Recurrent Yeast Infections Associated with Chronic Stress
• Gender: Female • Oct 31 05
Women with recurrent yeast infections appear to have lower-than-normal morning levels of salivary cortisol, a sign of stress that could indicate an…
Roche seeking others to make Tamiflu bird flu drug
• Drug News • Oct 31 05
According to Swiss drug maker Roche, the maker of the sort-after bird flu drug Tamiflu, it is seeking for outside producers for its drug,…
ACG Monthly Cimzia Controls Symptoms of Crohn’s for 24 Weeks
• Bowel Problems • Oct 31 05
Monthly injections of an investigational biologic for Crohn’s Disease appear to offer relief from symptoms and may induce remission, according to results of a…
Fatigue, pain often accompany chronic Lyme disease
• Pain • Oct 31 05
Because Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose in the absence of the characteristic “bull’s eye rash,” the illness can become entrenched and difficult…
Canada wild ducks unlikely to have H5N1 virus
• Flu • Oct 31 05
Canadian health officials say they have found a strain of Avian flu in 33 wild migratory ducks, but it is unlikely to be the…
Disaster experts meet in Australia to discuss bird flu
• Flu • Oct 31 05
The group of 21 member countries, including Australia, Japan, Indonesia and the U.S., will meet this week to discuss a coordinated response to a…
Video game prepares health workers for disasters
• Public Health • Oct 28 05
A video game that simulates biological, chemical, radiological and natural disasters in a major metropolitan area, developed by a team from the University of…
Man dies of pig-borne disease in Hong Kong
• Infections • Oct 28 05
According to officials in Hong Kong, tests have shown that a man who died in hospital earlier this month had the pig-borne disease Streptococcus…
Vitamin D deficiency common with brittle bones
• Gender: Female • Oct 28 05
In all regions of the world, more than half of postmenopausal women with the crippling bone disease osteoporosis are vitamin D deficient,…
U.S. Tamiflu demand spikes amid bird flu fears
• Drug News • Oct 28 05
U.S. demand for Tamiflu appears to be surging, industry experts said on Thursday, suggesting some people are hoarding the antiviral drug amid fears of…
More exercise equals lower risk of ischemic stroke
• Neurology • Oct 27 05
Even in an Asian nation where people generally have higher levels of physical activity on the job than is typical in North America or…
Obese workers discriminated against in the workforce
• Public Health • Oct 26 05
According to a new report, overweight workers are discriminated against when applying for positions, passed over for promotions, and more likely to loose their…
Australia furthers fight against Avian Influenza in Vietnam
• Flu • Oct 26 05
Australia will provide $3 million to Vietnam to help the country combat Avian Influenza and other infectious diseases, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs,…
Unique report on global long-term care worker migration
• Public Health • Oct 26 05
Who will provide long-term care to you or your loved ones? If you live in developed countries like the US or the UK, the…
Despite warning dangerous ADHD drug still being sold
• Drug Abuse • Oct 25 05
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, liver problems linked to the attention deficit drug Cylert and other generic versions of…
Fourth bird flu victim in Indonesia, disease spreads
• Flu • Oct 25 05
Indonesia confirmed on Tuesday a fourth person in the country had succumbed to bird flu while China said hundreds of farm geese had died,…
Botox Helps Patients Face Intractable Facial Pain
• Neurology • Oct 25 05
Everyone’s favorite toxin appears to offer significant relief from severe facial pain.
When Botox (botulinum-A toxin) was injected into the faces of 13 patients…
Twelve chickens dead from bird flu in Russia
• Flu • Oct 25 05
According to a senior regional health official, another region in European Russia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1.
This…
Counterfeit Tamiflu drug a very real threat
• Flu • Oct 25 05
Health officials in the U.S. have expressed concern that with the current panic in many countries regarding bird flu, a counterfeit industry to produce…
Diet reduces Alzheimer protein, in mice
• Neurology • Oct 24 05
Experiments in mice genetically engineered to develop a form of Alzheimer’s disease show that a diet high in saturated fats and low in carbohydrates…
Patients with Chronic Pain Don’t Have to Suffer in Silence
• Pain • Oct 24 05
An estimated 50 million Americans live with persistent pain caused by disease, chronic health conditions, or accidents. Unfortunately, common misperceptions about pain and the…
Researchers Cast About for Answers on Fish Benefits and Risks
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 21 05
This is a tale of fish, its demonstrable health benefits, and its less demonstrable health risks.
The issue is not so much whether there…
Simple Noninvasive Test Predicts Kids’ Adult Height
• Children's Health • Oct 21 05
How tall will your child be? It’s a question that has vexed parents for centuries.
Now, say Canadian researchers, a few body measurements and…
Exercise can ward off osteoporosis
• Gender: Female • Oct 20 05
Doctors used to think a good, calcium-rich diet was enough to avoid the crippling bone disease known as Osteoporosis, but it is now clear…
And the world’s oldest first-time fathers are…
• Gender: Male • Oct 19 05
Italian men become fathers at a later age than any other nationality, and do little or nothing to help their wives once their babies…