South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
... positive. "The South African Government needs to stop being defensive and show backbone and courage to acknowledge and seriously tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis of its people. The progress in provision of antiretroviral treatment to all people with advanced HIV has been painfully slow since the Government's ...PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...development of therapies that can prevent, slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's," says Opanashuk, an assistant professor of Environmental Medicine. PCBs create havoc in the body's cellular system by producing free radicals, which leads to a process known as oxidative stress (OS). Oxidative stress...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...s that teenagers' bone density recovers after they stop using the drug. Several previous studies have link... bone loss appears to be reversed once young women stop taking the contraceptive. The findings come less than three months after a decision by the U.S. Food...Parents have complex opinions about notification laws for minors' access to contraception
...rcent) believing the laws would cause teenagers to stop having sex altogether. "Although parents may intellectually recognize the need for adolescents to have access to confidential care, support for PNLs may arise from other factors such as fear of unknown others making decisions about their children's ...Bone density appears to recover after adolescents discontinue injected contraceptive
...appears to recover in adolescent females once they stop using the injected contraceptive depot medroxyprog... in life. "This study shows that after adolescents stop using DMPA, their bone density can increase to levels comparable to those of other women in their ag...Illness and medical bills cause half of all bankruptcies
...ntain of bills, bankruptcy is their last chance to stop the collection calls and try to put their lives back on track.," noted Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard and a study co-author. Professor Warren, a leading expert on personal bankruptcy, went on: "Bankruptcy costs these fam...Smoking hurts wealth as well as health, study suggests
...ar if you smoke and want to increase your wealth, stop smoking."...Women's heart risk underestimated by doctors, resulting in less preventive care than in men
...that we continue to address barriers to help women stop smoking, get regular physical activity, eat heart healthy, and maintain a healthy weight. This will prevent the development of risk factors in the first place so any gender gap in treating them would become moot." In a separate online study of a s......ought that there might come a time when they would stop getting Papanicolaou tests. The most powerful dri... habit, and even fewer think they would eventually stop screening. In an editorial in the same issue, George Sawaya, MD, University of California, San Fran...15 minutes training enough to save lives with an automated external defibrillator
...e it possible for anyone to use a defibrillator to stop sudden cardiac arrest. A study published today in the journal Critical Care shows that a brief training session is all that is needed for safe and efficient use of an automated external defibrillator. Sudden cardiac deaths affect nearly 400,000 peopl...Researchers discover genetic variant that may explain why women develop M.S. more than men
...which to direct future investigations into ways to stop MS, 2) it provides leads on ways to improve treatments that can minimize the tissue and nerve damage the disease causes, and 3) it may advance the search for new treatments for other diseases. Notes Dr. Weinshenker, "Our finding isn't the whole genet...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
...ove other aspects of child health and development, stop the spread of infectious diseases, teach injury and violence prevention, and assist public health organizations in developing and disseminating educational materials and other information. At the Carter Center, which he joined in 1986 as executive d...Researchers map the sexual network of an entire high school
...esults have implications for designing policies to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among ...st breaking one link in the chain any link - will stop that part of the network from spreading any further. If enough links are broken, the spread of STDs ...Mental health crisis looming for tsunami survivors, warns psychologist just back from Indonesia
...arch Center. Kyes said some children had begun to stop talking and adults were beginning to experience nightmares and severe insomnia. "The critical period is now and for the next six months. You don't meet a single person who didn't lose someone," said Kyes, who spent a week in Banda Aceh, once a city ...Technology that could double the effectiveness of cancer drugs studied at Yale
...ether, both assays will distinguish drugs that can stop the growth of the tumor and/or kill the tumor. This was not possible before." "This test will help physicians predict whether a patient will respond to a specific drug, much like they test bacteria for sensitivity to antibiotics," Mor added. The tech...Two minutes of magnetic stimulation can change your brain for an hour
...other approach would be to reduce its activity and stop it competing for control." Rothwell's team are also investigating the possibility of applying the method to patients with Parkinson's disease or dystonia....New research shows heroin use falling across Scotland
...pefully these figures show people are beginning to stop and embrace training and employment. However, the fact that around 1% of Scots are still misusing substances such as heroin is a very real concern.' Around 30% of drug users are female and 70% are male in Scotland. The research was carried out for ...Mandated parental notification laws concerning prescription contraception would affect teenagers
... private physician. Seven percent said they would stop having sex as one response, but only 1 percent indicated this would be their only reaction. The researchers found that 18 percent of teenagers would engage in risky sexual behavior (e.g., no method of contraception) if parental involvement were mand...Grapefruit juice and medication can be a dangerous mix
...h grapefruit juice is possible, the patient should stop drinking the juice until speaking with his or her doctor. In some cases it might be possible to switch a patient to a different drug without the risk; in other cases the patient might simply have to give up grapefruit juice. She says that more people...Depression caused by common treatment for hepatitis C may affect outcome
...d with quality of life, or would cause patients to stop taking the medicine. These new data suggest that even if patients stay on treatment, they are less likely to have a good outcome if they develop depression." The study examined 103 participants who received pegylated interferon-alpha-2b plus ribavir...