Study Finds Some People in Pain Unlikely to Seek Treatment
• Pain • Feb 13 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…
Few Stroke Patients Get to Hospital in Time for Treatment
• Stroke • Feb 13 06
Few people who are having a stroke get to the hospital in time to receive the clot-busting drug that reduces the chance of disability,…
Biopsy Remains Best Way to Verify Mammography Results
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 13 06
Biopsy remains the gold standard for evaluating women who have abnormal mammography findings, according to a government report that found noninvasive imaging tests such…
Common genetic variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene and half…
Statins show beneficial effect on rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • Feb 13 06
Statins, a class of drugs widely used to treat high cholesterol, have also recently been studied for their potential role in inflammation and other…
Control interventions crucial for stopping the spread of bird flu in Africa
• Flu • Feb 13 06
The outbreak of the deadly Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (H5N1) in Nigeria confirms the fears expressed by FAO for quite some time that…
Cellular discovery suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney disease
• Urine Problems • Feb 13 06
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have reported a discovery at the cellular level that suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney…
Simple diagnostic imaging procedure changes treatment for lower back pain
• Backache • Feb 13 06
A simple diagnostic imaging procedure can help identify patients with lower back pain who would benefit from spinal injections and spare those who would…
Program gets adolescents to eat better, move more
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
A home-based program that combines a doctor’s advice with computer assessment, mailings and phone calls may help teens become more active and improve their…
Vardenafil improves peripheral blood flow in Raynaud disease
• Drug News • Feb 12 06
The phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor vardenafil (Levitra) improves symptoms and digital blood flow, both at room temperature and during a cold-exposure test, in…
Alfuzosin safe for older patients with cardiovascular disease
• Drug News • Feb 12 06
Older age, cardiovascular comorbidity and the use of antihypertensive medication do not affect a patient’s tolerance of alfusozin, an alpha-1-blocker used to treat lower…
Parental Conflict Produces More Than Fleeting Distress for Children
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 10 06
Six-year-olds whose parents displayed frequent disagreements in their relationship responded to subsequent parental conflicts with elevated distress and negative thoughts, according to a team…
Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
In a large study of twins, Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable and genetic factors may also influence timing of the disease, according…
First solid data on health effects of a low-fat diet
• Dieting • Feb 10 06
Adopting a low-fat diet in later life and following such a regimen for nearly a decade does not appear to have a significant impact…
Urgent Need for Lethal Bacteria Disease Vaccine
• Children's Health • Feb 10 06
Children in developing countries are at far greater risk of contracting potentially lethal bacterial infections than was previously thought, new research reveals today.
The…
S.Koreans grumble, French pleased about sex: survey
• Sexual Health • Feb 10 06
Married South Korean women are the least happy with their sex lives, Japanese men are the most likely to try and dodge a certain…
Cocoa-derived medicines still years away: experts
• Drug News • Feb 10 06
Medications derived from a component of cocoa are still several years away despite studies suggesting it could help prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases in…
More girls than boys trying drugs for first time
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 10 06
More girls than boys are becoming first-time users of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, reversing previous trends, the U.S. drug czar said in a report…
Bird flu kills again, spreads to another country
• Flu • Feb 10 06
Avian flu was blamed for another death in Indonesia on Friday and spread to a new country after Azerbaijan said the lethal H5N1 strain…
Herbal remedies may calm irritable bowel
• Bowel Problems • Feb 10 06
Some traditional herbal medicines may - stress “may” - relieve the abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation that are the hallmarks of irritable bowel…
Virtual reality device aids people with MS
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
Virtual reality visual feedback cues can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk more quickly and lengthen their stride, Israeli researchers report.
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Researchers define a new “first step” that initiates sepsis
• Infections • Feb 10 06
A Mayo Clinic research team has challenged the accepted theory on the cause of sepsis - a condition in which the body’s cells generate…
Climate change may affect length of respiratory infection season
• Infections • Feb 09 06
Rising global temperatures over the past two decades may be responsible for a shortened season of a serious respiratory illness in the United Kingdom,…
Teens’ chronic headaches often untreated
• Headaches • Feb 09 06
Chronic daily headache is relatively widespread in adolescents, if a Taiwanese study is any indicator. In fact, the problem affects more than 2 percent…
Children Fare Better at Pediatric Trauma Centers
• Children's Health • Feb 09 06
A study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Children’s Research Institute concludes that the risk of death for injured…