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Medical News Today: 11-29-2004
The CROWNALIFE project reveals that the bacteria present in the gut of the elderly diverge from that of early life... click link for more info.
Having confirmed links between solar exposure, vitamin D intake and bone health, the OPTIFORD project is assessing how varying lifestyles and environments across Europe will affect health recommendations, for both younger and older populations... click link for more info.
Diet is already associated with the development of cardiovascular disease... click link for more info.
Adapting diets to reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer's or osteoporosis and more generally to improve health among the elderly are some of the possibilities revealed by EU research on nutrition and health... click link for more info.
Cancer Research UK launches a major new clinical trial for the most common form of lung cancer today (Monday), to test the effectiveness of one of the new generation of 'smart' cancer drugs as a first line treatment... click link for more info.
Researchers say that if we can block a specific enzyme - urokinase plasminogen activator - we should be able to stop the spread of cancer in the body... click link for more info.
Australian scientists have discovered a way to track the electronic footpath of a single thought travelling through the human brain... click link for more info.
You are much more likely to develop a beer belly if you binge drink - much more so than if you spread your drinking evenly during the week, say researchers... click link for more info.
If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study... click link for more info.
Patient groups and stakeholders connected with epilepsy are calling for an immediate increase in government spending to rectify the 'woefully inadequate' standard of care revealed by new research showing a waiting time of 8-10 weeks from the time of the first presentation in primary care to the first appointment in secondary care... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - 3M Health Care has started to sell 1870F, a package of two N95 respirators for controlling micro particles causing infectious diseases such as SARS and avian flu, for general use... click link for more info.
Osaka, Japan, Nov 29, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that the European Mutual Recognition Variation Procedure (MRP) evaluating the use of Blopress(R) (candesartan cilexetil), a selective angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) has been completed... click link for more info.
UK - Signposting is intended to be a way of making it easier for people to choose a healthy diet... click link for more info.
The Food Standards Agency released research suggesting that people would like simple labelling signposts to help them make informed and healthier food choices... click link for more info.
For the first time ever in the UK, the total number of teenage girls binge drinking is higher than the number of boys... click link for more info.
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has held a meeting to discuss the re-classification of cannabis on operational policing... click link for more info.
A UK pharmacist has refused to sell the morning-after-pill to a woman customer, citing his Catholic beliefs... click link for more info.
Northern Ireland's hospital waiting lists have been named the worst in the UK... click link for more info.
A new AIDS vaccine that is used to treat the disease is able to suppress the virus for at least one year, say researchers of a small trial... click link for more info.
Laboratories in China that wish to experiment on risky pathogenic microbes will now need official approval, say officials... click link for more info.
Hong Kong authorities may ban the slaughtering of poultry by retailers in a bid to prevent a bird (avian) flu pandemic... click link for more info.
Close cooperation among experts from different fields of medicine is needed to solve a mysterious acute brain disease affecting people who ate sugihiratake mushrooms... click link for more info.
Since the School Lunch Law was implemented 50 years ago in Japan, meals schools provided for students have diversified to a surprising degree as part of an effort on the part of educators to make children think more about what and how they eat... click link for more info.
The Medical Research Council, UK, has launched 'Assisted reproduction; a safe, sound future' (link at end of article) a report highlighting the need for improved monitoring and evaluation of assisted reproduction technologies (ART)... click link for more info.
In 2003, approximately 37% of pregnant women in Botswana (2001 population: 1... click link for more info.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has issued guidance for the NHS in England and Wales on how healthcare services should be provided for adults with head and neck cancers... click link for more info.
The UK government has announced the biggest sexual health campaign since the early days of AIDS in a bid to tackle the rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)... click link for more info.
The British Medical Association (BMA) presented a special award to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for its publication, Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change... click link for more info.
A new type of nonablative laser treatment seems to eliminate many acne scars effectively after a three to five sessions... click link for more info.
Swiss voters approved measures to allow scientists to take stem cells from unwanted embryos to be used for research into diseases... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a fast track review of testosterone patches for women with low sex drive, despite concerns about insufficient data and potentially misleading marketing by their manufacturer Proctor & Gamble, claim two articles in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
UNICEF will join hundreds of international organizations, global leaders and individuals to demand a ban on landmines at the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World from November 29 to December 3... click link for more info.
Yourself!Fitness, by Portland- based responDESIGN, is the first fitness game program for the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft... click link for more info.
Jeff Desmond, MD, already knows what he's getting for Christmas: hundreds of people with colds and flu coming to see him and his staff at the University of Michigan hospital emergency room... click link for more info.
If you've ever been tempted to drop a friend who tended to freeload, then you have experienced a key to one of the biggest mysteries facing social scientists, suggests a study by UCLA anthropologists... click link for more info.
CAD software helps distinguish benign, malignant nodules seen on CT scans - Not all masses are cancer... click link for more info.
The British Dental Association today concurred with the view of a new report that it's make or break time for NHS dentistry... click link for more info.
Surgeons are warning that public hospital waiting lists will continue to grow due to budget-related operating restrictions... click link for more info.
Here are some examples of people who managed to lose weight and keep the weight from coming back... click link for more info.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the issue of medical marijuana tomorrow... click link for more info.
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