lowers the risk…
Antidepressants need stronger warnings - panel
• Drug Abuse • Sep 15 04
Antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children…
Energy drink, alcohol not an invigorating mix
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 14 04
This may be sobering news to some bar patrons, but a study out Tuesday suggests that mixing alcohol with an energy drink may not…
Breastfeeding protects against asthma, allergy
• Asthma • Sep 14 04
Children who are not exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a…
US experts link some antidepressants to suicide
• Depression • Sep 14 04
The use of some antidepressant drugs appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded…
Medicare out-of-pocket cost predictions questioned
• Public Health • Sep 14 04
The head of the U.S. Medicare program Tuesday said that newly released estimates on beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket spending on services covered by Medicare are being…
Monkey virus exposure did not raise lymphoma risk
• Cancer • Sep 14 04
Simian virus 40 (SV40), which contaminated polio vaccine widely distributed between 1955 and 1962, does not seem to have increased the likelihood of an…
Dieting teens often adopt risky practices
• Dieting • Sep 14 04
Among teens in one Los Angles public school, 60 percent reported dieting at some point in their lives - primarily before the age of…