Income Cancer Risks
• Cancer • Dec 28 04
A new survey of low-income women living in rural areas shows they are not getting the information they need about cancer screenings.
Seven in…
Cleaning Products Link To Asthma
• Asthma • Dec 28 04
A new British study has linked common household cleaning chemicals to childhood Asthma.
Researchers found children born into households that made significant use of…
FDA OKs Ecstasy Study in Cancer Patients
• Cancer • Dec 28 04
The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but can it ease the debilitating anxiety that cancer patients feel…
Health Scare for Liza Minelli
• Public Health • Dec 28 04
A health scare for Liza Minelli. She’s hospitalized after falling out of her bed early Monday morning.
The 58-year old actress hit her…
Ecstasy For Terminal Cancer Patients?
• Cancer • Dec 28 04
The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but can it ease the debilitating anxiety that cancer patients feel…
Cancer outcome good at regular high-volume centers
• Cancer • Dec 28 04
In the long run, survival after cancer surgery appears to differ little at hospitals designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as “centers…
Cheers to healthful living in 2005
• Public Health • Dec 28 04
As we start to measure the year in hours rather than months, it’s hard not to reflect on the past year and look forward…
Dry, cracked hands may be dermatitis
• Skin Care • Dec 28 04
Hands that are red, cracked, itchy or sore may be more than just a cold-weather problem with dry skin. It could be a sign…
Staying active keeps mind sharp in old age
• Neurology • Dec 28 04
People who stay just as active after age 70 as they did before are less likely to experience age-related declines in mental functioning, new…
WHO warns of a new infectious influenza strain
• Public Health • Dec 27 04
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that a possible outbreak of the bird flu pandemic could spread throughout the world and could kill…
China steps up vigilance against bird flu
• Flu • Dec 27 04
Chinese officials have drastically stepped up their vigilance against bird flu in regions along the border with Vietnam, where a series of outbreaks have…
Japan reports first human case of avian flu; 4 others suspected
• Public Health • Dec 27 04
Japan reported its first case of avian flu in a human on Wednesday - a man who got the disease from birds.
Avian…
Alzheimer’s care takes a loving touch
• Neurology • Dec 27 04
When Dr. Michael Carrick’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the family looked at skilled nursing facilities to care for the ailing former senior…
Child Heart Surgeon Drummond-Webb Dies
• Surgery • Dec 27 04
Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb, a heart surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series and who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart…
The faces of Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Dec 27 04
Afternoon sunlight trickled into the dimly lit room, silhouetting Harry Brandt as he reached out to gently embrace Leona “Tudie” Brandt.
The two began…
PSA after prostate surgery not always ominous
• Cancer: Prostate • Dec 27 04
Men with prostate cancer who undergo removal of the prostate (i.e., radical prostatectomy) hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it…
HPV prevalent in sexually active teenage girls
• Infections • Dec 27 04
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which is linked to an increased risk of developing cervical cancer, is “extremely common” in sexually active adolescent women in…
Twice-daily insulin not ideal for diabetic kids
• Diabetes • Dec 27 04
For preschool children with type 1 diabetes, twice-daily insulin injections do not adequately control blood sugar levels, researchers report. They found these kids had…
Many poor women uninformed about cancer screening
• Cancer • Dec 27 04
According to a survey of low-income, rural women over age 40, nearly 7 out of 10 say their physicians have never prompted them to…
UN warns of possible epidemics in quake-hit Asia
• Public Health • Dec 27 04
The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope after more than 15,500 people were…
Antioxidants may help kids with leukemia
• Children's Health • Dec 27 04
Children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) seem more able to deal with their treatment if their levels of antioxidants don’t drop too…
Don’t abandon mental health
• Public Health • Dec 26 04
The word is out: Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration is considering a plant to shut down the oldest state mental hospital in Harrisburg.
It isn’t…
Migraine Headache
• Migraine • Dec 24 04
Headache is a common problem that accounts for a significant loss of workdays and productivity. Headaches can be caused by a variety of conditions.…
Introgen files for FDA approval of cancer drug
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
Introgen Therapeutics Inc. announced on Thursday that it has filed a request with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of its cancer…
Cancer drug patent sparks Indian legal battle
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
As India wrestles with its patent laws and a Jan. 1 deadline for compliance with World Trade Organization regulations, a dispute over a popular…