NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children with asthma start taking their daily medication on their own at an early age, a new study finds.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American women who undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) are less likely to ultimately have a baby than are their white counterparts, a new U.S. study suggests.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - In older individuals, exercise is associated with an increase in the number of large-diameter vessels in the cerebral region of the brain and with an increase in blood flow in the three major cerebral arteries, researchers announced at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, which is being held here this week.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emotional and social quality of life reports from cancer patients may be influenced by race and ethnicity, researchers report the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one out of every six patients who have an implant of their own tissue to treat a knee cartilage defect will require repeat surgery, according to a new report on 309 patients treated with the procedure.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with asthma are at increased risk of serious infection with pneumococcal bacteria, according to a new analysis of medical records.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
LONDON (Reuters) - Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to develop asthma than children delivered naturally, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An insomnia drug that helps the body produce more of the sleep hormone melatonin may improve sleep for jet-lagged travelers and shift workers, researchers reported on Monday.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - As many as 7 percent of patients from a large U.S. hospital system had enough radiation exposure from CT scans during their lifetime to slightly raise their risk of cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Anti-biotech forces turned out in Kansas on Tuesday to argue against a state plan that would limit how dairy products free from artificial hormones can be labeled.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy that does not respond to medical treatment, the benefits of surgery outweigh the risk of long-term complications, investigators report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Being seizure-free after surgery prolongs survival and improves quality of life.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consuming two or more alcoholic beverages per day may slightly increase the risk of developing an irregular heartbeat , also referred to as atrial fibrillation, in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The infants of mothers who used folate supplements during their first trimester appear to have a slightly higher incidence of wheeze and lower respiratory tract infections up to 18 months of age, according to findings of a study conducted in Norway.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of adult patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, nearly one in five had blood test results suggesting they had unrecognized diabetes, investigators report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In healthy young adults, blood levels of phosphorus that fall within the high-normal range may be a risk factor for plaques or "atherosclerosis" in the coronary arteries that feed the heart, findings in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology suggest. Coronary atherosclerosis is a major risk factor for heart attacks.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:54 PST
