Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Friday, October 31st, 2008
The FDA have approved a new drug manufactured by Schwarz Pharma to treat people diagnosed with overactive bladders.
The drug, Toviaz is approved for use only by adults, and is distributed by Pfizer of New York.
Toviaz works by relaxing the tissue located in and around the bladder, resulting in a decrease ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Results of a new study find that light drinking during a woman's pregnancy does in no way effect her unborn child.
Many other studies have came to the opposite conclusion, but this latest one conducted by researchers from University College London begs to differ.
The researchers state that drinking up to 2 ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A new study finds that when it comes to sex, many US women just dont care.
The study was performed by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who say that 4 in 10 women report some form of sex problem but that more often than not they simply do not ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A study by researchers from Harvard Medical School has turned up more genes associated with a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
They have determined that 4 areas of the genome, previously not believed to be home to genes containing risk factors for the disease actually do contain Alzheimer's genes, and ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
It is being reported that federal officials have confirmed that there was no mechanical problem that caused a medical helicopter to crash earlier this month, killing a 1 year old patient and 3 crew members.
The chopper went down on October 15, in Aurora Chicago but investigators say that all the ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A consumer group operating in the U.S. is pushing the FDA to initiate a ban on GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia due to severe risk of liver failure and death.
The group, Public Citizen cites more than 12 cases of severe liver failure and death, but Glaxo says that their own independent panel finds ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Treating children with anxiety by using therapy and drugs has been proven to be the best method of successful treatment.
According to researchers, children who are struggling with anxiety related issues such as separation anxiety will be better off if both treated medically and emotionally.
In the study published in the New ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Cases of diabetes are at an all time high according to the results of a new study released by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.
The study found that 90% of diabetes cases in America are of the type 2 variety, a fact which researchers indicate is a direct result ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
New research suggests that when breast cancer patients experience hot flushes and night sweats it means that their cancer drugs are working.
Results of the study published in the Lancet Oncology found that women taking breast cancer drugs and who experienced painful joints, night sweats or hot flushes were 10% less ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Men may have an easier time detecting infidelity better than women according to the results of a new study.
On the flip side, according to study author Paul Andrews of Virginia Commonwealth University, women maybe more apt when it comes to hiding the fact that they are cheating on their men.
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