Best Health News - General

Black women prone to deadlier breast cancer: US study

root — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:02:36 +0200

Quality (56)

Helpful (55)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - African-American women who contract breast cancer before reaching menopause are more than twice as likely as white women to have an aggressive, deadlier form of the disease, a study said on Tuesday.

Technorati Tags: General #

Angola death toll from cholera outbreak tops 1,500

root — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:30:39 +0200

Quality (61)

Helpful (66)

GENEVA (Reuters) - The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Angola has topped 1,500 with more than 41,000 cases reported, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Technorati Tags: General #

Guidant never sent letter warning about devices: WSJ

root — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:29:52 +0200

Quality (62)

Helpful (62)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly released records show that Guidant Corp. drafted a letter last year to tell doctors about significant defects in the company's heart devices, but they were never sent, a report said on Wednesday.

Technorati Tags: General #

Indonesia starts major quake survivor immunization

root — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:56:19 +0200

Quality (56)

Helpful (50)

PLAYEN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Dozens of earthquake survivors, including women with babies in batik slings, lined up on Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday to be vaccinated against tetanus and measles as many complained aid was slow in arriving.

Technorati Tags: General # babies # batik # dozens # earthquake survivors # indonesia # java island # measles # slings # tetanus # Array #

Stress of caregiving may lead to dental ills

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:02:57 +0200

Quality (59)

Helpful (58)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While providing care for others, many caregivers seem to forget about their own well-being, including their oral health, new study findings suggest.

Technorati Tags: General # oral health # seem to forget # study findings # Array #

Spinal stimulation helps some dialysis patients

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:02:50 +0200

Quality (66)

Helpful (58)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For hemodialysis patients with very poor circulation in their legs, spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and increases quality of life, according to Italian researchers.

Technorati Tags: General # hemodialysis patients # italian researchers # poor circulation # spinal cord stimulation # Array #

Harvard researchers start human stem cell project

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:32:00 +0200

Quality (64)

Helpful (62)

BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers at Harvard University said on Tuesday they have started efforts to clone human embryos as a source of valued stem cells, using only private money to bypass federal restrictions on such work.

Technorati Tags: General # boston university # clone human embryos # harvard university # private money # started efforts # stem cells # Array #

More antipsychotics being prescribed for children

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:53:06 +0200

Quality (73)

Helpful (59)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The prescription of antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents in the US increased nearly 6-fold between 1993 and 2002, according to survey results.

Technorati Tags: General # antipsychotic medications # survey results # Array #

Doctors to scale Everest for thin-air research

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:41:03 +0200

Quality (59)

Helpful (57)

LONDON (Reuters) - British doctors plan to climb Mount Everest to study the impact of low oxygen levels on the body, a project they hope will help critically ill patients.

Technorati Tags: General # climb mount everest # oxygen levels # Array #

Older sperm becomes more defective: study

root — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:14:54 +0200

Quality (61)

Helpful (53)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sperm declines in quality as men age, swimming more slowly and becoming more genetically defective, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Technorati Tags: General # men age # sperm # Array #