Wrist guards don’t prevent all snowboard injuries
• Trauma & Injuries • Jul 21 05
Snowboarders who use wrist guards to prevent hand injuries may unwittingly increase their risk of injuring their elbow, upper arm or shoulder, new study…
Russia finds first suspected case of bird flu
• Flu • Jul 21 05
Russia has identified its first case of bird flu, strains of which can spread to people and can be fatal, the Emergencies Ministry said…
Many divers appear to be born with large lungs
• Public Health • Jul 21 05
Many divers have unusually large lungs and this trait may be a product of genes, rather than frequent underwater excursions, according to a new…
Folate may protect against hemorrhagic stroke
• Neurology • Jul 21 05
In addition to its effects on homocysteine, an amino acid linked to Heart disease, folate may protect against a certain type of…
Indonesia confirms first bird flu deaths
• Flu • Jul 20 05
Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday its first deaths from bird flu, saying tests on a father and his two young daughters who died recently showed…
Progress made toward gonorrhea vaccine
• Drug News • Jul 20 05
Researchers have identified a bacterial protein that may be useful in creating a vaccine against Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the microbe responsible for the…
US children healthier, except minorities
• Children's Health • Jul 20 05
The adolescent birth rate has reached another record low, the death rate for children between ages 1 and 4 is the lowest ever and…
DuPont sued in Teflon class action case
• Public Health • Jul 20 05
Two Florida law firms said on Tuesday they had filed class action lawsuits against DuPont Co., charging the chemicals giant hid the potential health…
Vietnam to vaccinate chickens, ducks against bird flu
• Flu • Jul 19 05
Vietnam will use over 400 million batches of vaccine to inoculate its chickens and ducks against the deadly bird flu that has killed 40…
Hysterectomy leads to earlier menopause
• Menopause • Jul 19 05
Menopause arrives nearly four years earlier on average for women who have had a hysterectomy compared with those who have…
Abortion pill maker alerts doctors to five deaths
• Drug Abuse • Jul 19 05
Five women who took the abortion pill RU-486 have died from bacterial infections since its U.S. introduction nearly five years ago, the…
Many in US take too much vitamin E
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 18 05
The health benefits of taking 400 IU or more of vitamin E per day are not clear, and in fact taking that…
Stroke prevention surgery safe for 90-year-olds
• Neurology • Jul 18 05
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA), a type of surgery that may help prevent Strokes, can be safely performed in elderly individuals, a…
Roche’s Tamiflu suppresses Vietnam avian flu
• Flu • Jul 18 05
Roche’s influenza drug Tamiflu suppresses the often deadly Avian flu strain seen in Vietnam, which experts fear will soon cause a human pandemic, U.S.…
Genentech says drug improves vision after 1 year
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 18 05
Genentech Inc. on Monday said the average patient with age-related macular degeneration who received its experimental drug Lucentis could read an additional…
Quitting smoking helps heal chronic gum disease
• Dental Health • Jul 18 05
Smokers are more than 6 times more likely to develop gum disease than non-smokers but kicking the habit can prevent them from losing their…
Acupuncture may calm overactive bladder
• Alternative Medicine • Jul 17 05
Acupuncture performed at specific sites on the skin may relieve some of the symptoms of overactive bladder, according to researchers.
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Washing hands with soap cuts diseases in children
• Children's Health • Jul 17 05
Washing hands with soap can halve the number of young children suffering from pneumonia, the leading killer of youngsters under 5 years…
Video games have therapeutic potential
• Pain • Jul 17 05
Parents take note - video games are not all bad.
In young children and adolescents they can lead to excessive use and aggressive behavior…
Bowel injury common with child abuse
• Bowel Problems • Jul 17 05
In young children, particularly those under age 5, injuries to the small intestine are more likely to be caused by child abuse rather than…
EU food agency gives green light to GMO hybrids
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 17 05
Europe’s food safety agency gave a clean bill of health on Friday to three more genetically modified (GMO) maize types, its first assessment of…
Hands-free phones just as dangerous in cars
• Public Health • Jul 14 05
People talking on cell phones while driving are at least four times more likely to be involved in a collision and using a hands-free…
Vietnam bird flu toll hits 40, more infected
• Flu • Jul 14 05
Bird flu has killed another Vietnamese and infected three more, taking the country’s toll to 40 - half of them killed since…
PediPump may help kids with heart failure
• Children's Health • Jul 14 05
Researchers have developed a tiny heart pump specifically for use in children, even newborns, with heart failure, a condition in which the failing heart…
US FDA clears Barr’s generic version of Allegra
• Drug News • Jul 14 05
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given final approval for its generic capsule version of Aventis…