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Medical News Today: 11-13-2004
We still do not know what exactly killed Yasser Arafat - it is still a mystery... click link for more info.
The use of needles to monitor blood glucose levels could become a thing of the past thanks to technology being developed in Western Australia... click link for more info.
Smoking and a high dietary salt intake significantly increase the risk of acid reflux, but tea and alcohol, often thought to be culprits, seem to have little impact, finds a large study in Gut... click link for more info.
Health Development Agency publishes first local figures revealing unacceptable differences across the countryNew figures published today by the Health Development Agency reveal the extent of the smoking epidemic blighting the nation... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will be presenting awards for quality in family medicine this week at its Annual General Meeting in London... click link for more info.
Women seeking a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) have an increased risk of complications that require hospital management and will benefit from in-hospital care provided by midwife/obstetrician teams, according to new research published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology... click link for more info.
Hearing set to determine if the US will be better prepared for next year's flu season(Washington, DC) Chairman Larry Craig announced today that the U... click link for more info.
The World Health Organisation says countries should urgently develop a vaccine to combat a possible global flu pandemic... click link for more info.
Cuty Furberg has been removed from the FDA advisory panel meeting on arthritic drugs such as Vioxx (COX-2 drugs) because of his criticism of the entire class of medications made last week... click link for more info.
A bird's song is music to our ears -- and to the ears of his potential mates -- and a warning to other males to stay out of his territory... click link for more info.
Scientists at the US Geological Survey's (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center are concerned that avian cholera, which recently killed about 30,000 eared grebes--small, diving water birds--at Great Salt Lake, Utah, could spread as birds migrate south for the winter, the agency announced today... click link for more info.
Researchers working with Florida red tide discovered two new compounds that may treat mucus build-up associated with cystic fibrosis and similar lung diseases... click link for more info.
Health educators and dietitians ought to be more precise the next time they advise Americans that "vegetables and fruit are good for you," according to a study by a nutritional expert at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... click link for more info.
A new approach to outwit resistance to antibiotics has been discovered by a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... click link for more info.
Scientists say that low carbohydrate diets, like the Atkins and South Beach Diets, may actually be the best option for men who want to slim... click link for more info.
Denmark has made a nationwide commitment to Open Access for the biomedical research it funds... click link for more info.
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a Lyme disease receptor called TROSPA that is used by disease agents to invade ticks... click link for more info.
If a scientist moves to another country in the course of an ongoing project, there is an interest for him or her to transfer the funds to the new institution in that country... click link for more info.
A new study finds that only 36% of cancer patients ages 65 and older participate in clinical trials, despite making up 60% of the U... click link for more info.
Mayo Clinic gynecologists have discovered that hysteroscopic sterilization, a new method of plugging the fallopian tubes to prevent conception, will save patients money compared to laparoscopic tubal ligation, the most commonly used method of sterilization for women... click link for more info.
A team led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed vaccines that vastly reduce or eliminate dogs' allergic reactions to three major food allergens: peanuts, milk and wheat... click link for more info.
A traditional bicycle seat is more likely to cause male sexual dysfunction and a variety of other health problems than a new seat with a revolutionary design, according to Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine... click link for more info.
The Endocrine Society today asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to delay implementation of its plan to enhance public access to scientific research... click link for more info.
Male monkeys that experienced a strong immune response after being injected with the protein eppin maintained the ability to copulate with female monkeys but did not impregnate any of them, a finding that could lead to the development of a new male contraceptive, according to a study published in the Nov... click link for more info.
Singapore is facing an "alarming" HIV/AIDS epidemic, the country's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, noting that the country recorded more new AIDS cases in the first 10 months of 2004 than it did during the same period in 2003, Xinhuanet reports (Xinhuanet, 11/11)... click link for more info.
GTZ, WHO and sex work networks share information and lessons learned - The German technical cooperation (GTZ) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with sex work networks around the world, are launching the first ever online tool kit aimed at helping sex workers to protect themselves and their clients from infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections... click link for more info.
A deadly eye infection can now be virtually eliminated by a one-time treatment with an antibiotic say researchers according to a recent study ... click link for more info.
Being obese more than doubles the risk of acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) in older women, according to a US study... click link for more info.
New research has suggested that the number of junk food adverts aimed at children has reduced significantly within the last few months... click link for more info.
The greatest number of deaths from smoking-related diseases occurs in the UK's poorest areas, a new survey claims... click link for more info.
Waiting list numbers drop 300,000 since March 1997 - The total number of people on NHS waiting lists fell during September 2004 by 4,500 to 856,600... click link for more info.
Scientists say they have tested a vaccine, Cervarix, that protects women from two strains of HPV (human papillomavirus) which are responsible for 70% of cervical cancers... click link for more info.
An on-stage discussion with William F May, PhD... click link for more info.
Depending on your genetic makeup, vCJD (Varian Mad Cow Disease) will manifest itself differently, say researchers... click link for more info.
Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 22 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, and more than 17 million of them are in developing countries... click link for more info.
"Good-Regulation helps industry raise its game, forces us to adopt higher standards and adapt to technological advances... click link for more info.
Medex Screen Ltd... click link for more info.
Allowing poor communities to decide their own health priorities avoids inappropriate aid, says a senior doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Rich countries could follow the lead of poor countries and adopt a more systematic way of selecting medicines for reimbursement, according to a paper in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
A simple technique used to care for premature babies in poor countries is a safe and effective alternative to incubator care and should be encouraged in wealthy countries too, say researchers in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
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