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Number of recorded dengue cases up 36% over last year in Costa Rica

"A total of 8,480 people have been affected by dengue fever in Costa Rica" so far this year, representing an increase of 36 percent, or 2,230 more cases than during the same period last year, according to a Ministry of Health report, Xinhua News reports.

19 Sep 2012

FDA warns consumers not to use Intestinomicina for treatment of infectious diarrhea

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use Intestinomicina, a drug product manufactured in El Salvador and marketed as a treatment for infectious diarrhea and acute gastrointestinal infections.

19 Sep 2012

IOM report: Military needs to do more to treat, prevent drug and alcohol abuse

The Institute of Medicine found that the military's programs don't keep up with standard medical practices used in civilian life and that health care providers aren't adequately trained at all levels.

19 Sep 2012

Women with early menopause more likely to develop coronary heart disease and stroke

Women who go into early menopause are twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease and stroke, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. The association holds true in patients from a variety of different ethnic backgrounds, the study found, and is independent of traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors, the scientists say.

19 Sep 2012

Bangladesh struggles to provide health care in urban slum areas, Guardian reports

As more people move into the urban slum areas surrounding Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, basic services such as water, sanitation and health care are being stretched to capacity by "[n]ew residents who are increasingly pushed out to the city's fringes," the Guardian reports.

19 Sep 2012

Adolescent menstrual disorders linked to hyperandrogenemia

Menstrual disorders in adolescence are associated with an increased risk for hyperandrogenemia, research shows.

19 Sep 2012

Bionic legs: an interview with Rob Cripe, SVP of Marketing from Tibion

The Bionic Leg is a wearable robotic trainer that is used on mobility impaired patients who need to relearn how to use their affected limb. It is used by clinicians as a tool that is designed to help strengthen stance, improve gait and enhance active motor learning.

19 Sep 2012

Government regulation of portion sizes can effectively prevent obesity epidemic

Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to help prevent obesity-related health problems and deaths, according to a Viewpoint in the September 19 issue of JAMA, and theme issue on obesity.

19 Sep 2012

VOA News report examines PEPFAR's use of generic drugs, discusses search for HIV vaccine

In a recent edition of VOA News' "Science In The News," correspondents Bob Doughty and Shirley Griffith report on "the growing use of generic drugs in fighting HIV" and discuss "the search for an effective vaccine against HIV."

19 Sep 2012

Music underlies the ability to acquire language

Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) advocate that music underlies the ability to acquire language.

19 Sep 2012

Blog examines importance of access to family planning information, contraceptives for young people

"Young or old, family planning should be a simple and personal decision made by informed individuals or couples regarding how often and when to have children," Anne Alan Sizomu, the advocacy officer for Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung's (DSW) Uganda country office, writes in this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, published in partnership with Women Deliver as part of a series on youth perspectives to recognize World Contraception Day, observed annually on September 26.

19 Sep 2012

Children can largely benefit from 40 minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity

Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat - including dangerous, deep abdominal fat - but 40 minutes works even better, researchers report.

19 Sep 2012

Blog examines U.S. presidential candidates' foreign policy, science stances with respect to global health

"If nothing else, this presidential election season has brought the good news that both major party candidates have taken stances against preventable death and disease," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog writes, noting the blog "looked at two recently published examinations of the candidates' foreign policy and science stances, candidates' party platforms and other posted materials for clues to where the candidates diverge on major global health issues."

19 Sep 2012

FDA Division of Neurology Products, CoLucid reach agreement for lasmiditan development strategy

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, has reached agreement with the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Neurology Products concerning the development strategy for lasmiditan at a recently completed End of Phase 2 meeting.

19 Sep 2012

Hereditary blood disorder found in South-East Asia, South-West Pacific could offer clues for malaria vaccine

"A team of international scientists has found that a type of hereditary disorder in some communities in South-East Asia and the South-West Pacific protects its sufferers from malaria, a finding that could drive future vaccine design," SciDev.Net reports.

19 Sep 2012

Oral contraceptive use can lead to increased pain during intercourse among young women

According to the Guttmacher Institute, over ten million women in the US use oral contraceptives. Although birth control pills are an effective way to prevent pregnancy, keep acne at bay, and treat menstrual pain or irregularity, there may be some health concerns that are undisclosed to patients. A recent study suggests that oral contraceptive use can lead to increased pain during intercourse, with decreased libido and spontaneous arousability as well as diminished frequency of sexual intercourse and orgasm in young women.

19 Sep 2012

D.C. clinic provides care for ex-prisoners; Texas lawmakers seek ways to help jails with homeless, ill prisoners

Dr. Ilse Levin specializes in internal medicine, but you could say she really focuses on incarceration medicine. Levin works at a community health center in southeast Washington, D.C., that pays a lot of attention to treating a population that is often left out of health care: newly released prisoners.

19 Sep 2012

Better interventions needed to prevent long-lasting consequences of TBI in children

A child who suffers a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have substantial functional disabilities and reduced quality of life 2 years after the injury. After those first 2 years, further improvement may be minimal. Better interventions are needed to prevent long-lasting consequences of TBI in children conclude the authors of a study published in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

19 Sep 2012

Light alcohol consumption may increase risk of certain cancers

The majority of observational studies have shown that alcohol intake, especially heavy drinking, increases a number of upper-aero-digestive tract (UADT) and other cancers, and even moderate drinking is associated with a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer.

19 Sep 2012

Scientists discover bone abnormalities in rats undergoing chronic lack of sleep

Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in a team led by Carol Everson, Ph.D., professor of neurology, cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy, have discovered abnormalities in bone and bone marrow in rats undergoing chronic lack of sleep. They discovered abnormalities in serum markers of bone metabolism in sleep-deprived rats, which led them to conduct direct measurements of bone parameters; this time in rats experiencing recurrent sleep restriction during a large portion of their young adulthood.

19 Sep 2012

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Number of recorded dengue cases up 36% over last year in Costa Rica

FDA warns consumers not to use Intestinomicina for treatment of infectious diarrhea

IOM report: Military needs to do more to treat, prevent drug and alcohol abuse

Women with early menopause more likely to develop coronary heart disease and stroke

Bangladesh struggles to provide health care in urban slum areas, Guardian reports

Adolescent menstrual disorders linked to hyperandrogenemia

Bionic legs: an interview with Rob Cripe, SVP of Marketing from Tibion

Government regulation of portion sizes can effectively prevent obesity epidemic

VOA News report examines PEPFAR's use of generic drugs, discusses search for HIV vaccine

Music underlies the ability to acquire language

Blog examines importance of access to family planning information, contraceptives for young people

Children can largely benefit from 40 minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity

Blog examines U.S. presidential candidates' foreign policy, science stances with respect to global health

FDA Division of Neurology Products, CoLucid reach agreement for lasmiditan development strategy

Hereditary blood disorder found in South-East Asia, South-West Pacific could offer clues for malaria vaccine

Oral contraceptive use can lead to increased pain during intercourse among young women

D.C. clinic provides care for ex-prisoners; Texas lawmakers seek ways to help jails with homeless, ill prisoners

Better interventions needed to prevent long-lasting consequences of TBI in children

Light alcohol consumption may increase risk of certain cancers

Scientists discover bone abnormalities in rats undergoing chronic lack of sleep

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