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| GSK's asthma drug succeeds in two late-stage trials (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said its non-inhaled treatment for a type of severe asthma met the main goals in two late-stage studies. In one study, the treatment, mepolizumab, showed statistically significant reduction in the frequency of exacerbations in ...
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Even Slightly Higher BP May Raise Stroke Risk WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure has long been pegged as a risk factor for stroke, but a new analysis suggests that even slightly elevated blood pressure levels raise the odds of suffering a stroke. The sweeping review ...
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'Love hormone' may treat anorexia A hormone released during childbirth and sex could be used as a treatment for the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, scientists suggest. Small studies by UK and Korean scientists indicated patients were less likely to fixate on food and body image after a ...
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| Experts Can't Decide On Definition For Mysterious Gulf War Illness A panel of scientists and researchers working on behalf of the Institute of Medicine could not decide on a definition for the complex condition known as Gulf War Illness, according to a report released Wednesday. A new “consensus case definition” would have ...
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FDA Panel: Roche's DNA Test Can Replace Pap Smear OB/Gyn. FDA Panel: Roche's DNA Test Can Replace Pap Smear. Published: Mar 12, 2014. By Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Take Posttest. COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously Wednesday to ...
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Mishap survivor's face reshaped using 3D printed parts LONDON: British doctors have carried out a pioneering surgery - believed to be the first of its kind - reconstructing a man's face using a series of 3D printed parts. Stephen Power from Cardiff, Wales, is thought to be one of the first trauma patients in the world to ...
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Gestational diabetes linked to heart disease later in life: study WASHINGTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Women who develop gestational diabetes may face an increased risk of early heart disease later in life, even if they do not develop diabetes subsequent to their pregnancy, U.S. researchers said Wednesday. Gestational ...
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Why Everyone Has A Stake In The Chimerix Drug Offered To Josh Hardy ... A small biotechnology company agreed yesterday to provide their experimental, antiviral drug for the treatment of a seven-year-old Virginia boy, Joshua Hardy, who is currently suffering from a life-threatening adenovirus infection acquired during his cancer ...
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Five-second rule concerning dropped food has some truth BIRMINGHAM, England, March 12 (UPI) -- Researchers in Britain say the urban legend that food picked up seconds after being dropped on the floor has fewer bacteria, is, in fact, true. Anthony Hilton, a professor of microbiology at Aston University in England, ...
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Facebook spreads rainy-day blues to sunny places, study finds Facebook headquarters secured after threat. Ever feel the rainy-day blues on a bright and sunny afternoon? If so, your Facebook account may be to blame, according to new research. In a paper published in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists argued the ...
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Surge in women taking drugs for ADHD The number of Americans taking attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicines rose 36 percent in 2012 from 2008, led by a surge among women, according to drug-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. Use of the medications grew 85 percent in ...
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In Feinstein CIA Speech, Constitutional Separation of Powers, Fourth ... The battle of words between the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chairwoman of the Senate committee whose charge is to oversee the CIA's activities is primed to erupt into a Constitutional crisis, and possibly a watershed moment for the ...
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Does medical marijuana equal bad parenting? Napa, California (CNN) -- Shawnee Anderson's voice is shrill, quavering -- on the edge of desperate. She clutches her 11-month-old son, Sage, while trying to comprehend the situation unfolding in front of her. Her boyfriend -- Sage's father, Aaron Hillyer -- is ...
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Multi-use crop: Hair today, beard tomorrow NEW DELHI: Hair transplant as a cure to baldness is passe. Getting beard transplant is the new cool. Back in the 1970s, facial fuzz was part of a Leftist's accessory in universities, along with chappals and cigarettes. But as the clean, corporate look took over in ...
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Protein From Meat, Fish May Help Men Age Well WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Older men may gain a boost physically, mentally and socially if they eat a diet rich in meat and fish, according to a new study from Japan. This study of more than 1,000 older adults suggested that men who ...
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Study: Pfizer vaccine cuts pneumonia in elderly TRENTON, N.J. — Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that its blockbuster vaccine against pneumonia, blood and other infections met its goal of preventing illness in vulnerable elderly patients in a huge study required by U.S. regulators. The New York-based ...
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Long Island Hospital Warns of Possibly Contaminated Syringe In an “abundance of caution,” a Long Island hospital sent out over 4,000 letters to patients recommending that they be tested for hepatitis and HIV because of concerns about the proper use of an insulin syringe, a hospital spokesman said. Newsday reported ...
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Competing Medical Marijuana Proposals In House, Senate Lawmakers in both chambers are advancing proposals that would open the door for a non-euphoric strain of marijuana that backers believe can dramatically reduce seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy. But the two proposals take very different ...
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| HHS Secretary Speaks With WREG As Obamacare Deadline Approaches (Memphis) With the deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care Act less than three weeks away, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke with News Channel 3 about the final push to get people to enroll for the Affordable Care Act.
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HIV: More 'Cures' in Babies? HIV/AIDS. HIV: More 'Cures' in Babies? Published: Mar 11, 2014 | Updated: Mar 11, 2014. By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Take Posttest. Canadian scientists are studying a "handful" of children who have been ...
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| Kids Who Watch More TV May Get Too Little Sleep Kids who watch as little as ninety minutes of television a day may get less sleep than those who don't watch much TV at all. Spanish researchers questioned parents of more than seventeen hundred preschool and school-aged children about the time they ...
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HIV Cure: Upcoming 'Cure' Is Simple as Four Shots in the Arm per Year? Cure for HIV infection in humans may become easy as four shots in the arm every year as a recent study found the drug effective in protecting monkeys for weeks after injection. Study on Macaques. Co-author of the study and virologist at the Aaron Diamond ...
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