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For the first time in years, doctors are making progress against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest of all tumors, which kills all but 6% of patients. Although there is still no cure, a new drug combination can help patients live months longer than on standard therapy. And other studies already underway may soon offer even more options, researchers say. Patients taking Folfirinox, a novel combination...
May 12, 2011
May 11 - BEIRUT - Though they are marketed as way to quit smoking, the effects of electronic cigarettes on the health of users is still unknown, according to a leading experimental psychologist. Thomas Eissenberg, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and a leading researcher on the effects of nicotine and tar on behavior, told an audience at the American University of Beirut that the substances...
May 11, 2011
New drugs are flooding the European market at an "unprecedented pace", the European drug monitoring centre and Europol warned in a joint report released in Portugal on Wednesday. "New psychoactive substances are becoming widely available at an unprecedented pace," The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the EU's law enforcement agency said. They noted that last year...
May 11, 2011
May 11 - SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ANN) - Rice allows one to work out nearly 50 percent longer than bread and is more effective in reducing cholesterol, a new study suggested. The Korea Food Research Institute unveiled the result of its recent research on the health effects of Koreans' staple food in a public forum on Wednesday. In a test on university students, researchers measured how long they can...
May 11, 2011
May 11 - You many have noticed the signs at local drugstores, offering the shingles vaccine to anyone over the age of 50. The trend comes as result of a recent move by the Food and Drug Administration to expand the age eligibility for the shingles vaccine, Zostavax, which was previously approved only for patients over the age of 60. Rite Aid, Wegmans and Walgreens are only a few of the pharmacies offering...
May 11, 2011
Calories in, calories out-in theory, losing weight should be that simple. But we're going to venture a guess that the reason two thirds of Americans are classified as overweight or obese isn't because they can't do basic math. Age, genetics, hormones, and the big one-a lack of will power-better explain the disconnect between wanting to lose weight and actually doing it. In fact, while 84 percent of...
May 10, 2011
May 10 - A study by UC Davis Health System researchers and others of more than 40,000 kids who suffered bumps on the head revealed that the children don't always need CT scans. The study written up for the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics shows that about half of the children taken to hospital emergency rooms for minor blunt head trauma receive a head computed tomography (CT) scan. However, true traumatic...
May 10, 2011
May 10 - OGDEN - With temperatures and water levels rising, Utah Department of Health officials are reminding parents how to keep children safe during the next few months. The biggest thing parents need to do during the warmer season is to make sure small children are being actively watched, said Jenny Johnson, spokeswoman for the UDOH Violence and Injury Prevention Program. "It only takes seconds...
May 10, 2011
Calories in, calories out-in theory, losing weight should be that simple. But we're going to venture a guess that the reason two thirds of Americans are classified as overweight or obese isn't because they can't do basic math. Age, genetics, hormones, and the big one-a lack of will power-better explain the disconnect between wanting to lose weight and actually doing it. In fact, while 84 percent of...
May 8, 2011
CHICAGO - Lipitor. Actos. Plavix. These are some of the most-prescribed medicines in the U.S., drugs that are so commonplace they are responsible for a huge chunk of the $300 billion spent on brand-name pharmaceuticals each year. That is about to change as patents on these pricey pills begin to expire, opening the door for generic competition. And that can translate to savings of up to 90 percent,...
May 8, 2011
Here's some good news for those of you who get hit with the common cold from time to time: Zinc may help to reduce your risk of getting a cold - and its duration and severity if you do get one. A recent report in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews summarized the available data on the role of zinc in preventing and treating colds in otherwise healthy people, and came up with some encouraging...
May 6, 2011
To hear boomers talk, their greatest health fear associated with aging is Alzheimer's disease. The benefit of adding 20 years to the lifespan in the last century is overshadowed, they say, by an awareness that one in two people will end up with some form of dementia. But these boomers are ignoring a more serious health problem they can control, says Dr. Orly Avitzur, medical adviser to Consumer Reports...
May 6, 2011
Doctors have long encouraged patients to slash their salt intake for good heart health. The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 1,500 milligrams a day of sodium to reduce their risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks, stroke and kidney disease. This is less than half of what people consume now. One reason for this advice: Elevated blood pressure is a major public health...
May 5, 2011
Pediatricians and dentists encourage parents to stop giving their babies bottles by age 1 to prevent their children's teeth from decaying. A new study shows another good reason to follow that advice: Kids who are drinking from a bottle when they are 2 years old are more likely to be obese by age 5 than those who aren't. Researchers at Temple University in Pennsylvania analyzed data on 6,750 children...
May 5, 2011
May 03 - DUBAI - Asthma and related allergic diseases constitute a growing health problem - and today, they are considered 'Epidemics of the 21st Century', affecting 10 to 50% of populations in all countries around the world. In the Middle East, a study commissioned in early 2000, indicated that 13.5% of the population had asthma. More than 10 years down the line, this number is bound to have gone...
May 3, 2011
May 02 - DUBAI - Thirty-two-year-old Jamuna S. is a worried woman. The mother of three has to rush her children to the doctor two-three times a week to treat respiratory problems. She is not alone. Thousands of people in the region suffer from chronic respiratory problems, now being linked to the poor quality of indoor air in a country where the heat keeps people indoors 90 per cent of the day. On...
May 2, 2011
May 01 - Some disabilities are easy to see. If a person is in a wheelchair, or on crutches, or using a cane, or has a service dog, others around him know that he might need special accommodations. But what about illnesses or diseases you can't see? They can be just as powerfully debilitating, but they are often poorly understood and frequently misdiagnosed. May is national Mental Health Awareness Month....
May 2, 2011
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that exposure during pregnancy to a family of pesticides called organophosphates may impair child cognitive development. The findings are published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. From 1998 to 2002, the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Study enrolled a multiethnic population of more than 400 women in their third trimester...
April 29, 2011
Acupuncture provides long-lasting relief to hot flashes, heart palpitations and anxiety due to side effects of the hormone given to counteract testosterone, the hormone that induces prostate cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of the International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics, an official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). The main treatments...
April 28, 2011
New research published on bmj.com today adds to mounting evidence that calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular events, particularly heart attacks, in older women. The findings suggest that their use in managing osteoporosis should be re-assessed. Calcium supplements are often prescribed to older (postmenopausal) women to maintain bone health. Sometimes they are combined with vitamin...
April 28, 2011
An early screening test for autism, designed to detect signs of the condition in babies as young as 1 year old, could revolutionize the care of autistic children, experts say, by getting them diagnosed and treated years earlier than usual. The 24-item checklist takes just five minutes to complete and can be filled out in a pediatrician's waiting room, when parents bring children for their routine 12-month...
April 28, 2011
Breast implants appear to be associated with a rare form of lymphoma, but there is not yet evidence to show that the cancer is caused by implants or to suggest an underlying mechanism for how the disease might develop, according to a study by researchers from the RAND Corporation. The study, published online by the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, also finds that the disease takes a slow...
April 28, 2011
Cancer survival rates could improve soon with whole-genome sequencing, according to two studies published in the April 20, 2011, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that describe the first clinical applications of the high-tech process in patients with cancer (see also Breast Cancer). The papers are remarkable examples of the power that genomic data hold for patients with a cancer...
April 28, 2011
Pregnant women could benefit from a pioneering trial that will test whether heart disease drugs can be used to treat pre-eclampsia. Researchers are investigating if a class of drugs - known as statins - can prevent the potentially fatal condition, which affects up to eight per cent of pregnant women in the UK. The world's first trial on statins in pregnancy follows on from research showing that statins,...
April 28, 2011
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cobas HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Test which identifies women at highest risk for developing cervical cancer. This test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about patient care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease (see also Cervical Cancer). The...
April 28, 2011
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