- FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — The reason DEET-based insect
repellants are effective against mosquitoes is because the little blood
suckers don't like the smell of the chemical, says a University of
California, Davis study.
The finding disproves the long-held belief that DEET interferes with
mosquitoes' sense of smell and ability to target a person.
“We [...]
- FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that
parents who enforce a no-smoking ban at home are less likely to have teens
who experiment with cigarettes.
The Massachusetts study, which followed more than 2,200 children, ages
12 to 17, for four years, also found that teens living in households that
allowed smoking were more likely [...]
WASHINGTON - Nearly three years into the Medicare drug benefit, federal officials have yet to ensure that private drug plans enacted programs to deter fraud and abuse, government investigators say.
About 24 million people are enrolled in Medicare drug plans subsidized by the federal government. The plans are required to develop programs to stem improper spending, [...]
Face transplant pioneer Isabelle Dinoire is pictured in Amiens, northern France, 2006,. Two facial transplants — one on a Chinese man who had half his face ripped off by a bear — have proved highly successful two years on, opening the way for wider use of the procedure, studies have shown.(AFP/File/Ho)
PARIS (AFP) -
Two facial transplants [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Use of cholesterol-lowering
statin drugs, especially long-term use, appears to raise the
risk of prostate cancer among obese men, according to findings
of a new study.
“Given the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and the frequent
use of statins, the positive association we observed raises
substantial concern as to the safety of these widely prescribed
agents,” [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Survival rates are higher for
Asian/Pacific Islanders with early gastric cancers compared
with patients of other racial or ethnic groups with
similar-stage stomach cancers, research shows.
Dr. Barry W. Feig of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, and colleagues analyzed more than 81,000 cases of
gastric cancer entered into the National Cancer Database
between 1995 and [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Electrical stimulation of the
brain may improve memory and recognition in elderly people who
suffer from Alzheimer's disease, results of a study hint.
“Our preliminary data on Alzheimer's disease patients are
promising as we observed beneficial effects after a single
session of transcranial direct current stimulation,” Dr.
Alberto Priori from the University of Milan told Reuters
Health, [...]
Darius Rustam, 30, and Tiffany Davis-Rustam (R) 27, from New York City, practice the King Dancer yoga pose during the sunset hours on Magic Island in Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 21, 2004. (Lucy Pemoni/Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Yoga can reduce hot flashes and
night sweats among women going through menopause, and also
appears [...]
Grapefruit-Saft stört nicht nur die Wirkung von Blutdruckmedikamenten, sondern hemmt auch andere Arzneimittel. Dazu gehören das Krebsmittel Etoposid, das Antihistaminikum Fexofenadin, das Immunsuppressivum Cyclosporin sowie einige Antibiotika. Das haben laut “BBC” Forscher um den kanadischen Pharmakologen David Bailey herausgefunden, der bereits vor 20 Jahren die Auswirkungen von Grapefruit-Saft auf die Wirkung von Blutdruckmedikamente entdeckte. Der [...]
An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, June 19, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Major life changes may play a
role in as many as a quarter of chronic daily headache cases
that arise among otherwise healthy adult men and women, study
findings suggest.
“Major life [...]