NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
A prosthetic outer ear not only
improves the appearance of a damaged ear but also seems to
improve hearing and speech recognition in noisy environments,
according a study released today.
A person may be fitted with a prosthetic outer ear when
their ear is removed during surgery for cancer or damaged by
trauma, Dr. William E. [...]
A Chinese couple with their baby under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on September 16. China has said that more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three had died from drinking milk made from contaminated milk powder as it promised a sweeping check of every dairy producer across [...]
A geologist refines an iron ore core sample at a mine site near Port Hedland, about 1,600 km (960 miles) north of Perth, May 26, 2008. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
SYDNEY (Reuters) -
Australia's mining boom may be fuelling
an alarming rise in HIV infections among cashed-up heterosexual
outback miners and businessmen in resource-rich states who
holiday in Asia, say researchers.
Rates [...]
A Chinese couple with their baby under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on September 16. Three babies have died, 158 are in hospital with acute kidney failure and thousands of others have fallen ill after drinking tainted milk, China's Health Minister Chen Zhu has said.(AFP)
BEIJING (AFP) -
Three babies died, [...]
- (HealthDay News) - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) are pain relievers, many of which are available without a
doctor's prescription. They include aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen.
While NSAIDs are safe for most people in recommended doses, the
American Academy of Family Physicians says the following people shouldn't
take these drugs unless they've consulted a doctor first:
Anyone who takes a [...]
- TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — A minimally invasive procedure
successfully suppressed levels of the “hunger hormone” ghrelin in pigs and
led to appetite reduction results similar to bariatric surgery, say Johns
Hopkins researchers.
They chemically vaporized the main vessel carrying blood to the top
section (fundus) of the stomach. About 90 percent of the body's ghrelin
originates in [...]
- TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Responding to concerns that
food labels aren't doing enough to alert consumers to the presence of
allergens, or that the labels are just plain confusing, the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration is hosting a public hearing Tuesday on what it can do
to improve things.
“If you go down the candy aisle [...]
- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
Shingles
If you are aged 50 to 59, have never received any
chicken pox or shingles vaccine, have never had shingles, and meet
additional entry criteria, you may qualify for this study.
The
research site is in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
More information
Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat225.html.
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
(Enlarged [...]
- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Chinese Investigators Find Melamine in 69
Brands of Baby Milk Powder
Melamine has been found in 69 brands of baby milk powder in China and
the government has ordered a halt to the sale of all the brands, made by
22 different companies, [...]
- TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Major lifestyle changes can help
improve levels of an enzyme called telomerase that controls cell aging,
say California researchers.
Telomerase repairs and lengthens telomeres, which are DNA-protein
complexes at the end of chromosomes that directly affect how quickly cells
age. As telomeres become shorter and their structural integrity weakens,
cells age and die [...]