Despite claims, not all probiotics can treat diarrhea say experts
... shown to protect against diarrhoea in chronically sick children. However, the lack of effect in children receiving Saccharomyces boulardii was unexpected, they say, because a previous trial showed it to be beneficial in young children admitted to hospital for diarrhoea. They conclude: the efficacy of...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
... that public health measures like quarantining the sick and isolating people after exposure to ill people would save lives during an influenza pandemic. Until now. In a study published in the Aug. 8 Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of University of Michigan medical historians and ep...Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City
...ain, lungs and arteries, showing testimonials from sick and dying smokers and their children, including former smoker Ronaldo Martinez, who now breaths through a hole in his throat as a result of smoking-related cancer. In a separate recent survey, nine out of 10 smokers said they saw the ads -- and half ...Avian influenza on people's minds
... influenza is cooked properly, a person cannot get sick from eating the finished product. According to the USDA, poultry and egg products should be cooked to the minimum safe internal temperature of 165 F. However, even if consumers can be convinced that proper cooking kills the avian influenza virus, ...Veterinarians at increased risk of avian influenza virus infection
...d by veterinarians was examining birds known to be sick with influenza. "Veterinarians and others with frequent and close contact to infected birds may be among the first to be infected with a pandemic strain of influenza," Myers said. "They have the potential to spread the illness to their families and...What exactly is repetitive strain injury?
...es into these non-proven techniques did not reduce sick leave in patients who tried them, and so none of these individual other treatments can be specifically recommended. The authors conclude: "Strong recommendations for any therapeutic intervention cannot be made at present because many trials have sm...Electronic nose may help diagnose asthma
...nia by comparing smell prints from the breath of a sick patient with those of patients with standardized readings. It is also being studied as a diagnostic tool for lung cancer. In the new study, the researchers compared the "smell prints" of 20 people with diagnosed asthma (half with severe asthma and ha...Novel catheter technique successfully patches holes in the heart
...ure offers an alternative for patients who are too sick to undergo emergency heart surgery or simply don't want surgery." To track the long-term effectiveness of the catheter procedure, Dr. Martinez and his colleagues reviewed the medical records of 10 patients treated with the VSD patch between 1995 an...Percutaneous aortic valve replacement safe, successful in high-risk patients
... narrowed, calcified aortic valves in patients too sick to withstand open-chest surgery. According to a study reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 912, 2007, in Orlando, FL, patients who were treated with the CoreValve ...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
...e and interact in cells and tissues in healthy and sick people. This insight will provide entirely new opportunities to discover and develop new medicines. By mapping the structure and function of proteins in the healthy human body, we can gain a much better understanding of what goes wrong when you get a...Jefferson immunology researchers show blood-brain barrier damage could affect MS severity
...at this is an important element in determining how sick these animals can get. "This puts an emphasis on the fact that blood brain permeability changes are an important aspect of the development of a CNS inflammatory disease like EAE, an animal model of MS," he says. According to Dr. Hooper, previous...General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...ause people go to the doctor anyway when they feel sick or have a medical problem, some authorities have q...ate for cancer screening when they're evaluating a sick patient. Other evidence supports this view: Fenton notes that one recent survey found 97 percent ...Biosand filter reduces diarrheal disease in Dominican Republic villages
... "They told me they no longer need to worry about sick children who have to miss school, or about taking the children to the doctor or finding money to buy medications to treat diarrhea," she said. "Many told me that since they've been using the filters, no one in their house had gotten a single case of ...Headache-related work absences have a considerable socio-economic effect
...ects are particularly felt in healthcare services, sick leave and effectiveness in the workplace. "And people suffering from chronic headache also report significant limitations when it comes to work, family and leisure activities. "Prevention, early intervention and effective headache strategies fo...HIV in late childhood and adolescence a growing problem
..., their emerging puberty and sexuality, caring for sick parents and coping with the social and economic consequences of orphanhood. Hence, provision of effective HIV care and treatment will require additional support and special services to deal with these problems." The researchers believe that adolesc...Should NICE evaluate complementary medicine?
...eudoscientific hocus pocus of homoeopathy to treat sick patients sympathetically and holistically. And there is no need for NICE to spend time and money coming to that conclusion when it has more important things to do, he concludes....Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
... Do prescription drug ads make people think theyre sick when theyre not, or create disease out of thin air? Does the empowered patient movement mean that doctors have lost some of their professional clout when it comes to making diagnoses and prescribing treatment? These questions and more are the foc...46-year-old man receives first temporary total artificial heart in Northeast US from Penn
...ue new cardiac technology keeps the sickest of the sick - those with damage to their entire heart muscle -- alive while they wait for a heart transplant. This is just the latest addition to our already wide arsenal in battling the nation's number one killer, heart disease. We at Penn are dedicated to pion...U-M, Harvard team propose way to make the most of health dollars
...nded diabetes medications and tests, and decreased sick leave and health costs, after reduced co-pays and other programs were put in place for employees with diabetes. Neither of these projects is being evaluated as thoroughly as the U-M program, but both illustrate the potential of the VBID approach. ...Important mechanism identified in the formation of blood vessels
All tissues, sick and healthy alike, need a blood supply to survive and grow. The key to many medical problems, like preventing tumour development, is therefore to obstruct the spread of the blood vessels. Research scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now discover...