Health News
Legalising production of opium in Afghanistan for medical use would fuel the drugs industry, a UK minister says.
One of the first studies into the long-term health effects of IVF finds it does not lead to an early menopause.
One in three children admitted to intensive care will have powerful hallucinations, say British researchers.
Pelvic organ prolapse a tear or weakness in a woman's pelvic floor muscles that allows her internal organs to fall outside the body runs in families, a new Saint Louis University study finds.Women with a family member who has had a hernia or prolapse two conditions that cause internal organs to protrude through a body opening are more likely to develop prolapse themselves, says Mary McLennan, M.D.
A study involving researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and other institutions showed that hospital education programs can change physician behavior over the long term. An article on the study appears in the May 1 New England Journal of Medicine.
Elderly patients suffering from chronic illnesses who receive 'virtual' care from a team of medical experts linked together via phone, fax and e-mail, make fewer emergency visits than patients who do not receive this kind of coordinated team care approach according to a new study by Rush University Medical Center. The study was presented at the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting on Friday, May 2.
A recent study has shown that the NHS anti-smoking campaign Get unhooked was effective, despite being named this week as the UK's most controversial advert in 2007. The Department of Health advert, showing a graphic image of a man with a fishhook through his cheek to illustrate his addiction, prompted 774 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), according to their Annual Report published this week.
Bill Marshal, owner of a general contracting business in Half Moon Bay, had snored for years. He knew that he woke up often in the night, but it took an observant friend and a trip to the Sleep Medicine Center at Stanford Hospital & Clinics for Marshal to understand that in his case, the snoring wasn't normal. "My friend was visiting; we were in the family room watching a football game I guess, and I dozed off and stopped breathing for a while," Marshal said.
Commenting in response to Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg's speech on social care, King's Fund Chief Executive Niall Dickson said:'We welcome Nick Clegg's speech which comes at a critical point in planning for how we fund the care and support needs for tens of thousands of older and disabled people and their carers in this country.
Drug resistant tuberculosis is posing a growing threat in the UK, say experts.
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found significant association between smoking during pregnancy, endothelial dysfunction and growth restriction in the unborn baby. Endothelial dysfunction can lead to reduced dilation of blood vessels, inflammation of the vascular wall and an increase in the incidence of blood clots.
The Terrence Higgins Trust helpline, THT Direct, is launching two new services today. The first is the London Gay Men's Sexual Health Helpline and the second is a face to face service for people who would prefer to speak to an advisor in person, rather than over the phone. The London Gay Men's Sexual Health Helpline will be available on 0845 231 0600 from 10am - 10pm Monday to Friday and 12pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday.
A novel study that attempts to paint the most accurate and detailed description yet of how Americans experience pain has found that a significant portion of the population -- 28 percent -- are in pain at any given moment and those with less education and lower income spend more of their time in pain. Those in pain are less likely to work or socialize with others and are more inclined to watch television than the pain-free.
The phase of clock gene expression in leukocytes, assessed in the absence of the masking effects of light-dark and sleep-wake cycles, correlates with habitual sleep timing, according to a study published in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.The study, authored by Simon N. Archer, PhD, of the University of Surrey in Guildford, England, and colleagues, focused on 24 healthy subjects in a home environment and clinical research center setting.
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) announced its new charity initiative, called Caring Through Sharing. For 2008, AWHONN has adopted the House of Ruth in Los Angeles, the host city of its June 2008 Convention. AWHONN members and staff will donate items such as strollers, clothes, toys, towels and other household goods to help the women and children at the House of Ruth.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) urges Congress to shift funding from abstinence-only sex education to comprehensive, age-appropriate programs for all teens, and advocates access to contraceptive services for all reproductive-age women. "Teen pregnancy is a problem that's not going away, and it's time to reevaluate which strategies are working and which are not.
With Mother's Day approaching, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reminds women to take the time to focus on themselves. As partners in women's health, ob-gyns are aware of how women often tend their children, parents, significant others, and even pets while taking a "back burner" attitude when it comes to their own wellness.
Officials from Rutgers University and state government have welcomed StemCyte, Inc., to the Garden State. One of the factors in the company's decision to move into New Jersey was a desire to be closer to Rutgers and the groundbreaking research taking place at the university.StemCyte's new office in Ewing Township will house members of its executive management and therapeutics team, establishing a base of operations for the company's northeast United States therapeutics program.