AFP – A smoking ban went into effect Tuesday in cafes, restaurants and bars across the Netherlands, as the country joins a growing list of European countries to tighten rules on tobacco use in public places.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The drug store and pharmacy benefit management industries on Tuesday will announce a combination of their information systems in order to boost electronic prescribing by physicians….
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AP – The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens’ ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
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Reuters – Multiple vaccinations have not sickened British troops sent to Iraq but veterans tend to associate numerous jabs with poor health, British researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Reuters – A laser treatment that wipes out drug-resistant bacterial infections may one day help doctors tackle the growing problem of superbugs, British researchers said on Tuesday.
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Reuters – In overweight or obese children, fatty liver disease appears to be a specific risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, a precursor of heart disease and diabetes, according to a study appearing in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens’ ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves….
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Reuters – The U.S. government proposed payment changes in the Medicare health insurance program on Monday that could impact reimbursement of medical imaging, diagnostic testing and dialysis providers.
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HealthDay – MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — The risk of rheumatoidarthritis is twice as high in women who had a heavy birth weight (morethan 10 pounds) than those with an average birth weight (7 to 8.5 lbs), anew study finds.
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Reuters – People who take part in weight-loss programs set up by their employers manage to lose at least modest amounts of weight compared to co-workers who do not take part, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Reuters – Middle-aged people with low levels of so-called good cholesterol may be at higher risk for memory decline that could foreshadow Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, European researchers said on Monday.
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AP – Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids’ toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.
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Bud Offermann’s targets are invisible contaminants, like dust mites, mold spores, or volatile organic compounds, that homeowners worry might be damaging their health.
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Reuters – A technique called molecular breast imaging appears to be about as accurate as MRI for detecting breast cancers, but is less costly.
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Reuters – African-American women taking a low-dose oral contraceptive may see an increase in markers of increased risk for developing heart disease or diabetes, a study shows.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids’ toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D….
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HealthDay – MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — A clinical trial will examinewhether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven tobe in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist MedicalCenter in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Reuters – Low levels of HDL cholesterol, the "good" cholesterol, are associated with poor short-term memory in middle-aged adults, new findings indicate.
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Andre Rives no longer mows his own lawn and it’s not because he’s too busy. The thought of cutting his grass brings back some bad memories. Rives is one of 100,000 people in the United States in 2006 who suffered an injury in a lawn mower accident. He lost three toes. The American Association [...]
AFP – So-called "good" cholesterol, known by its initials as HDL-C, plays an important role in maintaining memory in later life, according to a study published Monday.
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AFP – More than 8.4 million people in Asia will turn blind from glaucoma by 2010 if they do not undergo timely treatment, a region-wide survey released on Monday showed.
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Reuters – Retailer Kmart said on Monday it has cut prices and expanded its generic prescription drug program to include more than 500 common medications as of June 22.
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AFP – A new test to screen for drug-resistant tuberculosis will greatly help the fight against the disease in developing countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
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Reuters – A strong political will was stimulating India's fight against AIDS, raising hopes of controlling its spread in the country with the world's third-largest caseload, the U.N.'s AIDS agency said on Monday.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesyof CenterWatch:
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