New Vaccines Available For Children and Adolescents
• Children's Health • Oct 10 06
Several new vaccines have been licensed and approved for use within the past year - extending the immunization period from childhood into adolescence. Discussing…
Depressed smokers can be helped to kick the habit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 10 06
Staged smoking cessation interventions can help smokers who are receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment for depression quit smoking, a study shows.
“The mental health system…
Stroke Symptoms Common Among General Population
• Stroke • Oct 09 06
As many as 18 percent of adults who have no history of stroke report having had at least one symptom of stroke, according to…
Appetite Changes, Depression Signal Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson
• Neurology • Oct 09 06
Parkinson disease patients who develop impulse control disorders as a result of treatment are more likely to be depressed, irritable, and have appetite changes,…
Mediterranean Diet Associated with Reduced Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
• Neurology • Oct 09 06
Eating a Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and olive oil and includes little red meat, is associated with a lower risk for Alzheimer’s…
Drug May Help Women Stop Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 09 06
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent…
New bird flu vaccine promises to offer cross-protection
• Flu • Oct 05 06
Early clinical trials of a new bird flu vaccine have produced promising results and a phase 3 trial of the cell-based H5N1 flu vaccine…
Breast feeding confers many benefits but making a child smarter is not one of them
• Children's Health • Oct 05 06
New research by Scottish scientists has found that whether a child is breastfed or not has no bearing on their intelligence.
Although some earlier…
Carrot juice with botulism latest food scare from California
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 05 06
A Floridian woman, the fourth victim of botulism poisoning contracted from drinking spoiled carrot juice, is suffering from paralysis.
Her case has prompted the…
88% of uninsured children live in households with a working parent
• Children's Health • Oct 05 06
A majority of the nine million uninsured children in the U.S. live in households where at least one parent works full-time, year-round, according to…
New Study Suggests Perchlorate Effects on Thyroid Function of U.S. Women
• Endocrinology • Oct 05 06
Early last year, a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel concluded its review of research on the health effects of perchlorate, an inorganic anion…
One-third of U.S. kids unfit
• Children's Health • Oct 04 06
Researchers in the U.S. report that as many as one-third of American children are physically unfit but boys are in better shape than girls.
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Food like an addictive drug for some people
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 04 06
Researchers in the U.S. have found that the same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think…
Obese Smokers at Higher Risk of Death
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 03 06
People who are both very obese and who smoke increase their risk of death by 3.5 to 5 times that of people of normal…
Bayer forgot to tell risks of heart surgery drug
• Drug Abuse • Oct 03 06
According to the German drug giant Bayer AG, the reason the company failed to inform U.S. regulators about a study on the risks of…
Low birth weight linked to low IQ in teens
• Children's Health • Oct 03 06
Adolescents with a low birth weight, defined as less than 4.4 lbs., have lower IQ scores than other teens and are also more likely…
Women’s Skin Ages Faster than Men’s, Suggests First Non-Invasive Test to Measure Skin Aging
• Dermatology • Oct 03 06
Physicists and medical researchers for the first time have demonstrated a new technique that non-invasively measures in real time the level of damage to…
Two glasses of red a day may prevent Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Oct 02 06
According to a new study those couple of glasses red wine each day may be enjoyable but might also help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
It…
Salad Is Even Healthier Than You Thought
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 01 06
Eating just one salad a day provides even greater health benefits than previously thought, according to a study that examined salad consumption by…
Geriatrics & Tuberculosis
• Infections • Oct 01 06
High latent tuberculous prevalence in old age homes responsible for high rate of active tuberculosis
The high prevalence of latent tuberculous in old age…
Traditional Chinese medicine for diabetes has scientific backing
• Alternative Medicine • Oct 01 06
Reports of a traditional Chinese medicine having beneficial effects for people suffering from type 2 diabetes now has some scientific evidence to back up…
Hospital emergency rooms overcrowded
• Public Health • Sep 28 06
Emergency rooms at U.S. hospitals are becoming stretched as patient visits increase while the number of emergency facilities declines, a new report said.
Almost…
Use of Antibiotic to Treat Infectious Eye Disease Trachoma May Increase Risk for Re-Infection
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 27 06
Use of the antibiotic azithromycin to treat trachoma in Vietnam resulted in an increase in the risk of re-infections, according to a study in…
Hispanics more likely to lack health care coverage
• Public Health • Sep 27 06
Hispanics in smaller, more rural communities have greater barriers in accessing care than do Hispanics in larger communities, according to a report released on…
Parents too often unaware of child’s drug abuse
• Drug Abuse • Sep 26 06
According to the latest research parents do not provide valuable information about their children’s use of alcohol and drugs because they are often unaware…