EU launches second campaign to stamp out smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 01 05
Europe’s health chief unveiled a lavish campaign on Tuesday to stamp out smoking across the European Union and reduce the hundreds of thousands of…
Senators seek mandatory drug study database
• Drug News • Mar 01 05
Drug and medical device companies would be required to report clinical trial results in a public database under legislation unveiled on Monday by a…
I don’t care what it cures, I’m not taking it…
• Public Health • Mar 01 05
Alongside life-size posters of Hindu nationalist leaders, Indian political activists can now buy lotions, potions and pills to cure anything from cancer to hysteria…
Study links osteoporosis, gluten intolerance
• Gender: Female • Mar 01 05
Some people develop osteoporosis, the mineral loss disease that leads to brittle bones, because their bodies cannot tolerate wheat flour, a study said on…
Prostate cancer hormone therapy may affect mind
• Cancer: Prostate • Mar 01 05
Men with more advanced prostate cancer often undergo treatment to reduce levels of testosterone, which drives tumor growth. Now, a new study shows…
France calls for global watchdog on bio-warfare risk
• Public Health • Mar 01 05
France called on Tuesday for an international monitoring centre to stop dangerous toxins from falling into terrorist hands, as the head of Interpol…
USDA finds less E. coli tainted meat in 2004
• Public Health • Feb 28 05
U.S. food safety inspectors last year found 43 percent less ground beef tainted with a potentially fatal strain of E. coli bacteria than in…
Women adopt frozen embryos, save them from science
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 28 05
A Spanish clinic that allows women to adopt frozen embryos to save them from scientific research said on Monday 14 women were pregnant with…
Egyptian baby learning to breathe after operation
• Surgery • Feb 28 05
An Egyptian baby who underwent an operation to remove the head of a twin that failed to develop in the womb is gradually being…
Hep B vaccine protects for at least 15 years
• Infections • Feb 28 05
After receiving three doses of hepatitis B vaccine, people are protected against infection for at least 15 years, a new study shows. This finding…
Strong mind-body connection in heart disease
• Heart • Feb 28 05
There is a growing base of evidence supporting the mind-body connection in heart disease, the authors of a report released today note.
Depression, A highly toxic rodent poison, banned worldwide since 1984, may still pose a risk to public health due to its continued illegal sale and…
Medtronic Inc. on Friday said it was voluntarily recalling around 1,900 automated external heart defibrillators used by paramedics and firemen. The defibrillators being recalled…
People who suffer from migraine headaches over their lifetime do not appear to be at increased risk for cognitive deficits, findings from a…
Chronic exposure to noise at work has been shown to increase the risk of high blood pressure, and new research suggests people working noisy…
Britain and the United States are discussing buying extra stockpiles of antiviral drug Tamiflu to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic, Switzerland’s Roche…
The five Nordic nations called on the European Union Monday to impose a tighter limit on the strength of sun beds, and warned sun-starved…
Americans are living longer than ever largely because of declining death rates from heart disease, cancer and stroke, the federal government…
Several new drugs work well in HIV patients who are beginning to run out of options because their virus has mutated into drug-resistant forms,…
HIV patients who suffer from facial wasting associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may be helped by injections of poly-L-lactic, Washington DC-based…
A promotion for breast enhancing cream that involved three models having a 15 minute mammary massage in public has caused a furor in Thailand,…
Ten years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the Bush administration kicked off a two-week review session opening on Monday with…
The European Union remains deeply divided over genetically modified (GMO) foods, with the planting of biotech seeds a tremendously touchy area even though Brussels…
People with low levels of zinc in their tissues may be at increased risk for developing cancer of the esophagus, according to research…
Drugmakers Biogen Idec and Elan Corp. Plc on Monday suspended sales of their much-heralded new multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri after a patient died from…
Banned rat poison may still pose threat
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 28 05
Medtronic voluntarily recalls defibrillators
• Heart • Feb 28 05
Migraines unlikely to impair cognitive function
• Migraine • Feb 28 05
Noisy jobs may increase risk of heart attack
• Heart • Feb 28 05
UK and U.S. look to stockpile more Roche flu drug
• Flu • Feb 28 05
Nordic nations call for new limits on sun beds
• Cancer • Feb 28 05
Life expectancy in US hits record high-CDC
• Public Health • Feb 28 05
New therapies may expand AIDS arsenal
• AIDS/HIV • Feb 28 05
Wrinkle-filler may curb HIV-related facial wasting
• Skin Care • Feb 28 05
Promo for breast cream causes uproar in Thailand
• Cancer: Breast • Feb 28 05
US starts women’s meeting with anti-abortion stand
• Gender: Female • Feb 28 05
Lawmaking on genetic food is minefield for EU
• Food & Nutrition • Feb 28 05
Zinc shortage linked to esophageal cancer
• Cancer • Feb 28 05
Biogen, Elan halt drug after patient dies
• Drug Abuse • Feb 28 05