Blood test detects sickle cell disease prognosis
• Public Health • Mar 21 06
High blood levels of an enzyme called lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) predict complications in patients with sickle cell disease, a disorder in which red blood…
Research Suggests Therapy Against Side Effects of Smallpox Vaccine
• Infections • Mar 21 06
Smallpox is considered a potential terrorist weapon, but millions of people in the United States are currently advised not to get a vaccine to…
Emergence of a human-adapted H5 virus is a clear threat to public health worldwide
• Public Health • Mar 21 06
The H5N1 avian influenza virus, commonly known as “bird flu,” is a highly contagious and deadly disease in poultry. So far, its spread to…
Genetic differences between males and females might be evened out at the rim of the nucleus
• Genetics • Mar 21 06
Recent research at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) reveals new insights into how cells achieve equality between the sexes.
A new link discovered…
Premature birth, low birthweight raises abuse risk
• Children's Health • Mar 20 06
Infants who are born prematurely and with a low birthweight may be at risk for child abuse, according to new research from a…
Africa meets to fight bird flu after first death
• Flu • Mar 20 06
U.N. and government officials from across Africa met on Monday for the region’s biggest summit so far to tackle bird flu after it claimed…
Holy smoke! Chinese city turns cigarettes to medicine
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 20 06
A city in China, a country that is home to the world’s most enthusiastic smokers, is crushing fake cigarettes to make medicine, Xinhua news…
Using nicotine gum or patches while still smoking may help smokers quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 19 06
Smokers trying to kick the habit might stand a better chance of staying smoke-free if they begin using replacement nicotine patches or gum in…
Salmonella research provides clues to antibiotic development
• Infections • Mar 19 06
Pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, causing problems for therapy. Doctors need to have antibiotics available that work in new kinds of ways.
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Discovery of substance in the brain that is proven to cause memory loss
• Brain • Mar 19 06
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have for the first time identified a substance in the…
You’re so vain, you probably think this “article” is about you
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 18 06
Norwich Union Healthcare’s ‘Mr Vain’ study, which surveyed over 500 men, suggests that a third of men hate their stomachs, 20% are unhappy with…
WHO calls for urgent studies on best use of Tamiflu
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for urgent studies to determine optimal doses of the drug Tamiflu to be used in the…
Straight men using meth have riskier sex
• Sexual Health • Mar 18 06
Heterosexual men are more likely to engage in high-risk sex if they use methamphetamine, or “meth”, according to results of a study conducted in…
GlaxoSmithKline receives NDA for Coreg CR
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that the new drug application (NDA) for Coreg CR has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
FDA grants Cerexa fast track designation
• Drug News • Mar 18 06
Cerexa has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for PPI-0903, a next-generation, broad-spectrum, cephalosporin antibiotic, for…
A new strategy to tuberculosis
• Infections • Mar 18 06
A new strategy to fight one of the world’s leading killers - tuberculosis (TB) - was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The…
Low-carb diets can be unhealthy, doctors warn
• Dieting • Mar 17 06
Low carbohydrate, high protein diets may help to shed weight quickly but researchers warned on Friday that they can be unhealthy.
The diets can…
Israel finds H5N1 in birds
• Flu • Mar 17 06
Israel detected its first cases of H5N1 bird flu on Friday, saying the virus had killed thousands of turkeys and chicken on two farms,…
Vaccine reduces pneumonia deaths: US study
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 16 06
A pneumonia vaccine seems to save the lives of older adults who become so ill that they are hospitalized, even if does not prevent…
Roche aims for 400 million Tamiflu doses by end 2006
• Drug News • Mar 16 06
Swiss drug maker Roche is boosting output of its flu drug Tamiflu by a third in order to meet increased demand from governments building…
Technique of urethroplasty for female stricture disease described
• Urine Problems • Mar 16 06
The incidence of obstruction from any cause occurs in approximately 2.7% to 8% of women presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms.
The most common…
Cleaner air equates to a longer life
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 16 06
Researchers in the U.S. say reductions in fine particulate air pollution appears to have an affect on mortality.
The Harvard Six Cities study (1979…
Parents win high court battle to keep their baby alive
• Public Health • Mar 16 06
The parents of an 18-month-old boy with a terminal muscle-wasting disease, won a High Court legal battle to stop doctors turning off the ventilator…
Stray dog dies of bird flu in Azerbaijan
• Flu • Mar 16 06
Health officials say a stray dog has died of bird flu in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus…
Warning on caffeine loaded sodas and sports drinks
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 16 06
According to researchers at the University of Florida (UF) some carbonated sodas and energy drinks are so loaded with caffeine they can give an…