- WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — Being born prematurely can
lead to a host of long-lasting medical complications and may also affect
other areas of life, such as education and income, even when no disability
is apparent, a new study suggests.
In the July 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine,
Norwegian researchers report that babies [...]
- WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — Your odds of surviving
cancer depend on which country you live in. And, in the United States, it
also depends on whether you're black or white, a new study finds.
Economic differences among countries, access to health care, and the
availability of cancer treatments feed the disparities in survival, the
report [...]
WASHINGTON - Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon who they were marketing them to — lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to “lock in lifelong adult smokers,” researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found.
The researchers reviewed industry documents dating back decades [...]
BOSTON (Reuters) -
Genentech's cancer drug rituximab,
combined with infusions of antibodies, greatly reduces the risk
that a transplanted kidney will be rejected and vastly improves
the chances of patients finding a donor, researchers reported
on Wednesday.
About a third of the 74,000 people waiting for a kidney in
the United States have poor odds of receiving one because blood
transfusions, pregnancy [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Boys with hemophilia have a
lower aerobic capacity than their healthy peers, according to
study findings published the Journal of Pediatrics. However,
the overall muscle strength of these children is comparable to
that seen in the normal population.
Aerobic capacity refers to the maximum amount of oxygen
that the body can take in and use to [...]
Food is seen on a table at a restaurant at the port of El Masnou, near Barcelona May 16, 2008. The Spanish government is leading a bid to persuade UNESCO to put the Mediterranean diet on the world heritage list. REUTERS/Albert Gea
BOSTON (Reuters) -
A long-term study of three very
different diets has concluded that all produce [...]
An elderly man is seen with a walker in Denver, Colorado August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
BOSTON (Reuters) -
Falls by elderly people are cut
significantly when health care providers take basic steps such
as prescribing physical therapy, monitoring medications and
checking standing blood pressure, researchers said on
Wednesday.
Such a program in Connecticut reduced the number of falls
among people age [...]
A woman prepares ribbons ahead of December 1st, World Aids Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, November 25, 2004. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
A gene variant that emerged
thousands of years ago to protect Africans from malaria may
raise their vulnerability to HIV infection but help them live
longer once infected, researchers said on Wednesday.
The findings could help explain [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Regular breast self-examination
does not reduce death from breast cancer and may actually have
a harmful effect by increasing the number of biopsies performed
for benign disease, suggests an analysis of data from two large
studies.
“Considering the currently available evidence, promotion of
breast self-examination as a single screening method cannot be
recommended,” conclude Drs. Jan Peters [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Treatment to suppress outbreaks
of genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is
typically begun once a recurrence pattern is established, but
new research suggests that treatment started shortly after
diagnosis can better suppress recurrent outbreaks.
The findings, which appear in the current issue of Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, are based on a study of 384 [...]