Celebrex risky in high-risk patients, study finds
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 31 08
Doctors should prescribe the lowest doses of Celebrex possible in patients at high risk of heart problems, researchers who did a combined analysis of…
It’s never too late to get active, expert says
• Public Health • Mar 31 08
For life-long couch potatoes in their 60s, 70s and beyond, the prospect of starting an exercise program can be daunting - but it doesn’t…
Green tea helps beat superbugs
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 31 08
Green tea can help beat superbugs according to Egyptian scientists speaking today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting…
Epilepsy advocates propose strategies to heighten treatment expectations
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Public Health • Mar 29 08
On the heels of the nation’s largest event dedicated to the epilepsy community, the National Walk for Epilepsy, advocates today announced their recommendations in…
Preschool kids do better when they talk to themselves, research shows
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 28 08
Parents should not worry when their pre-schoolers talk to themselves; in fact, they should encourage it, says Adam Winsler, an associate professor of psychology…
Vision Loss a Key Issue for Aging Women
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 28 08
As the baby-boomer generation comes of age, conditions affecting vision seem to be getting more attention in doctor’s offices around the country. Roughly 200,000…
Appendix Removed Through Vagina, U.S. First
• Surgery • Mar 28 08
On March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix through a patient’s vagina, a first in the…
Problems with English Keep Many Hispanics from Medical Care
• Public Health • Mar 27 08
Only about 49 percent of Hispanics who are not comfortable speaking English have a regular source of medical care, such as a family…
Low birth weight linked to kidney disease in men
• Urine Problems • Mar 26 08
There appears to be an association between low birth weight and chronic kidney disease in adulthood in men, but this relationship was not seen…
Risky teen behavior may not occur at home or school: but how to track?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 25 08
How can researchers track where teens go when not in or near home or school to see if this movement has an impact on…
Dramatic Rise in Hepatitis C-Related Deaths in the United States
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 24 08
Hepatitis C-related deaths in the United States increased by 123 percent from 1995 through 2004, the most recent year for which data are available.…
Patients with Psoriasis at Increased Risk for Developing Other Serious Medical Conditions
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Mar 24 08
It has long been known that psoriasis, a chronic skin condition characterized by thick, red, scaly plaques that itch and bleed, can have…
Coral’s Addiction to ‘Junk Food’
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 24 08
Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to ‘junk food’ - and orders its…
Iraq War Has Led to Surgical Advances
• Public Health • • Surgery • Mar 24 08
Through hard experience, U.S. military doctors and civilian surgeons in Iraq have made meaningful strides in managing devastating injuries suffered by soldiers and Iraqi…
Free Drug Samples May Burden Patients’ Pockets
• Drug News • • Public Health • Mar 24 08
Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs than those who don’t, according to the first…
Therapeutic Cloning Treats Parkinson’s Disease in Mice
• Neurology • Mar 24 08
Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has shown that therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can be…
A Clearer Picture of Cloudy Eyes
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 23 08
A new study appearing online March 21 in JBC provides more insight into cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the…
Brain stimulation may relieve cluster headaches
• Headaches • • Migraine • Mar 21 08
A technique called deep brain stimulation may relieve chronic cluster headaches that do not respond to standard medication, according to a study reported this…
Higher fiber intake tied to better lung function
• Respiratory Problems • Mar 21 08
Getting an adequate amount of fiber each day may help middle-aged people breathe easier, and appears to benefit non-smokers and smokers alike.
Among 11,897…
Researchers Discover New Effect for Insulin
• Diabetes • • Drug News • Mar 20 08
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin has a previously unknown effect that plays a role in aging and lifespan, a…
Children with healthier diets do better in school
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Mar 20 08
A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets.
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Eye test peers into heat-related multiple sclerosis symptoms
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Neurology • Mar 20 08
A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, is providing multiple sclerosis researchers at UT Southwestern Medical…
Just listening to phone calls may impair driving
• Public Health • Mar 20 08
Simply listening to someone over a mobile cell phone while driving may distract the brain enough to cause an accident, a new brain-imaging study…
Smokers treated for brain aneurysm with coils at higher risk of recurrence
• Neurology • • Stroke • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 20 08
Cigarette smokers who were treated for cerebral aneurysms with coil embolization (blocking of a blood vessel) are at greater risk of developing another aneurysm,…
Researchers Use Light to Detect Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Mar 19 08
A team of researchers in Bedford, Mass. has developed a way of examining brain tissue with near-infrared light to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
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