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Medical News Today: 12-28-2004
ALZA Corporation today announced that it has submitted a new drug application to the U... click link for more info.
The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of the amount of energy released... click link for more info.
Official figures confirm that the death toll has passed the 55,000 mark - and is rising fast... click link for more info.
AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) announced today that the Pharmaceuticals Affairs Council has recommended that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approve CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin) in Japan at a dose range of 2... click link for more info.
With deadly diseases now stalking the survivors of the massive South Asian tsunami that has reportedly already claimed an estimated 50,000 lives, United Nations agencies today turned to the urgent task of providing clean drinking water and health care for millions of people and the longer-term need for a mitigating early warning system... click link for more info.
TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis... click link for more info.
Legionnaires' disease is an uncommon form of pneumonia that may have serious consequences for some people, especially people in the older age groups... click link for more info.
Dioxins have never been produced intentionally... click link for more info.
On December 16, 2004, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Order of Preliminary Injunction (court order) which enjoins Canada Care Drugs, Inc (Canada Care), Christine Ruggiero, and Claire Ruggiero (defendants) from causing the importation of drugs, receiving commissions from the importation of drugs, and advertising or promoting any importation service... click link for more info.
A drug that helps people quit smoking also helps them prevent the excess weight gain that often plagues ex-smokers, according to research released at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Scientific Meeting... click link for more info.
In homes where children are just visitors, residents are twice as likely to say they keep their medicines out in the open, stored in a purse or left unlocked, compared with homes where children live, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine... click link for more info.
While teenagers who drink also tend to have behavior problems, there is more of a genetic basis to their conduct than there is to the lure of alcohol, a new study on 14-year-old Finnish twins reports... click link for more info.
The Korea Times is launching an appeal to help the victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck populations across southern and southeastern Asia on Sunday... click link for more info.
Médecins Sans Frontières is carrying out extensive relief operations in several countries... click link for more info.
"Let us all extend our helping hands to collect relief for the victims stricken by the tidal wave of terror unleashed by the recent Asian earthquake, especially in Sri Lanka... click link for more info.
UNFPA Seeks Funds to Meet Massive Needs Across South Asia - In the aftermath of devastating tsunamis that struck several South and South-east Asian countries on Sunday, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling on governments, sister UN agencies and other humanitarian partners to ensure that the special needs of women and girls are factored into all short- and medium-term relief planning... click link for more info.
According to official figures the total number of dead has now reached 28,483... click link for more info.
The Aceh province, Indonesia, is reporting over 5,700 deaths as a result of a massive earthquake that hit the area last Sunday... click link for more info.
Mounting the relief operations, the Centre today arranged lifting of relief supplies from various states for Car Nicobar and other tidal wave-hit areas and operated special flights to evacuate people stranded in Andaman and Nicobar Islands... click link for more info.
The death toll in Sunday's devastating tsunami has risen to 4,500 in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Pondicherry, official sources today said... click link for more info.
UK GPs are to pilot a new service for people with a family history of cancer announced Macmillan Cancer Relief1 and the Department of Health today... click link for more info.
It is estimated that as many as 50 million people in the United States have varicose veins, 90 percent of whom are women... click link for more info.
As the extent of the massive damage caused by tidal surges in the Indian Ocean region of Asia becomes clearer, the United Nations World Food Programme today appealed for an initial US$1... click link for more info.
Side Effects is an independent feature film written and directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau... click link for more info.
The death toll in the killer tsunami tidal waves mounted rapidly to nearly 7,000 in India and 17,000 more in the region today as the scale of death and destruction began unfolding 24 hours after the disaster struck... click link for more info.
A day after Sunday's powerful earthquake, Japanese tourists who escaped the disaster at a hotel in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described terrifying scenes when a tsunami hit the island... click link for more info.
"We expect to find the damage inflicted by two consecutive disasters... click link for more info.
Benefits must exceed risks if COX-2 inhibitors are prescribed; patients need to stick to labeled NSAID dosages, limit use to 10 days... click link for more info.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have found a fundamental mechanism used by embryonic stem cells to assure that genetically damaged stem cells do not divide and pass along the damage to daughter stem cells... click link for more info.
An inexpensive, non-narcotic medication has been identified as an important step in treating acute migraine headaches, according to a study performed by University of Alberta researchers in collaboration with other emergency physicians... click link for more info.
High levels of a blood protein called mannose-binding lectin (MBL) are associated with lower risk of heart attack, particularly among diabetics, report Saevardottir and colleagues... click link for more info.
Both ibuprofen and acetaminophen are safe and effective for treating migraine headaches in children and adolescents, according to the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, whose new practice guideline is published in the December 28 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.
Longer and more intense physical activity may help people maintain their cognitive skills as they age, according to a 10-year study of elderly men published in the December 28, 2004 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.
A new study says cancer surgery performed at a medical center designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a "center of excellence" is associated with less risk of death soon after surgery than if performed at a high-volume surgery center, but finds no difference in five-year survival rates... click link for more info.
The US government does not approve or control the "599 list" of non-tobacco chemical ingredients used to manufacture cigarettes... click link for more info.
People with a history of migraines and other headaches lasting at least four hours are more likely to report suffering from the chest pain doctors call angina than people who do not experience such headaches, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study concludes... click link for more info.
Mice missing a specific protein from their brains react to stress differently... click link for more info.
Women who have their breast cancers detected by physical examinations are at least twice as likely to undergo toxic treatments than those who have their cancer detected by mammography-regardless of the age of the woman, a new study shows... click link for more info.
MDCT angiography can potentially help determine which patients with narrowed carotid arteries are at greater risk of having a stroke, a new study shows... click link for more info.
New research has shown that about 20% of heart failure patients become clinically depressed... click link for more info.
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