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Medical News Today: 02-28-2005
Scientists and health professionals have long believed that maintaining a healthy - or "ideal" - weight makes a difference in decreasing an individual's risk for cancer... click link for more info.
Surgeons at Mount Sinai Medical Center have found that less cutting is more beneficial to patients undergoing arthroscopic repair for lateral epicondylitis, also called 'tennis elbow... click link for more info.
A new study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) identifies a second mutation in a gene associated with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a discovery that helps to explain why NSCLC tumors become resistant to treatment with the cancer therapy gefitinib (Iressa)... click link for more info.
Children who have very healthy levels of blood sugar, blood pressure, weight and cholesterol are likely to become heart-healthy adults, say Tulane University researchers... click link for more info.
A new study published in this month's Journal of Urology reports that Enablex® (darifenacin), a once-daily treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), does not impair cognition in elderly patients... click link for more info.
Each year, approximately 9 million platelet-unit concentrates are transfused in the United States (1); an estimated one in 1,000--3,000 platelet units are contaminated with bacteria, resulting in transfusion-associated sepsis in many recipients (2)... click link for more info.
During October 2003 - February 2004, eight cases (seven confirmed cases and one possible) of Legionnaires disease (LD) were identified among guests at a hotel in Ocean City, Maryland... click link for more info.
Important, interrelated factors leading to hypertension include obesity, stress, and the genetic vulnerability of American consumers, in addition to their sodium intake... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Meiji Seika Kaisha (TSE: 2202) has announced that it will make a presentation of its latest research on rosmarinic acid at the 1st Symposium of the Japanese Society for Food Immunology to be held on February 26... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Chugai Pharmaceutical (TSE: 4519) has announced that it has received approval for expanded indications of Natulan, an antitumor agent, from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)... click link for more info.
UK - New diagnoses of HIV remained at a high level during 2004, the Health Protection Agency Board heard this week... click link for more info.
Steris Limited today announced that its product for removing and inactivating prion contamination from surgical instruments is immediately available for sale and use in United Kingdom hospitals... click link for more info.
Rising Awareness, New Product Alternatives to Boost Prospects of European Sleep Apnea Diagnostics Market - Low levels of awareness among patients and physicians about sleep apnea are hindering the uptake of related diagnostics... click link for more info.
A major new project from the UK Department of Health will celebrate the contribution made by people from the Caribbean Commonwealth in the early years of the NHS... click link for more info.
University College London (UCL) scientists have found a protein that could unlock the secret to quicker, more effective treatment of TB by waking TB bacteria in the body... click link for more info.
Expert Working Group on Agricultural Contaminants on Worcester sauce by the unauthorised colour Sudan I - At the request of the Commission, the issue of contamination by the dye Sudan I was addressed at the meeting of the working group of experts on agricultural contaminants which was held on 24-25 February 2005... click link for more info.
Chief Nursing Officer demands action for cleaner, safer hospitals - Nurses, doctors, consultants and cleaners from 939 hospitals sites will be working together to raise the profile of good hygiene in hospitals today as part of Think Clean Day... click link for more info.
The degree to which city people walk or ride bicycles for their daily transportation needs depends largely on how much green space there is, says a new study that examines the role of urban design in physical fitness... click link for more info.
In a small but startling preliminary new study, Texas researchers have found that after just three months, every one of a dozen children treated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with the drug methylphenidate experienced a threefold increase in levels of chromosome abnormalities-occurrences associated with increased risks of cancer and other adverse health effects... click link for more info.
Greater awareness needed to improve use of available services - Health care and related services for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) usually depend on the medical insurance and other programs offered by their parents' employers... click link for more info.
ASPS study says only 5 percent of college-age women have had cosmetic surgery - Many parents worry about the potential influence the media may have on their children's self-esteem and body image... click link for more info.
Teens with HIV are having more risky sex with more partners than their counterparts did in the years before powerful new medications for HIV were introduced in 1996, according to a new report in the American Journal of Health Behavior... click link for more info.
Physicians have long been puzzled by a condition called intracranial arterial dolichoectasia, in which the larger arteries of the brain become elongated and misshapen... click link for more info.
A new analysis shows the drug finasteride will save lives if given to men to prevent prostate cancer... click link for more info.
A new study finds men treated with hormone therapy for prostate cancer may experience temporary cognitive changes that can affect verbal fluency, visual recognition and visual memory... click link for more info.
USA - $1,600,000 in grants for diesel engine retrofit projects is being announced by Acting EPA Administrator, Steve Johnson at a press event today in St... click link for more info.
A blockage of the movement of chemical supplies and signals within the tube-shaped, brain-to-body cellular highways called axons, appears to occur much earlier than previously thought in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to research by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine... click link for more info.
The superstitious practice known as 'branding treatment' in rural India should be banned, urge researchers in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Elective caesarean section does not protect women from postnatal depression, according to a study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), will examine the safety of its novel investigational recombinant antibody MYO-029 in a phase one/two clinical trial in adult patients with muscular dystrophy (MD)... click link for more info.
The British model of general practice is rightly admired, but there are several causes for concern regarding the future of children's health care in general practice, argues an editorial in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers demonstrated that a gel applied in the vagina provides protection from both the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the herpes simplex virus... click link for more info.
Spring music festivals are announcing their line-ups, and listeners should plan to pack earplugs along with their blankets and lawn chairs... click link for more info.
Among smokers hospitalized with a heart attack, counseling them to quit smoking before they leave the hospital is associated with significant increases in short- and long-term survival rates, according to a recent UAB study published in the The American Journal of Medicine... click link for more info.
Doctors today are being asked to see more patients in less time, and they are seeing patients with more complicated chronic illnesses... click link for more info.
Could your health status, meaning how sick or well you are, affect how satisfied you are with the health care facility you are in and the people taking care of you? Yes, according to a UAB study recently published in Health Care Management Review... click link for more info.
The tracheotomy, performed on Pope John Paul II, is an incision made into the windpipe, or trachea, through the front of a person's neck... click link for more info.
Children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may be ignoring visual information to their left and being diagnosed mistakenly as having dyslexia, according to new research by Dr Tom Manly and colleagues at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge and published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Brain and Cognition... click link for more info.
Research funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department of Health has resulted in a new procedure expected to substantially reduce the risks of transmission of human prion infection during routine surgery... click link for more info.
Drive excellence in your healthcare by attending the nation's largest gathering of kidney patients and their families - the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) Annual Convention... click link for more info.
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