For Kids with High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Dec 28 06
High blood pressure may seem like something that only adults get, after years of smoking, overeating and little exercise. But children can develop it…
Multipronged strategy subdues cancer pain
• Cancer • • Pain • Dec 28 06
For most patients with advanced cancer, pain can be controlled when it is approached by specialists with different areas of expertise, according to report…
Hospitals cut medicine tube infections in study
• Infections • • Surgery • • Urine Problems • Dec 28 06
Hospitals in Michigan nearly eliminated often-deadly infections involving tubes that deliver fluids and medicine to patients by stressing better hygiene and other preventive steps,…
Hereditary stroke more common in women
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Dec 28 06
Women are more likely than men to inherit an increased risk of having a stroke, new research indicates.
The findings, which appear in the…
A Reason Why Video Games Are Hard to Give Up
• Children's Health • Dec 26 06
Kids and adults will stay glued to video games this holiday season because the fun of playing actually is rooted in fulfilling their basic…
Longevity Gene Also Protects Memory, Cognitive Function
• Brain • • Public Health • Dec 26 06
A gene variation that helps people live into their 90s and beyond also protects their memories and ability to think and learn new information,…
Methamphetamine Use Increases Risks of Artery Tears and Stroke
• Stroke • Dec 26 06
Methamphetamine use may be associated with increased risks of major neck artery tears and stroke, according to an article published in the December 26,…
Genetic Mechanism Helps Explain Chronic Pain Disorders
• Genetics • • Pain • Dec 25 06
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that commonly occurring variations of a gene trigger a domino effect in…
Psychological Treatments Improve Outcomes for Back Pain Sufferers
• Backache • Dec 22 06
Psychological interventions for chronic low back pain are effective, a new review of studies has found. Not only do these approaches improve psychological outcomes…
Divorce may raise children’s eczema risk
• Children's Health • • Dermatology • Dec 22 06
Young children whose parents are divorced may be more likely than other children to develop the allergic skin condition eczema, a new study…
Cellular cues identified for stroke recovery
• Stroke • Dec 22 06
When a stroke strikes, the supply of blood to the part of the brain affected is interrupted, starving it of oxygen. Brain cells can…
How Does Aspirin Crystallize?
• Headaches • Dec 22 06
When you get a headache, you probably reach for aspirin. What is giving researchers a headache is the question of the crystal structure of…
FDA clears next-generation schizophrenia pill
• Drug News • Dec 21 06
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a new once-a-day treatment for schizophrenia derived from the active ingredient in Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster schizophrenia treatment Risperdal.
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Being overweight ups risk of Parkinson’s disease
• Neurology • Dec 21 06
Middle-aged men and women who are overweight may be at increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a progressive, irreversible neurodegenerative disease, study shows.
In…
Androgen therapy may slow progress of Alzheimer’s disease
• Neurology • Dec 20 06
Experiments on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggest that treatment with male sex hormones might slow its progression. The findings, published in the…
Kidney Stones Occurring More Often in Children
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Dec 20 06
Kidney stones in children -considered all but a medical aberration until recently -are now becoming a fairly common condition. It’s a growing and…
High Levels of Vitamin D In the Body May Decrease the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • Dec 20 06
The possibility that vitamin D could help protect people from developing multiple sclerosis (MS) has been posited by researchers in recent decades, but evidence…
Scientists identify gene mutation in autism
• Genetics • Dec 18 06
French scientists have identified genetic mutations in a small number of children with autism which could provide insight into the biological basis of the…
Eli Lilly played down risks of top drug
• Drug News • Dec 18 06
Drug giant Eli Lilly has engaged in a decade-long effort to play down the health risks of its top-selling medication, the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa,…
Brain can repair alcohol’s damage
• Brain • Dec 18 06
Excessive drinking can damage brain cells but the brain can repair some of the harm, a team of international researchers said on Monday.
But…
Smart children “more likely to become vegetarians”
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Dec 16 06
Children with high IQs are more likely to be vegetarians when they grow up, according to research reported on Friday.
A British study of…
A new way to fight ageing
• Skin Care • Dec 16 06
A new anti-aging ingredient developed by UNSW researchers is expected to be available in skin products as early as next year.
Known as GGC,…
More Americans hungry, homeless in 2006
• Public Health • Dec 16 06
More Americans went homeless and hungry in 2006 than the year before and children made up almost a quarter of those in emergency shelters,…
Options Improving for Patients with Acromegaly and Gigantism
• Endocrinology • Dec 16 06
Scientific, technological and medical advances made in the past two decades are leading to more definitive diagnoses, earlier and more effective treatment options and…
Over 500 Sudden Unexplained Deaths Every Year, Mostly in Young Men
• Public Health • Dec 14 06
Every year there are potentially more than 500 sudden unexplained deaths in England, reveals a nationwide study published ahead of print in the journal…