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Less Toxic Transplant Treatment for Sickle Cell TUESDAY, July 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new bone marrow transplant technique for adults with sickle cell disease may "cure" many patients. And it avoids the toxic effects associated with long-term use of anti-rejection drugs, a new study suggests.
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E-Cigarettes: Turning Harm Reduction Into Harm Addiction? Electronic cigarettes have become a lightening rod for controversy among experts in the medical profession, with studies supporting their potential to help some smokers quit, while others believe that the electronic devices may serve as a gateway to nicotine ...
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Prescription Overdose Deaths in Florida Plunge After Tougher Measures, Report ... Prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida fell sharply after the state began strengthening its prescribing laws and stepping up enforcement. Federal researchers said Tuesday that it was the first significant documented decline in the nation since the ...
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Freezing testicle tissue in mice offers fertility hope Children are increasingly surviving childhood cancers, but the treatment leaves many of them unable to have children of their own. Older boys who have reached puberty can have their sperm frozen and banked; younger boys haven't had that option.
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Roche to buy US biotech firm Seragon for $725 million ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG said it will pay $725 million in cash to buy Seragon Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biotech company that researches breast cancer treatments, and may pay up to another $1 billion based on certain milestones.
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C-Section May Raise Odds of Failed Pregnancy Later TUESDAY, July 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A cesarean delivery might put women at a slightly increased risk for ectopic pregnancy and stillbirth in future pregnancies, a new study finds. However, the risk for either complication is still very low, researchers ...
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Less sleep may age your brain faster The less older adults sleep, the faster their brains age, a new study has warned. The findings could have important implications for the rise of dementia among the elderly, researchers said. Past research has examined the impact of sleep duration on cognitive ...
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PM David Cameron warns of antibiotic resistance The world could soon be "cast back into the dark ages of medicine" unless action is taken to tackle the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. He has announced a review into why so few anti-microbial drugs have ...
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| Injuries, Violence Are Leading Causes of Death for Young Americans TUESDAY, July 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 80 percent of deaths of Americans age 30 and younger result from injury or violence, U.S. health researchers reported Tuesday. More young Americans die from injury than from any other cause, according ...
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Three babies 'CURED' of HIV after being given revolutionary vaccine in the first ... Three babies have been declared HIV-free after being treated with a revolutionary new drug only hours after they were born. The fourth child only has 'a very low level' of the virus after receiving the same treatment. The findings, to be announced at the AIDS ...
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Severe Malnutrition in Childhood Increases the Risk of Hypertension in Adulthood A new research identifies a strong association between childhood malnutrition and increased risk of hypertension in adulthood. Like Us on Facebook. Inadequate nutrition before birth up to the age of 5 years might affect the development of the heart.
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Lead tied to Behavioral and Emotional Issues in Children The researchers found that even low lead levels in children's blood were tied to an increase the behavioral and emotional problems. (Photo : Wiki Commons). Lead in children's blood samples could be tied to behavioral and emotional problems, a new study ...
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Census: Chester County getting older, more diverse To put a twist on that old television hair color commercial slogan, Chester County – like its neighboring counties and Pennsylvania itself – is not only getting older, it is getting more diverse. According to figures release last week by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ...
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| Nursing Home Care May Be Out of Reach for Many Aging 'Boomers': Study MONDAY, June 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- With higher rates of illness but fewer adult children to care for them, many of America's baby boom generation may find themselves unable to pay for the nursing home care they need, a new study warns. Already ...
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HIV Prevention Drug Truvada Might Lower Genital Herpes Risk, Too MONDAY, June 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A combination drug used to treat and prevent HIV -- Truvada -- may have an additional benefit: lowering the risk of a genital herpes infection, a new study suggests. Researchers found that African heterosexuals ...
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"Do It Yourself" plastic surgery leads to horrific injuries for woman seeking butt ... Netflix and Amazon are adding new titles to their streaming options in July. From classics… What's new on Netflix and Amazon for July · Canceled show 'Community' gets new life on Yahoo. The deal kind of sounds like a twisted plot line from "Community": ...
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Gut Cells May Be Coaxed to Make Insulin for People With Type 1 Diabetes MONDAY, June 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are hopeful that cells inside the human gut might someday be retrained to produce insulin, the metabolic hormone that's lacking in people with type 1 diabetes. The team from Columbia University ...
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Kaiser Opening New Kona Medical Campus Kaiser Permanente Hawaii will hold a blessing ceremony for the opening of its new Kona Medical office in north Kona on Tuesday, July 1. Construction on the $50 million project was begun in September 2012. The three-building, 40,000-square-foot medical ...
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Just three fizzy drinks a WEEK increases the risk of breast cancer, study claims Women who have more than three sugary drinks a week may have an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a study has found. Researchers found that the more sugary drinks consumed by the women in their study, the greater the density of their breasts ...
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