HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women who smoke are just as
likely to get lung cancer as men who smoke, a large U.S. study found. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all
people will have a sexually transmitted disease or infection at some point
in their life, the American Social Health Association reports. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new online tool that
helps parents and pediatricians adjust childhood immunization schedules
when one or more vaccinations are missed has been developed by researchers
at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
An international study published in May 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that the coagulation factor VIIa can limit the extent of a cerebral hemorrhage. However, in the long term it does not prevent death or severe impairment. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Body clocks determine whether people are early birds or late risers, "homebodies" or "party animals". Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - One third of recurring non-invasive bladder cancer will be invasive. To date, there is no way of identifying those patients who will have this clinical outcome. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
With a goal to assist carers in the United Kingdom, Intel Corporation unveiled ConnectingForCare.co.uk, the first online community of its kind for family carers, community and district nurses, healthcare assistants, social care workers and others to share information and provide emotional support to one another, filling a void in today's healthcare system. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
A major new million pound study at the University of Leeds will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The increased use of abdominal CT scans has given rise to the incidental small renal mass. Although surgical extirpation remains the standard of care for these small renal masses (SRMs), data from active surveillance of these renal masses is emerging. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - Health care for female military veterans lags behind the care offered to male vets at many VA facilities, an internal agency report says, even as women are serving on front lines at historic levels.
British parents are to be quizzed about their children's sex education in a unique study that hopes to improve the way the subject is taught to deaf pupils.The University of Manchester's Audiology and Deafness team is recruiting parents of both deaf and hearing primary school children for its research on children's sex and relationship education (SRE). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Adam Levinson reported on the oncologic outcomes of RFA in treating renal masses in solitary kidneys. 31 patients received a total of 34 RFA treatments to solitary renal masses with a median size of 2.0 cm (1-4). The mean follow-up for these patients was 60.5 months (41-80). One primary treatment failure occurred that was successfully managed with retreatment. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
At the 31st European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Annual Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, researchers presented interim results from the first clinical trial of the investigational oral agent VX-770 in cystic fibrosis patients. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
This week, surgical robotics company Prosurgics revealed its next generation robotic camera holder, FreeHand, at the congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) in Stockholm. FreeHand has been designed to bring affordable robotic assistance to every operating room. When using FreeHand, the surgeon is placed in direct control of the position of their laparoscope. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
In 1954, Mr. Moore and colleagues published a pioneering study of male patients with cancer of the mouth, connecting the use of chewing tobacco with the disease.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming fish and other
foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of age-related
macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of severe vision loss in
elderly people. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
An experimental psoriasis drug from Johnson & Johnson was effective in clinical trials, but long-term use may increase the risk of cancer, U.S. drug reviewers said in documents released on Friday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:44 am
British insurers have agreed to extend a freeze on genetic tests to 2014, allowing consumers to continue taking out cover without disclosing the adverse results of tests to predict a predisposition to cancer or heart disease. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:41 am
Telavancin is at least as effective as vancomycin for treating complicated skin and skin-structure infections (SSSI), according to a report in the June 1st Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:39 am
A South African court on Friday issued an order banning unauthorised clinical trials of vitamin therapies for AIDS conducted by a team including a former adviser to President Thabo Mbeki. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:37 am
Except possibly for hypertensive patients, screening for type 2 diabetes provides few benefits, according to a report in the June 3rd Annals of Internal Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:36 am
In a new study, Spanish researchers have identified several factors that are predictive of surgical site infections (SSIs) following orthotopic liver transplantation. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:31 am
In patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, elevated inflammatory markers at discharge predict subsequent morbidity and mortality, researchers report in the June 1st issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:29 am
High dietary intakes of omega-3 fatty acids and fish appear to lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a meta-analysis of observational studies. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:28 am
Mozambique has approved the construction of a $23 million pharmaceutical plant that will manufacture drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, the African nation's deputy health minister said on Friday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:26 am
In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of right heart failure and death, according to a report in the second June issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 14 Jun 2008 | 3:24 am
In a podcast interview, Tara Parker-Pope talked with Louis Slesin, editor of Microwave News, to get some answers to questions about cellphones, health and safety.
Women who smoke are no more likely to develop lung cancer than men, US researchers conclude. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:22 pm
AP - Parts of Florida and Mexico were supplying "the vast majority" of tomatoes sold when the salmonella outbreak began in April and thus remain leading suspects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
Researchers at MIT believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cell phone minutes. For years, doctors have struggled to get some TB patients to take Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Jun 2008 | 7:27 pm
A South African court bans the unauthorised trials of vitamin therapies for Aids, which some say risk health. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 5:09 pm
Associated Press June 13, 2008 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity. Source: PsycPORT.com | 13 Jun 2008 | 4:53 pm
Chicago Tribune June 13, 2008 A Florida kindergarten teacher recently asked her pupils to vote on whether a 5-year-old boy should be removed from the classroom. The misbehaving child, who was in the process of being tested for autism, was ousted by a 14-2 count; he spent the day in the nurse's office. Source: PsycPORT.com | 13 Jun 2008 | 4:53 pm
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AP - Health care for female military veterans lags behind the care offered to male vets at many VA facilities, an internal agency report says, even as women are serving on front lines at historic levels.
AP - Researchers at MIT believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cell phone minutes.
AP - Parts of Florida and Mexico were supplying "the vast majority" of tomatoes sold when the salmonella outbreak began in April and thus remain leading suspects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.