People who donate a kidney to help someone else often suffer financially to do so
• Public Health • Jul 24 06
People who donate a kidney to help someone else often suffer financially to do so, according to a study done in part by the…
Guideline Helps Predict Outcome in Comatose Survivors after CPR
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
Certain tests can predict with great accuracy whether a person in a coma after CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) will have a poor outcome, according to…
Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries
• Trauma & Injuries • Jul 23 06
Many conservative methods used to treat work-related complaints of the upper body have only limited effectiveness, according to an updated systematic review by Arianne…
Long term ibuprofen therapy given after brain injury worsens cognitive abilities
• Brain • Jul 23 06
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that chronic ibuprofen therapy given after brain injury worsens cognitive abilities.
These findings -…
“Miracle” Cancer Drug Gleevec Can be Toxic to the Heart
• Drug News • Jul 23 06
Gleevec, the wildly successful poster-child of a new generation of cancer drugs aimed at specific targets in the cancer cell, can be dangerous to…
FDA Has Sweet News for Consumers of Sugar Substitutes
• Drug News • Jul 20 06
Sugar substitutes receive a strong endorsement this month from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued a fact sheet on sugar…
School-based programmes for preventing smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 20 06
It may take more than anti-smoking lessons in the classroom to keep school-age children and teens from lighting up, according to a recent review…
Moderately premature infants often ill early on
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Infants born prematurely at 30 to 34 weeks’ gestation experience significant morbidity in the early months of life, researchers report
“Near-term babies are at…
Caffeine doesn’t weaken arthritis drug’s effects
• Arthritis • Jul 20 06
Caffeine does not appear to impair the effectiveness of methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Boston researchers report.
Methotrexate is the most commonly prescribed…
High blood calcium tied to better stroke outcome
• Stroke • Jul 20 06
Blood calcium levels on hospital admission may help doctors predict outcome in people who suffer a stroke resulting from a blockage of an artery…
Kids risk early deafness with MP3 players
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Teenagers and young adults who listen to MP3 players too loudly and too often risk going deaf 30 years earlier than their parents’ generation,…
‘Back To School’ Shouldn’t Mean Back Pain for Kids
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
Back to school for many kids also means back to shoulder, neck and back pain caused by hauling heavy backpacks each day.
Experts agree…
Encouraging Laughter, Preventing Tears in the Playground
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
New playground equipment in 34 Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools has given Dr. Andrew Howard an opportunity to test the effect of different…
Vaccination key to controlling bird flu
• Flu • Jul 19 06
Britain should opt to vaccinate poultry rather than slaughter flocks in order to tackle the threat of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu,…
Marriott to ban smoking in all US, Canada rooms-WSJ
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 19 06
Hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is banning smoking in all rooms of its 2,300-plus hotels in the United…
Age should not be a factor in stroke rehab
• Stroke • Jul 19 06
People over 80 recover as well from a stroke as younger patients do and should not be excluded from intensive rehabilitation programmes, a…
Preparing Kids For School Includes Bathroom Tips
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
Going back to school can be exciting - and stressful, especially for kids ages 5 to 7 who are at risk of having wetting…
Childbirth experience can be improved with the help of a trusted friend
• Childbirth • Jul 19 06
A recent study shows that women who received continuous support in labor by a female support person trained as a “lay doula” had significantly…
Drugs for Postoperative Nausea May Not Help Most Patients
• Bowel Problems • Jul 19 06
Patients coming out of anesthesia after surgery may experience nausea or vomiting, and are frequently given drugs to prevent this. But the majority of…
Expert Offers Tips on Avoiding Backpack Injuries in Children
• Backache • Jul 19 06
In the rush to buy back-to-school supplies for their children, parents may unknowingly purchase backpacks that do more harm than good, warns a University…
A look at Gynecomastia
• Gender: Male • Jul 19 06
Who would think an invitation to a beach, lake, or pool party could strike terror in a boy’s - or man’s - heart? Yet…
Plastic surgeons have new device for midface lifts
• Surgery • Jul 19 06
A device used to help plastic surgeons perform lifts of the midface area produces good results, according to the results of a pilot study.
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What motivates kids to do their homework?
• Children's Health • Jul 18 06
Why do some students work hard on their homework, while others do not? Results of a survey of students attending middle schools and high…
Knee Replacements Designed for Women
• Surgery • Jul 18 06
Orthopaedic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medial Center are the first in North Texas to use knee implants specifically designed to fit a woman’s anatomy.
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Drug industry laments G8 failure on vaccine plan
• Drug News • Jul 18 06
World leaders missed a major opportunity to boost basic health in poor countries this week when G8 leaders failed to adopt a lead vaccine…