American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...e many travelers don't realize that they may be at risk for certain diseases while traveling, it's importa...of U.S. travelers who had visited countries with a risk of vaccine-preventable hepatitis (VPH), hepatitis A and hepatitis B, were not immunized against thes...Melbourne researchers develop safer and more effective 'aspirin'
...ly treated with aspirin, but this can increase the risk of bleeding and lead to life-threatening haemorrha...ts disease-causing clots whilst not increasing the risk of bleeding." Animal studies have shown that the drugs, developed by Dr Jackson and colleagues at th...Sex, age and sun exposure linked to frequency of sunburns
...ally associated with female sex, younger age, high risk behaviors like sunbathing, and long hours exposed ... than male participants, due to more days with sun risk behavior. Number of sunburns peaked at age 20 years. "In conclusion, persons had the highest UVR dos...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...wever, a too-rapid gain in weight may increase the risk of future weight problems." After adjusting for ot...ned during the first eight days increased a baby's risk of becoming an overweight adult by about 10 percent. The current research builds on several previous...Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
...est, may be associated with long-term reduction in risk of subsequent language, educational and developmental impairments. Hannu Valtonen, M.D., Ph.D.,of Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, and colleagues report on the results of follow-up checkups 14 years following surgery for 237 children who...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...icacy in restoring blood flow to the heart and the risk of causing major bleeds. Strict calibration of the...ack an effective dose of streptokinase can cut the risk of dying by over a quarter. A heart attack can strike suddenly, unpredictably, indiscriminately, in ...Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
...arrange for someone to drive the patient home, and risk for perforation exceed my threshold for what a good screening test should be." Colonoscopy became a common tool for screening primarily by default, he said. "Colonoscopy has evolved into an acceptable screening test in part because many people believ...More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
...ate cancer. "We found that statin-takers cut their risk for advanced disease in half," says Elizabeth Plat... studies have linked the use of statins to a lower risk of prostate and other cancers, such as breast and colon, this is the first to tie risk reduction to ...Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
...rotein C-1, a blood protein that could put them at risk for heart disease later in life, according to a na...larly important for these children to reduce their risk of heart disease."...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
... cardiovascular disease prevention and offers free risk assessment (of blood pressure, cholesterol and overall risk prediction using the ESC HeartScore tool) to attendees. For Your Heart's Sake will also feature mes...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...t cardiovascular events. Also, women at particular risk of blood clots should be discouraged from using HR...scular events. Post-menopausal women are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than younger women. There are sound biological arguments why giving ...Hospitalized babies with severe breathing problems may benefit from lying on their stomachs
...ren and especially infants in respiratory distress risk oxygen poisoning and lung damage from mechanical v...they are required, thereby reducing the associated risk of longer-term lung damage," Wells says. Some physicians recommend a stomach position to adult patie...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...erson who is obese or underweight has an increased risk of death, although that risk appears to have decreased in recent years for obesity, according to a study in the April 20 issue of...No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
...ed the impact of systematic lymphadenectomy on the risk of death," the authors write. In an editorial, Setsuko K. Chambers, M.D., of the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, describes the strengths and weaknesses of this prospective study of lymphadenectomy for advanced ovarian cancer. "This pivotal trial sho...Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
...ients survive a crisis may actually increase their risk of dying in the first month after they leave the h...g that nesiritide is associated with a much higher risk of kidney dysfunction. "When we reported that nesiritide is linked to worsening kidney function, so...Football is a pain in the neck
... The study is the second in a series examining the risk of injury in community-based sports with a view to...e study. "Each sport has been recognized as a high risk activity for head injuries, but very little research has been conducted on the risk of neck injuries...Early detection of lung cancer
...obacco is the main cause of this illness, with the risk of it arising persisting even twenty years after g...oracic CAT to periodically analyse persons at high risk of developing lung cancer, i.e. over-forties who have smoked at least one packet a day over ten year...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...oration. This is the first time that a modifiable risk factor for MS progression has been identified, pro...the findings are interesting because no modifiable risk factors for the progression of MS are known. This was the first prospective study that identified a...Study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
... antibiotics weekly for a year does not reduce the risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event for patie... of C. pneumoniae from the system could reduce the risk of subsequent cardiac events. Prescription of antibiotics for this purpose had not been tested throu...New research reveals common beliefs about gender differences in health
... that when a respondent considered one sex more at risk than the other, men were thought more likely to ha...d in positive terms. "Previous studies on personal risk assessments suggest a tendency to underestimate one's own risk of illness compared to one's peers t...