LONDON (Reuters) Jul 19 –  British scientists recommended on Friday that a major trial of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) set to involve 22,000 women should

July 17, 2002 — Underuse of beta-blockers because of conventional wisdom about significant adverse effects may be unjustified, according to a review of 15 randomized

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 17 –  Data from the Nurses’ Health Study point to a “strong” association between obesity and weight gain before diagnosis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 11 – Breast cancer survivors, who are often at a higher risk of symptoms of menopause than other women because

NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. New research from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, links acetaminophen, the medicine in pain relievers such as Tylenol, to improved

Smokers tend to develop Crohn’s disease while non-smokers tend to develop ulcerative colitis among siblings with similar genetic susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease. Investigators from

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 15 – The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending that men and women 50 years of age and

As people age, they maintain the circadian rhythms which govern the patterns of their blood lipids. A dietary schedule, therefore, greatly helps to synchronise the

הועדה המקצועית של החברה ליתר לחץ דם התכנסה בסוף השבוע האחרון (בין 11/7/02 ל- 13/7/02) בכדי לדון ולגבש המלצות והנחיות בנושא הנ”ל. לדיונים קדמו סקירות

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 10 – Men who frequently work long hours or get little sleep are twice as likely as other men to

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 12 –  Among older women, detection of breast tumors by mammography significantly improves survival, even among those with mild comorbidities.

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters Health) Jul 12 – Newly formulated guidelines, if adopted, will help standardize the management of occupational exposure to HIV in Europe.  Although

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 12 – In patients with type 2 diabetes who are asymptomatic for coronary heart disease, the presence of silent myocardial

בכתבה מאת תמרה טראובמן מעתון הארץ, מדווח על מחקר חדש לפיו פציעות אזרחים וחיילים מפעולות טרור מאז תחילת האינתפאדה “מצטיינות” ברמת פגיעה קשה משמעותית מרמת

על פי כתבתו של רן רזניק מעתון הארץ,  בי”ח שיבא ממשיך לקיים ולהפעיל את השר”פ למרות החלטת הבג’צ האוסרת זאת. עם זאת יש לציין שהפעלת

BETHESDA, MD — July 9, 2002 —  “Mild anemia in elderly women has often been dismissed as ‘innocent’, but it might be a significant health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 08 – Taking 160 mg to 325 mg of aspirin within two days of ischemic stroke offers a “small but

Men in rural areas are increasingly more likely to commit suicide than their urban counterparts, new study findings suggest.  “The widening gap in suicide between

Investigators believe they have uncovered a biological reason for why some cervical cancer precursor lesions escape detection by Pap tests. Aberrant expression of the adhesion

South Africa’s highest court ordered the government on Friday to stop blocking the universal provision at public hospitals of nevirapine, a drug shown to help