By Keith Mulvihill NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 –  Despite a slight decrease in output over the last decade, the US still leads the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Recent reports have shown that acute wounds heal more slowly in elderly men than they do in elderly

By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Among women who are immunologically or nutritionally compromised, multivitamin supplementation–excluding vitamin A–reduces the risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Despite ample evidence to the contrary, many healthcare providers still attribute many infant problems to teething, Australian researchers

While iron deficiency anemia is uncommon in the US, milder degrees of iron deficiency are still common in toddlers, teenage girls, and women of childbearing

The combination of ibuprofen plus acetaminophen was effective but not superior to ibuprofen alone for relief of acute non-life-threatening pain in adults treated at an

By John Schieszer SEATTLE (Reuters Health) Oct 07 – For the past 4 years, breast cancer mortality has declined in the US. Cancer specialists now

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 07 –  Allowing infants to sleep in the prone position accounts for about one third of SIDS deaths among African

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 07 – Results of a study published in the September issue of Cephalalgia indicate that certain psychiatric traits may correlate

Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 8, 2002 —  Training diabetic patients in flexible, intensive insulin management allows greater dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes,

The pharmaceutical industry must not offer cash or other financial incentives to pharmacies, physicians or benefit managers to switch a patient’s prescription from one manufacturer’s

According to the results of this trial, skills training encouraging dietary freedom improved quality of life and glycaemic control in type 1 diabetics without causing

Women who smoke during adolescence could be at an increased risk of breast cancer later in life compared with women who are non-smokers.  Dr Pierre

Violence is responsible for 1.6 million deaths worldwide each year and around half of these deaths are suicides, according to a World Health Organization (WHO)

פיענוח הגנום של טפיל הגורם למחלה, ושל יתוש האנופלס המעבירה לבני אדם, עשוי להביא לפריצת דרך בטיפול ומניעה של מחלת המלאריה, עדיין אחת המחלות הקטלניות

By Peggy Peck ORLANDO (Reuters Health) Sept 27 –  In a randomized prospective study of at-risk pregnant women, low-dose aspirin taken at bedtime, rather than

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 27 – The use of rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, to accomplish selective B-cell blockade appears to treat certain refractory

By Faith Reidenbach NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 27 –  For women undergoing ovulation induction who develop high estrogen levels and many small to medium-sized

Laurie Barclay, MD Sept. 30, 2002 — Frequent use of nonoxynol-9 potentiates transmission of HIV-1 but not of gonorrhea or chlamydia, according to results of

There is a small but significant risk of developing congestive heart failure (CHF) among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are receiving mitoxantrone (Novantrone), according