Organic matter for cancer drug
• Drug News • Dec 24 04
Somewhere within a vast, frozen storehouse of tree bark, fungi and marine creatures, a breakthrough cancer drug may be hiding.
Cracking the code begins…
Science Makes Strides Toward Alzheimer’s Cure
• Neurology • Dec 24 04
Significant breakthroughs may come in next decade, experts say.
A new element has emerged in the seemingly never-ending battle against Alzheimer’s disease:…
Link found between cleaning products and asthma
• Asthma • Dec 24 04
There is a connection between exposure of domestic cleaning products and wheezing in toddlers, which is an early sign of asthma, according to new…
PEG helps speed spine healing in dogs
• Trauma & Injuries • Dec 24 04
Dogs with severe accidental spinal cord injuries resulting in complete paralysis, appear to recover more quickly and completely when they’re given injections of polyethylene…
Increased arthritis pain may be due to fracture
• Arthritis • Dec 24 04
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have an increase in pain at a single site could be suffering from a stress fracture, especially if they…
Anesthetic gel eases injection pain for kids
• Pain • Dec 24 04
Applying a topical anesthetic half an hour beforehand reduces pain for children getting a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot, according to a report by Canadian researchers.
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Breast cancer diagnosis may not affect job
• Cancer: Breast • Dec 24 04
Contrary to some beliefs, women who return to work after being diagnosed with breast cancer are not typically demoted or otherwise discriminated against in…
Pimecrolimus cream quickly eases eczema in infants
• Allergies • Dec 24 04
Pimecrolimus cream provides rapid relief of symptoms and helps promote sleep in young children with eczema, German researchers report.
Dr. Roland Kaufmann of the…
Diabetes raises mortality after coronary bypass
• Diabetes • Dec 24 04
People with type 2 diabetes have a higher likelihood of dying shortly after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, even when a number of…
Alcohol may boost HIV risk from oral sex
• AIDS/HIV • Dec 23 04
Lab experiments show that cells that line the mouth become more susceptible to infection with HIV when they’re exposed to alcohol.
The finding suggests…
Review ordered of studies using Celebrex, Bextra
• Drug News • Dec 23 04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative studies involving Pfizer Inc.‘s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, in light of…
DNA stool test promising for cancer detection
• Cancer • Dec 23 04
A non-invasive test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of screening for colorectal cancer, according to new research…
Women doctors at heightened risk for suicide
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 23 04
Physicians - especially female physicians - face a higher suicide risk than the general population, according to a new report.
“The motivation to conduct…
Men prone to cancer from hepatitis C
• Cancer • Dec 23 04
People infected with the hepatitis C virus risk developing liver cancer, and now Japanese researchers have identified several factors that increase that risk.
Being…
Early bronchiolitis tied to adult lung problems
• Allergies • Dec 23 04
Infants who come down with a respiratory virus infection that causes inflammation of the lungs - a condition called bronchiolitis - are more likely…
Dangers lurk for kids on holiday visits
• Children's Health • Dec 23 04
Most households where kids visit do not safely store guns or household chemicals that can act as deadly poisons, new research shows.
Many people…
No, most hockey parents are not super aggressive
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 23 04
Although media images of the irate “hockey dad” might suggest otherwise, most hockey fathers - and mothers - seem to value their children’s learning…
Substantial bone loss seen with Depo-Provera use
• Fertility and pregnancy • Dec 23 04
The results of a new study confirm that using the contraceptive Depo-Provera is associated with bone loss.
Depo-Provera, also known as DMPA, is a…
Night shift linked to late pregnancy loss
• Pregnancy • Dec 23 04
Pregnant women who regularly work the night shift may have an increased risk of a miscarriage late in pregnancy or a stillbirth, a…
Men with prostate cancer can stick to low-fat diet
• Cancer: Prostate • Dec 22 04
After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, men are capable of adhering to a low-fat diet for at least a year if they receive good…
FDA says AstraZeneca Crestor ad is misleading
• Drug News • Dec 22 04
A newspaper advertisement for AstraZeneca Plc’s cholesterol drug Crestor that touts patient safety is misleading and should no longer be published, regulators warned in…
Pfizer to offer medicine without meth ingredient
• Drug News • Dec 22 04
Pfizer Inc. plans to release a new version of Sudafed that eliminates an ingredient used to produce the highly addictive drug methamphetamine in homemade…
Companies to Develop All-in-One HIV Pill
• AIDS/HIV • Dec 22 04
In an effort to make medication regimens easier for HIV-positive patients, two drug companies have announced plans to collaborate on the first all-in-one, one-a-day…
Aspirin underused by people with diabetes
• Diabetes • Dec 22 04
Daily aspirin is usually recommended for people at increased risk for heart disease, and people with diabetes come into that category. While the proportion…
Training helps people with Parkinson’s avoid falls
• Neurology • Dec 22 04
The instability that often accompanies Parkinson’s disease can lead to falls and even to a fear of walking, but German researchers report that…