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MRSA is mainly spread by patients moving between hospitals, Dutch researchers say.
Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs appears to protect against heart and metabolic problems, say experts.
Breast Cancer Multigene Test Helping Patients Avoid Chemotherapy
BBC News Andrew Lloyd Webber urges men to get cancer tests
Health report calls for hepatitis awareness campaign
"Principles of Rational Prescribing," a web-based lesson developed by faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, was voted "Educational Product of the Year" recently among products developed by 40 academic geriatrics programs in the United States. The designation was made at the national meeting of grantees of the Donald W...
A new study claims that some older people with mild memory-loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes. The research, by Alzheimer's Research Trust scientists at King's College London, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, investigated the connection between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older people and dementia...
Aine Brady, T.D., Minister for Older People and Health Promotion, urged older people to continue to take extra care during the current cold spell and asked the public to make a special effort to keep an eye on their older neighbours and relatives, particularly those living alone...
A leading clinical research center in Salt Lake City has joined an international trial program to test an experimental new drug designed to treat painful menstrual cramps, or dysmenorrhea, a condition that affects between 45 and 90 percent of women of childbearing age in the United States...
Filed under: Prostate Cancer , Daily news , Celebrity news Andrew Lloyd Webber , the West End musical impresario best-known for writing the score to the Phantom of the Opera, was given the "all clear" after being diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. The disease was first diagnosed in its very early stages after the composer complained of a weak bladder. An existent E. coli infection made the pain more severe than normal. In November, Webber had his prostate gland removed at a London clinic.
Many older adults are skipping, stopping, or not filling their prescriptions to cut costs (also known as cost-related nonadherence or CRN), but other factors influence these behaviors besides financial considerations...
As most sectors of the economy shed jobs last month, health care companies continued to defy the pattern and hire more people in a trend that's spanned more than two years, Kaiser Health News reports. The main reason is that people are reluctant to skip health care services, even when times are tight, economists say...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday "reiterated the Obama administration's support" for universal access to family planning, improving maternal health care and other goals outlined at the 1995 International Conference on Population and Development Action Plan held in Cairo, Egypt, All Headline News reports...
Several lines of evidence, including the observation that the protein I-1 is downregulated in human failing hearts, have led to the suggestion that gene therapy to express a constitutively active form of the protein (I-1c) might provide a new approach to treating heart failure...
Toxic shock syndrome, also known as TSS, is a serious condition which mainly affects menstruating women using tampons. The patient develops a high fever, diarrhea, vomiting and muscle ache. This is followed by hypotension (low blood pressure), which may eventually lead to shock and death. In some cases there may be a sunburn-like rash with skin peeling...
Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown...
If you don't have a college degree, you're at greater risk of developing memory problems or even Alzheimer's. Education plays a key role in lifelong memory performance and risk for dementia, and it's well documented that those with a college degree possess a cognitive advantage over their less educated counterparts in middle and old age...
Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown...
PBM recognized as top product liability firm for its role in attaining million-dollar verdicts for women alleging that Wyeth and Pfizer’s popular menopause drugs Prempro and Provera caused them breast cancer. (PRWeb Jan 11, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3432214.htm