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Confusion abounds on how to treat the menopause

The results in 2002 of a large U.S. study on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in many respects left women confused and alarmed about the treatment for the menopause.

25 Oct 2006

Health officials announce physician quiz campaign to help reduce medical errors

HHS and other health officials on Monday announced a new campaign designed to limit surgical complications by encouraging patients to quiz their doctors about medical procedures, CQ HealthBeat reports.

24 Oct 2006

Researchers uncover new way in which the aging process is linked to DNA damage

Researchers have uncovered a new way in which the aging process is linked to DNA damage--which occurs normally as a result of cell metabolism and environmental influences--and the various ways in which cells repair that damage.

23 Oct 2006

Overweight women more likely to have polycystic ovary syndrome

Overweight and obese Spanish women appear five times as likely as lean women to have polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that decreases fertility and contributes to other illnesses, according to an article in the October 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

23 Oct 2006

Otoferlin, defective in a human deafness form, is essential for exocytosis at the auditory ribbon synapse

By studying a gene earlier linked to deafness in humans, researchers now have new insight into the molecular process by which components of the inner ear send messages to the brain.

20 Oct 2006

New treatment option gives hope to victims of head and neck cancers

More than 640,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with head and neck cancer each year, and more than 350,000 die from the disease annually.

19 Oct 2006

FDA approves Taxotere for head and neck cancers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate for use in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil prior to radiotherapy for the treatment of patients with inoperable, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).

18 Oct 2006

New test on hair can reveal eating disorders

All too often women with eating disorders cannot recognise they have a problem, or go to great lengths to disguise the problem from others.

17 Oct 2006

Calls for FDA to pay more attention to products made with nanotechnology

At a meeting called by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), consumer and environmental groups have called for the FDA to pay more attention to products made by using nanotechnology.

11 Oct 2006

Faulty gene linked to hair pulling disorder

An unusual and uncommon psychiatric disorder that compels people to pull out their hair is now thought to be caused by a mutant gene.

27 Sep 2006

Hopkins develops online tool to aid research on certain "orphan diseases"

Many people are afflicted with rare illnesses of unknown cause, and finding a common link to such under-studied or "orphaned" diseases as Bardet-Biedl, Alstrom and Meckel-Gruber syndromes can significantly advance the search for causes and treatment.

31 Aug 2006

Fluid forces within the body help invasive bacteria

Bacteria have hair-like protrusions with a sticky protein on the tip that lets them cling to surfaces.

30 Aug 2006

Age-related hearing loss may be genetic

Researchers at the University of Antwerp have discovered that hearing loss is linked to flaws in a specific gene.

28 Aug 2006

Wheezy kids more prone to asthma

Children who become sensitive to allergens, such as cat hair, and suffer from wheezing in their first three years of life are prone to developing asthma, according to an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet.

24 Aug 2006

Palomar sues for patent infringement

Palomar Medical Technologies has announced that it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Candela Corporation for patent infringement.

14 Aug 2006

Babies absorb nicotine even when parents smoke outdoors

Even though parents may smoke only outside and away from their infant, babies apparently still absorb dangerous chemicals from them.

9 Aug 2006

Conjoined twin sisters survive lengthy, complex surgery

A team of six surgeons in the U.S., after 25 hours of complex surgery have successfully separated four-year-old conjoined twin sisters.

9 Aug 2006

Allergies may put you more at risk of Parkinson's disease

According to researchers people who suffer from allergic rhinitis may be more at risk for Parkinson's disease later in life.

9 Aug 2006

Formation of an internal FDA Nanotechnology Task Force

Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., today announced the formation of an internal FDA Nanotechnology Task Force.

9 Aug 2006

Researchers discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects

Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

8 Aug 2006