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The government is close to hitting its MRSA target, but is accused of manipulating the data.
Vytorin , the drug that was purported to lower cholesterol in a unique manner, has fallen off the crest of it's wave, or has it? News out this week, highlighted in today's edition of Time magazine points to the results of the ENHANCE study as "evidence" that Vytorin doesn't work. As usual the media seems to be jumping the gun to create a controversy. Despite the current evidence-based belief that lowering LDL cholesterol has a positive effect on cardiovascular disease reduction, the media is purporting that Vytorin is a failure at disease reduction.
NHS trusts are slashing funding for homoeopathic services amid concerns about efficacy and the need to cut costs.
Shmueli had tried desperately to find some kind of therapy - holistic, natural or conventional - for his father-in-law, who was suffering from carcinoma of the digestive system. Nothing worked and his father-in-law died. LifeMel Honey, Shmueli realized, could have been an answer. He was galvanized into action, and today he and his US partner Moshe Begim have founded New Horizon, to exclusively distribute the honey in the United States. (PRWeb Jan 29, 2008)
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Electrical stimulation of areas deep within the brain could lead to improved memory, research suggests.
It's a staggering statistic: 700 million children - almost half of the world's youth - breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. People who smoke in confined spaces like the home or the car subject others to a dangerous mix of toxins including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and cyanide, even when the windows are open.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered the first genetic evidence that secondhand smoke can worsen lung disease. The report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association describes one gene variation that can weaken lung function as well as shorten the lifespan of those affected by cystic fibrosis and also are exposed to secondhand smoke.
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Statistics show unprecedented demand for Stop Smoking Services Around 165,000 smokers quit between April and September 2007 - an increase of 28 per cent compared to the same period the previous year, according to new statistics out yesterday. The statistics, recorded by the NHS Stop Smoking Service, are the first to show the impact of the Smokefree legislation which came into force on 1 July 2007.
Nearly 165,000 smokers managed to kick the habit in the summer of 2007 with the help of NHS Stop Smoking Services, a report by The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC) revealed yesterday.Half the 327,800 who used the service successfully quit between April and September 2007, a period which coincided with the introduction of the smoking ban in most public places in England on July 1.
With less than 200 days left before the "smoke-free Beijing Olympics" open. A Beijing official recently announced that "the provisions to ban smoking in public places in Beijing" will go into effect in Beijing office spaces, restaurants, and hotels. The new smoking ban will affect at least 4 million smokers in Beijing. In China, there are approximately 350 million smokers; and more than 100,000 people die each year from second hand smoke.
A vaccine against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been engineered and tested by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc. According to a study published by the Public Library of Science in the Jan. 30 issue of PLoS ONE, the vaccine produced a strong immune response in mice and protected them from death following infection with the H5N1 virus.
Leading maker and marketer of dental sleep devices, SomnoMed Limited (A SX: SOM) announced that its Swiss Joint Venture, SMH Biomaterial AG, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new polymer, the SMH BFlex soft material. The material can now be used to make dental sleep devices in the USA. More importantly, the company has the opportunity to market the material broadly in the USA to other dental and medical device companies.
Cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disability in the USA, contributing to 400,000 deaths annually. Despite widespread knowledge of the health dangers, 1 in 8 American adults is a habitual heavy smoker.For several decades, scientists have known that most of the risk for habitual heavy smoking (smoking a pack each day) is largely influenced by genetics.
Canada re-opened a nuclear reactor despite safety risks, the nuclear watchdog's former head tells parliament.
Paraguay declares a health alert to try to prevent a dengue fever epidemic as 100 possible cases are detected.