HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Salicylic acid, the key component that gives aspirin its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, may be something humans can produce on their own, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — More than three-quarters of laboratory leukemia cells exposed to an extract from grape seeds died within 24 hours, effectively killing themselves while leaving other cells unharmed, a new study shows.
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HealthDay – TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) — If you're over 65, getting a flu shot every year could cut your risk of dying from flu in half, research suggests.
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Reuters – Merck's popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk for esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Wednesday.
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Reuters – Machines that send fluid circulating through a donated kidney while it is being preserved for transplant keep the organ healthier than the standard method of simply immersing it in fluid and transporting it on ice, doctors reported on Wednesday.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Biotech company Celgene Corp. on Wednesday sent a letter to doctors warning that a study of its drug to treat dangerous blood clots suggests it may increase the risk of death in elderly patients….
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Reuters – A smoking ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 percent in one U.S. city and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts reported Wednesday.
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Reuters – Giving antibiotics to patients in intensive care units as a precaution saves lives, according to a major Dutch study published Wednesday.
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AFP – The preventative use of antibiotics on intensive care patients increases their chance of survival, a study led in the Netherlands and published Wednesday in the United States has found.
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Reuters – Pre-pregnancy physical activity may not influence whether or not a woman will have persistent low back or pelvic pain after pregnancy, suggest researchers from Sweden.
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Reuters – Among pregnant women at higher-than- average risk of premature delivery, those who are overweight or obese seem to be afforded some protection, a new study suggests.
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Reuters – Clinical recovery is usually satisfactory in children treated for Lyme neuroborreliosis – infection of the nervous system that usually occurs in the late stages — and subsequent fatigue or headache are not attributable to the condition, according to a report in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the nation's first nucleic acid test to detect the presence of HIV in donated blood and tissue.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — If you struggle with aches and pains that refuse to go away, you just might find relief from a long-practiced but relatively obscure alternative therapy called naprapathy.
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HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Reuters – The prevalence of allergies among children with chronic constipation is not significantly different from that of the general population — and an allergy to cow's milk does not seem to be involved, researchers report in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Reuters – Lung cancer cells produce a compound that helps the tumor spread to other parts of the body, a finding that could lead to a new way to prevent this dangerous development, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Reuters – Teenagers who underestimate the risks of smoking — or overestimate the social value — are substantially more likely than their peers to take up the habit, a new study suggests.
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AP – A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations, according to a new study that is considered the best and longest-term research to show such a link.
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Reuters – Younger age, symptoms of depression, and severe pain during the immediate post-operative period are significant predictors of severe pain during recovery from radical prostatectomy, study findings indicate.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — That alcoholic drink that you've been drinking each day for years could have a greater effect on your body and mind as you age, the Cleveland Clinic notes.
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AFP – The 'Made-in-China' brand has been tarnished repeatedly in recent years as Chinese consumer goods and food have been recalled around the world after being found to be unsafe.
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Reuters – Diabetes can slow the brain, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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As many as one in eight teens in the United States may take a virginity pledge at some point, vowing to wait until they’re married before having sex. But do such pledges work? Are pledge takers more likely than other teens to delay sexual activity?
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ATLANTA (AP) — A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations, according to a new study that is considered the best and longest-term research to show such a link….
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