摘要：2, 2008 -- Although two new trials failed to show a cancer link for Vytorin, the cholesterol-lowering drug isn‘t ready to be completelycleared, says the editor of The New England Journal of Medici...
摘要：Aug。 28, 2008 -- People have been using olive leaf medicinally formillennia。 The ancient Egyptians revered the leaves。 Ancient Greeks used them to cleanwounds, and the original Olympic athlet...
摘要：In vitro fertilization, known as IVF, involves combining eggs and spermoutside the body in a laboratory。 IVF is a complex and expensive procedure。 The averagecost of IVF is more than $12,000。 ...
摘要：The study, published in The American Journal of Health Promotion, usesdata from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey。
摘要：Earwax is created by a mixture of secretions from glands that line the earcanal, sloughed-off skin cells, and bits of hair。
摘要：Aug。 28, 2008 -- A girl born today can expect to live to be either more than 80 years old or less than 45 depending on what country she calls home, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) r...
摘要：Stroke in atrial fibrillation patients is particularly severe, so it‘s no surprise that 20% of the patients died and 60% suffered disabling strokes。
摘要：28, 2008 -- The Dalai Lama isin hospital in Mumbai, India with “abdominal discomfort 。 and there is nocause for concern,“?Reuters reports, quoting a hospital spokesman whocalled the Dalai Lama “...
摘要：28, 2008 -- The Salmonella saintpaul outbreak first tied to tomatoes and then to jalapeno and serrano peppers appears to be over, says the CDC。
摘要：Aug。 28, 2008 -- Where do teens get junk food。 In more than a third of U。S。 high schools, the CDC reports。 A 36-state/12-city CDC study shows that in some states, teens find it much easier ...
摘要：Aug。 28, 2008 -- Hormone therapy, the most common treatment for advanced prostate cancer, can boomerang to make the cancer more deadly, mouse studies suggest。 The finding “may revolutionize t...
摘要：28, 2008 -- Treadmill exercise may improve stroke survivors‘ walking ability by rewiring parts of the brain, according to a new study。 Treadmill participants increased their activity in certai...
摘要：27, 2008 -- Cells needed to treat disease can be made directly from abundant, easy to reach fat, blood, or muscle cells without the need for stem cells, Harvard researchers suggest。
摘要：Aug。 27, 2008 -- If you‘ve got a certain gene mutation, you may be less likely to develop the dry form of age-related macular degeneration, new research shows。 Age-related macular degeneratio...
摘要：Dysfunctional Fat The job of body fat is to store excess energy, or calories。 Understanding Sick Cells Boden says the findings could explain why diabetic people who have weight loss surge...
摘要：Aug。 27, 2008 -- When it comes to getting older, is there a point when certain mental skills start to fade。 If there is, what can we do about it。 Researchers got together 288 people, 162 wome...
摘要：The discovery, noted in tomorrow‘s edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, may eventually lead to new targets for obesity drugs。
摘要：Aug。 27, 2008 -- Six patients taking the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta arereported to have died after developing pancreatitis。 That‘s according toofficials from Amylin Parmaceuticals and Eli Lily ...
摘要：Children who didn‘t have siblings were more likely to share than children with siblings。
摘要：26, 2008 -- Knowledge about cancer facts, including cancer risks from smoking, are lagging in low-income countries, a new survey shows。 The survey comes from the International Union Against Can...
摘要：The improvement comes almost entirely from the nation‘s safety net -- government-funded insurance programs, mostly Medicare and the State Children‘s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)。 25 issue of...
摘要：Nuts, Seeds, and Diverticulitis During 18 years of follow-up, there were 801 cases of diverticulitis diagnosed and 383 cases of diverticular bleeding。
摘要：Researchers, led by Jiping Chen, MD, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute and Anthony Alberg, PhD, MPH, at the Medical University of South Carolina looked at data from 19,174 people listed in a Ma...
摘要：26, 2008 -- Ordering traditional Ayurvedic medicines on the Internet may be unsafe。 Approximately one-fifth of Ayurvedic medicines sold online to Americans contain metals, including lead, accor...
摘要：Gout Medicine for Teen Blood Pressure: Study Details Feig‘s team randomly assigned 30 teens, aged 11 to 17, with newly diagnosedstage I essential hypertension, the mildest kind, to take either ...
摘要：26, 2008 -- Cymbalta, a prescription drug used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder, diabetic nerve pain, and fibromyalgia, may ease chronic low back pain。 They took Cymbalta or a pla...
摘要：Aug。 25, 2008 -- A vaccine against Candida albicans, a cause of yeast infections, shows promise in early lab tests on mice。 Researchers report that news in this week‘s “online early“ editio...
摘要：Aug。 25, 2008 -- Call it a “two for one。” California researchers say theirstate-funded program aimed at cutting smoking can also save a lot of money。 That’s the word from researchers at th...
摘要：25, 2008 -- Obese Alabama state workers may soon pay a health insurance penalty for their excess pounds。 Although critics view the penalty as a “fat tax,“ Alabama officials believe the new polic...
摘要：25, 2008 -- Certain types of breast cancer may be rarer among women who breastfeed their babies for at least six months。 That finding comes from a new study published in today‘s advance online...
摘要：Daily Incense Use Common Used since biblical times, incense is still an integral part of daily life in large parts of Asia and India。
摘要：22, 2008 - Is there really any reason to suspect a link between the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin and cancer。 What is Vytorin。 Vytorin is a combination of two cholesterol-lowering drugs...
摘要：Aug。 22, 2008 -- Researchers are confirming what serious athletes have long believed: Swedish massage immediately after intense exercise helps muscles recover。 To test the validity of this com...
摘要：“We found that mosquitoes can smell DEET and they stay away from it,“ says Walter Leal, PhD, professor of entomology at University of California Davis, in a news release。 The old theory of ho...
摘要：22, 2008 -- Nestle Prepared Foods Company is recalling about 215,660 pounds of its “Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza“ stuffed sandwiches because they may contain pieces of plastic。 Department of Agri...
摘要：22, 2008 -- All three erectile dysfunction drugs -- Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra -- now list rare reports of transient global amnesia on their labels。 And now, FDA records show that Cialis and Viag...
摘要：21, 2008 -- CDC officials worry that a surge in U。 In 2000, the CDC declared that measles no longer was spreading in the U。 It‘s largely children who don‘t get vaccinated because their paren...
摘要：Irradiation doesn‘t make food radioactive, according to background information from the CDC。“ More Than Irradiation Irradiation isn‘t the whole solution to food safety, notes the nonprofi...
摘要：Aug。 21, 2008 -- Studies tracking the progress of two patients who had face transplants show the surgeries had positive results。 One surgery was done on a man who was attacked by a bear。 the ...
摘要：Aug。 21, 2008 -- It‘s news we all want to hear -- that eating chocolate isgood for you。 Well not quite, but an ingredient in some chocolates is showingpromise in promoting blood flow to the brai...
