Toiling away at your computer hard on the eyes
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 19 08
People who spend hours staring at a computer screen risk suffering tired dry eyes, blurred vision, eye strain, headache, and sensitivity to light -…
Severe lupus may respond to drug combo
• Immunology • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 19 08
People with severe lupus that doesn’t get better with conventional treatment may be helped with a combination of two potent drugs, Swedish researchers…
More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s: report
• Neurology • Mar 19 08
An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and it could steal the minds of one out of eight baby boomers, according to a…
Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer?
• Cancer • • Diabetes • Mar 19 08
Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease.…
Loyola Uses Virtual-reality Video Game to Help Burn Patients Play Their Way to Pain Relief
• Pain • Mar 19 08
To a patient recovering from severe burns, no place would be more soothing than a polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos…
Like sweets? You’re more like a fruit fly than you think…
• Dieting • • Genetics • • Public Health • Mar 17 08
According to researchers at the Monell Center, fruit flies are more like humans in their responses to many sweet tastes than are almost any…
Neighborhood Plays Key Role in How Much People Exercise
• Public Health • Mar 17 08
Their gentle nature, large size, odd sounds and low-maintenance care have made Madagascar hissing cockroaches popular educational tools and pets for years. But the…
Hometown Health Addresses Influenza, Smoking Cessation
• Flu • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 17 08
The Texas A&M Health Science Center is pleased to provide the latest installment of “Hometown Health” with the following tips:
College of Medicine Flu…
Appendix Removed through Mouth, First in U.S.
• Surgery • Mar 17 08
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a…
Studies Review New Drug and Indications for Heated Chemotherapy
• Cancer • • Drug News • Mar 16 08
Studies have shown that surgery combined with Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) can improve survival rates for select patients with peritoneal carcinoma (cancer of the…
Antibiotics not needed for acute rhinosinusitis
• Drug News • • Flu • • Infections • Mar 15 08
Symptoms cannot reliably identify which patients with acute rhinosinusitis - infection of the nasal and sinus cavities, will benefit from antibiotic therapy, according to…
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Children's Health • Mar 15 08
Mary Muscari, associate professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and author of Not My Kid: 21 Steps for Raising a Nonviolent…
Tips for Protecting Your Health This Spring Break
• Public Health • Mar 15 08
As spring break commences, college students across the nation will be in situations that could include excessive sun exposure, alcohol, and sexually transmitted diseases.…
New chemical can kill latent tuberculosis bacteria
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Mar 14 08
Success in the laboratory suggests that a new compound can point the way to preventing active tuberculosis in people infected with the latent form…
Cat carried woman’s antibiotic-resistant infection
• Infections • Mar 13 08
Pets can harbor virulent antibiotic-resistant infections and spread them to humans, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
The warning is based on the case of…
After-school programs can increase physical activity of adolescent girls
• Children's Health • Mar 13 08
Afterschool programs can modestly increase the amount of physical activity among girls in middle school, according to new results from the Trial of Activity…
Researchers confirm link between common cold and ear infection
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Mar 13 08
A new five-year study at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston confirms the suspected close link between the two most common diseases…
Nicotine poisoning common in tobacco workers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 12 08
Nicotine poisoning is common among tobacco farm workers, but there may be simple ways to reduce the risk, a new study suggests.
Researchers found…
No increase in stroke risk with non-aspirin NSAIDs
• Drug Abuse • • Stroke • Mar 12 08
Taking non-aspirin anti-inflammatory painkillers, or NSAIDs, does not appear to increase the risk of bleeding stroke (also called hemorrhagic stroke), according to a study…
Hispanics Encouraged to Become More Involved in Their Health Care
• Public Health • Mar 12 08
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) joined with The Advertising Council today to launch a…
Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From a Lifetime of Eating Cornstarch
• Genetics • Mar 12 08
A gene therapy treatment that restores a missing liver enzyme in test animals could provide a cure for a rare metabolic disorder in humans,…
First Early-Detection Blood Test for Parkinson’s Shows Promise
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Neurology • Mar 12 08
A test that profiles molecular biomarkers in blood could become the first accurate diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease, new research shows.
The screen relies…
Dermatology Team Finds Treatment for Rare “Life-ruining” Condition
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Mar 11 08
Dalhousie Medical School dermatologist Dr. Barrie Ross and his colleagues have successfully ended a 20-year quest to find a treatment for Familial Cold Autoinflammatory…
Poor Neighborhoods Create Health “Double Jeopardy” for Minority Kids
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 11 08
Of all poor children, those who are black or Hispanic are much more likely to live in poor neighborhoods, according to a new study…
Bird flu shows signs of mutation: China expert
• Flu • Mar 11 08
A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when…