Intermittent Flomax reduces ejaculation effects
• Urine Problems • Feb 20 06
Using Flomax (tamsulosin) every other day, rather than every day, appears to reduce the ejaculation problems that can occur with the drug, Turkish researchers…
Bird flu-hit Europe awaits African spring migration
• Public Health • Feb 20 06
The spread of bird flu across Europe, thought to be caused by waterfowl from the Black Sea, risks increasing when birds soon start migrating…
Docs more apt to pen headache script for women
• Headaches • Feb 20 06
Women are more likely to consult their doctor about headaches or migraine, and are more likely to come away with a prescription to treat…
Potential new drug for treating all forms of tuberculosis
• Drug News • Feb 20 06
An experimental tuberculosis drug may be effective against not only multi drug-resistant forms of the disease but could also be the first compound to…
New system accurately predicts mortality of older Americans
• Public Health • Feb 20 06
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have created an index that is 81 percent accurate in predicting the likelihood of death within…
Nicotine patch and group support may be the best combination for helping women in public housing to
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 20 06
Former smokers from the community, a nicotine patch and group support may be the best combination for helping women in public housing to stop…
Boys are almost twice as likely as girls to burn themselves
• Children's Health • Feb 17 06
Boys are almost twice as likely as girls to burn themselves and children under three face particular risks, according to research published in the…
Acupressure Relieves Low Back Pain
• Backache • Feb 17 06
Acupressure (applying pressure with the thumbs or fingertips to the same points on the body stimulated in acupuncture) seems to be more effective in…
Marital conflict and its effects on children
• Children's Health • Feb 17 06
Fighting with your spouse in front of your kids, or even ignoring each other, leads to negative thoughts and distress in your kids about…
Concern Over Fast Tracking of New Drugs
• Drug Abuse • Feb 17 06
Concerns over the fast tracking of new drugs for commercial licensing are raised by a senior doctor in this week’s BMJ.
It follows approval…
Elastin fragments drive emphysema
• Respiratory Problems • Feb 17 06
Pulmonary emphysema is caused primarily by cigarette smoking, and the underlying cellular mechanisms are thought to involve smoke-induced activation of tissue degrading enzymes known…
Reading problems and behavior problems in boys are intertwined
• Children's Health • Feb 17 06
It’s been known for more than a decade that children with reading problems, particularly boys, also tend to have behavior problems, and vice versa.…
US unprepared for, overwhelmed by Katrina - report
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 17 06
Federal emergency agencies were unprepared for the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina and quicker involvement by President George W. Bush might have improved their response,…
Slovenia latest EU country hit with bird flu
• Flu • Feb 17 06
Slovenia became the latest European Union country to detect H5N1 bird flu and others awaited results on Thursday as an EU medical expert said…
Scientists map brain area that may help find human brain stem cells
• Brain • Feb 17 06
A study led by a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon has provided the first comprehensive map of a part of the adult human brain containing astrocytes,…
Genome data may contain small but significant errors
• Genetics • Feb 17 06
Since the genome sequence of the bacterial pathogen Haemophilus influenzae was published in 1995, the genetic code of many other large, complex, medically, and…
Study takes in-depth look at fathering in families
• Gender: Male • Feb 17 06
A study published in the current issue of Family Process provides an in-depth look at fathering in families with young children and finds that…
Diagnosing whooping cough in young children
• Infections • Feb 17 06
Whooping cough (pertussis) is most easily diagnosed in young children because they develop a characteristic cough - paroxysms of coughing followed by a long…
Alzheimer’s Disease Progresses More Rapidly in Highly Educated People
• Neurology • Feb 16 06
High levels of education may help ward off Alzheimer’s disease, but they also speed up its progression once developed, reveals research in the Journal…
Vatican urged to reopen debate on birth control
• Public Health • Feb 16 06
Encouraged by Pope Benedict’s encyclical on love, a Roman Catholic bishop and a group of Christian intellectuals in France are urging the Vatican to…
Prescriptions for Headache Almost Twice as Likely in Middle Aged Women
• Headaches • Feb 16 06
Family doctors are almost twice as likely to prescribe drugs to middle aged women with headache as they are to men of the same…
Calcium and Vitamin D supplememts of limited benefit to older women
• Gender: Female • Feb 16 06
According to researchers at Stanford University Medical Center, older women who regularly take calcium and Vitamin D marginally decrease their risk of hip fractures.
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Spouse in the hospital ups partner’s death risk
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 06
Elderly men and women face an increased risk of death after a spouse’s hospitalization, a study of more than 1 million people shows.
“People…
Short spell of Celebrex may be safe for IBD
• Drug News • Feb 16 06
In a study of patients with dormant ulcerative colitis, a 14-day course of the selective COX-2 inhibitor, Celebrex (celecoxib), did not cause disease exacerbation.…
Mystery disease blinds Amazon children in Brazil
• Children's Health • Feb 16 06
Researchers are scrambling to discover what is blinding children in the Amazon city of Araguatins in the remote northern Brazilian state of Tocantins, health…