- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

If you are 40 or older and a current or former smoker,
you may be eligible for this study. Participants will receive study
medication, lung function tests, EKG's, laboratory tests, and study
related physical exams at no cost.

The research site [...]

- MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Australian researchers are
recruiting 10,000 people to participate in the world's largest study of
the possible genetic causes of cerebral palsy.

The study will include 5,000 people from families with an affected
child and 5,000 people from unaffected families. Researchers will collect
genetic samples by taking cheek swabs from mothers and their [...]

- MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — The emotional toll of stillbirths
and infant deaths has led one in 10 obstetricians to consider giving up
their practice, according to a University of Michigan Health System survey
of 804 obstetricians.

About three-quarters of the respondents said stillbirths and infant
deaths had a profound effect due to feelings such as anxiety, [...]

- MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — While most Americans who get
tattoos are happy with their decision, women are much more likely than men
to decide to get their markings removed, new research reveals.

The study authors noted that the gender difference might be
attributable to the fact that women appear to face more social stigma and
negative [...]

- MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — The controversial
cholesterol drug Vytorin does not lower the risk of major heart valve
problems, according to a report released Monday by its manufacturers,
Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co.

In a multi-country study of 1,873 patients, the drug was no better
than placebo at lowering the odds of [...]

- MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Four days after giving fresh
tomatoes the all-clear signal, U.S. health officials are now pointing a
warning finger at jalapeno peppers as the source of the ongoing salmonella
outbreak.

A sample of jalapenos tainted with Salmonella saintpaul was
found at a packing plant in Texas and came from a [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a
strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people,
officials said on Monday.

The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas distribution
facility, originated in Mexico but could have been contaminated
in a variety of places, the FDA said.

“FDA has found [...]

TRENTON, N.J. - In the latest disappointment for cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn’t prevent worsening of the disease or lower the need for valve surgery, sending its makers’ stock plunging.
Results of a preliminary analysis of the just-completed study showed Vytorin, marketed jointly by [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
A new study shows that some
women with breast cancer fail to complete their radiation
therapy, pointing to a need to help more women to see their
treatment through to the end.

Researchers found that of 24,500 U.S. women diagnosed with
breast cancer between 1992 and 2002, after surgery, radiation
therapy was completed by 87 percent.

[...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Laser treatment can remove wrinkles
better than some newer procedures, dermatologists reported on
Monday.

Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing was very effective and
while there were some side-effects, such as lightening or
darkening of the skin, they almost always cleared up, Dr.
Daniel Ward and Dr. Shan Baker of the University of Michigan
reported.

“Use of the laser allows precise [...]