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Medical News Today: 09-26-2004
It is a scene, say aid workers, almost too painful to describe... click link for more info.
More than 150 senior African and European Parliamentarians convened to discuss how parliamentarians can address the impact of the AIDS pandemic on children... click link for more info.
International agency Oxfam is gearing up to help the victims of severe flooding in the Northwest of Haiti following tropical storm Jeanne, which ravaged the island on the weekend... click link for more info.
Working while living with eczema can be difficult, especially when the way you look affects your confidence and your physical discomfort makes even the smallest of tasks like typing or washing an ordeal... click link for more info.
Although rates of blood cancer have been rising steadily for the past 50 years, its incidence in Asia is much lower than in the West... click link for more info.
The September addition of the HOPE Newsletter No13 published by The Standing Committee of the Hospital of the EU is now available... click link for more info.
An inflammatory component of heart disease may be present early in life, say researchers... click link for more info.
Currently, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States... click link for more info.
Critics are saying that Atkins Nutritionals teaming up with educators is another example of schools not protecting children from targeted marketing... click link for more info.
A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Ohio law that requires doctors to follow FDA guidelines when dispensing drugs for medical abortions, the Cincinnati Post reports... click link for more info.
The UK Department of Health have launched a number of guides aimed at health care providers in order to help them understand their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered that a cholesterol-lowering herbal drug also produces an unwanted side effect: It accelerates the breakdown of prescription drugs that fight the effects of AIDS and cancer... click link for more info.
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, led by Dr Jeffrey Kelly, have shown that, given the right kind of support, an AIDS prevention program found effective in the scientific arena can be successfully transferred to service providers in developing countries... click link for more info.
Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer of the chest cavity that kills about 2000 people a year in the United States... click link for more info.
Acute stretching immediately before sport or exercise may actually hinder, rather than improve, sport performance, suggests a review of research data published in the September/October Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine... click link for more info.
Robert Cancro, MD, Chairman of the NYU School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, has been invited to bring a team of psychiatrists to Moscow to assist the members of the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry in coping with the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the people of Beslan... click link for more info.
Arsenic could be toxic at much lower levels than previously thought, suggesting that the new EPA drinking water standard of 10 parts per billion might still be too high, according to a team of researchers at Dartmouth Medical School... click link for more info.
A study to be published in the October 1, 2004, issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy finds that ongoing drug shortages are having far-ranging, negative effects on patient care and hospital costs... click link for more info.
New research reports, patients who were treated for depression responded better if they had a higher level of vitamin B12 in their blood... click link for more info.
A federal program that pays monthly premiums for low income people with Medicare will expire on September 30th unless Congress moves swiftly to reauthorize the program... click link for more info.
HIV prevalence among pregnant women in South Africa continues to increase but at lower levels than those experienced in the 1990s, according to data released on Wednesday from a national survey conducted by the country's Department of Health, the SAPA/SABC News reports... click link for more info.
The Health Protection Agency is planning to revamp the Food, Dairy, Water and Environmental (FDWE) laboratory service network from this November to deal with new outbreaks and emergencies, the Agency's Board heard today... click link for more info.
Liverpool will become the UK's first 'smoke-free' city within a year, according to City Council leaders... click link for more info.
Social and economic circumstances are vital factors in the state of people's health, the health secretary said... click link for more info.
UK - Midweek drinking is becoming more popular and is expected to rise by 15 per cent over the next five years... click link for more info.
Lactic acid bacteria have been used to ferment or culture foods for at least 4000 years... click link for more info.
One of the common fears associated with giving up smoking is that it will lead to uncontrolled weight gain... click link for more info.
Myth: To lose weight, become a vegetarian
As with most styles of eating, whether you eat meat or choose to exclude all animal products from your diet, the particular food choices you make determine whether the diet is high, low or well balanced as far as calories are concerned... click link for more info.
USA - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host an interactive display of over 75 patient safety products, tools, and research findings during its Making the Health Care System Safer: Third Annual Patient Safety Research Conference... click link for more info.
Whether you are heading for the school room, board room or just want your brain to have the best chance to be in top form, breakfast is a must... click link for more info.
If you are feeling drained and your energy levels seem to be at an all time low, ask yourself this; how much are you drinking?
Dr Susan Shirreffs, an expert on dehydration from the Biomedical Sciences Department at Aberdeen University, says, "Most people probably need to drink between one and two litres of fluid every day to maintain their health... click link for more info.
Yeast is a tiny plant-like microbe used to make bread dough rise and alcoholic drinks such as wine, cider and beer... click link for more info.
Eating has never and never will be simply about satisfying physical hunger... click link for more info.
A diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is important to maintaining good health... click link for more info.
A peak mental health group is calling on people to boycott a popular pizza chain during the AFL grand final because they have received complaints that their recent advertisements are insulting... click link for more info.
OSAKA, JAPAN --- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") announced today that its US based global research and development organization, Takeda Global Research & Development Center Inc... click link for more info.
Patients in a study taking an 800 mg daily dose of Glivec (imatinib)* for treatment of certain forms of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) had significantly longer progression-free survival compared to the patients taking the standard 400 mg daily dose, according to results published today in The Lancet... click link for more info.
Multinational study also demonstrates the quick onset of action of Yentreve® and a reduction in continence pad usage
New data published in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology show that for women with severe stress urinary incontinence (SUI), Yentreve® (duloxetine hydrochloride) works quickly to reduce the frequency of their incontinence episodes and improves their quality of life... click link for more info.
The body of clinical evidence for the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent continues to grow as new data from around the world are presented at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) Sixteenth Annual Scientific Symposium, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT 2004), during the week of September 27th in Washington, DC... click link for more info.
Recently, the Clinical Oncologists for Individualized Therapy (COFIT) drafted comments refuting ASCO recommendations on the use of Chemotherapy Sensitivity and Resistance Assays (CSRAs)... click link for more info.
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