Higher Drug Doses Needed to Defeat Tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Jul 31 09
The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical…
Chronic Kidney Disease Profoundly Impacts Quality of Life
• Urine Problems • Jul 31 09
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can significantly lessen patients’ quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal…
New Statistical Method Shows Importance of Dialysis Dose
• Urine Problems • Jul 31 09
A new approach to statistical analysis may be better suited to study the relationship between higher “dose” of dialysis and survival time for patients…
Developing Gene Therapy to Fight Blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Jul 31 09
An international team of scientists and clinicians from the United States and Saudi Arabia are working to develop gene therapy for treating a…
Blood transfusions associated with infection
• Infections • Jul 31 09
A study of almost 25,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients has shown that receiving blood from another person is associated with a two-fold…
Half of U.S. should get H1N1 vaccination: officials
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jul 31 09
About half the U.S. population should get vaccinated against H1N1 influenza and pregnant women and healthcare workers should be at the front of the…
Alternative medicine a big business in US - report
• Alternative Medicine • • Public Health • Jul 31 09
Complementary and alternative medicine such as acupuncture, herbal supplements and meditation are big business in the United States, totaling nearly $34 billion in out-of-pocket…
Is Your Hair Taking a Break? Dermatologists Can Help Women Get to the Root of Hair Loss
• Gender: Female • • Hair Loss • Jul 29 09
For many women, their hair is one of their most defining characteristics. From short and sassy bobs to long, cascading curls, the right hairstyle…
Hormonal Therapies Offer Effective Solutions for Many Adult Women with Acne
• Allergies • • Endocrinology • Jul 29 09
Although acne traditionally has been considered a disease of teenagers, it is also extremely common in adult women. Studies show that acne affects…
Less common procedures less common than thought
• Cosmetics • Jul 29 09
The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery announces the results of its 2009 Less Common Cosmetic Procedures consumer survey. While the media has coined these…
Research Shows Rates of Severe Childhood Obesity have Tripled
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 29 09
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to…
Swine flu striking pregnant women hard: CDC study
• Pregnancy • • Swine Flu • Jul 29 09
Pregnant women infected with the new H1N1 swine flu have a much higher risk of severe illness and death and should receive prompt treatment…
Weekend strokes have higher death rate
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jul 29 09
There’s no good time to have a stroke, but new research suggests that being admitted to a hospital for one type of stroke on…
Minor strokes may worsen vision in glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Stroke • Jul 29 09
Glaucoma patients are likely to lose more of their vision if they suffer minor strokes, a three-year study in Hong Kong has found.
Glaucoma,…
Drugs work best when swine flu found early: study
• Swine Flu • Jul 29 09
Health officials trying to make best use of antiviral drugs to fight the new H1N1 flu need to do a better job of tracking…
US stops sildenafil (Viagra) trial in sickle cell
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Jul 29 09
The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it had stopped a trial of the drug sildenafil, saying it caused serious medical problems…
US states to get “significant” obesity money
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 29 09
The U.S. government plans to give state and local government hundreds of millions of dollars to fight obesity, including investments in public transportation, Health…
Tooth decay, bleeding gums may herald chronic ills
• Dental Health • Jul 28 09
Our modern dental woes have a lot do to with modern whole-body ills like heart disease and diabetes, according to the author of…
How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Jul 28 09
In February 1976, an outbreak of swine flu struck Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, killing a 19-year-old private and infecting hundreds of…
Long-term tea drinking may cut stroke risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Jul 27 09
There could be good news brewing for tea drinkers: Drinking tea consistently - particularly two kinds - is linked to a significantly lower risk…
US CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Jul 27 09
More than 300 people have died from the new pandemic swine flu virus, U.S. health officials said on Friday, but they said the virus…
Expert Alert: Breastfeeding – Is It Simply a Matter of Choice?
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Infections • Jul 27 09
When it comes to the health of a child, every decision a parent makes – before and after birth – can have long-term implications.…
Divorce Undermines Health in Ways Remarriage Doesn’t Heal
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Public Health • Jul 27 09
Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins…
Depression in arthritis patients often untreated
• Arthritis • • Depression • Jul 23 09
People with arthritis seem to have an elevated rate of depression, but the disorder goes untreated more often than not, a new study suggests.
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Benefits of adenotonsillectomy persist in kids
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Jul 23 09
In children with sleep-related breathing disorders, removing the tonsils and adenoids - an operation called adenotonsillectomy - is apt to yield long-lasting improvements…