Chocolate milk could be key to longer life
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 07 06
The popular saying goes that 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new 50, unfortunately for much of New Zealand’s ageing population…
Scientists find brain function most important to maths ability
• Brain • Mar 07 06
Scientists at University College London (UCL) have discovered the area of the brain linked to dyscalculia, a maths learning disability. The finding shows that…
Sushi may be bad for health
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 07 06
Sushi is more popular than ever, but eating sushi “has become the new Russian roulette” in terms of safety, a group campaigning against mercury…
Potential new treatment for Huntington and Parkinson patients
• Neurology • Mar 07 06
A potential new treatment for neurodegenerative disorders, which seems to be able to reduce the toxic protein aggregates characteristic of many of these diseases,…
TV may not cause kids’ attention disorders
• Children's Health • Mar 06 06
In contrast to an earlier finding, it does not appear children who watch a lot of television wind up with behavior problems in school,…
Anti-inflammatory effect of beer
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 06 06
Scientists at Innsbruck Medical University have succeeded in demonstrating the anti-inflammatory effect of beer extracts.
In vitro experiments conducted at the Division of Biological…
Expert Warns of Overuse of Over-the-Counter Pain Medication
• Drug News • Mar 06 06
Acetaminophen is generally a safe and effective medication, one that is used by millions of people every day to treat minor aches and pains…
Women say a good marriage is not about money
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 06 06
According to researchers in the U.S. as far as women and marriage are concerned the single most important factor for most wives was their…
Mosquito virus kills 78 in a month - Indian ocean fears epidemic
• Infections • Mar 06 06
While the rest of the world panics about bird flu, the islands of Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean are in…
Cost for Growth Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Measure Up
• Endocrinology • Mar 06 06
For children with Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS) - a condition of unknown origin that causes kids to grow well below the normal height range…
Topical therapies show promise for Psoriasis
• Skin Care • Mar 06 06
Psoriasis, a chronic skin condition characterized by thick, red, scaly patches that itch and bleed, not only makes the activities of daily life difficult,…
Next-generation drug development: risky and costly, but worth it
• Drug News • Mar 06 06
Generic drugs, which drive a $40 billion dollar generics industry expected to hit $60 billion by 2007, account for 53% of all prescriptions filled…
5,000 rare diseases need drugs, but Europe only approves a handful each year
• Public Health • Mar 06 06
Only seven per cent of drug applications for treating people with rare diseases were approved in Europe between 2000 and 2004, despite the fact…
After-school time not a prime time for teen sex
• Sexual Health • Mar 03 06
Though parents may worry about what their kids are doing after school, a new study suggests that teenagers do not often use their unsupervised…
Topical Therapies Show Promise for the Treatment of Psoriasis
• Skin Care • Mar 02 06
Psoriasis, a chronic skin condition characterized by thick, red, scaly patches that itch and bleed, not only makes the activities of daily life difficult,…
Hair Loss in Women: More than Meets the Eye
• Gender: Female • Mar 02 06
At least half of women in the U.S. will experience some form of hair loss by the time they are 50 years old. The…
Excessive Sweating in Teens Can Cause Physical, Emotional Problems
• Children's Health • Mar 02 06
Few things can be harder for a teen than being different, especially when that difference is due to an embarrassing and isolating condition like…
Cognitive decline predicted by brain scans
• Neurology • Mar 02 06
Among normal, health elderly people, brain imaging can spot changes that suggest an impending decline in cognitive function, California-based researchers report.
This is important,…
Surgeons Perform Mid-south’s First Robotic Hysterectomy
• Surgery • Mar 02 06
The West Clinic Center for Gynecologic Oncology today announced that gynecologic oncologists, M. Patrick Lowe, MD and Todd D. Tillmanns, MD, recently performed the…
Chemotherapy treatment suggested for bird flu patients
• Flu • Mar 02 06
A chemotherapy treatment given to patients with an immune system disorder may work for human avian influenza, but it has not been tested in…
FDA approves Erbitux for head, neck cancer
• Drug News • Mar 02 06
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved ImClone Systems Inc.‘s colon cancer drug Erbitux to treat head and neck cancer in cases when surgery is not…
Pfizer acquires worldwide rights to Exubera
• Drug News • Mar 01 06
Pfizer has announced that it has acquired the sanofi-aventis worldwide rights to Exubera (inhaled human insulin). Pfizer received approval last month to market Exubera…
More Britons worried about eating chicken
• Public Health • Mar 01 06
Worries about eating chicken were mounting among Britain’s increasingly health-conscious consumers even before Europe’s latest bird flu scare, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Some…
The incidence, distribution, and control of tuberculosis
• Infections • Mar 01 06
A reduction in tuberculosis (TB) incidence, prevalence and death rate can be achieved by 2015 in most parts of the world, with the greatest…
While Incidence of Acute Renal Failure Rises, Risk of Death Declines
• Urine Problems • Mar 01 06
Although treatment advances have reduced the risk of death for patients with acute renal failure (ARF) since the 1990s, the number of patients hospitalized…