לטענת מדעני האיחוד האירופאי, ישראל נגועה במחלה, ולכן סווגה כמדינה ב”רמה 3″ . אבחנה זו של מומחי האיחוד האירופאי היא בניגוד להודעות  משרד החקלאות לאחר

Patients with terminal illnesses should be given more pain relievers when needed, even if the drugs hasten death, researchers at a Toronto-based medical ethics think-tank

Nearly 40% of weight-loss advertisements made at least one representation that was almost certainly false, according study by US regulators released on Tuesday. About 55%

Even as key members of the US Congress continue negotiations with the Bush administration over how to guarantee parity between insurance benefits for mental illness

— Use of continuous labor support rather than standard nursing care does not affect the likelihood of cesarean delivery or other medical or psychosocial outcomes,

The risk of smallpox vaccination could outweigh the benefits for patients with AIDS, atopic dermatitis, or immunosuppression, according to a review in the September issue

A review of studies that compared intravenous aminophylline with placebo, in combination with beta-agonists, for the treatment of asthma found that aminophylline’s role in treating

Short-term folic acid supplementation appears to enhance endothelial function and reduce blood pressure in healthy chronic smokers, indicates a study presented here at the 24th

הועדה האמריקאית למניעת התעללות בילדים קוראת לרופאי הילדים לגלות משנה זהירות ועירנות, ולבדוק אם כל סימן פציעה בילד אינו תוצאה של התעללות. לדברי ד”ר קיירי,

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 09 – The same immunologic parameters that are altered in depressed adults are affected in depressed adolescents, but the pattern

Laurie Barclay, MD Sept. 10, 2002 — Starting oral feeding within 48 hours of achieving full tube feeding allowed early preterm infants to switch completely

Cathy Tokarski Sept. 10, 2002 — A new survey has found that most healthcare organizations (84%) say they have applied or will apply for a

Counseling by nurse practitioners could alter lifestyle behaviors of adolescents, according to results of a randomized trial published in the Sept. 7 issue of the

The number of Americans who use drugs and alcohol rose sharply last year and teen marijuana use has reached its highest level in more than

Contrary to popular thinking, stretching before or after exercise does not prevent muscle soreness or muscle injury, according to a systematic review of controlled trials

The combined contraceptive vaginal ring was effective and well tolerated by both partners, according to results of a multicenter but not controlled trial reported in

Hard-fought gains in reducing the number of American women who smoke were nearly wiped out in the 1990s, as more and more adolescent girls picked

Third generation oral contraceptives (OCs) do not increase the risk of myocardial infarction (MI), according to a new study by researchers in the UK and

Findings from a study in Greenland are in agreement with previous reports that the prevalence of allergic diseases in western countries is increasing.  But few

The controversy over breast cancer screening rages on, fueled by results from the Canadian National Breast Cancer Screening Study (CNBCSS) reported in the Sept. 3