A woman between the ages of 45 and 54 is more than twice as likely as a man to have a stroke, according to recent research. And women are disproportionately affected by some surprising and far-less-well-known causes: chiropractic neck adjustments, pregnancy, oral contraceptives -- even getting a salon hair wash, or riding a roller coaster.
The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat, two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two cameras placed apart from each other) can take more interesting 3-D photos. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would increase financial oversight and expand membership of Healthcare Group of Arizona, which insures roughly 23,000 self-employed residents or small-business employees, the Arizona Republic reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Orlando Sentinel columnist Darryl Owens on Saturday featured the work of HIV/AIDS community activist Alisa Brown. Brown, a prevention program manager at the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, is the organizer of a five-week discussion session on HIV/AIDS awareness, called the Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS program. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case over a state rule intended to increase access to emergency contraception in pharmacies, the Springfield State Journal-Register reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Hispanics who have just a small amount of plaque buildup in a particular artery in the neck are up to four times more likely than others with clear arteries to have or die from a stroke, heart attack or other vascular event, according to a study published in the current issue of Neurology, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports (HealthDay/US. News & World Report, 3/19). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Bush administration has criticized an ethics opinion released last year by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that calls on physicians to provide referrals for patients seeking abortions, emergency contraception or other procedures if they are opposed to providing the service themselves, NPR's "Morning Edition" reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A proposed Montana ballot measure would expand SCHIP and Medicaid enrollment to about 30,000 more uninsured children in the state at a cost of about $20 million per year beginning in 2009, supporters of the measure say, the Billings Gazette reports. Proponents of the measure need 22,308 signatures of Montana voters to qualify it for the November ballot. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A study appearing in this week's New England Journal of Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients' cholesterol levels and can signify increased risk of heart attack, stroke or sudden cardiac death. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli air force said on Friday it was suspending training flights using U.S.-made F-16I fighter jets after finding a suspected cancer-causing substance in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said today that the AMA, a member of the Close The Gap coalition of health groups, fully supports renewed efforts to tackle the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The AMA was a signatory in support of Close The Gap Statement of Intent, which was signed today by the Prime Minister and Indigenous health leaders. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Dr. Ayd studied his patients’ responses to early antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, helping to give birth to the field of psychopharmacology. Source: NYT > Health | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:40 am
At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers during surgery. The nurse,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:35 am
Dr. Berger helped start the modern era of drug development with his invention of Miltown, the first mass-market psychiatric drug and a forerunner of Valium and Prozac. Source: NYT > Health | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:33 am
Amputees can feel relief from phantom limb pain just by watching someone else rub their hands together, a study says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:45 am
In an unusual outbreak of measles in San Diego, 12 children fell ill; nine of them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parents objected. Source: NYT > Health | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:58 am
Genetic study suggests Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African women. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 21 Mar 2008 | 4:38 am
It's not having lots of money that makes us happy - it's spending money on others, say US researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:57 pm
Experts are working to expound the complexities of combining therapies for colon and rectal cancer. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
According to a new study on prostate cancer, surgery, external-beam radiation, and brachytherapy have a different pattern of adverse effects, which affects patients' overall satisfaction with care. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Despite a higher incidence of intracranial hemorrhage, patients using antiplatelet therapy before a stroke appear to benefit more from tissue plasminogen activator vs those not using prior therapy. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Previous practice guidelines have included inflammatory breast cancer as part of the locally advanced treatment recommendation, but experts say the change was overdue. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
The FDA has approved desvenlafaxine extended-release tablets (Pristiq) and a supplemental indication for oral and injectable aripiprazole (Abilify). Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
This review article provides an overview of the 8 clinical recommendation statements on screening for sexually transmitted infections issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Like patients with systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction also appear to benefit from treatment with angiotensin-enzyme converting (ACE) inhibitors, French researchers report in the March issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:58 pm
Abbott and two units of Solvay SA are accused of undermining efforts to bring generic drugs to market by patenting new formulations of TriCor with only minor changes to the drug. Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:43 pm
A blood thinner linked to deaths may have been tainted with a chemically altered form of chondroitin sulfate, a dietary supplement made from animal cartilage. Source: NYT > Health | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:58 pm
A new study shows that fewer older Americans reached the threshold of cognitive impairment in 2002 than in 1993. There was a more rapid decline to death among those who did, however, supporting a hypothesis of "compression" of cognitive morbidity, researchers say. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:30 pm
Fourteen medical workers in Kyrgyzstan are facing trial, charged with infecting children with HIV. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 5:38 pm
Army Sgt. Nick Paupore nearly bled to death after an attack on his Humvee in Kirkuk City. Doctors saved his life, but not his leg. He thought he had survived the worst of it, but then, a new nightmare began: "Phantom pain," in the limb that's no longer there. A Navy neurologist came up with an unlikely remedy that's working: mirrors.
Associated Press March 20, 2008 NEW YORK - A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
Newsday, Melville, N.Y. March 20, 2008 Mar. 20--A key gene involved with how brain cells "talk to each other" may be disrupted in some people with autism spectrum disorders, according to medical investigators who discovered the DNA flaw in a group of Long Island children. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 20, 2008 Mar. 20--Dr. Lan Phan left her medical practice two years ago to open a yoga studio. Source: PsycPORT.com | 20 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
