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| Early Repetitive Behaviors May Signal Autism Risk WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- There may be a simple way to help spot signs of autism early on in siblings of children with the disorder, new research suggests. The study, which included 184 children at high risk of autism, found that those ...
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Advocating Pill, US Signals Shift to Prevent AIDS Adam Zeboski, an activist working with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, uses the drug Truvada, an anti-viral drug prescribed to healthy, un-infected people with a high risk of exposure to HIV. Credit Thor Swift for The New York Times. Continue reading the ...
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| Breakfast cereals loaded with too much sugar for US kids: report (Reuters) - U.S. children are consuming more than 10 pounds (4.5 kgs) of sugar annually if they eat a typical morning bowl of cereal each day, contributing to obesity and other health problems, and cereal makers and regulators are doing little to address the ...
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Quick Therapy Doesn't Provide Benefit in Prostate Cancer Relapse Men whose prostate cancer comes back in blood tests get no benefit from starting hormone therapy right away, also known as chemical castration, compared with waiting for the disease to progress, a study found. In a look at 2,012 men whose prostate cancer ...
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Too much exercise may be bad for the heart Everyone knows exercise is fundamental for good cardiovascular health, but a new and surprising body of research is finding that too much exercise may also increase the risk of death from heart attack or stroke in patients with existing heart problems.
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Autistic adults' common health problems detailed in study CHICAGO (AP) -- Autistic adults are much more likely than others to suffer from depression, high blood pressure, obesity and additional health woes that may partly result from their social isolation, new research suggests. They're also much less likely to ...
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Use Daily Pill to Prevent HIV Infections, CDC Says U.S. health officials recommend that people at high risk for HIV infection be given daily antiretroviral drugs, such as Truvada. Use Daily Pill to Prevent HIV Infections, CDC Recommends. By JoNel Aleccia. Image: Bottles of antiretroviral drug Truvada ...
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ASCO: Lung Ca Tests Would Cost Medicare Billions Meeting Coverage. ASCO: Lung Ca Tests Would Cost Medicare Billions. Published: May 14, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San ...
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| Ending Sex Bias in Research Starts With Lab Animals, US Says The U.S. National Institutes of Health wants scientists to include more female laboratory animals and cells in early studies to better understand how women respond differently to medications. The new policies will require researchers applying for NIH grants to ...
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Anti-Depressant May Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease U.S. researchers say a common anti-depressant drug appears to slow the growth of brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Clusters of a protein called amyloid beta are thought to trigger the development of the neurodegenerative disease.
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Could measles cure cancer? Researchers have revealed a proof of principle clinical trial that used a high dose 'blast' of a specially engineered version of the measles virus to cure cancer. Two patients underwent the treatment, which researchers stress was at the earliest stage of human ...
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Health care database will post negotiated prices Three of the nation's biggest health insurance companies are working with a nonprofit research institute to develop and post detailed information online about health care prices and quality. Kathy Robertson: Senior Staff Writer- Sacramento Business Journal ...
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Kellie Pickler: My Grandmother Died the Day After Her Lung Cancer Diagnosis Country star Kellie Pickler said the fight against lung cancer is very "near and dear to my heart." Pickler recently joined with Lung Force, an initiative sponsored by CVS, to raise awareness and raise money for lung cancer research. "My grandmother, Faye ...
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AstraZeneca leaves door ajar to Pfizer, despite hurdles AstraZeneca's boss said on Wednesday he would engage with Pfizer if the price was right and the risks posed from forcing the British drugmaker's operations into the US company's new three-unit model were addressed. Chief Executive Pascal Soriot ...
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Study finds hazardous flame retardants in preschools Berkeley — A new study of preschools and day care centers finds that flame retardants are prevalent indoors, potentially exposing young children to chemicals known to be hazardous. The study, to appear online Thursday, May 15, in the journal ...
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Antibiotics might not be behind your kid's asthma A long-held theory that antibiotic use in the first year of a child's life can cause asthma may have been disproved. A study published in The Lancet today explains that although children who use antibiotics are indeed at increased risk for asthma, the antibiotics ...
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US child workers 'endangered' by nicotine exposure in tobacco fields US tobacco fields employ hundreds of children, some as young as 13, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Wednesday that says the children are being exposed to health dangers posed by nicotine. Nearly three quarters of the children ...
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All schools to have MERS clinics The Education Ministry has ordered all schools to set up health clinics to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and other infectious diseases. Minister of Education Prince Khaled Al-Faisal issued an order recently ...
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