Back-to-school checklist includes diabetes tool kit
• Children's Health • Sep 18 06
For most children, heading back to school means going to the store to pick up pencils, paper and folders, and meeting their new teachers.
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Packed lunches don’t necessarily offer better nutrition for kids
• Children's Health • Sep 18 06
For parents facing the back-to-school lunch crunch, it’s hard to decide what to buy. And food manufacturers aren’t making it any easier, according to…
Live varicella vaccine benefits HIV-infected children with depressed CD4+ T cell counts
• Children's Health • Sep 18 06
The live varicella vaccine benefits HIV-infected children with current or past significant depression of CD4+ T cells.
According to a study from the United…
Influenza virus H5N1 duck strain replicates in macaques and causes respiratory illness
• Flu • Sep 18 06
Influenza virus H5N1 strain isolated from a duck replicates in rhesus macaques and causes respiratory illness.
“H5N1 influenza A viruses are widely distributed among…
Caraco reports U.S. FDA approval to market generic glucotrol
• Drug News • Sep 18 06
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., (CPD) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the company’s Abbreviated New Drug…
Late gene mutants of bacteriophage lambda are an efficient expression vector
• Genetics • Sep 18 06
According to recently published research from South Korea, late gene mutants of bacteriophage lambda are an efficient expression vector.
“The disadvantage of a bacteriophage…
Glucose homeostasis markers in twins are similar to those found in type 2 diabetes
• Endocrinology • Sep 18 06
Markers of fetal environment and glucose homeostasis in twins are linked to similar defects found in type 2 diabetes.
“According to the ‘fetal origins…
Fewer than half of Canadian children get enough daily physical activity
• Children's Health • Sep 18 06
Fewer than half of Canadian children get the daily physical activity necessary for their healthy growth and development. They earned a “D” for the…
Gastric ulcers after laparoscopic bariatric surgery are related to surgical procedures
• Surgery • Sep 18 06
Gastric ulcers in symptomatic patients following laparoscopic bariatric surgery are related to surgical procedures rather than exposure to H. pylori infection.
“There are few…
Environmental Toxin Causes Heritable Adult-Onset Diseases
• Fertility and pregnancy • Sep 15 06
A disease you are suffering today could be a result of your great-grandmother being exposed to an environmental toxin during pregnancy - and you…
Spleen May Be Target of Successful Therapy for Lupus
• Immunology • Sep 14 06
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have found clues that might lead to better treatment of lupus, showing…
What Causes Men Pain in Prostate Biopsy and Best Method to Alleviate It
• Urine Problems • Sep 14 06
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have evaluated the major sources of pain for some men during in-office prostate biopsy and an anesthetic method that can…
Eating disorder activists meet Washington
• Public Health • Sep 14 06
Eating disorder activists from across the United States are meeting in Washington to call attention to what they describe as an inadequate response by…
Anemia Affects Body.. and Maybe the Mind
• Anemia • Sep 14 06
For older adults, anemia’s trademark loss of oxygen-toting red blood cells has long been linked to fatigue, muscle weakness and other physical ailments. Now…
Tobacco companies find it hard to contest nicotine study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 13 06
The largest tobacco company in the USA has disputed claims that the average amount of nicotine in cigarettes has risen significantly from 1998 to…
Green tea may lengthen life span
• Dieting • Sep 13 06
More good news for tea lovers - green tea may be as good for your health as it is to your taste buds, according…
Pulse pressure predicts recurrent stroke in blacks
• Stroke • Sep 13 06
The risk of having another stroke among African Americans is associated with ongoing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to results of a study published…
Increased dietary fish oil may prevent many deaths
• Dieting • Sep 13 06
Fish oil could potentially save more lives than cardiac defibrillators, devices used to revive individuals whose hearts have stopped beating and to prevent and…
Soros gives $50 mln to tackle Africa poverty
• Public Health • Sep 13 06
Billionaire financier George Soros pledged $50 million on Wednesday to help the United Nations tackle extreme poverty and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The money…
Prevention program reduces meth use by teens
• Children's Health • Sep 13 06
A drug prevention program for sixth-graders can help prevent them from using methamphetamine years later, a new study shows.
“We think that this makes…
Dutch court upholds Lipitor patent
• Drug News • Sep 13 06
Pfizer said today that the District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands has ruled that the basic patent covering atorvastatin - the active…
New compounds could make drug-resistant bacteria harmless
• Drug News • Sep 12 06
Just as the medical world has become concerned over the apparent resistance of some bugs to antibiotics, scientists have made significant progress towards the…
Forgetful? You May Be Losing More Than Just Your Memory
• Neurology • Sep 12 06
Older adults who complain their “mind is going” may be losing a part of their brain along with their memory, according to a study…
Children who snore also more likely to wet the bed
• Children's Health • Sep 12 06
Children who snore are about four times more likely than those who don’t to wet the bed, a new study from Greece shows.
Bedwetting…
Arthritis Pain Relief with Less Risk
• Arthritis • Sep 12 06
What is the safest pain medication? Many people with osteoarthritis have asked this question, especially after studies linked the painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors to…