FDA approves Roche’s Tamiflu for infants with new flu symptoms
• Children's Health • • Drug News • • Flu • Dec 22 12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the use of Tamiflu, the flu drug from Roche, to children as young as two…
FDA closer to approving biotech salmon, critics furious
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 22 12
A controversial genetically engineered salmon has moved a step closer to the consumer’s dining table after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday…
Spending on food advertising to kids fell in ‘09 - U.S. FTC
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Dec 22 12
Food companies spent considerably less to advertise to children in 2009 than they did in 2006 as they shifted to the Internet, and products…
China probes safety of Yum Brands’ KFC chicken products
• Food & Nutrition • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Dec 22 12
Yum Brands Inc’s fast-food chain KFC was supplied with chicken in China that contained excessive amounts of antibiotics, said food safety authorities investigating allegations…
Mother loses UK legal fight to stop son’s cancer radiotherapy
• Cancer • • Public Health • Dec 21 12
A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding…
Brain imaging insight into cannabis as a pain killer
• Pain • Dec 21 12
The pain relief offered by cannabis varies greatly between individuals, a brain imaging study carried out at the University of Oxford suggests.
The researchers…
UGA research offers new targets for stroke treatments
• Stroke • Dec 21 12
New research from the University of Georgia identifies the mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain.
Looking for ways to improve outcomes…
Targeting taste receptors in the gut may help fight obesity
• Obesity • Dec 21 12
Despite more than 25 years of research on antiobesity drugs, few medications have shown long-term success. Now researchers reporting online on December 21 in…
Young scientist helps identify cause of widespread eye disease
• Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 21 12
Branch retinal vein occlusion – blockage of the blood vessels that channel blood from the retina – is a common eye disease. A type…
Two cups of milk daily enough for most kids: study
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Dec 19 12
Two cups of cow’s milk per day may be enough for most kids to have the recommended amount of vitamin D in their blood…
Scientists construct first map of how the brain organizes everything we see
• Brain • Dec 19 12
Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas…
Men with Fibromyalgia Often Go Undiagnosed, Mayo Clinic Study Suggests
• Pain • Dec 19 12
Fibromyalgia is a complex illness to diagnose and to treat. There is not yet a diagnostic test to establish that someone has it,…
Gene therapy cocktail shows promise in long-term clinical trial for rare fatal brain disorder
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Neurology • Dec 19 12
Results of a clinical trial that began in 2001 show that a gene therapy cocktail conveyed into the brain by a molecular special delivery…
Brake on nerve cell activity after seizures discovered
• Neurology • Dec 19 12
Given that epilepsy impacts more than 2 million Americans, there is a pressing need for new therapies to prevent this disabling neurological disorder. New…
NTU study finds ways to prevent muscle loss, obesity and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Dec 19 12
A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has yielded important breakthroughs on how the body loses muscle, paving the way for new treatments…
Tobacco companies, 17 states settle over payments
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 19 12
U.S. cigarette makers including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co said on Tuesday they reached a settlement with 17 states in a…
Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Dec 19 12
They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.
Last week’s school…
Taking aspirin for 10 years could double the risk of sight loss
• Drug News • • Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 19 12
Taking aspirin for 10 years could more than double the risk of sight loss, according to a new study.
Scientists say taking aspirin could…
Coffee Linked to Fewer Oral Cancer Deaths
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 19 12
A large study has found that drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk of death from oral cancer.
Researchers studied 968,432 initially healthy…
Bad habits literally take time away from our lives
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 19 12
If you’re deciding whether to devour that steak, maybe this fact will sway you one way or the other: Three ounces of that delicious…
Silent stroke can cause Parkinson’s disease
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Stroke • Dec 18 12
Scientists at The University of Manchester have for the first time identified why a patient who appears outwardly healthy may develop Parkinson’s disease.
Whilst…
Antibiotics based on a new principle may defeat MRSA
• Drug News • • Infections • Dec 18 12
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have presented a new principle for fighting bacterial infections, in other words, a new type of antibiotic, in the FASEB…
Patients with diabetes may not receive best treatment to lower heart disease risk
• Diabetes • • Heart • Dec 18 12
For some people with diabetes, there may be such a thing as too much care.
Traditional treatment to reduce risks of heart disease among…
Vanda’s drug for rare disorder meets main trial goal
• Drug News • • Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 18 12
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc said a late-stage trial of its drug for treating a rare disorder affecting blind people met the main goal of showing…
Drain Cleaners Still Pose Risk to Kids
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 18 12
Injuries caused by drinking or eating caustic agents—including cleaners and products used for unclogging drains—are less common with children today, but they continue to…