BBC News | Health | World Edition
GPs 'lax' on cholesterol targets 
|
|
Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
|
|
03/11/2010 01:08 AM
|
|
|
Vitiligo skin graft 'effective'
|
|
Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.
|
|
03/11/2010 01:13 AM
|
|
|
Hospital rap over medicine errors
|
|
Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
|
|
03/11/2010 01:01 AM
|
|
|
'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture
|
|
There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
|
|
03/10/2010 12:17 AM
|
|
|
India help for Sri Lanka amputees
|
|
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
|
|
03/10/2010 02:12 PM
|
|
|
'Problem kids' risk future pain
|
|
Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.
|
|
03/10/2010 12:04 AM
|
|
|
US school soda deal 'cuts sugar'
|
|
The US soft drinks industry says it has dramatically cut full-calorie beverages available in schools as part of a drive to tackle obesity.
|
|
03/09/2010 11:36 AM
|
|
|
Action urged on pregnancy deaths
|
|
Pregnant women in developing countries face the same risk of death as women in the UK did 100 years ago, say campaigners.
|
|
03/08/2010 12:59 AM
|
|
|
Obama continues healthcare attack
|
|
US President Barack Obama attacks insurers for raising rates as he continues his push for healthcare reform.
|
|
03/08/2010 08:37 PM
|
|
|
UK gives SA millions of condoms
|
|
The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.
|
|
03/09/2010 04:21 PM
|
|
|
Surgery on Mubarak 'successful'
|
|
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak undergoes successful surgery at a German clinic for an inflamed gall bladder, state media say.
|
|
03/06/2010 02:27 PM
|
|
|
Africa in bid to wipe out polio
|
|
A campaign is launched to eradicate polio in west and central Africa, targeting 85 million children.
|
|
03/06/2010 10:48 AM
|
|
|
Health News from Medical News Today
|
In U.S. Imaging First, Prenatal MRI Detects Rare Genetic Disease In Newborn
|
|
In a case believed to be a United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease. The disorder, congenital chloride diarrhea, can cause severe dehydration and serious metabolic disturbances in newborns if not treated quickly. "This is a disease where early diagnosis is the key to a good outcome," said Richard Barth, MD, the physician who recognized the unusual case...
|
|
03/11/2010 03:00 AM
|
|
|
New Data Presented At American Burn Association's Annual Meeting Support Safety Profile Of RECOTHROM® Thrombin, Topical In Pediatric Patients
|
|
ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGEN), today announced the presentation of safety and immunogenicity data among pediatric burn patients at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Boston, MA. The study marks the first dedicated look at the safety and immunogenicity of any stand-alone thrombin in pediatric surgical patients. The investigators concluded that RECOTHROM did not appear to be associated with any treatment-related adverse events when used as an aid to hemostasis in pediatric patients undergoing synchronous burn wound excision and skin grafting...
|
|
03/11/2010 02:00 AM
|
|
|
Mayo Researchers Link Obesity To Worse Outcome In Patients Being Treated For Colon Cancer
|
|
It's long been known that obesity is linked to increased risk of developing colon cancer, but now researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients who have already been diagnosed and treated for the cancer. The authors found that obesity was significantly associated with a greater number of tumor-containing regional lymph nodes and worse survival rates, independent of other tumor features...
|
|
03/11/2010 01:00 AM
|
|
|
ZenBio Licenses An Important Cell Line From Harvard To Drive Metabolic Disease Research
|
|
ZenBio announce that they will be a commercial source for the popular murine 3T3-L1 cell line, which has been fundamental in metabolic disease research for 30 years. Originally derived from Swiss mouse embryo tissue by Dr. Howard Green of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, the 3T3-L1 system has been pivotal in advancing the understanding of basic cellular mechanisms associated with diabetes, obesity and other related disorders...
|
|
03/11/2010 12:00 AM
|
|
|
Diamyd Medical: Diamyd US Phase III Study Well Under Way
|
|
Diamyd Medical (STO:DIAMB)(Pink Sheets:DMYDY) announces today that one hundred study participants have been included in the ongoing US Phase III study, DiaPrevent. The global Phase III program with the company's lead drug candidate Diamyd® has thereby enrolled more than 430 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Europe and the USA. One hundred patients are now enrolled in the company's US Phase III study called DiaPrevent at 33 diabetes centers throughout the USA and more sites will be added...
|
|
03/10/2010 10:00 PM
|
|
|
WHO Releases New Malaria Guidelines For Treatment And Procurement Of Medicines
|
|
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. In recent years a new type of treatment called artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) has transformed the treatment of malaria, but if not used properly the medicine could become ineffective. Guidelines emphasize testing The Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition) provide evidence-based and current recommendations for countries on malaria diagnosis and treatment...
|
|
03/10/2010 09:00 PM
|
|
|
Ag Groups Weigh-in On Supreme Court Case For Biotech Alfalfa
|
|
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a lower court acted hastily and incorrectly by banning the cultivation of biotech alfalfa despite extensive scientific evidence documenting the safety of the crop. A coalition of agricultural organizations filed on March 8 a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in "Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms...
|
|
03/10/2010 08:00 PM
|
|
|
ACF Announces The Availability Of $42 Million In Competitive Grant Funding For Native American Communities And Organizations
|
|
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the availability of $42 million in competitive grant funding for fiscal year 2010 for community-based projects that promote economic and social self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders from American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The fiscal year 2010 funding includes $27 million for continuing multi-year projects...
|
|
03/10/2010 07:00 PM
|
|
|
Physical Therapists Unite To Support The Uninsured
|
|
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging residents across the country to contact their local elected officials and members of the media to draw attention to the problem of the nation's uninsured during "Cover the Uninsured Week," March 14-20. APTA is a supporting organization of the observance, designed to raise awareness of the plight of 46 million uninsured Americans, including 9 million children, and the effect it is having on the country's health care system...
|
|
03/10/2010 06:00 PM
|
|
|
Virgin Plans To Coordinate GP Care Across Country, UK
|
|
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin empire plans to use its newly acquired network of polyclinics to co-ordinate GP services across the country, Pulse can reveal. Virgin Healthcare told Pulse its acquisition of Assura Medical Ltd last week had given it control of 15 'GP-led health centres' and a total of 30 GP companies - believed to make it the biggest private provider of GP services in the country...
|
|
03/10/2010 05:00 PM
|
|
|
Meat And Colorectal Cancer Risk: Scientists Suggest Potential Mechanisms
|
|
Scientists in the US who undertook a large study to investigate what biological mechanisms might be behind the already established link between colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed meat, confirmed that such a link exists and suggested the main players are three compounds: heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines. You can read a paper on the research behind these findings in the published online first 9 March issue of Cancer Research...
|
|
03/10/2010 05:00 PM
|
|
|
2010 Recipient Of Minority Scholar Award Will Conduct Clinical Research On Leukemia
|
|
Alison Walker, MD, has been selected to receive the ASH-AMFDP Award, and will begin her research in acute myeloid leukemia in July of this year. The award, designed to help increase the number of underrepresented minority scholars in the field of hematology, is the result of a partnership between the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It provides four years of support, including an annual stipend of up to $75,000 and an annual grant of $30,000 to support research activities...
|
|
03/10/2010 04:00 PM
|
|
|
Y! Health News Search RSS Feed
|
As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into
better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and
good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Health Tip: What's Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United
States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more
hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and
less time being active.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Health Tip: Help Prevent Athlete's Foot (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Athlete's foot is a fungal infection
characterized by itchy, red blisters and cracked skin between the
toes.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that
sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent
epidemic."
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Youth Baseball Injuries Becoming More Common (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In the coming weeks,
millions of American children will dust off their bats and gloves and head
out to the baseball field.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Health Highlights: March 10, 2010 (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Clinical Trials Update: March 10, 2010 (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
High Natural Estrogen Might Raise Women's Stroke Risk (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of
naturally occurring estrogen are tied to a rising risk of stroke in
postmenopausal women who aren't on hormone therapy, a new study finds.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Vaccination, Prevention Is Beating Back Hepatitis (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Decades of vaccination and
prevention efforts may have the hepatitis viruses on the run, according to
a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Alcoholics' Relapses Better Understood (HealthDay)
|
|
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've
learned new details about molecular mechanisms associated with alcohol
addiction and relapse. The findings could lead to new treatments for
alcoholism.
|
|
03/11/2010 04:48 AM
|
|
|
"Inner Medicine"
The Physical Body
