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| UPDATE 2-FDA panel recommends more clinical data on AstraZeneca drug (Adds AstraZeneca comment). By Toni Clarke. WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Wednesday that AstraZeneca Plc be required to submit further clinical data before its ...
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Older moms may have genes for longevity A silver lining for some older moms: the genes that allow some women to naturally have children later in life also make it likely these women will live a longer life. A study published Wednesday found that women who are able to have children after age ...
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| Aspirin Cuts Pancreatic Cancer Risk by Half, Study Finds Regular aspirin use cut the risk of pancreatic cancer by half, according to a finding that adds one of the most lethal malignancies to the list of diseases the inexpensive pill may help fight. Men and women who took low-dose, about 75 to 325 milligrams, ...
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Mentally ill get lost in health system 'wasteland' Chapter 1. A separate and unequal system. People with mental illness face legal discrimination. Stigma against the mentally ill is so powerful that it's been codified for 50 years into federal law, and few outside the mental health system even realize it.
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Heart Monitoring May Prevent Some Strokes WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- As many as four of every 10 stroke victims leave the hospital without a clue about what caused the stroke, their doctors hamstrung on how to prevent another one from occurring. "You can imagine how ...
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Brain injury increases risk of dementia and early death Veterans who have experienced brain injury in active service are 60 per cent more likely to develop dementia in later life that those without head injuries, research has found. A study of more than 188,000 veterans over seven years, found that those who had ...
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Engineered T-Cells Fight Viral Attacks Transplantation. Engineered T-Cells Fight Viral Attacks. Published: Jun 25, 2014. By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Broad-spectrum T cells appear to effectively treat the viral ...
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Pregnant Women Lack Info on Household Toxins Pregnant women could be missing out on information about how environmental toxins may affect their unborn babies, new research suggests. A nationwide survey of U.S. obstetricians found that few discussed toxins with their patients in depth, although many ...
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Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The US? On the lookout for SARS, an employee checks a baby's temperature at the Ben Gurion Airport, in Israel, April 2003. The deadly virus quickly spread around the world once it reached Hong Kong, a central travel hub. Ebola headlines this past week make the ...
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Watching television and early death strongly linked Research suggests that those who watch more than two hours of television a day significantly increase their risk of potentially fatal diseases, but why and how the two are related has not yet been determined. By Vanessa Blanchard, Daily Digest News
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Some Acne Products Can Trigger Severe Allergic Reactions: FDA WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Some popular over-the-counter acne treatments can cause severe irritation or even potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The products ...
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| Over Half of Seniors Plagued by Incontinence: CDC WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- More than 50 percent of older Americans struggle with incontinence, a new government report released Wednesday shows. "We found that half the population experienced urinary leakage or accidental ...
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We're losing infection arms race, says McMaster's Gerry Wright THE world is teetering on the verge of the “post-antibiotic era”, according to Gerry Wright, who heads the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University in Ontario. The Canadian biochemist says the world risks a return to ...
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Lab leader admits faked HIV research data AMES, Iowa — Responding to a major case of research misconduct, federal prosecutors have taken the rare step of filing charges against a scientist after he admitted falsifying data that led to millions of dollars of grants and hopes of a breakthrough in AIDS ...
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Paralysed man Ian Burkhart uses just the power of his mind to move his hand Thanks to a chip implanted in his brain, Ian Burkhart ushered in what doctors are calling a 'bionic age' which could revolutionise treatment for the disabled. All he had to do was think intensely about moving his hand and the rest was done by the chip in less ...
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| Verizon Launches Virtual Visits For Non-urgent Care - Quick Facts Telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ: Quote) Wednesday announced the immediate availability of Verizon Virtual Visits. The company noted that Virtual Visits provides an easy, convenient and cost-effective way for patients to be seen remotely by ...
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Vitamin D deficiency could lead to hypertension: Lancet Researchers have provided evidence for low levels of vitamin D have a causal role in the development of high blood pressure (hypertension). The findings suggest that vitamin D supplementation could be effective in combating some cases of hypertension.
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Snuff and E-Cigs Are Not Harmless, Say Scientists New research from the American Heart Association journal Circulation shows that patients who stopped using smokeless tobacco after a heart attack had improved life expectancy—similar to that of people who quit smoking. The finding offers new information ...
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Free pregnancy tests will be in Alaska bars Experts are always looking for creative ways to increase awareness about public health problems. A new idea from the University of Alaska Anchorage has definitely caught some people's attention.
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Report due into abuse by Savile at region's hospitals The full scale of the abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile at hospitals in and around Leeds is to be revealed today as part of a major NHS report into the shamed DJ's activities. The Department of Health was this morning due to release reports into the activities ...
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