|
Insurance & Litigation
•
|
Tools & Information
•
•
•
|
|
 Back to Medical News Today Archives
Medical News Today: 12-07-2004
Children are more vulnerable than adults to the adverse effects of air pollution for several reasons... click link for more info.
The American Medical Association (AMA) voted yesterday to support the importation of prescription drugs by wholesalers and pharmacies, if certain conditions are met to "ensure patient safety... click link for more info.
A new leaflet is offering a lifeline to thousands of people with kidney failure across the UK... click link for more info.
WHO has received reports from the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria of a total number of 1616 cases and 126 deaths... click link for more info.
Lower back pain is a common complaint and one that causes excessive absence from work... click link for more info.
US researchers say that treatment with botulinum-A toxin significantly reduces urge urinary incontinence (UUI) caused by idiopathic detrusor overactivity... click link for more info.
The failure of the NHS to implement cost-saving measures could cost more than £20 billion, according to a new report... click link for more info.
Teen magazines and television programmes are being used to help teach children sex education... click link for more info.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals affirms the safety and efficacy of EFEXOR® (venlafaxine HCl) and EFEXOR XL® (venlafaxine HCl sustained release), (collectively EFEXOR), and disagrees with the United Kingdom's (UK) Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) decision to require interim measures that would restrict access to these treatments... click link for more info.
Results from two new multi-center trials confirm efficacy and tolerability of Prexige 100 mg once daily in treatment of osteoarthritis - Data reinforce favorable tolerability and safety profile of Prexige 1,2... click link for more info.
Novartis investigational drug ICL670 demonstrates positive results in treating chronic iron overload, a potentially life-threatening condition... click link for more info.
LACTAID® brings tidings of dairy comfort and joy to the millions of Americans who are lactose intolerant, with the launch of its new LACTAID® Eggnog, the only lactose-free eggnog now regionally available in the Northeast... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), UK, has produced practical guidance to reduce diagnostic errors in general practice... click link for more info.
Corgentech Inc (Nasdaq: CGTK), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced top-line results from the first of two Phase 3 clinical trials for edifoligide (E2F Decoy) an investigational product to treat vein graft failure of the heart and leg... click link for more info.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY), today announced the availability of the ChoiceDM? A1C Home Test, the only over-the-counter test to measure glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c or A1C) and provide immediate results at home... click link for more info.
Wireless tagging technology could help health providers save lives, improve workflow efficiency and reduce the cost of caring for patients... click link for more info.
The FDA Issues Final Rule on the Establishment and Maintenance of Records to Enhance the Security of the US Food Supply Under the Bioterrorism Act - FDA also issues draft guidance regarding records access... click link for more info.
An independent study carried out at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that your risk of having a heart attack is three times greater with Vioxx than with Celebrex... click link for more info.
Timing of birth and risk of multiple sclerosis: population based study BMJ Online First - In the northern hemisphere, being born in May is linked to an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, while being born in November carries the lowest risk, finds a new study published on bmj... click link for more info.
From 10 December 2004, all enclosed public places in New Zealand will be smoke-free zones... click link for more info.
Migraine headaches are a painful condition affecting 28 million Americans, and tension headaches are even more common... click link for more info.
Prominent Long Island plastic surgeon Dr... click link for more info.
For the first time, clear data shows that treating Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) with MabThera in combination with chemotherapy prolongs patient survival... click link for more info.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued new advice to patients and doctors about the group of antidepressants known as SSRI's, today... click link for more info.
Generic drug use varies widely by state, according to a new Express Scripts study that measured per capita generic drug utilization in 2003 using a random sample of approximately 3 million pharmacy benefit plan members age 18 to 64... click link for more info.
USA - According to the results of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study, reported in the December issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (Volume 61), Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites* born in the United States have a higher risk for developing psychiatric disorders than their foreign-born counterparts who have immigrated to the United States... click link for more info.
Imagination is alive and thriving in the minds of America's school-age children... click link for more info.
Hand preference and language go hand-in-hand, or do they? According to researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, handedness is not associated with the language area of the brain, as has been the accepted scientific thought throughout history... click link for more info.
Using newer cloning techniques, including the "gentle squeeze" method described by South Korean researchers who earlier this year reported creating the first cloned human embryonic stem cell line, University of Pittsburgh scientists have taken a significant step toward successful therapeutic cloning of nonhuman primate embryos... click link for more info.
Understanding how muscle cells form is crucial to developing new treatments for diseases such as muscular dystrophy and to treating muscle injuries... click link for more info.
Countless sperm may surround an egg at one time, yet only one must be allowed to fertilize it... click link for more info.
Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil among nations showing the way in thriving biotech industries - Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is developing a novel vaccine for HIV/AIDS... click link for more info.
The less you sleep, the more you may gain... click link for more info.
Not only can positron emission tomography (PET) help evaluate treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) by revealing biologic changes such as how the tumor processes the fuel that makes it grow, but CT can indirectly reveal biologic changes as well by analyzing the tumor's density, say researchers from The University of Texas M... click link for more info.
Measuring bone marrow fat (BMF) along with bone mineral density (BMD) can better predict weakening of bones than either test done alone, a new study indicates... click link for more info.
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center offers these news items presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH)... click link for more info.
A noninvasive fingertip test can identify patients with the earliest stages of heart disease and may prove cost-effective as a screening test, according to the findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this week in the Journal of American College of Cardiology... click link for more info.
The human parathyroid gland, which regulates the level of calcium in the blood, probably evolved from the gills of fish, according to researchers from King's College London... click link for more info.
Doctors appear willing to use intensive treatment to lessen otherwise untreatable pain or other severe symptoms in dying patients even if the treatment, at least in theory, risks hastening the dying process, according to two University of Iowa and Yale University studies on end-of-life care... click link for more info.
A surgical procedure being pioneered by University College London (UCL) urologists is enabling men born with a very small penis to acquire an average-sized, functioning penis which not only allows them to urinate normally, but for many, to enjoy a full sex life for the first time... click link for more info.
|
|
