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Medical News Today: 02-19-2005
The forces of variation and selection which shape human language have become issues of extensive research... click link for more info.
As many as half of children in the developing world lack enough vital micronutrients, such as iron and zinc, in their diets... click link for more info.
Exposure to lead may be one of the most significant causes of violent crime in young people, according to one of the nation's leading researchers on the subject... click link for more info.
Researchers have noted a higher incidence of depression among patients with epilepsy than the general population or others with chronic conditions such as diabetes... click link for more info.
Women who have suffered a heart attack or have chest pain are being prescribed appropriate drug intervention at hospital discharge at the same frequency as men, researchers reported at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke... click link for more info.
A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some patients... click link for more info.
How to apply scientific advances to drug research, particularly on the structure and function of cell membranes, is among the topics to be addressed during the De Lange Conference at Rice University in Houston March 7-9... click link for more info.
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that obese individuals in otherwise good health who donated a kidney had outcomes similar to their non-obese counterparts... click link for more info.
A new study will test an FDA-approved antidepressant for its potential to alleviate bladder pain for which there is no known cause and no effective therapy... click link for more info.
For nearly a decade, scientists have been trying to fully understand a particular communication pathway inside of cells that contributes to many malignant brain and prostate cancers... click link for more info.
AMA President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that the AMA was encouraged that older Australians are taking up private health insurance in greater numbers... click link for more info.
Motor vehicle backover-related injuries pose a serious risk to children and youth with an estimated 7,475 children from ages one to 14 years treated in U... click link for more info.
(UK) In response to the recent announcement that fees for immigration applications will increase by at least 200% on April 1st 2005 - BMA Chairman, Mr James Johnson in a letter to Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: "Doctors often change jobs frequently and the proposal to make them pay £500 for each renewal application perhaps two to three times a year is unreasonable and the BMA would urge the government to reconsider this decision... click link for more info.
According to research from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, men who receive a reproducible prostate specific antigen (PSA) test result of 7 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter) or greater are more likely to have a subsequent prostate biopsy compared to men with lower but still abnormal test results... click link for more info.
Deaths from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related lung cancer, will peak within ten years in the UK and then fall to a much lower level, according to new figures published in this week's British Journal of Cancer*... click link for more info.
Recommendations on use of folic acid consumption have had no detectable impact on the incidence of neural tube defects, according to an international study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Expectant mothers should be advised not to drink alcohol, as this may pose health risks to the foetus, argues an editorial in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
The Food Standards Agency is today advising people in the UK not to eat foods that have been inadvertently contaminated with an illegal dye, Sudan I... click link for more info.
Quetiapine, a drug commonly used in nursing homes to treat agitation and related symptoms in people with Alzheimers' disease actually worsens patients' illness, speeding up their rate of decline significantly, says a paper published on bmj... click link for more info.
Antidepressant drugs may be associated with an increased risk of suicidal behaviour, particularly in the early stages of treatment, shows new evidence in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Nonsmoking New York City women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant are more likely to give birth to infants with genetic abnormalities linked to cancer than nonsmoking women who were exposed to lower levels of air pollution, according to the findings of a study announced on Tuesday and scheduled to be published in the February issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention... click link for more info.
On February 15, 2005 , HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and Acting FDA Commissioner Lester M... click link for more info.
Women who receive epidural anesthesia early in labor are no more likely to undergo a caesarean-section delivery than women who receive systemic narcotics for initial pain and do not receive an epidural until later in labor, according to a study published in the Feb... click link for more info.
The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved 27-3 a bill (http://www... click link for more info.
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The lack of natural growth factors in the fluid in which IVF embryos are grown could have lifelong effects on people conceived this way... click link for more info.
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A typically innocuous virus found in 90 percent of people worldwide is the key to a new treatment for a cancer particularly common in North Africa and Southeast Asia... click link for more info.
UCB Pharma Inc has been granted a priority review for the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) seeking approval of its leading anti-epilepsy drug (AED) Keppra®* (levetiracetam) as add on therapy in children and adolescents with partial seizures in the USA... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners' (RCGP) Disability Care Award 2004 has been won by a GP practice in Liverpool... click link for more info.
The federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation today granted motions by several parties, including Merck, to transfer all VIOXX® product liability lawsuits pending in federal courts nationwide into one consolidated Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) for coordinated pre-trial proceedings... click link for more info.
Developers of / experts in health risk assessment methods are herewith informed of a procurement procedure under EU law for health risk assessment methods (see: Publication of Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union New NHS disciplinary rules - a fair process for doctors, employers and patients, UK
Commenting on the newly agreed disciplinary procedures for NHS hospital doctors in England, Dr Alan Russell, Deputy Chairman of the BMA's Consultants Committee, made the following comments: "We think the new process offers hospital doctors, employers and patients a fair deal... click link for more info.
Three commonly used drugs -- Prozac, Xenical and Meridia -- may help type 2 diabetes patients lose small amounts of weight, although long-term benefits are not clear, a new review of 22 studies suggests... click link for more info.
A little-known drug called naltrexone provides a "meaningful benefit" in helping alcoholics moderate their drinking, according to the latest review of evidence from 29 studies on four continents... click link for more info.
Drawing on an understanding of how slugs, leeches and earthworms traverse their environments and grasp objects, a team of Case Western Reserve University biologists and engineers has developed two flexible robotic devices that could make invasive medical procedures such as colonoscopies safer for patients and easier for doctors to administer... click link for more info.
Married women who avoid conflict with their spouses have an increased risk of dying from any cause, researchers report today at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke... click link for more info.
UC Irvine researchers have uncovered significant differences in the brain activity of men and women when engaged in a broad range of activities and behavior - differences that are even more acute during impulsive or hostile acts... click link for more info.
Henry Ford Hospital has launched a safety study using the drug Viagra to determine if it can help patients recover from a stroke... click link for more info.
A piece of the topical puzzle of how estrogen goes from protecting women from heart disease to apparently increasing their risk later in life may have been found... click link for more info.
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