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Medical News Today: 01-23-2005
The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency) have issued an alert about possible problems with the Aventis OptiPen Pro-1... click link for more info.
This public health advisory informs health care providers and patients about recent safety-related changes to the nevirapine (Viramune) label (package insert) and about appropriate use of HIV triple combination therapy containing nevirapine, which is one treatment option in the United States and which is increasingly being used globally... click link for more info.
Prions that transmit BSE (mad cow disease) can appear in more organs than were originally thought if the infected animal has an inflammatory disease... click link for more info.
New research indicates that CPR performed outside the hospital and in the hospital often does not meet or adhere to standard guidelines, according to 2 studies in the January 19 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Over the last seven years rates of lung cancer among American women has dropped 2%... click link for more info.
229 passengers and 18 crew members came down with a stomach virus (Norovirus) while on board 'The Mariner of the Seas', which was cruising in the Caribbean... click link for more info.
A simplified approach to the management of patients with an acute coronary syndrome (chest pain at rest or with mild exertion) can help ensure that precise risk-reducing strategies are followed to the letter by doctors and other caregivers of patients with this medical condition, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers... click link for more info.
Smoking by nurses can create workplace problems that must be addressed by health care systems to promote better interactions between nurses and their patients and reduce dissension among staff, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center... click link for more info.
Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center are recruiting patients for a national study to find out the possible genetic causes of hyperhidrosis, or sweaty palms, a condition that affects 1 in 500 persons... click link for more info.
Auburn University researchers investigating ways to control tiny, blood-thirsty black flies have discovered a protein in the flies' saliva that speeds the healing of surgical incisions and have been awarded a U... click link for more info.
The presence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in female workers is associated with sharply increased costs to employers-mainly related to the indirect costs of missed work time and reduced productivity, reports a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)... click link for more info.
Depressed pregnant women may be more likely to have babies with low birth weights, according to a new study co-authored by Karen Conway, professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics... click link for more info.
The live-virus smallpox vaccine may pose a risk for individuals taking high-dose corticosteroids, and those with certain skin disorders or who are immunosuppressed, according to a report published in this month's Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)... click link for more info.
A common screening test for colon cancer fails 75 - 95 percent of the time... click link for more info.
As more and more promising results of clinical trials on vaccination against human papillomaviruses are published, the more likely it becomes that an HPV vaccine will be the first licensed immunization against a sexually transmitted disease... click link for more info.
Losing weight and eating healthier are common New Year's resolutions for millions of Americans each year, but it's not just adults who need to shed a few pounds... click link for more info.
Los Angeles - Many Americans take herbal supplements to boost their health, but they may not realize that continuing to do so prior to surgery could have life-threatening results... click link for more info.
Below is a statement from Robert M... click link for more info.
Results from a Mayo Clinic laboratory study in animals suggest that using distraction osteogenesis, a procedure that uses the mechanical force of an appliance to lengthen soft tissue and bone, may be a feasible and effective method to repair cleft palate in the future... click link for more info.
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc confirmed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the Company that it is unable to complete its review of the Company's Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to market the Plan B(R) (levonorgestrel) emergency contraceptive Over-The-Counter (OTC) by the January 21st Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date... click link for more info.
For most of the growing number of women who go out to work, organising childcare for young children is a highly complicated process in which the slightest disruption is likely to cause a crisis, according to new research sponsored by the ESRC... click link for more info.
Even before making the connection between drugs such as Vioxx and heart attacks, many doctors were becoming concerned that the heavily advertised drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors were being over-used, often by patients unlikely to benefit from this costly but innovative pharmaceutical class... click link for more info.
University of Michigan researchers have developed a faster, more efficient way to produce a wide variety of nanoparticle drug delivery systems, using DNA molecules to bind the particles together... click link for more info.
While large-scale genomic sequencing technologies over the past decade have given scientists databases filled with the complete genomes of hundreds of organisms, not enough is being done to interpret all that data by assigning functions to sequenced genes (annotation), according to a report released today by the American Academy of Microbiology... click link for more info.
Brenner Children's Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, was recently invited to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Heart Network... click link for more info.
As the death toll from the Dec... click link for more info.
General news and science reporters, editors, broadcasters and photographers are invited to The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Friday, Jan... click link for more info.
Timing is everything, it seems, even in science... click link for more info.
A new study on the determination of how livers are allocated for transplants examined the relationship between liver disease severity and quality of life, and found that the commonly used model for liver allocation is not a reliable indicator of general quality of life... click link for more info.
Females on top: Three Steps to Emancipation Classical polyandry occurs when a female breeds with several males who will raise their offspring alone... click link for more info.
To identify the best treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer, researchers at Yale School of Medicine are studying a technology called the Yale apoptosis assay in combination with another technology called the ChemoFX assay, which could double the response rate to existing drugs... click link for more info.
Major developments in biotech, genomics and stem cell research now offer exciting and far-reaching new opportunities for health care in conditions ranging from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease to genetic disorders... click link for more info.
The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) has compiled a compendium of articles describing advances in limb loss and prosthetics research published in 2004... click link for more info.
New survey results released January 18th indicate that employers who give their workers more health information may see a decrease in sickness absence with nearly two thirds of people (64%) agreeing that if they had more information about managing common ailments they would be less likely to take time off work... click link for more info.
Older women who drink a moderate amount of alcohol each day may be helping to keep their minds sharp, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues... click link for more info.
Many rivers and streams in the United States are believed to contain a toxic antimicrobial chemical whose environmental fate was never thoroughly scrutinized despite large scale production and usage for almost half a century, according to an analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health... click link for more info.
Businesses rarely draw up written policies to tackle HIV/AIDS until 20% of the country's population is infected, according to a global survey on the impact of the disease on business... click link for more info.
As new child rights legislation enters into force in Romania, a report finds that babies are just as likely to be abandoned in the country's maternity and pediatric hospitals as they were three decades ago... click link for more info.
The NHS recommends regular medication reviews for older patients, yet a study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj... click link for more info.
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