According to sexual health expert, Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD, baby boomers are more willing to talk about a female sexual dysfunction (FSD) at a cocktail party than with their doctor. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The general anesthesia that puts patients into unconscious sleep so they do not feel surgical pain can increase the discomfort they feel once they wake up, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
A breast cancer vaccine currently being tested in a Phase II trial has demonstrated to be safe and well tolerated in patients according to a paper to be published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The therapeutic breast cancer vaccine AE37 uses a peptide antigen (immune-stimulating fragment) of a cancer gene known as HER-2/neu. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Seeking to set the agenda for urgent research in the field of Atrial Fibrillation, cardiologists from Europe and beyond will meet on 26 October 2008, at the European Heart House, headquarters of the European Society of Cardiology1.Atrial Fibrillation (AF) affects several million people in the European Union. Its incidence increases in an ageing population. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
New report for National Falls Awareness Day (24 June 2008) provides a snapshot of the litigation fear factor haunting local authorities A new report by Help the Aged to mark National Falls Awareness Day reveals local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland[1] are holding back millions of pounds to cover the potential cost of personal injury claims when people fall on pavements. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
In the United States alone, approximately three-and-a-half million women have abnormal Pap smear tests each year. More than a third of these women develop cervical dysplasia, also known as Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN), a condition caused by the sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, announces the commencement of the AMSA Foundation-VITAS End of Life Education Fellowship Program in which six medical students will be introduced to end of life (EOL) care issues. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Tranzyme Pharma announces the successful results from a "Thorough QT/QTc" study of the company's lead product TZP-101, an intravenous gastrointestinal prokinetic agent currently in two Phase IIb trials for the treatment of postoperative ileus (POI) and severe gastroparesis. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Breast cancer patients and their families might hold the important key to enabling new technologies that can help pinpoint the right treatment for the right patient at the right time. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Double latte in the morning, soda with lunch, energy drink at midday. Sound familiar? Americans are consuming caffeinated beverages as never before. In fact, energy drink sales skyrocketed in 2007. All this caffeine consumption has given rise to growing numbers of "caffeinated moms."
Most NHS trusts in England refuse to fund the recommended three cycles of IVF for infertile couples, figures show. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:35 am
EU agriculture ministers approve stricter controls on the use of pesticides, after two years of debate. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jun 2008 | 9:05 am
Some general anaesthetics could actually worsen the pain following surgery, say scientists. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jun 2008 | 7:55 am
Premature babies undergoing medical procedures may be in pain even if there is no obvious sign, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jun 2008 | 6:59 am
Football-crazy Germany is lapping up this month's European Championships but with a three-million Turkish minority, the country, it seems, has two national teams -- who face off on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Jun 2008 | 6:06 am
Medical students train on a revolutionary dummy which moves and feels like a real patient. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Jun 2008 | 6:00 am
Tipping back his glass, the elegant, grey-haired man in black nodded approvingly as he swallowed the wine before picking up the bottle to examine its label. "A sweet Dorato... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Jun 2008 | 5:40 am
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A powerful weapon against cancer
might also boost stroke patients' survival, new research suggests. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Newly-identified stem cells located
on the surface of the heart give rise to heart muscle cells, say
researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 24 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
Combination treatment with albumin and the vasopressin analogue terlipressin can improve renal function in patients with hepatorenal syndrome and advanced liver disease, according to new research. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 3:07 am
Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is highly transmissible during primary maternal infection in the third trimester, there appear to be no serious consequences in neonates, Israeli researchers report in the June issue of BJOG International. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 2:59 am
In patients with stabilized atopic dermatitis, intermittent therapy with tacrolimus ointment was associated with significantly more flare-free days and longer time to first relapse compared with vehicle alone, according to a report in the June issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 2:57 am
Emphasis on increased efficiency and cost-cutting has led to widespread hospital overcrowding and understaffing, an environment rife for the spread of nosocomial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to authors of a literature review in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 2:57 am
The incidence of paratyphoid fever is increasing in the United States, and most isolates show decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, according to a report in the June 1st Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 24 Jun 2008 | 2:55 am
Being exposed to cat allergens early in life may spark eczema - if you carry a key gene fault, say scientists. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 11:01 pm
AP - The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:26 pm
In patients treated with statins, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B levels were closely linked with cardiovascular outcome vs low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a prospective study of Korean men without hypertension and diabetes, weight gain was associated with the development of chronic kidney disease, even in normal-weight participants. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Baseline parent-reported, exercise-induced wheeze and a history of atopic disorders were predictive factors for future asthma in preschool children presenting with wheeze. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated the guidelines for chlamydia screening; there is a major gap in the evidence regarding the effectiveness of screening in men. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
High intake of whole grains, fruit, nuts/seeds, green leafy vegetables, and low-fat dairy was associated with a 15% lower diabetes risk in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
There is no evidence that 17 Massachusetts schoolgirls became pregnant because of a "pregnancy pact", the town's mayor says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:48 pm
Reuters - Nearly 8,000 older Americans who
fell and banged their heads died from the brain injury in 2005,
according to a government study released on Monday.
AP - New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good health. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
Twirling in a wheeled plastic disc is unremarkable for most 2-year-olds, but a big achievement for Lakshmi Tatma, a child born with eight limbs who her rural villagers believed was a goddess, not a girl, and who underwent a surgery last fall unlike any her doctors had ever performed.
AP - Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it straight into cold water. If that happened on the way to market, it might be contaminated. Too big of a temperature difference can make a tomato literally suck water inside the fruit through the scar where its stem used to be. If salmonella happens to be lurking on the skin, that's one way it can penetrate and, if the tomato isn't eaten right away, have time to multiply.
Singer Amy Winehouse has "traces" of lung disease emphysema and is "responding brilliantly to treatment" her father says. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 4:25 pm
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Oral cannabis (a form of
medical marijuana) was ineffective in treating certain types of acute pain
and actually increased sensitivity to some other kinds of discomfort, say
researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:06 pm
Experts criticise a UK-based online service which offers the contraceptive pill without the need to see a doctor. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 11:07 am
Reuters - Nearly 8,000 older Americans who
fell and banged their heads died from the brain injury in 2005,
according to a government study released on Monday.
AP - Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it straight into cold water. If that happened on the way to market, it might be contaminated. Too big of a temperature difference can make a tomato literally suck water inside the fruit through the scar where its stem used to be. If salmonella happens to be lurking on the skin, that's one way it can penetrate and, if the tomato isn't eaten right away, have time to multiply.