A new way of recognising DNA
• Public Health • Feb 16 06
Scientists led by Mike Hannon at the University of Birmingham and Miquel Coll at the Spanish Research Council in Barcelona have discovered a new…
New FDA report says earlier meetings w/FDA make drug review process more efficient
• Drug News • Feb 16 06
The FDA has released a new report that takes carefully examines the way the agency reviews applications for drugs and biologics that have not…
Risk Takers May Have Lower Rates of Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • Feb 16 06
Risk takers may have lower rates of Parkinson’s disease, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative…
Researchers Find Better Way to Deliver Gene Therapy
• Genetics • Feb 16 06
While gene therapy continues to be a promising area of medicine, a major drawback of this kind of treatment can spell failure for…
WHO to take action against fake drug racket
• Drug Abuse • Feb 16 06
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for international action against fake and mislabelled medicines.
Along with the pharmaceutical industry it plans to launch…
Music therapy helps sick babies
• Children's Health • Feb 15 06
A project led by a researcher from the University of Western Sydney has found that music therapy can help sick babies in intensive care…
Abdominal fat raises risk of gallstones in women
• Bowel Problems • Feb 15 06
Central fat, as measured by abdominal circumference or waist-to-hip ratio, is associated with an increased risk of gallbladder removal or “cholecystectomy” among women, researchers…
Testosterone ups quality of life in men with AD
• Neurology • Feb 15 06
A testosterone patch can improve the quality of life for men with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but it seems to have little effect on cognition,…
Significant Behavioral Problems in Immunodeficient Children
• Children's Health • Feb 15 06
Children with pediatric immunodeficiency disorders (PIDDs) have an increased risk of behavioral and emotional difficulties according to a study published this month in Annals…
Some patients with glaucoma have higher pressure at night
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 15 06
Some patients with glaucoma appear to have higher pressure in their eyes during sleep at night than during the day when it is usually…
Herbal supplements and plastic surgery don’t mix well
• Alternative Medicine • Feb 15 06
Natural herbal supplements are supposed to help boost our immune systems, give us more energy and make us generally healthier.
However, many of these…
After puberty, girls at higher risk of insomnia
• Children's Health • Feb 14 06
Adolescent girls appear to be at greater risk of insomnia after they begin menstruation, a study has found, suggesting that hormonal changes play a…
Penis enlargement surgery a waste of time: study
• Surgery • Feb 14 06
Thanks to the incessant spam, it’s become the most hyped of all operations but researchers said on Tuesday that most men who have had…
Violations of Prescription Drugs’ Black Box Warnings in Outpatient Settings
• Drug Abuse • Feb 14 06
Less than 1 percent of outpatients who received medication in 2002 were prescribed a medication that violated a prescription drug’s black box warning,…
Civil Partnerships Likely to Boost Health of Gay and Lesbian People
• Public Health • Feb 14 06
Gay marriage could boost the mental and physical health of gay and lesbian people, suggests an analysis in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…
Less Is More, Gene Study Shows
• Genetics • Feb 14 06
Humans and chimps share most of their genes, yet they differ dramatically in many ways -their walk, the sizes of their brains and their…
20 percent of people with chronic pain do not seek help
• Pain • Feb 14 06
A Rochester-based study has found more than 20 percent of people with chronic pain did not seek physician help for their pain. The study…
Study looks at why many couples tend to look similar to each other
• Cosmetics • Feb 14 06
A new study to examine facial preference, has found that people are attracted to facial characteristics indicative of personality traits similar to their own.
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Second-hand smoke levels still worryingly high throughout all areas of pubs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 06
UK scientists have questioned the use of partial smoking bans in pubs and clubs, following alarming new figures about how much non-smokers actually breathe…
Women find G.S.O.H. in men attractive, study shows
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 06
It’s a trait often requested in lonely hearts ads and scientists have now shown that a good sense of humour is important for women,…
Students embracing virtual sex
• Sexual Health • Feb 14 06
Call it a sexual revolution of the virtual kind - young Canadians are practicing a new style of safe sex and the only touching…
New sensor to provide early warning of oxygen loss to unborn children
• Childbirth • Feb 14 06
Researchers at the University of Warwick, and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, have devised a new sensor which dramatically improves the…
Japanese women bitter at Valentine chocolate duty
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 14 06
Japanese women are fed up with a longstanding Valentine’s Day custom requiring them to give chocolates to men without getting any in return.
According…
Risk of Alzheimer’s 80% genetic
• Neurology • Feb 14 06
In the largest twin study to date, researchers in the U.S. looked at the Swedish Twin Registry to see which factors lead to Alzheimer’s…
Preservative-free eye drops may be contaminated
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 14 06
There is a risk of microbial contamination of preservative-free eye drops in multiple application containers, warn doctors in a report in the British Journal…