Eating and drinking Cocoa helps you live longer
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 28 06
According to Dutch researchers, men by eating or drinking cocoa lowered their risk of dying from heart disease by 50 percent compared to those…
Russia sets up HQ to fight bird flu
• Flu • Feb 28 06
The Russian government say it will set up a headquarters to combat the bird flu epidemic.
According to Russia’s agriculture ministry, the lethal bird…
For some with partial spinal cord injury, two different therapies show positive results
• Trauma & Injuries • Feb 28 06
Body weight-supported treadmill training isn’t more effective than conventional mobility rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a…
Eating seafood still beneficial in many ways
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 27 06
Though some species of fish around the world’s are likely to be contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins, the benefits of eating seafood…
Is persistent bacterial infection good for your health?
• Infections • Feb 27 06
Bacteria are bad. Mothers and doctors, not to mention the cleaning product industry, repeatedly warn of their dangers. But a Stanford University School of…
Criterion for Diagnosing Child Abuse Not Always Accurate
• Children's Health • Feb 27 06
When it comes to looking for damage to the eyes to prove child abuse, new research shows that things aren’t always as they seem,…
France starts poultry vaccination as bird flu spreads
• Flu • Feb 27 06
France began vaccinating more than 300,000 geese and ducks against avian flu on Monday while Niger became the second West African country to be…
Why people of African descent are more vulnerable to tuberculosis infection
• Infections • Feb 27 06
A team of scientists has identified a cellular mechanism that may help explain the puzzle of why people of African descent are more susceptible…
Suit may prevent maternal deaths during childbirth
• Children's Health • Feb 27 06
A re-usable, lightweight suit could help save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries who die each year during childbirth, researchers said…
Short-term Celebrex seems safe for osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 27 06
The COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) causes fewer gastrointestinal complications than traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers or NSAIDs, without raising the risk of cardiovascular events, according…
Pain patients often suffer in silence
• Pain • Feb 25 06
More than 20 percent of patients with chronic pain do not seek physician care for their pain, according to a report.
“We need to…
Criterion for Diagnosing Child Abuse Not Always Accurate
• Children's Health • Feb 25 06
When it comes to looking for damage to the eyes to prove child abuse, new research shows that things aren’t always as they seem,…
Glucosamine and chondroitin provide pain relief from arthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 25 06
Offering hope for millions of people who suffer the most from osteoarthritis, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has…
Heavy ex-smokers remain at high risk for stroke
• Stroke • Feb 24 06
People who smoked heavily in the past before quitting carry a long-term risk for stroke, warned doctors at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke…
Dyslexic children exhibit a different pattern of brain activity while reading
• Children's Health • Feb 24 06
Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good…
Hand-held device brings speech to impaired
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
A middle-aged woman makes plans over the telephone to get together with a friend, even though she cannot talk after suffering a stroke.
She…
Surgery, exercise may offer Parkinson’s hope
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
Dr. David Heydrick does not tremble anymore. His pain is gone and he even threw a fast pitch to his son the other day.
…
Research points to a novel approach to treating serious Strep infections
• Infections • Feb 24 06
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that so-called flesh-eating “Strep” bacteria use a specific enzyme to…
Australian researchers design portable diagnostic system to identify bird flu in a human sample with
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute are conducting urgent research into bird flu.
Avian Influenza (commonly known as bird flu) poses a serious threat to…
Britain to buy H5N1 vaccine from Baxter, Chiron
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Britain said on Friday it was ordering around 3.5 million doses of H5N1 bird flu vaccine from manufacturers Baxter International Inc. and Chiron Corp.
…
Concern Over Institutional Care for Children in Europe
• Public Health • Feb 24 06
Researchers in this week’s BMJ express concern over the largely hidden extent of institutional care for children in Europe.
Institutional care for young children…
Study shows brain anticipates taste
• Brain • Feb 24 06
As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality.
This is seen, for example,…
Morphine nasal spray relieves postop pain: study
• Pain • Feb 24 06
An intranasal form of morphine (Rylomine, Javelin Pharmaceuticals) provides similar pain relief, is easier to administer, and is as safe as intravenous morphine in…
Bulgarian man tests negative for H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Feb 24 06
A Bulgarian man has tested negative for bird flu after doctors isolated him when two of his ducks died and he began showing flu-like…
Spain at risk from migrating birds, no flu cases yet
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Spain will be particularly exposed to possible cases of bird flu in migrating birds returning from Africa in the coming weeks, but there are…