Tsunami health lessons studied
• Public Health • May 04 05
The lessons learned from last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami will be discussed at a conference in Thailand over the next three days organised by…
Firefighter suddenly emerges from 10-year fog
• Brain • May 04 05
Doctors on Tuesday sought to understand why a brain-damaged firefighter snapped to attention after nearly a decade of sitting silently in a wheelchair and…
Cancer: The facts
• Cancer • May 04 05
One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.
The disease tends to affect older people - but…
Surgeon General testifies on combating smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 05
More needs to be done to combat Smoking and the disease burden it inflicts on society, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona testified on Tuesday…
Youths risk mental health with pot use
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 05
The earlier a young person uses marijuana the greater the risk for mental health problems later in life, the director of National Drug Control…
67-year-old has ‘fake pregnancy’
• Pregnancy • May 04 05
A 67-year-old Serbian is not pregnant as she claimed, although she displayed signs of pregnancy, doctors report.
Zlatija Jovic, from Gornje Birijanje…
Less-is-more tactic OK for some prostate cancers
• Cancer: Prostate • May 03 05
When Prostate cancer remains confined to the gland, it’s safe to take a conservative approach to treatment, new research suggests.
The findings…
Antidepressant may ease irritable bowel pain
• Bowel Problems • May 03 05
Low doses of the antidepressant amitriptyline seem to be effective in relieving the symptoms of Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to the results…
Test predicts who is helped by lung cancer drug
• Cancer: Lung • May 03 05
A test that checks for activity by a gene mutated in the most common form of lung cancer can help predict which patients will…
Study finds acupuncture, real or fake, aids migraines
• Migraine • May 03 05
A study found that acupuncture and a sham version of the same thing both helped reduce the frequency of migraine headaches, for…
Fractures less likely for black women than whites
• Gender: Female • May 03 05
Black women are 30 to 40 percent less likely to sustain a fracture than white women, at every level of bone density, researchers…
Cell damage stiffens arteries after menopause
• Menopause • May 03 05
Cell-damaging substances known as oxygen free radicals may be to blame for hardening of the arteries that often occurs in women later in life,…
Not all heart patients get best treatment - study
• Heart • May 03 05
Many Heart failure patients in Europe are not getting the best treatment because doctors are not following prescription guidelines, researchers said on Tuesday.
In…
Prostate cancer counseling should include partners
• Cancer: Prostate • May 03 05
Including wives and partners in the care of men with Prostate cancer could help couples fare better in the long run, according…
Severe asthma treatment: need for characterising patients
• Asthma • May 03 05
Asthma is readily diagnosed in most cases and usually responds to inhaled corticosteroids with or without long-acting ? agonists, theophyllines, or leukotriene-receptor antagonists, adjusted…
German lawmakers want to ban smoking for drivers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 03 05
Several German lawmakers want to ban Smoking while driving, saying it’s hazardous.
“The dangers of causing an accident rise drastically when you smoke and…
Diabetes control crucial after heart attack
• Diabetes • May 03 05
For people with type 2 diabetes who suffer a Heart attack , keeping their blood sugar levels under control has a…
Workplace asthma under scrutiny
• Asthma • May 03 05
Scientists have developed a database which aims to uncover the scale of the problem of occupational Asthma in the north east of Scotland. A strain of polio that’s hit parts of Africa and the Middle East appears almost identical to one that has reached Indonesia,…
The centuries-old practice of swaddling may help young infants sleep more soundly, and could potentially protect against Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),…
In the best documented effort to date, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have successfully…
Heart disease, now considered an affliction of the wealthy Western world, is going to be a top killer soon in the developing world, researchers…
The World Health Organization said progress has been made fighting Malaria since 2000 but the disease still kills 1 million people yearly. An increasing…
Findings from two large trials suggest that the bladder-control drug Detrol (known generically as tolterodine) is no better than inactive “placebo” for treating Increasing evidence suggests that transcendental meditation may not only reduce stress, but also may help adults with high blood pressure to live…
Polio in Indonesia; First Time in Decade
• Public Health • May 03 05
Swaddling may help babies sleep soundly
• Children's Health • May 03 05
Adult heart-muscle cells to divide and multiply ...
• Heart • May 03 05
Heart disease: No. 1 killer in poorer nations
• Heart • May 03 05
Progress made in malaria fight
• Public Health • May 02 05
Detrol no aid for leaky bladder in kids: report
• Urine Problems • May 02 05
Meditation calms the mind, lengthens life: study
• Heart • May 02 05