Medical
Scientists reduce appetite through varicose vein treatment
By: William Atkins
A hunger-activating hormone was reduced in pigs using a medical procedure originally used to treat varicose veins. If it works in humans, the obesity-control treatment could be a much less invasive surgical procedure than bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.
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By: William Atkins
A hunger-activating hormone was reduced in pigs using a medical procedure originally used to treat varicose veins. If it works in humans, the obesity-control treatment could be a much less invasive surgical procedure than bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.
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Don’t remove that earwax yourself
By: William Atkins
According to first-time professional health guidelines, which are published in the journal “Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,” the medical community discourages the routine clearing out of earwax from the ear passages by people. In other words, let the professional do it!
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By: William Atkins
According to first-time professional health guidelines, which are published in the journal “Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,” the medical community discourages the routine clearing out of earwax from the ear passages by people. In other words, let the professional do it!
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Diverticulitis isn’t anti-nut any more
By: William Atkins
Physicians have long warned people not to eat nuts, popcorn, and corn if at risk for diverticulitis, a condition where small pouches develop in the colon. However, a new study says such a warning is nutty; in fact, it’s just the opposite: eat all you want to lower your risk.
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By: William Atkins
Physicians have long warned people not to eat nuts, popcorn, and corn if at risk for diverticulitis, a condition where small pouches develop in the colon. However, a new study says such a warning is nutty; in fact, it’s just the opposite: eat all you want to lower your risk.
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Could RFID mean RIP for hospital patients?
By: Stephen Withers
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.
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By: Stephen Withers
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.
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NYC study suggests: Lower child asthma rates with more trees
By: William Atkins
A Columbia University study is lending credence to the idea that young children who live along tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma than other children living in New York City.
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By: William Atkins
A Columbia University study is lending credence to the idea that young children who live along tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma than other children living in New York City.
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Top Sneeze cities in U.S. for spring allergies
By: William Atkins
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, AAFA, announced its annual “Allergy Capitals” list of the one hundred worst cities in the United States for spring allergy sufferers in 2008. Is your city on the list?
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By: William Atkins
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, AAFA, announced its annual “Allergy Capitals” list of the one hundred worst cities in the United States for spring allergy sufferers in 2008. Is your city on the list?
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Menstrual blood has properties to repair heart damage
By: William Atkins
Japanese scientists conducted research showing that menstrual blood cells cultured in the laboratory and placed in lab rats, which were strickened with heart attacks, improved their cardiovascular conditions. They contend that heart damage in humans can be repaired similarly.
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By: William Atkins
Japanese scientists conducted research showing that menstrual blood cells cultured in the laboratory and placed in lab rats, which were strickened with heart attacks, improved their cardiovascular conditions. They contend that heart damage in humans can be repaired similarly.
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The portable oxygen generator – not a load of hot air
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A medical gadget called the Inogen ONE is a “breakthrough” portable oxygen generator that concentrates oxygen, doing away with cumbersome liquid oxygen tanks and restoring quality of life to the ultimate form of organic technology: human beings.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A medical gadget called the Inogen ONE is a “breakthrough” portable oxygen generator that concentrates oxygen, doing away with cumbersome liquid oxygen tanks and restoring quality of life to the ultimate form of organic technology: human beings.
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Happy Girthday, I mean Birthday, Viagra!
By: William Atkins
Viagra®, uncommonly known as sildenafil citrate, is a drug that is used to treat men with erectile dysfunction, or impotence. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little over ten years ago, on March 27, 1998.
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By: William Atkins
Viagra®, uncommonly known as sildenafil citrate, is a drug that is used to treat men with erectile dysfunction, or impotence. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little over ten years ago, on March 27, 1998.
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Smokers more likely to stop if they know age of lungs
By: William Atkins
British researchers gave a lung function test to subjects and found that smokers are about twice as likely to stop smoking if they know their “Lung Age.”
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By: William Atkins
British researchers gave a lung function test to subjects and found that smokers are about twice as likely to stop smoking if they know their “Lung Age.”
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Help! I’m addicted to the Internet - are you?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Internet addiction is a real disorder, with its incidence rising across the world, with the most interesting research coming from South Korea, although US ‘case descriptions are remarkably similar’ according to a new report.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Internet addiction is a real disorder, with its incidence rising across the world, with the most interesting research coming from South Korea, although US ‘case descriptions are remarkably similar’ according to a new report.
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Vic picks TrakCare for community health
By: Stephen Withers
The first of what could be two dozen community health services to choose InterSystems' TrakCare healthcare information system have gone live in Victoria.
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By: Stephen Withers
The first of what could be two dozen community health services to choose InterSystems' TrakCare healthcare information system have gone live in Victoria.
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Calm down: Super Bowl may increase heart attacks
By: William Atkins
According to German researchers, heart attacks doubled when German people watched their soccer team play in the World Cup . With the Super Bowl coming up on on Sunday, February 3, 2008, they think people should be careful when watching the New York Giants play the New England Patriots.
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By: William Atkins
According to German researchers, heart attacks doubled when German people watched their soccer team play in the World Cup . With the Super Bowl coming up on on Sunday, February 3, 2008, they think people should be careful when watching the New York Giants play the New England Patriots.
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Are antidepressants perceived to work better than they actually do?
By: William Atkins
According to a U.S. study that compared 74 clinical trials on the effectiveness of antidepressants: Studies that state antidepressants are effective are much more likely to be published than those studies that state antidepressants don’t work.
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By: William Atkins
According to a U.S. study that compared 74 clinical trials on the effectiveness of antidepressants: Studies that state antidepressants are effective are much more likely to be published than those studies that state antidepressants don’t work.
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