Bird flu kills Thai youth amid new outbreaks
• Flu • Jul 26 06
A 17-year-old Thai has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the country’s first death this year as it battles fresh outbreaks of the…
Lifestyle of young males leads to higher death rate
• Public Health • Jul 26 06
Young men throughout the world have higher death rates than women because of their riskier lifestyles, researchers said on Tuesday.
Accidents and suicide are…
Thailand confirms fresh outbreak of H5N1 virus
• Flu • Jul 26 06
Thailand has been struck by its first outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in eight months, the government said on Tuesday.
“Laboratory test…
Head injury may increase risk of Parkinson’s: study
• Neurology • Jul 26 06
A new study supports the hypothesis that head injury increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). In the study, which included twin pairs in…
Most drug OD deaths due to potent painkillers
• Pain • Jul 26 06
The most common drugs involved in fatal overdoses listed on death certificates are prescription opioid painkillers, often obtained illicitly, investigators report.
The worsening abuse…
Men with Multiple Sclerosis Pass Disease to Offspring More Often than Women
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
According to a new study, men transmit multiple sclerosis (MS) to their children 2.2 times more often than women in families where the father…
Pediatric Aspects of Emergency Preparedness
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jul 24 06
Whether of terrorist or natural origins, limited attention has been paid to the needs of children during large-scale public health emergencies. Schools, in particular,…
High estrogen levels in men tied to mental decline
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
Higher levels of estrogen are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in older men, according to a report from…
Smokeless tobacco use increases cataract risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 24 06
Using snuff or chewing tobacco is associated with an increased likelihood of developing cataracts, Indian researchers report
Dr. Prema Raju of the Vision Research…
People who donate a kidney to help someone else often suffer financially to do so
• Public Health • Jul 24 06
People who donate a kidney to help someone else often suffer financially to do so, according to a study done in part by the…
Guideline Helps Predict Outcome in Comatose Survivors after CPR
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
Certain tests can predict with great accuracy whether a person in a coma after CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) will have a poor outcome, according to…
Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries
• Trauma & Injuries • Jul 23 06
Many conservative methods used to treat work-related complaints of the upper body have only limited effectiveness, according to an updated systematic review by Arianne…
Long term ibuprofen therapy given after brain injury worsens cognitive abilities
• Brain • Jul 23 06
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that chronic ibuprofen therapy given after brain injury worsens cognitive abilities.
These findings -…
“Miracle” Cancer Drug Gleevec Can be Toxic to the Heart
• Drug News • Jul 23 06
Gleevec, the wildly successful poster-child of a new generation of cancer drugs aimed at specific targets in the cancer cell, can be dangerous to…
FDA Has Sweet News for Consumers of Sugar Substitutes
• Drug News • Jul 20 06
Sugar substitutes receive a strong endorsement this month from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued a fact sheet on sugar…
School-based programmes for preventing smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 20 06
It may take more than anti-smoking lessons in the classroom to keep school-age children and teens from lighting up, according to a recent review…
Moderately premature infants often ill early on
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Infants born prematurely at 30 to 34 weeks’ gestation experience significant morbidity in the early months of life, researchers report
“Near-term babies are at…
Caffeine doesn’t weaken arthritis drug’s effects
• Arthritis • Jul 20 06
Caffeine does not appear to impair the effectiveness of methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Boston researchers report.
Methotrexate is the most commonly prescribed…
High blood calcium tied to better stroke outcome
• Stroke • Jul 20 06
Blood calcium levels on hospital admission may help doctors predict outcome in people who suffer a stroke resulting from a blockage of an artery…
Kids risk early deafness with MP3 players
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Teenagers and young adults who listen to MP3 players too loudly and too often risk going deaf 30 years earlier than their parents’ generation,…
‘Back To School’ Shouldn’t Mean Back Pain for Kids
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
Back to school for many kids also means back to shoulder, neck and back pain caused by hauling heavy backpacks each day.
Experts agree…
Encouraging Laughter, Preventing Tears in the Playground
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
New playground equipment in 34 Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools has given Dr. Andrew Howard an opportunity to test the effect of different…
Vaccination key to controlling bird flu
• Flu • Jul 19 06
Britain should opt to vaccinate poultry rather than slaughter flocks in order to tackle the threat of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu,…
Marriott to ban smoking in all US, Canada rooms-WSJ
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 19 06
Hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is banning smoking in all rooms of its 2,300-plus hotels in the United…
Age should not be a factor in stroke rehab
• Stroke • Jul 19 06
People over 80 recover as well from a stroke as younger patients do and should not be excluded from intensive rehabilitation programmes, a…