Laser surgery ‘remodels’ tissue under aging skin
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
Laser skin resurfacing has become a popular way to wage war on wrinkles, and now a new study details how one type of laser…
Preemies seen prone to ‘pre-diabetes’
• Diabetes • Nov 18 04
Children who were born prematurely, regardless of their actual birth weight, have a reduction in insulin sensitivity - a pre-diabetic condition that can lead…
Congress told FDA failed public on Vioxx
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co Inc.‘s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and…
Supplements don’t affect mental powers of elderly
• Neurology • Nov 18 04
Supplementation with antioxidants, zinc or copper has neither a beneficial nor harmful effect on cognition in elderly people, a new study indicates.
“Oxidative pathways”…
Stomach surgery linked to throat cancer risk
• Dental Health • Nov 18 04
People who have had all or part of their stomach removed appear to have an increased risk of later developing cancer of the larynx,…
Mild hearing loss affects kids’ school performance
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Nov 18 04
Children with hearing problems, even minimal, are significantly more likely to have academic problems, experts said Thursday.
Kids with impairments such as a loss…
Post-flu shot syndrome often recurs
• Flu • Nov 18 04
A distinct reaction following a flu shot, which affects perhaps 3 or 4 people out of every 100 who are vaccinated, frequently occurs again…
Ultrasound may help dissolve deadly blood clots
• Public Health • Nov 18 04
Just like a spoon is used to stir sugar into a cup of tea, high-frequency sound waves may help doctors get rid of deadly…
Study suggests how COX drugs cause heart disease
• Heart • Nov 18 04
Painkillers suspected of causing fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
The drugs,…
FDA reviewer says five drugs need closer scrutiny
• Drug News • Nov 18 04
A Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on…
Rare blood infection surfaces in injured U.S. soldiers
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
An unexpectedly high number of U.S. soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in…
Hong Kong orders schools to step up fight against flu
• Flu • Nov 18 04
Hong Kong’s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
The latest…
Online tools can help chart family health histor
• Public Health • Nov 18 04
With health officials now urging Americans to dig into their family health history, experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools - and upcoming…
Allergies may raise blood cancer risk
• Allergies • Nov 18 04
In contrast to some earlier reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a Swedish…
Nursery rhymes have more violence than kids TV
• Children's Health • Nov 18 04
Children’s nursery rhymes contain ten times more violence than British television shows broadcast before the country’s 9 p.m. “watershed” after which more adult…
Pregnancy does not raise melanoma mortality
• Cancer • Nov 17 04
The survival of pregnant women who have malignant melanoma of the skin is no less than that of comparable women who are not pregnant,…
Steroid therapy for allergic rhinitis doesn’t slow growth in kids
• Allergies • Nov 17 04
Children with persistent stuffy nose due to allergy, or “allergic rhinitis,” who receive intranasal treatment with the steroid triamcinolone acetonide for one year do…
D-cycloserine may improve autism symptoms
• Drug News • Nov 17 04
D-cycloserine, a drug that has shown to reduce symptoms in schizophrenics, appears to significantly improve social and communication skills in children with autism, according…
Air pollution not linked to asthma flares in kids
• Asthma • Nov 17 04
Ambient levels of air pollution during the winter months are not associated with asthma flare-ups in urban minority children with moderate-to-severe disease, according to…
Diabetes drug useful for ovary disease
• Drug News • Nov 17 04
Treatment with the diabetes drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome…
Food allergy not tied to stomach reflux in adults
• Allergies • Nov 17 04
A food allergy is no worse than other allergies at increasing the risk of stomach reflux in adults, according to findings presented here this…
Study: an apple a day really does keep doctor away
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 17 04
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, thanks to strong antioxidants that fight cell damage, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Rat…
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria kills 42
• Infections • Nov 17 04
A major outbreak of cholera in northern Nigeria has killed 42 people and hospitalised hundreds in the last two weeks, hospital authorities said on…
Too much belly fat may up later disability risk
• Fat, Dietary • Nov 17 04
Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to new study findings presented Wednesday at…
HK lawmakers chew out hospital over outbreak
• Public Health • Nov 17 04
Hong Kong’s health chiefs and lawmakers rebuked hospital officials on Wednesday for not informing them quickly enough when dozens of children in paediatric wards…